Letters ( revised ) | THE TWENTY-FOURTH LETTER | 351
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See the extensive, sincere belief in God’s unity that supplication gives, and the sweetness and purity of the light of belief that it shows!  Understand the meaning of the verse,

 

Say, No importance would your Sustainer attach to you were it not for your supplication;(25:77)

 

listen to the decree of,

 

And your Sustainer says: Call on Me; I shall answer you.(40:60)

 

As  the  saying  goes:  “If  I  had  not  wanted  to  give,  I  would  not  have  given wanting.”[1]

 

Glory be unto You! We have no knowledge save that which You have taught us; indeed, You are All-Knowing, All Wise!(2:32)

O God, grant blessings to our master Muhammad from pre-eternity to post- eternity,  to the number of things present  in divine  knowledge,  and to his Family and Companions, grant them peace; and preserve us from harm, and preserve our religion. Amen. And all praise be to God, the Sustainer of All the Worlds.

 

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[1] See, Abu Nu’aym, Hilyat al-Awliya’, iii, 263.

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