as mevcud (existing being)

Then, he contemplates the phrase illā (except), immediately envisioning that line from the top of his right shoulder, passing it through the subtle centers (latāʾif), and drawing it to the mouth of the qalb (the heart). With this, intending the exception (the illā particle and the Allah to whom it points), he says 'Allah', holds his breath, then releases it; meanwhile, as he exhales, he says: 'Ilāhī anta maqsūdī wa riḍāka maṭlūbī, O Allah, You are my aim, I seek Your riḍā (contentment).' Then, following the same conditions, he repeats it a second time and continues in this manner. He increases the number until he says it twenty-one times in a single breath. If, after performing it in this way, a sign of istihlāk (annihilation) and effacement in the Essence of Allah Most High appears to him, this state can be relied upon. If such a state does not occur, then he continues to repeat the same actions. (Jāmiʿ, 293)