99 Ar-Rāfi‘

Ar-Rāfi‘ (ٱلرَّافِعُ)

The Exalter, The Uplifter, The One Who Raises

Pronounced: ar-RĀ-fi‘Root: ر-ف-ع (R-F-‘) — to raise, to lift up, to exalt in position or presence

Original Invocation (Arabic Calligraphy):ٱلرَّافِعُ

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Sacred Reflection

Ar-Rāfi‘ is the One who lifts what was forgotten.

He does not raise based on worthiness.

He raises based on Divine timing

and unseen wisdom.

Where Al-Khāfiḍ returns you to the ground,

Ar-Rāfi‘ reminds you that the ground

was never meant to be your cage,

only your starting place.

In Sufi knowing, this Name is the motion of sacred elevation,

the rising of the soul into its truer stature.

Not for status.

But for alignment.

He lifts hearts.

He lifts veils.

He lifts stations,

not to make you proud,

but to return you to your place in the Light.

And He does not need approval to do it.

When He chooses to raise you,

no force can hold you down.

No voice can cancel it.

No shame can undo it.

He lifts you when you do not believe you are worthy.

He lifts you even when you resist.

He lifts you so you can lift others

with the same breathless grace

that once raised you.

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Parts Work Invitation

What part of you believes it must stay low to be safe?

The one that fears visibility.

The one that says,

“If I rise, I’ll fall.”

“If I’m seen, I’ll be hurt.”

“If I shine, I’ll be punished.”

Let that part be met now by Ar-Rāfi‘.

Let it hear:

You were not made to shrink forever.

You were made to rise when it is time.

And it is time.

Let this part know:

You can rise and still be safe.

You can expand and still be held.

You can shine,

because He is lifting you.

Not ego.

Not fear.

Not pressure.

And what He lifts,

He keeps.