You were the breath of hearts and their repose, the sustenance and solace of every noble soul. You held fast to the upright religion and true guidance, to the firmest handhold and the very root of the Sacred Law. You appeared in this world in the fairest guise, and you departed for the next in the most perfect tranquility. You bade us farewell like one who will not return, leaving us even though the final abode is not far away.

You drank from the goblet of the gnostics a wine whose very essence springs from the secret of the eye of Reality, and—out of gracious generosity—you passed the cup of bounty (1) to the adherents of the Muhammadan Sunnah. Exalted is He who showered you with the overflow of His bounty; you attained a nearness that no stratagem can secure. And indeed (2) you lived beloved and died honored—upon you be the Most Merciful’s purest greeting.

⦗163⦘ The lights of His intimacy have never ceased to cloak you, and you remain in honor, nearness, and elevation. Your abode is the Gardens of Bliss beside the one who alone among creation was granted al-wasīla (the supreme station): the Prophet of guidance, the best of mankind, the bearer of the banner, the unrestricted intercessor for every nation. Upon him be the prayer of the True One and His peace, as numerous as the breaths exhaled in every blink of an eye.

Thereafter, all praise in its entirety belongs to Allah for showing us the clarity of the path. And here am I, my Lord, a devoted, love-struck servant; may You look upon my state and forgive my slip.

It is complete, and its verses number one hundred and twenty-seven (3).