99 Az-Ẓāhir

Az-Ẓāhir (ٱلْظَّاهِرُ)The Manifest, The Outward, The One Whose Signs Are Everywhere

Pronounced: az-ZĀ-hir Root: ظ-ه-ر (Ẓ-H-R), to appear, to become visible, to be manifest and clear.

Original Invocation (Arabic Calligraphy):ٱلْظَّاهِرُ

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Sacred Reflection

Az-Ẓāhir is the One who is not hidden.

He is the evidence in everything.

The Face behind every beauty.

The Breath behind every motion.

The Voice behind every silence.

You do not have to climb a mountain to find Him.

You only have to look at a flower.

A child’s eyes.Y

our own breath.

In Sufi knowing, Az-Ẓāhir is the secret that refuses to stay secret.

The Presence that reveals itself

in the fabric of the visible world.

He is not locked away in heavens.

He is laced through the earth.

Every leaf that unfurls whispers His Name.

Every sunrise carries His signature.

Every act of love, no matter how small, bears His light.

This is the Name that says:

“You don’t have to believe in Me to be surrounded by Me.”

Because nothing can exist apart from Him.

And everything that is

is already echoing His Being.

So when you feel alone,

when your prayers feel unanswered,

when God feels distant, Az-Ẓāhir says:

“Open your eyes again, beloved.

never left.

I have been hiding in plain sight.”

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Parts Work Invitation

What part of you feels like God is far away?

The one that says

,“I can’t feel anything…”

“I pray and hear nothing…”

“I don’t know where He is…”

Let that part rest now in the radiance of Az-Ẓāhir.

Let it look around,

without trying to explain, just notice:

A ray of light.

The curve of a hand.

The way breath moves in and out.

Let that part feel:

Divinity is not hiding.

It is shimmering on the surface of everything.

Let it hear:

“You don’t have to search so hard.

You are already surrounded.

You are already inside the Light.”

Az-Ẓāhir is not waiting for you to become holy.

He is pouring Himself into the unlikeliest places.

A cracked mug.

A grieving heart.

A smile given by a stranger on a hard day.

Let this part see what it once missed.

Let it soften into awe.

You are not separate from God.

You are swimming in Him.

Az-Ẓāhir has already revealed Himself

.In everything that makes your heart stir.

And now you see.

Now you remember.