Makhzanul Asrar Makhzan Ul Asrar

The first sentence is a prayer. It means 'Be Illuminated! O Seeker! May Allah grant you right guidance in both the Worlds!' This is followed by each phrase of the Hadis along with its specific Station of Salook in pairs in sequence. Its translation is:

1. I was of Hahoot
2. Like the treasure of Yahoot
3. Inside the hidden Station of Lahoot
4. Thus I intended in the Realm of Malakoot
5. That, I should be identified in the Realm of Jabroot
6. Hence, I, for My identification, created the Realm of Nasoot of creatures
7. Thus, the Arif Aashiq of Essence of Fount of every fountain of the Reality of Hahoot identified Me from Myself.

The Risala e Ruhi Shareef is the Sharah and Tafseer of this Hadis-e-Qudsi and in it, Hazrat Sultan-ul-Arifeen Hazrat Sultan Bahu Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala Alaihe has discussed the Seven Maratib of Salook and Seven Incumbents and Six Descents.

Thus, of these Seven Maratib, the First Martaba , which is the superior most of the entire Maratib of Oluhiyyat and is the highest of all the ascertainable and the unascertainable nominations, is the Martaba of the Essence which is also called the 'Martaba of Ahadiyat' and 'Haqeeqat of Haq'. This Martaba is beyond all kinds of personal and functional Calibers. That is, in this Martaba , neither the achievement of the Calibers concerned with person nor actions nor the divestment is meant.

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Instead, this Martaba is free of every description and definition, every name and custom, every manifest or covered, every kind of wholeness or otherwise, and every generality or particularity etcetera of every authenticity and allusion. This Martaba is called Unknown Description, without any sign that can be imagined or grasped by mind, beyond conception, the Invisible of the hidden, Absolutely abstract, the most eternal without beginning and is also known as Ha-Huwiyyat without bound and the Ain Huwiyyat. This Personal Martaba is free of and untainted by the every influence, every determination, entire relations and access, so much so that, it is beyond the scopes of all limits of prediction and assessment. This Martaba is Absolutely the Ulterior most. None has access to this Martaba of Irfaan and none has a power to interfere this Station of the Absolute Essence!

These verses hint towards this Martaba:

Allah bids you beware (only) of Himself (3:28)

Whose is the sovereignty this day? It is Allah's, the One, the Almighty (40:16)

This Martaba has been referred as the Martaba of 'Kuntu Hahoot' in Risala e Ruhi Shareef.

Second Martaba is the Ta'yan al Awwal and Tajalli e Oolaa. This Martaba is Wahdat.