I choose for myself and for God’s servants.
(The Twelve Feet)
We say that the first—I mean one of them—is upon the foot of Noah, peace be upon him; the second upon the foot of Abraham the Friend, peace be upon him; the third upon the foot of Moses, peace be upon him; and the fourth upon the foot of Jesus, peace be upon him.
The fifth is upon the foot of David, peace be upon him; the sixth upon the foot of Solomon, peace be upon him; the seventh upon the foot of Job, peace be upon him; and the eighth upon the foot of Elijah, peace be upon him.
The ninth is upon the foot of Lot, peace be upon him; the tenth upon the foot of Hud, peace be upon him; the eleventh upon the foot of Salih, peace be upon him; and the twelfth upon the foot of Shuʿayb, peace be upon him.
(The Author’s Witnessings and Companionship)
I saw all messengers and prophets directly with the eye, and spoke to Hud, the brother of ʿAd, alone among that assembly. I also saw all believers directly with the eye, those who have been and those who will be until the Day of Resurrection. The Real manifested them to me upon a single plain at two different times.
Besides Muhammad, God’s blessings and peace be upon him, I kept company with and benefited from a group of messengers. Among them were Abraham the Friend, before whom I recited the Qur’an; Jesus, at whose hands I repented; and Moses, who gave me
