The Cave - Unframed Artwork (A3, A4 & A5)

Design depicting The Cave of Thawr.

إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثَانِىَ ٱثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِى ٱلْغَارِ إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَنَا ۖ …

˹It does not matter˺ if you ˹believers˺ do not support him, for Allāhﷻ did in fact support him when the disbelievers drove him out ˹of Mecca˺ and he was only one of two. While they both were in the cave, he reassured his companion, “Do not worry; Allāhﷻ is certainly with us...”
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Mawlana Shaykh Nazim ق states,

❝The Holy Prophet ﷺ said of the last times that, “the only gate open would be the gate of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq ؓ .”

During the Hijra (migration) of the Holy Prophet ﷺ, from Mecca he was accompanied by Abu Bakr as-Siddiq ؓ to Medina. They took refuge in the Cave of Thawr from their oppressors. While in the cave, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq ؓ, in utmost fear for the plight of Islam, said to the Holy Prophet ﷺ, “Our enemies are so many and we are only two”. The Holy Prophet ﷺ replied “No, we are three”. At which instant was heard a myriad of voices saying “Allahu, Allahu, Allahu, Haqq!” which is the Oath of Allegiance to the Naqshbandi Tariqah. This was the physical birth of the Naqshbandi Tariqah.

In the Qudsiyya, the book of dicta by the spiritual master Khwaja Baha al-Din Shah Naqshband ق, Khwaja Muhammed Parsa traced the spiritual genealogy of the Tariqah i- Khwajagan through three parallel lines known as the Silsilat adh-Dhahab (golden chain) - one leading through Abu Bakr as-Siddiq ؓ, another through ‘Ali ؑ, and a third through ‘Ali ؑ and his descendants in the line of the twelve Imams. Yet there is little doubt that he considered the Bakri ancestry the most privileged.❞