The Time of Change

As Joseph waited forty for a vision,

And Moses walked forty in a mission.

So you had forty hidden in plain sight.

Now you must point the way to His Delight.

This is that time the khalwah is ended.

This is the place for service rendered.

This is a vision of Arqam's abode.

This is the mission of change bestowed.

The time of Prophets may be over,

Now is come the Age of the Lover.

Now is the Call to follow the Path,

For His Mercy truly overcomes His Wrath.

Forty is the number of Secrets' change,

Though the Path of the Ahl as-Safa' seems strange.

The Golden Chain is the Master's Way,

Perfection of Self, the adab holds sway.

Our Way is True, the Association,

Cleansed of Seekers of worldly station.

Council of the Meek, swept away;

Counsel of the Wise, the Haqqani Way.

Harlequin