Masnoon as- Sa'iy
Sa'iy Procedures - upper or lower floor
Sa'iy and Rami means to strive and hurry. In the tawaaf there is no hurrying. In Sa'iy there is a sense of urgency and concentration. This comes from the original procedures in place from ancient times. The story of Hagar (rd) and Ishma'el (as) was when she was abandoned in the Miqat without water. In the manner of the pagans of the times, she ran back and forth as a type of worship to gain the grace of whatever deity that was being worshipped. In the case of Ibraheem's (as) family, he was worshipping the "Most High GOD", so the Sa'iy was to ask GOD for help from the forsaken condition she (rd) and her child (as) were in. As a result of these 7 frantic passes between Safaa and Marwa, Jibra'el (as) came in the form of a horse and the hooves opened a spring of ZumZum, as a grace, so survival was possible. So the hurrying is a bother, but that is part of it, and is needed so when you get the relief, it is sweet. The water itself has several minerals in it (5), for healing.
Intention - entering Safaa
Qur'an - 1st time
Takbir - facing Kab'a
Du'a - one for each pass
Shawat - repeat dhikrs as your guide does, or as you know better.
Repeat - 6 times using the appropriate dua' and words
Salaat - 2 nafl salaat to seal it off, in the area proximate to Marwa, or on east side of Kab'a.
ZumZum - as in tawaaf, you get the cooling and thirst quenched
So in that same striving manner, we make Saiy. You see many kinds of Tariqaat striving take form following in the example of Sa'iy. This includes many of the prayer words, which you will find quite familiar, and performing duties where going and coming back is required, and often it must needs be active and concentrated with many rules and procedures to follow, as a himmat. You will find a lot of work taking place, then after that comes the ZumZum of the suhbat and dhikr with the shaykh. First you strive, then you get the thirst satisfied.
In this sense, the Hajj with it's tawaaf and sa'iy, is a template for Tariqat aqida and sulook. What takes 2 weeks in Hajj, when transformed into tariqat, becomes 7 stages of life, or 7 x 2 = 14 or 7 inner & 7 outer sajedahs.
For a reference on this, see: http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC0405-2299
7 Phases of prophet Muhammad's (sal) life.Qur'an Proof of Sanctity
2:158
inni as-safaa wa al-marwata min sha'aa'iri illaah.
fa min hajja al-baita awi i'tmara fa laa junaaha 'alayhi an yattawwafa bihi maa
wa min tatawwa'a khayran fi inna allaaha shaakirun 'aleemun.
[Hence,] behold, As-Safaa and Al-marwah are among the symbols set up by God; and thus, no wrong does he who, having come to the Temple on pilgrimage or on a pious visit, strides to and fro between these two: for, if one does more good than he is bound to do-behold, God is responsive to gratitude, all-knowing. [M. Asad]
Intention for Sa'iy
allaahumma inni uriydu as-sa'ay baina as-safaa wa al-marwata
Oh GOD, surety You are, I wish the striving (Sa'iy) by the signs of Safaa and Marwa
sab'ata ashwaatin li wajhika al-kareem.
by 7 courses to Your purposeful guiding countenance, the bountiful & noble.
fa yassirtu liy wa taqabbalhu min niy.
then easing & enabling me, and You sanctify & make it acceptable from me.
There is no source of power except GOD. GOD was before creation, and will exist after creation is annulated. GOD is the only source of grace, except as He may allow by His graceful providence of Life. Since He is the only un-denatured grace, His purity shows His almighty greatness. GOD is invisible & unknown to creation, except as a source of gracious power. There seem to be lesser powers, as gods we serve by imitation, befitting our ego, but GOD can not be imitated. True worship is not ingratiation through imitation, but exists as unity through prayer. Because He shares Himself as prayer He is the state of praise, and from Him comes any praise worthy attributes. Creations both in unseeing darkness (evening torpor) and knowing light (morning energy) glorify, praise, and worship Him, even though it seems darkness does not, He has fashioned His grace to manifest worlds we do not belong to or understand. Only He understands what He has created. Only He knows how to sustain and protect all those worlds in all those universes of existence. As only God, from the primal (min qabl) beginning, understand and enliven (yuhyee), also He alone can end through extinction (yumeet), then remain (min badi'a).
