77:0 In the name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.

In the name of God. When someone mentions this word, he will attain to delight in Him in this world and the next; when someone recognizes it, he will throw away his lifeblood in seeking Him. When this word sits in the heart, it divests it of every occupation, and when a servant perseveres in its remembrance, it will make him secure from every terror.

In the name of Him who is king over all kings and whose kingship is not through retinue and army. He is far-seeing, near-knowing, and aware of the hidden. He sees all things, knows every work, and is aware at every moment—whether a loud call or the heart’s secret, a bright day or a dark night. In the name of Him who in His gentleness yearns for those who yearn for Him, who in His good Godhood made a covenant and compact with the servant.

How could water and clay have the gall to love You

had You not chosen them with Your beginningless gentleness? [DS 211]

Were it not for His gentleness, who would dare to dream about His remembrance? Were it not for His solicitude, who could reach His Presence?

The Pir of the Tariqah said in his whispered prayers, “O God, which tongue reaches Your praise? Which intelligence is up to Your description? Which gratitude is equal to Your beautiful doing? Which servant can discharge Your worship? O God, whatever You see from us You see as faulty. Whatever activity You see You see as falling short. Despite all this, the rain of Your kindness is not held back, and nothing grows but the rose of generosity. Since You are so kind to the enemy despite Your anger, what can be the measure of the benefit of those approved, what can be the end of the custom of the lovers? What can be the limit of the station of the recognizers, what can be the shore of the happiness of the friends?”