He goes on to say:
Read the writings of the true Imām,
The Shaykh of existence, the godly scholar;
I mean Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad— that
Ocean encompassing every inlet.
And read his book “Reason and Revelation”;
In all creation it has no equal.
Likewise, his “Methodology,” wherein he refuted
The creed of the Rāfiḍites, Satan’s partisans.
He then listed a number of his books and epistles, saying:
They are dispersed among the people, well known,
Purchased for the highest of prices.
He further said:
He has renowned stances in the world;
He rose to them for Allah’s sake, never timid.
He championed Allah, His religion, His Book,
And His Messenger—by the sword and by proof.
He exposed their scandals, displayed their ignorance,
And laid bare their contradictions in every age.
He also said:
A marvel it is that, with their own weapons,
He struck them down to the lowest depths.
Our forelocks had once been in their hands, so they would face us
Only under a rope of security;
Now our forelocks are in our own hands, and they face us
Only under a rope of security.
Their kings have become vassals because
The helpers of the Messenger, by the grace of the All-Merciful, prevailed.⦗1⦘
- Among the Shaykh’s many treatises, may Allah have mercy on him, is “Taḥqīq al-Ithbāt li-l-Asmāʾ wa-l-Ṣifāt wa-Ḥaqīqat al-Jamʿ bayna al-Qadar wa-l-Sharʿ,” popularly known as “al-Tadmuriyyah.”