Invocations of the Shadhili Order

the sea to Moses, the fire to Abraham, the mouns.

David, and the wind and demons and jinn nountains and irom
to
ject to us everything. O Solomon. And suhto
You in whose hand is sub
mastery of everything.
And He gives sanctuary.
and none can give
sanctuary against Him.

o High. 0 Great. o
Clement. 0 All-knowing:
Ahun. Qaf. Adumma.

Humma. Ha'. Ameen.

Another of them is the

full supplication attrib- SiLÉÉNE,
uted to the Pole and
Succour my liegelord
Abd al-Salam ibn
Mashish. the admixture
upon it being by my master Abul Mawahib al-Shadhili al-Tunici
up to his saying "and in the number of the perfect and
blessed
words of our Lord." which is followed by the addendum of
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Hasan Hamza Dhafir al-Madani (Allah
sanctify their inmost souls). It is called in its entirety al-Wadhifa
[The Work]. Our teacher (Allah sanctify his secret) mentions
that whoever recites it regularly is protected from magick by
the leave of Allah Most High. It is:

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 Al-Wadhifa

In the name of Allah

Most Merciful and
Compassionate: 0
Allah, bless and give
peace, in all matters,
outward and inward, to
him from whose exalted
entity secrets were
sundered to be mani-
fest; And the lights
enfolded in the sky of
his sublime attributes
burst forth like full
moons; In whom
ultimate truths arose,

from him unto him;

And through whom the

knowledges of Adam

understanding of the
he understanding
the
upon him; The
him and all
descendedin
has stymied
all creatures;
creatures; And
whom
to
entrusted incapacity
the incapacity
mystery dwindle, while
understandings

all of
secret, which
whom none
before impregnable
the
suffices it: That is of us after
existence, and
none
of each
realized in his
ever
us before has vision. And what a
powerful his
gnostic
however
reach
can ever

tremendous a prophet he is:

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 Shadhili Order
Invocations of the

The gardens of
the visible
worlds are Sair
and spiritual worlds

flowering of his
resplendent beauty; And the
pools thewith
pools
worlds
the
oneness with
of infinite
of the
the upwelling

effulgences of his daz-

secret; And noth-

zling
there is, but is
ing
by him, and
conditioned

encompassed by his
all-

reaching mystery, since

in
if not for the means,

ascent and de-

every
scent. the end. as has

been said. would have

gone-With a blessing
that truly befits You.
from You unto him, and

ever reiterated with the

successive renewal of
creation and endiess
emanation upon him; And with a peace whose flow and largesse
is commensurate with this blessing, as is meet for him; And
upon his folk, the suns of the sky of sublimity, and his
Companions, and their disciples, and those who follow after. 0
Allah, verily he is Your secret that embraces all secrets; and
Your light that encompasses all lights; and Your guide who
guides by You unto You; and the leader of the cavalcade of Your
worlds to You; and Your highest sentinel, standing for You
before You. No one arrives, except to his exacting presence, and
no one who is bewildered

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 AI-Wadhifa
d except to his shining luminescences. Allah, connect
isguided
exce.al
d his
lineage,
spiritual lin. and realize
me
me with
through his loftyy
4YY
excellence. And give me
knowledge of him
by
which 1 behold his
countenance, and come
to manifest him as he
would 1ike and be
pleased by; and through
which I am saved from
the paths of ignorance
of his gifts, and
drink to
repletion at the streams
of his
knowledges; And
carry me on the riding
3 camels of Your gra-
ciousness and drome-
daries of Your tender-
ness and compassion,
and make me journey
and straight way, unto his presence,
onhis righteous path
own sacred presence,
lustrous with the
Connected with Your
of intimate friendship-A carrying
epiphanies of his qualities
Your aid, amidst the companies of
surrounded by the hosts of
ones. And hurl me against
falsehood, in all its
Your beloved
the way that is
types and places, so I shatter it with truth, in
of absolute oneness which
fittest. And plunge me into the seas

And pluck me from

encompass the composite and the simple;
the mires of affirming unity,
Invocatl

he ne,
the
of singularizing
ranscendently
singularizing
space
infinite
beyond
to the
absoluteness or conditionedness: And drown me in th
in
the
YA
o n e n e s s ,

sea
of
very
until I do
vision,
gnostic
find,
hear, o r
see, o r
not
but
anything
sense
or
it, whether descending

as shall
ascending,
or
existence.
And
ever be
Allah. this
make, 0

laudable in his sight.

and praiseworthy in

make. 0
Yours: And

Allah. the Supreme

Sentinel the life of my

veil being
spirit, by the
lifted and seeing-for

matter is-out
thus the
and
of mercy from You
compassion: And make,
in experience and
OAllah, spirit the secret of my reality,
his
connector of my realms at the
being; and his reality the
confluences of my worlds, present and future. And realize me

thereby, whatever may be, with the realization of the First and
there is nothing before
Last, the Outward and Inward. O First,
there is
You; O Last, there is nothing after You; O Outward,
below You: Hear
nothing above You; 0 Inward, there is nothing
my cry, in my survival and annihilation, by
that through which
You heard the cry of Your servant Zacharias. And make me wel

pleased with You

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Vou, And grant me
victory through You for
and men and angels; And You,
ahe WNorrld of jinn
verthe woorl

aid me
through
You for You, as
he is
aided who travels
and
masters, and who mas-
ters, and travels.
And
join between me and
You, and lift from the
eye the veil of You,
and
come between me and
other than You,
and
make me of the
Imams
of Your
goodness and
beneficence. Allah; Al-
lah; Allah: Allah, from
Him all matters come;
Allah, to Him all mat-
ters return; Allah is
necessarily existent;
Allah, and everything
besides Him nonexistent. "Verily He who has enjoined the Koran
upon you shall bring you back to a return" in every approach
and retreat, in every rising and sitting. "0 our Lord, give us
mercy from You, and grant us rectitude in our affair," and make
us of those who have been
guided by You, and then guided.
Until not a look do we cast
except upon You, nor desire do we
have except for You. And make us
travel the ascending paths of
Verily Allah and His angels bless the Prophet; 0 you who
believe: bless him and invoke
peace upon him."

