Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

ʿAbd al-Aḥad (Sufism Glossary)

He is the unique one of his time, the foremost of his era, the possessor of the greatest pole (quṭbiyyat-i kubrā), and the one who stands by the first ahadiyya (ahadiyya; the station of divine oneness). (Kāshānī, 121) …

He is the unique one of his time, the foremost of his era, the possessor of the greatest pole (quṭbiyyat-i kubrā), and the one who stands by the first ahadiyya (ahadiyya; the station of divine oneness). (Kāshānī, 121)

'ʿAbd al-Āhir: He is the one who remains after the annihilation of all created beings, by Allah's [subsistence].