I put my trust in our Lord al-Ḥākim, who alone is worshipped, who fulfills His promise to His servant, the guiding Imam. I put my trust in our Lord, Ruler of the Intellect, the Cause above the first principle, exalted above type and exemplar, transcending genus and form, Master of all. The Intellect is His origination; thought is His bringing-into-being; decree is His sovereignty; names belong to His ranks; attributes belong to His servants. Every intellect is powerless when it glorifies Him and declares His unity; every thought is bewildered when it seeks to declare His transcendence and purify its conception of Him. To confess His unity is an acknowledgment; to point toward Him is only an exercise of thought. Minds cannot know the essence of His reality, and understanding is bewildered by the governance of His wisdom. Because of their inability, they are humbled, confessing, submitting, and held captive in the acknowledgment that He, exalted be His blessings, is the One worshipped through the ages, elevated above the Eternal, the Everlasting, the number and the count, and above every deity that can be believed in, every object of worship that can be singled out, and everything that relies upon His omnipotence.
The pure substances of intellect, when attempting to define His appearances, are humbled and baffled; before the passing intimations of His greatness they submit, acknowledging their captivity. The souls of the pure friends, in their entirety, turn back to their Originator, finding delight and tranquility. In their worship and declaration of unity they have escaped both denial and assimilation. Through the Guardian of their age they have attained the reality of unity and transcendence, and have drawn near to Him through His pure and unique ranks. They have established the truthfulness of these ranks' testimony concerning the deeds of the servants, been ennobled by their contact with the pure angels, and been sanctified by the subtle lights united with them.
O God, Master of humankind and Ruler of rulers, by the greatness of this declaration of transcendence and sanctification, by the majesty of the appearances of Your heavenly dominion before Your creatures for their reassurance, and by the establishment of proof over them through clarification, instruction, and firm foundation:
O God, make us truthful in recognizing the signs of unity through Your Guardian and his ranks. Make us certain in obeying You and them, in surrender to Your command. Protect us by Your kindness and care from the deception of impostors who assume a false likeness, and from the impure, rebellious missionaries who call people to them.
Grant us the time to witness the fulfillment of Your promise to Your sincere friends. You have power over this, and are fully worthy and able to answer this solemn prayer, to the glory of Your divinity.
The Sanctification is ended. Praise belongs to our Lord alone. He is sufficient for me and the best Helper.