Among the noble du'ā' 's of great merit...

Among the noble du'ā' 's of great merit, which includes the polite manners of supplication to Allah, and also numerates the full divine gifts, and completely suits the state of qunūt , which is a state of supplication and devotion to Allah, and some great men (may Allah have mercy upon them) almost continually practiced it, is the du'ā' called ” yā man azhar al-jamīl ” (O, the One Who manifested the Beautiful), which is of the treasures of the ' Arsh and Allah's gift to His Messenger.

Each one of its paragraphs has so much merits and rewards, as is stated in at-Tawhīd by Shaykh as-Sadūq (may Allah have mercy upon him).[^4] The best manner of servitude is that, in the state of qunūt which is a state of supplication and devotion to Allah in the salāt , all of which is showing servitude and praising, and in this state the Holy Essence of Allah, the Exalted and Most High, specially opens the door of supplication and invocation to the servant and honors him so the sālik servant must also observe the discipline of the Holy State of Lordship, and take care that his du'ā' should include glorifying and purifying Allah, the Exalted, and His remembrance.

He should ask Allah, in this noble state, to give him those things that are of the kind of divine knowledge [ ma'ārif ], and to open for him the door of supplication, intimacy, privacy, and devotion to Him. He should avoid demanding this world, mean animal matters and selfish desires, so that he may not feel ashamed in the presence of the pure ones, and not debase himself in the gathering of the pious ones.

O dear, qunūt is giving up other than Allah, and completely turning towards the Lord's Might, and extending the empty hand of demand to the Absolute Self-Sufficient. During such a state of devotion, to talk of the stomach, private parts and mundane matters is but a shortcoming and a loss. Darling, now that you are far away from your homeland, blocked from neighboring the free people and captured in this dark house full of troubles and perils, do not spin around yourself, like a silkworm.

O dear, Allah, the Beneficent, has fermented your disposition with the light of knowledge and the fire of love, and supported you with the lights like the prophets, and the lovers like the walī s [ awliyā' ], so, do not extinguish this fire with the dust and ashes of this low world, and do not tarnish and darken that light with a world which is a place of exile.