Salatul Mashishyya by Sheikh ‘Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish al-‘Alami

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Inna Llāha wa malã-ikatahū yuṣallūna ʿala n-Nabi; Yã ayyuha llađīna āmanū ṣallū ʿalayhī wa sallimū taslīmā. [Qur'an 33:56] God and His angels bless the Prophet. O believers, do you also bless him, and pray him peace. Allāhumma ṣalli ʿala man minhun shaqqatil asrār · Wan falaqatil anwār · Wa fihīrtaqatil ḥaqā-iq · Wa tanazalat ʿulūm Adama fa aʿjazalḫalā-iq · Wa lahu taḍā-alatil fuhūm · Falam yudrikhu minnā sābiqun wa lā lāḥiq · Fariyaḍul malakūti bi zahri jamālihi mūniqah · Wa ḥiyaḍul jabarūti bi fayḍi anwārihi mutadaffiqah · Wa lā shay-a ilā wa huwa bihi manūṭ · Iđ lawlāl wāsiṭatu lađ-haba kamā qīlal mawsūṭ · Ṣalātan talīqu bika minka ilayhi kamā huwa ahlu · Allāhumma innahu sirrukal jāmiʿud dallu bika ʿalayk · Wa ḥijābukal aʿađ̣̣amul qā-imu laka bayna yadayk · Allāhumma alḥiqnī bi nasabihi wa ḥaqqaqnī bi ḥasabihi · Wa ʿarrafnī iyyahu maʿrifatan aslamu bihā min mawāridil jahl · Wa akraʿu bihā min mawāridil faḍl · Waḥmilnī ʿala sabīlihi ilā ḥaḍratik · Ḥamlān maḥfūfām bi nuṣratik · Wa aqađif bī ʿalāl bāṭili fa admaguhu · Wa zujja bī fī biḥāril Aḥadiyyah · Wanṣulnī min awḥali t-tawḥ̣īd (3) · Wa agriqnī fī ʿayni baḥril Waḥda · Ḥattā lā arāwa lā asmaʿa wa lā ajida wa lā uḥissa illā bihā · Wajʿali Allāhummal ḥijābal aʿđ̣ama ḥayāta rūḥi · Wa rūḥahu sirra ḥaqīqatī · Wa ḥaqīqatahu jāmiʿa ʿawalimī · Bi taḥqīqilḥaqqal awwal · Ya Āwwalu Ya Āḫiru Ya Ð̣āhiru Ya Bāṭin · Ismaʿ nidā-i bimā samiʿta bihi nidã-a ʿabdika Zakariyã · Wanṣurnī bika lak· Wa ayyidnī bika lak · Wa ajmaʿ baynī wa baynak· Wa ḥul baynī wa bayna gayrik ·Allãããh! (3) O Allah shower Your blessings upon him from whom burst open the secrets, From whom stream forth the lights, And in whom rise up the realities, And upon whom descended the sciences of Adam, by which all creatures are made powerless, And blessings upon him before whom all understandingis diminished. None of us totally comprehend him, whether in the past or the future. The gardens of the spiritual kingdom blossom ornately with the resplendence of his beauty, And the reservoirs of the World of Dominion overflow with the outpouring of his light. There is nothing that is not connected to him, Because if there were no intercessor, everything to be interceded for would vanish, as it is said. So bless him with a prayer that isworthy of You, from You, as befits his stature. Allah indeed he is Your all-encompassing secret that leads through You to You. And he is Your Supreme Veil raised before You, between Your Hands. O Allah include me among his descendants and confirm me through his account. And let me know him with a deep knowledge that keeps me safe from the wells of ignorance, So that I might drink to fullness from the wells of excellence. Carryme on his path to Your Presence, Encompassed by Your Victory, And strike through me at the false so that I may destroy it. Plunge me into the seas of Oneness. And pull me out of the morass of metaphorical Unity. And drown me in the Essence of the Ocean of Unicity Until I neither see, nor hear,nor find, nor sense, except through It. O Allah makethe Supreme Veil the life of my spirit. And his soul the secret of my reality; And his reality the conflux of my worlds; Through the realization of the First Truth. O First! O Last! O Manifest! O Most Hidden! Hear my call as You heard the call of your servant Zachary. And grant me victory through You, for You. And support me through You, for You. And join me to You. And come between myself and anything other than You—Allah! Allah! Allah! * * * Innal lađi faraḍa ʿalaykal Qurāna larãdduka ‘ilāmaʿad. [ Quran 28:85] He who imposed the Recitation upon thee shall surely restore thee to a place of homing. Rabbanã ātinā min ladunka Raḥmatan wa hayylanā min amrinā rashadā. [Quran 18:10] ‘Our Lord, give us mercy from Thee, and furnish us with rectitude in our affair.’ Inna Llāha wa malã-ikatahū yuṣallūna ʿala n-Nabi; Yã ayyuha llađīna āmanū ṣallū ʿalayhī wa sallimū taslīmā. [Quran 33:56] God and His angels bless the Prophet. O believers, do you also bless him, and pray him peace.Ṣalawatu Llāhi wa sallāmuhu wa taḥiyatuhu wa raḥmatuhu wa barakātuhu ʿalā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin ʿabdika wa rasūlika n-Nabiyyi l-Ummiyy, wa ʿalā ālihi wa Ṣaḥbihī wa sallimʿadada sh-shafʿi wal watri wa ʿadada kalimāti Rabbinā t-tāmmātil mubarakāt. Alfu salām, alfu salām, alfu alfi salāmin fī qulubīna. Wa lā ḥawlawa la quwwata illā bi Llāhi l-ʿAliyyi l-ʿAđ̣̣īm. May the blessings of Allah, His peace, greetings, mercy, and grace, be upon our master Muhammad, Your servant, prophet and messenger, the Unlettered Prophet — and upon his family and companions be peace multiplied by the even and odd, and multiplied by the perfect and blessed words of our Lord. Thousand fold peace, Thousandfold peace, thousand-thousand fold peace in our hearts. There is no motion or power except throughAllah, the High, the Immense. Subḥana Rabbika Rabbil ʿizati ʿama yasifun wasalamun ʿalal mursilalin wal ḥamdulillahi Rabbil ʿalamin. [Quran 37:180-183] Glory be to thy Lord, the Lord of Glory, above that they describe! And peace be upon the Envoys; and praise belongs to God, the Lord of all Being.