All the knowledge and maʿrifa (experiential knowledge of God) that are particular to it have been realized in me. In this tawhid (the oneness of God), the intoxication of the moment and the dominance of the ḥāl (spiritual state) reached their utmost limit. I then informed Hazrat-i Khwāja, that is, Shaykh Bāqī Billāh, of certain obstacles I had encountered, by means of a letter. To the letter, I also added the following verses (which are, in fact, a single couplet) filled with the language of intoxication (sekr):
tawhid 1121 Alas
this path is the way of a blind people
our people are the people of disbelievers and deniers
it is the hair and rose-face of that beautiful peri
whether kufr (disbelief) or iman (faith)
both lead to the same path
This state continued for a long time, for months, even for years. Then, the infinite ināya (divine favor) of the Real (God) came from the window of the unseen to the plain of manifestation. Upon the face of the sought-after, la (no)...