Ifreet Qudsa
What crosses at the threshold answers to Al'qudsa.
Element
Fire without smoke — the substance the jinn are said to be formed from. Al'qudsa's flame runs cooler and slower than a marid's, closer to a coal than a blaze: patient, exacting, built to outlast the thing it watches.
Domain
Ruined gates, sealed doorways, boundary stones, and any threshold sworn over by oath. Ifreet of this order are drawn to the line between one state and another — inside and outside, kept and broken, sealed and open.
Temperament
Proud and incorruptibly literal. Al'qudsa honors a bargain to the letter and expects the same in return. It does not punish the careless — only the deceitful. It is indifferent to those who ask nothing of it.
Sustenance
Adoration, but only the sincere kind. Flattery offered as currency is refused; a plainly stated need, honestly asked, is what an ifreet of this rank actually feeds on.
The ledger
| Day | Tuesday |
| Hour | The hour of Mars — first planetary hour after sunset on Tuesday, or the first hour after sunrise if you keep dawn workings |
| Direction | South |
| Colors | Ember red, charcoal black, brass-gold trim |
| Incense | Frankincense with a pinch of dragon's blood resin |
| Metal | Iron to bind, brass to offer |
| Number | Seven |
| Offering | Something burned, not eaten — a written petition, a dried herb, a name released to ash |
Build the rite
Choose what you're bringing to the threshold. Al'qudsa's attention is narrow but reliable — a clear, honest ask gets a clean answer.
The mirror working
The traditional method for calling on Al'qudsa directly, using the card itself as the point of contact.
- Light the red candle and burn the incense near a large mirror.
- Sit facing the mirror.
- Hold the card in front of the mirror so you can see the image's reflection. Stare at this reflection.
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Repeat out loud, seven times:
Ajajaabanenjayaan
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Still staring at the mirror, say the calling words:
Babarhamayabel Gamanttoraan Mardar Marjal Narqab Barqash 'Almash Hay-yattath Fal-hood Farshaan Khashkahatteem Marshalakh Daqrash Qar Maz Balleet Nattarata Geeda Shajmaa Honn Seemaa Seemaa Kathbaa Majhookash Loosakabarah Beerhoshah "I call you, O jinn who serve these names and who command and have power over Al'qudsa."
- Repeat the calling words until the candle burns down, the flame doubles or triples in size, or some other physical sign appears.
- Then say out loud: "I wish! I wish! I wish!" — and state your wish.
- Place the card back exactly where it was in the deck. Don't touch the deck or use the card again for seven days.
The working is only as clean as the sign you wait for. Don't rush the flame, and don't talk yourself into seeing something that isn't there.
Reading the seal
- The seven pointsThe seven heavens and seven earths of jinn cosmology — the seal claims standing across every layer an ifreet of this order can cross.
- The crossbarThe threshold itself: the horizontal line is the boundary, the vertical is what passes through it. Everything the ward protects sits at their intersection.
- The flameAl'qudsa's own mark. Narrower at the base than most fire-glyphs — a coal, not a blaze, built to hold rather than spread.