Riḍāʾ is the manifestation of the attributes of the Real (God) upon the servant (according to Kāshānī, Jāmiʿ). (Iṣṭilāḥ, 539; Kāshānī, 149; Jāmiʿ, 84)
What is riḍāʾ? It is the perfect servant created so as to encompass all possible and divine ḥaqīqas (inner realities). He is the most perfect locus of manifestation, and there is none more perfect than him. On this matter, Abū Ḥāmid (al-Ghazālī) says: In possibility, there is nothing more wondrous than this world in which all kamāl (perfections) of realities are present in meaning. He is the servant who should be called khalīfa (vicegerent). He is the one who is the perfect work among all possible existents. The tāmma (complete and perfect freedom of will) of the divine will belongs to him, and he is the most perfect of loci of manifestation. (Futūḥāt, TI, 102)
(See also: khalīfa)
riḥ-i khāṭir) see khāṭir/khawāṭir or khatra/khaṭarāt
risāla (â3lu)) (see walāya-nubuwwa-risāla)