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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Adab as-Salat: The Disciplines of the Prayer Second Revised Edition The Secrets And The Cordial Disciplines Of The Four Tasbīhs There are four rukns (pillars) in the Tasbīhāt : The first rukn concerns the tasbīh (glorification), which is purifying Allah from descriptions by tahmīd (saying: al-hamdu lillāh = praise is for Allah) and tahlīl (saying: lā ilāha illallāh = there is no god but Allah), which is of the inclusive states.

The sālik servant should, in all his worshippings, pay attention to that, and prevent his heart from the claim of describing and seeking a eulogy on the Haqq (Allah).

He should not think that a servant is able to offer the due servitude to Allah, let alone paying the due homage to the Lord, which is not hoped for even by the perfect walī s [ awliyā' ], and from reaching which the hands of the great ones of the people of knowledge are short: No one can net the phoenix, so undo the net, since there can be nothing but wind in it,[^1] That is why it has been said that the perfect knowledge of the people of knowledge is their knowing their own inability.[^2] Yes, it is because of the vast mercy of Allah, the Exalted, which covers us, the weak servants, that He vests us, the helpless, with serving Him and permits us to enter such a holy and pure state which bent the backs of even the Cherubim to get near it.

This is of the greatest favors and graces of the Holy Essence, The Provider that bestowed upon His servants. The people of knowledge, the perfect walī s [ awliyā' ] and the godly men value it in proportion to their personal knowledge.

We the veiled, left short of all states, the deprived of and kept at a distance from any perfection and knowledge are completely unaware of that, and regard the divine commands, which are, in fact, the highest, big unlimited blessings, as imposition and duty, performing them lazily and with boredom, and that is why we are completely deprived of and veiled from its luminosity.