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Title
Naẓm "Bada'tu bi-ism Allāh wa-al-Raḥmān"
نظم بدأت بسم الله والرحمن
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- Poetry
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The poem enumerates names of companions and Tiǧānī saints. It is divided in nine stanzas: one introductory, seven grouped by initial letters of the names, and the final named "Aṣḥāb al-kunā" (where the first eight verses emumerate kunyas).
Stanza 2: ’-b-t-ṯ-ǧ-ḥ-ḫ, 12 verses. Stanza 3: ḏ-r-z-ṭ, 4 verses. Stanza 4: ẓ-k-m-n-ṣ, 11 verses. Stanza 5: ḍ-ʻ, 15 verses. Stanza 6: ġ-f-q, 2 verses. Stanza 7: s, 6 verses. Stanza 8: š-h-w-y, 2 verses.