المواجهة
Peace upon the Imam who truly, truly points toward God. Peace upon the trustee of the Creator and the goal of those endowed with understanding. Peace upon the Qāʾim of Truth, who takes vengeance on whoever conceals the truth and makes false claims. Peace upon the One who stands over every soul according to what it has earned and committed.
To the servants who visit his sanctuary and seek the overflowing bounty of his hands and his generosity: the lowliest, least servant, al-Muqtanā, the Left Wing, offers submission, sanctification, proclamation of transcendence, profession of unity, magnification, and acknowledgment of divinity to our Lord, the Creator al-Ḥākim, and thanks to His servant, the guiding Imam and Qāʾim.
The least submissive and possessed servant, al-Muqtanā, the Left Wing, humbles himself before the Presence of sanctity and support, and entreats the Tree of Truth and the channel of the word of tawḥīd. He asks his master and lord to pardon his failings and offenses, and to overlook what has passed through his hands.
This is the station of one lowly and insignificant, the place of one seeking refuge and protection, the concern of a captive shaykh who takes shelter in the secure sanctuary, and who seeks intercession with his Master and Lord through the ranks nearest to Him.
I implore him, through the chosen lords of his elect, to count me among those embraced by his satisfaction and pardon, and those upon whom he has bestowed forgiveness for mistakes and forgetfulness in the pages concerning tawḥīd that the servant has composed and arranged through the support of his Lord, and in the epistles he has sent to the Callers of Truth, which he has based upon the proclamation of transcendence and to which he has attached its proper meanings.
My Lord, whatever is found in these writings, letters, books, and treatises that the servant has sent forth—whether eloquent address, sound reasoning, or decisive discourse—derives from the beneficence of the Imam of this age and the provision of the Qāʾim of the time. Whatever errors or slips are found in them belong to this least servant, grieving and thirsty for grace. He seeks his Master's kindness in excusing his shortcomings and desires his Master's generosity to pardon what he has done and brought upon himself.
Here I am, my Lord, pleading humbly before You, acknowledging what my hands have done in Your presence. Bestow upon Your servant the favor You have shown by pardoning wrongdoers; overlook his slips and errors as You have overlooked the faults of those who confess their sins.
The servant has no work upon which he can rely on the Day of Resurrection, and this weak servant has no refuge from his Master's displeasure except in that Master Himself. Grant Your pardon, my Lord, to this miserable, impoverished servant. You are an excellent Master, mighty and able to forgive.