SECOND LUSTRE: THE THIRTEENTH NÚR BY THE GREAT ZAYDI SAYYID, THE PRINCE OF IMAM ZAYD ASH-SHAHEED, THE DESCENDANT OF THE PROPHET (peace and blessings be upon him), AL QUTB NURI MIA BARKATI (alaihi rahmah). "It is incorrect to think that excellence is the order of khilafat.In fact, khilafat is the order of excellence and is manifested accordingly. Every excellence in comparison to the other came ahead in khilafat. The proof of this is that their merits were found accordingly in the sacred presence of Sayyiduna Rasulullah (peace and blessings be upon him). Although at the time none of them were khalifas, their merits were established in the lifetime of the beloved Nabi (peace and blessings be upon him) and they were accordingly chosen as khalifas. This signalled the reality that the office of khilafat took place according to the order of excellence and not excellence in the order of khilafat. Therefore, this reality is not hidden from anyone. May Allah the Exalted protect us from bad actions."
Siraj al-awarif al-wasaya wa al-marif (the lamp of mystic knowledge to comprehend the mystic way of life and council) was first published in 1313/1896 A.H. the author of this book hadrat sayyid shah abu al-husain ahmed noori al husain belonged to the famous chain of mystics of khanqah-e-barkatiya merehra sharif.the present book originally written in persian has gr8 merits,the most outstanding being the selection of themes with precision.the book is divided into seven section and each section has been called ''lustre''.each luster is further sub-divided into several ''nur'' explaining different subjects. at the theoretical level,hadrat noori mia has presented the themes related to faith,beliefs,mysticism,ethics and morality with remarkable simplicity and precision.during the course of dicussion he has given his own definition of the basic concept of tasawwuf.
