Line '9.
17.3.The word dawlo means 'government' or Tstatel • I
have translated it as 'ruler', as the context suggests.Rulers are normally referred to as boqor, suldaan,
garaad, islaan etc.
Line i3. 'The wire rope of the saintsl is a metaphor expressing
support which cABD AL-QADIR gives to other saints.
He thus, metaphorically, pulls them out of diffi-
culties.