Distinct from His creation, while all of the creation
Are below Him; above them is the Lord of all beings.
After the night steals away, He descends from
A Glorious Throne to the green [heaven] in His Essence. [28/a]
He says: 'Is there any seeker to be given? And is there anyone
Supplicating, that he may be freed from the bondage of transgressions?'
Until the breathing of the morning light, then He ascended
His Pedestal (Kursi); Exalted is He, the High, the One who comes. (1)
End of the book.
All praise is due to Allah alone.
And may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon our master Muhammad, and his family and companions.
Abu ‘Abd Allah ... ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Rumi al-Zajjaj read this entire book to me more than once in sessions, the last of which was: Saturday, the twentieth of Rabi‘ al-Akhir, in the year: ... and six hundred, in my residence in Damascus.
Written by:
Mahmoud al-Dashti, may Allah pardon him.
(1) It was narrated by al-Hafiz ‘Abd al-Ghani bin ‘Abd al-Wahid al-Maqdisi at the end of Juz’ fihi Majlis min Amali Abi Nasr al-Ghazi, on the authority of Abu al-Faraj Thabit bin Muhammad bin Abi al-Faraj.
