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ʿ Ṭarîqatu-l ‘Arûsiyyatu-l Qâdiriyyah Worldwide Association (Singapore) www.taqwa.sg The Lord of Truth and All-Powerful Sustainer of the worlds, ALLĀH Magnificent is His Majesty and sanctified be His Names. Our liege, the Archangel, the holy and truthful spirit, the Prophet’s servitor and vizier, Jibrā’īl May Allāh bestow upon him blessings and peace. Our liege, Chieftain of the Messengers, Seal of the Prophets, Forerunner of the Devout, Al-Ḥabīb Al-Muṣṭafā Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib Allāh bless him, his family and companions, and bestow upon them peace. Our liege, leader of the believers and paragon of chivalry, Imām Abū Turāb ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib al-Murtaḍā May Allāh ennoble his countenance, be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, prince of the martyrs and beacon of justice, Imām Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ḥusain b. ʿAlī as-Sibt ash-Shahīd May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, ornament of the worshippers, Imām Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī Zain al-ʿĀbidīn b. Ḥusain as-Sajjād May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the revealer of knowledge, Imām Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Bāqir May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the virtuous polymath, Imām Abū ʿAbd Allāh Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad aṣ-Ṣādiq May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the generous and munificent, Imām Abū Ibrāhīm Mūsā b. Jaʿfar al-Kāẓim May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the morally upright, Imām Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Mūsā ar-Riḍā May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the tolerant and intoxicated lover, Shaikh Abū Mahfūz Maʿrūf b. Fīrūz al-Karkhī May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the devout and abstinent, Shaikh Abū al-Ḥasan Sarī as-Saqatī b. al-Mughallis May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the bridge between exotericism and esotericism, Shaikh Abū al-Qāsim al-Junaid b. Muḥammad al-Baghdādī May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the spiritually drunk ascetic, Shaikh Abū Bakr ‘Abdullāh Dulāf b. Jahdar ash-Shiblī May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the sign-post to right guidance, Shaikh Abū al-Faḍl ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Yamānī at-Tamīmī May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the pathway to gnosis, Shaikh Abū al-Faraj Yūsuf b. Yūsuf ath-Thāwī aṭ-Ṭarsūsī May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the river to the Divine Ocean, Shaikh Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Hankarī May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the Hanbali Judge and pious ascetic, Shaikh Abū Saʿīd al-Mubārak b. ʿAlī al-Makhzūmī al-Mukharrimī May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh. Our liege, the lordly cardinal pole, mightiest succour and gray falcon, Muḥyi ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Qādir b. Jangī Dost Mūsā al-Jīlānī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the expert jurist and exemplary guide, Tāj ad-Dīn Abū Bakr ʿAbd ar-Razzāq b. ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Baghdādī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the modest Chief Justice and pillar of the religion, Imād ad-Dīn Abū Ṣāliḥ Naṣr b. ʿAbd ar-Razzāq al-Baghdādī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the learned scholar and pious ascetic, Fakhr ad-Dīn Abū Naṣr Muḥammad b. Naṣr al-Baghdādī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the excellent leader and eloquent preacher, Ẓāhir ad-Dīn Abu as-Saʿūd Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Baghdādī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Sayyid ʿAlī al-Qādirī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Sayyid Mūsā al-Qādirī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Ḥalabī al-Qādirī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Langotbandh Baba Shaikh Bahā’ ad-Dīn al-Ansārī al-Qādirī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Muḥammad Sharīf al-Qādirī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Shams ad-Dīn al-Qādirī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn b. Jumʿa al-Qādirī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Sayyid Aḥmad Ḥusain Bukhārī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Sayyid Ismāʿīl Ḥusain Bukhārī b. Sayyid Aḥmad Ḥusain Bukhārī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Sayyid Muḥammad Bukhārī b. Sayyid Ismāʿīl Ḥusain Bukhārī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the possessor of charismatic exploits, Shaikh Sayyid Muḥammad Bukhārī Tangal b. Sayyid Aḥmad Bukhārī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the zealous missionary and elegant Sufi poet, Shaikh ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Qāhirī May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the profound teacher, scholar and mystic, Taikā Ṣāḥib al-Kirkarī Shaikh ʿAbd al-Qādir b. Muḥammad Naina May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the erudite scholar, savant and reviver of the era, Imām al-ʿArūs Shaikh Sayyid Muḥammad b. Aḥmad Lebbai May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the zamindar missionary and knower of Allāh, Ṣāḥib al-Jalwah Shaikh Shāh al-Ḥamīd b. Sayyid Muḥammad May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the philanthropic scholar and saint, Shaikh Taikā Aḥmad ʿAbd al-Qādir b. Shāh al-Ḥamīd May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode. Our liege, the ark of guidance, Shaikh Dr. Taikā Shuʿaib b. Aḥmad ʿAbd al-Qādir May Allāh protect him and keep him well, and benefit us through him! Our liege, the chosen successor, Shaikh Taikā Aḥmad Nāṣir b. Shuʿaib May Allāh protect him and keep him well, and benefit us through him! May Allāh be pleased with them and us, sanctify their lofty innermost secret and ours, and illuminate their resting abodes and ours. May Allāh forgive us, have mercy on us, shower us divine grace, facilitate our affairs, fulfill our needs, and give us complete Gnosis. May Allāh bless and bestow peace on our liege Muḥammad, his family, companions, and inheritors. May we too be from them. Āmīn!

