Twelfth Droplet

Just as this person (UWBP) is an articulate proof and evidence as true as the unity of  the  Creator  of  beings;  so  he  is  a  decisive  proof  and  clear  evidence  for  the resurrection of the dead and eternal happiness.  Indeed, with his guidance  he is the reason for eternal happiness coming about and is the means of attaining it; so too, through his prayers and supplications, he is the cause of its existence and reason for its creation.  We repeat here this mystery,  which is mentioned  in the Tenth Word, because of its relevance (lit. station.)

See! This Person (UWBP) prays with a prayer so supreme it is as if the Arabian Peninsula and the earth too perform the prayers through his majestic prayer, and offer entreaties.  See, he  entreats  in a congregation  so  vast  it  is as if all the  luminous, perfected members of mankind from the time of Adam till our age and until the end of time, are following him and saying “Amen” to his supplications. And see! He is beseeching for a need so universal that not only the dwellers of the earth, but those of the heavens, and all beings, join in his prayer, declaring: “Yes! O our Sustainer! Grant it to us! We too want it!” He supplicates with such want, so sorrowfully, in such a loving, yearning, and beseeching fashion [2] that he brings the whole cosmos to tears, making them join in his prayer.

See! The purpose and aim of his prayer is such that it raises man and the world, and all creatures, from the lowest of the low, from inferiority, worthlessness, and uselessness  to  the  highest  of  the  high;  that  is,  to  having  value,  permanence,  and exalted duties. See! He seeks and pleads for help and mercy in a manner so elevated and sweet, it is as if he makes all beings and the heavens and the earth hear, and bringing them to ecstasy, to exclaim: “Amen, O our God! Amen!” And see! He seeks his needs from One so Powerful, Hearing, and Munificent, One so Knowing, Seeing, and Compassionate, that He sees and hears the most secret need of the most obscure living being and its entreaties, accepts them, and has mercy on it. For He gives what is asked for, if only through the tongue of disposition.  And  He gives it in so Wise, Seeing, and Compassionate a form that it leaves no doubt that His nurturing and regulation  is  particular  to  Him,  the  All-Hearing  and  All-Seeing  One,  the  Most Generous and Most Compassionate One.

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[2] Tirmidhi, Da’awat, 30.