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 Invocations or t l i

a n d grant peace from

OAllah, so bless us to
blessings and most pertect of peace, For we do him, the
mendous rank, or rea-
not
grasp hisbest ot
lize the honor and Iretre.
reverence due him. The

Allah Most
blessings of

High, His peace, greet

ings, mercy, and graces
be upon our liegelord
Muhammad, Your ser-

vant, prophet, and mes-

senger, the Unlettered

Prophet: and upon his

folk and Companions, in
the number of the even

and the odd, and of the

perfect blessed words
of our Lord. I seek

refuge in the consum-

mate words of Allah
from the evil of what He has created (3). I seek protection from
Him of power and limitless might, and take refuge in the Lord
of the higher world, and rely upon the Living who shall never
die: Avert from us the harm, You have power over all things
(said 3 times, in each of which "Turn aside the harm from us,
You have power over all things" is said thrice). In the nameof
Allah, with whose name nothing can cause harm in the earth or
sky, and He is the All-hearing
and Al1-knowing (3). "Alla
Sutfices us and is the best reliance" (3). There is no movement
or
strength except through Allah, the High,

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 Al-Wadhifa
G r e a t
.
"
A Irely
(4).rely on the Living who shall
never die, and
Most has begotten no
the
" P r a i s eb e t o
Him,who son,and has no partner
inrule, and needs no
A
protector from abase-
ment; And magnify Him
greatly." 0 Allah, bless
our master Muhammad

and his folk and

Companions and give
them peace (3). "And
Allah will suffice
you
them, and He is the All-

35 q hearing and All

knowing" (3)."For Allah
is a better protector,
and He is Most Merciful
of the Merciful" (3).
"Our Lord, give us
mercy from You, and
grant us rectitude in

our affair" (3). "AndI consign my matter to Allah, truly, Allah is

all-seing of servants" (3). (Ayat al-Kursi). "To Allah belongs
what is in the heavens and earth; and whether you reveal what
is in your hearts or conceal it, Allah will take you to account for
it, forgiving whomever He wills, and punishing whomever He
wills; and Allah has power over all things. The Messenger
believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, as do
the believers: Each believes in Allah, His angels, His Books, and
His messengers: We draw no distinction between any of His

messengers; And they say: We hear and obey; Your forgiveness,

Our Lord, to You

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 Hot
is the
becoming.
Allal
UU
charge an
chalke soul
any soul
exCe
strength: What
it

not take
earns

us
is for it, and what it
excepr t
ommits, againstSt it
O Lord, do h
A A
forget or
to task if we

bur-
O Lord, do
not
err;
as
den us with hardship
before
You did those
And do not laden
us
us;
we have no
with what
bear: but
strength to
and forgive
pardon us,
us, and show us mercy:

so
You are our Master,

over the
give us victory
unbelieving folk." *AI-

lah attests that there is

but He. as do the

no god
those with
angels and
knowledge. upholding
righteousness. There is
no god but He, the All-powerful, the All-wise; Verily, the

religion with Allah is Islam." *"Say: 0 Allah, Lord of Dominion:

You give power to whomever You will, and take away power

from whomever You will; You exalt whomever You will, and
You
abase whomever You will; the good is in Your hand: Truly,
have power over all things. You enter the night into the day,
the
and the day into the bring forth the living from
night, and
u
dead, and the dead from the living; And You give sustenance
to yu
whomever You will beyond measure." "There has come
messenger from yourselves; grievous

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 endure, concerned for
what you endu
A1-Wadhifa
is
h i m

you, tender
they turn away, and com-
to
towards believers, But if
ssionate
passiona

say: Allah is
my
Ar
no
sufficiency, there is
god but He, on Him
I
rely, and He is
Lord of
the Mighty Throne"

(repeating the verse

"But if
they turn
away.. ." thrice).
at (Sur-
al-A'la [Koran
12 s, ( 87|).
(Surat al-Inshirah (94).
(Surat al-Qadr (98).
Surat al-Lalzala (99)
(Surat Quraysh [106),
repeating "and pro-
tected them from fear"
thrice). (Surat al-lkhlas
[112] (11 times)). (Surat
al-Falaq [l13]). (Surat
al-Nas [114). (al-Fati-
ha). "Far exalted is Your Lord, the Lord of Power, above what
they describe, And peace be upon the Messengers, And all
praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds."

Another is Hizb al-Nasr [The Litany of Victory], which one of the

more
exacting authorities believes to be by my master Abu
Mawahib al-Shadhili al-Tunisi, author of the invocations mixed
wIth the
Wadhifa, though some say it is by Imam Abul Hasan al-
Snadhili (Allah be well
pleased with both). Our sheikh says, "It
Sa
litany recited with the intention of victory aiding the
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