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Ṭarîqatu-l ‘Arûsiyyatu-l Qâdiriyyah Worldwide Association (Singapore) www.taqwa.sg

The Lord of Truth and All-Powerful Sustainer of the worlds, ALLĀH

Magnificent is His Majesty and sanctified be His Names.

Our liege, the Archangel, the holy and truthful spirit, the Prophet’s servitor and vizier, Jibrā’īl

May Allāh bestow upon him blessings and peace.

Our liege, Chieftain of the Messengers, Seal of the Prophets, Forerunner of the Devout, Al-Ḥabīb Al-Muṣṭafā Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib

Allāh bless him, his family and companions, and bestow upon them peace.

Our liege, leader of the believers and paragon of chivalry, Imām Abū Turāb ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib al-Murtaḍā

May Allāh ennoble his countenance, be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, prince of the martyrs and beacon of justice, Imām Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ḥusain b. ʿAlī as-Sibt ash-Shahīd

May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, ornament of the worshippers, Imām Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī Zain al-ʿĀbidīn b. Ḥusain as-Sajjād

May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the revealer of knowledge, Imām Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Bāqir

May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the virtuous polymath, Imām Abū ʿAbd Allāh Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad aṣ-Ṣādiq May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the generous and munificent, Imām Abū Ibrāhīm Mūsā b. Jaʿfar al-Kāẓim

May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the morally upright, Imām Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Mūsā ar-Riḍā

May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the tolerant and intoxicated lover, Shaikh Abū Mahfūz Maʿrūf b. Fīrūz al-Karkhī

May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the devout and abstinent, Shaikh Abū al-Ḥasan Sarī as-Saqatī b. al-Mughallis May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the bridge between exotericism and esotericism, Shaikh Abū al-Qāsim al-Junaid b. Muḥammad al-Baghdādī

May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the spiritually drunk ascetic, Shaikh Abū Bakr ‘Abdullāh Dulāf b. Jahdar ash-Shiblī May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the sign-post to right guidance, Shaikh Abū al-Faḍl ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Yamānī at-Tamīmī

May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the pathway to gnosis, Shaikh Abū al-Faraj Yūsuf b. Yūsuf ath-Thāwī aṭ-Ṭarsūsī

May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the river to the Divine Ocean, Shaikh Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Hankarī

May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the Hanbali Judge and pious ascetic, Shaikh Abū Saʿīd al-Mubārak b. ʿAlī al-Makhzūmī al-Mukharrimī

May Allāh be pleased with him, and he with Allāh.

Our liege, the lordly cardinal pole, mightiest succour and gray falcon, Muḥyi ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Qādir b. Jangī Dost Mūsā al-Jīlānī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the expert jurist and exemplary guide, Tāj ad-Dīn Abū Bakr ʿAbd ar-Razzāq b. ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Baghdādī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the modest Chief Justice and pillar of the religion, Imād ad-Dīn Abū Ṣāliḥ Naṣr b. ʿAbd ar-Razzāq al-Baghdādī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the learned scholar and pious ascetic, Fakhr ad-Dīn Abū Naṣr Muḥammad b. Naṣr al-Baghdādī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the excellent leader and eloquent preacher, Ẓāhir ad-Dīn Abu as-Saʿūd Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Baghdādī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Sayyid ʿAlī al-Qādirī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Sayyid Mūsā al-Qādirī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Ḥalabī al-Qādirī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Langotbandh Baba Shaikh Bahā’ ad-Dīn al-Ansārī al-Qādirī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Muḥammad Sharīf al-Qādirī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Shams ad-Dīn al-Qādirī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn b. Jumʿa al-Qādirī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Sayyid Aḥmad Ḥusain Bukhārī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Sayyid Ismāʿīl Ḥusain Bukhārī b. Sayyid Aḥmad Ḥusain Bukhārī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the venerable Gnostic and knower of Allāh, Shaikh Sayyid Muḥammad Bukhārī b. Sayyid Ismāʿīl Ḥusain Bukhārī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the possessor of charismatic exploits, Shaikh Sayyid Muḥammad Bukhārī Tangal b. Sayyid Aḥmad Bukhārī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the zealous missionary and elegant Sufi poet, Shaikh ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Qāhirī

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the profound teacher, scholar and mystic, Taikā Ṣāḥib al-Kirkarī Shaikh ʿAbd al-Qādir b. Muḥammad Naina

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the erudite scholar, savant and reviver of the era, Imām al-ʿArūs Shaikh Sayyid Muḥammad b. Aḥmad Lebbai

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the zamindar missionary and knower of Allāh, Ṣāḥib al-Jalwah Shaikh Shāh al-Ḥamīd b. Sayyid Muḥammad

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the philanthropic scholar and saint, Shaikh Taikā Aḥmad ʿAbd al-Qādir b. Shāh al-Ḥamīd

May Allāh sanctify his lofty innermost being and illuminate his resting abode.

Our liege, the ark of guidance, Shaikh Dr. Taikā Shuʿaib b. Aḥmad ʿAbd al-Qādir

May Allāh protect him and keep him well, and benefit us through him!

Our liege, the chosen successor, Shaikh Taikā Aḥmad Nāṣir b. Shuʿaib

May Allāh protect him and keep him well, and benefit us through him!

May Allāh be pleased with them and us, sanctify their lofty innermost secret and ours,

and illuminate their resting abodes and ours.

May Allāh forgive us, have mercy on us, shower us divine grace, facilitate our affairs, fulfill our needs, and give us complete Gnosis.

May Allāh bless and bestow peace on our liege Muḥammad, his family, companions, and inheritors. May we too be from them. Āmīn!