Beginning from the Point

The way begins with the first step; one letter sets speech in motion. Speech sets out from the point of the heart, before any crowd of words. The point is not a part of the line; the line flows from it. Words come as far as the door; the point goes inside.

Praise is our state

Praise is to praise and to be praised. Praise is our state. We give praise because we took on a name and came forth, because we appeared as existing. Before bearing a name, there was no one to give thanks. Alhamdulillah. That is why the first word is a thanksgiving.

To be able to say “to You.” This phrase takes hold from a subtle place. Address is the first gift to human possibility. The One who made us appear as existing also gave us the saying of “to You.”

Mercy

What is brought into being at every moment, not given once and left. Alhamdulillah to the One who shows mercy and preserves.

We and You

The Creator converses with the beings He created from Himself. What does the Creator want from His servants, and what does the created want from its Lord?

“We” is all the names.

“You” is the point toward the station of Muhammad.

All the names turn toward that point, because all of them came from there.

The one who serves is Himself, and the one whose help is sought is Himself as well. Everything comes from the Real Himself to Himself. The most important point is to realize al-Insan, and through it to realize oneself.

The Seal

When “we” is said, it points to the qualities Allah has given us as existence.

Amin means affirmation. A prayer, as it closes, closes with a seal.

To where it began

In the very beginning there was a point. Like a breath drawn in, the point that opens from one point and closes at one point, the point that makes us existence, the point that teaches us to say “You,” the point that carries us to the first word and the last seal.

To be a being that Allah desires is the greatest mercy. To affirm it is most important.