Within that Mystery is a secret. That secret was chosen as the universal template from which the creation was fashioned. Surety, GOD and the majestic angels are prayerfully interceding upon this secret, the secret known by the name nabiy, or messenger. Oh all of us that believe, intercede prayerfully upon the nabiy similarly as GOD and angels do, invoking surrender in submission that leads to freedom from false gods and imitations, upon a gratifying peace.
The beginning is the source of the hidden glorification; and the end is the source of the obvious physical glorification. From this chosen template, rich in gratifying attributes, come all the diversity of creation good & bad, known & unknown, seen & unseen. God is the (dhat) essence, of the first image, the nabiy (sal). Subsequently the nabiy (sal) is the example (siffat) of the image of creation. The forms have stations befitting their creation (akhlaq), from their order, the first born (awwal) are unseen beings (batin), and the last born (akhir) are manifest (zahar). As that is nabiy (sal), there are both deeds ('amal) and intentions (niyyat) that must be grouped (ajma'een) al-awwal 'ayn al-batin tikunna an-niyyat wa al-akhir 'ayn az-zohar tikunn al-'amal.
Through all praise and glorification we seek to unify (yajammi'a ajma'een kulli sha'iy raja'un lillaahi qadireen) through God's power, a returning of everything to one group. This is the duty and why we ask for intercession on all the aspects of the chosen best example (nabiy mustafa khairi khalqi). This applies to the well known physical manifestations and also to all the secret manifestations as well, as one group (ajma'een).
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alla allaahu ta'alaaintercede GOD, You are the Most High
'alay khairi khalqi
upon the best creation
nuwr 'arshihi
light of Your Throne
afdal al-ambiyaa'i wa al-mursaleen
preferred & perfected of the witnessing prophets and messengers
habeebi rabbi il-'aalameen
beloved refuge of the LORD's complete universes
yaa habeebinaa
oh beloved, emulated
yaa shafi'inaa
oh healing medicine
yaa sayyideena
oh beneficent viceroy
yaa sanadinaa
oh empowered support
yaa maulaanaa
oh helping benefactor
yaa wasiylatinaa
oh enabled connector
lillaahi
through GOD alone
muhammadin
Muhammad (sal)
wa 'alay aalihi
and upon his family
wa sahbihi
and his learned companions
ajma'een bi rahmaatika
gathered & adhering through Your mercies
yaa arhama ar-raahimeen
oh merciful relief & compassion
yaa nuwr al-anwaari
oh Light of lights
yaa sirr il-asraari
oh Secret of secrets
yaa sayyid il-abraari
oh master example of the absolving purity
al-faatihi lima ughliqa
opener to what has been closed
wa al-khaatimi lima sabaqa
and finisher in what came before
yaa nasir al-haqq li il-haqq
oh supporting Truth explaining through Reality
wa al-haadiy 'alay as-siraatika il-mustaqeem
and skillful guide upon Your path of the only effective way
wa ^alaa aaalihi
and upon his people
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aqq qad*rihitrue power is his
wa muq*daarihi il-'azheem
and (sworn by) his ranking executive position (and that is of) the highest tremendous order
17:60 B’ismillaahi ir-rahmaan ir-raheem.
And (it was a warning) when We told thee: Lo! thy Lord encompasseth mankind, and We appointed the vision which We showed thee as an ordeal for mankind, and (likewise) the Accursed Tree (muntaha) in the Qur'an. We warn them, but it increaseth them in naught save gross impiety.

A depiction of Rasoolallaah (sal) making intercession at the Shajarat al-Muntaha. The Muntiha is explained in ayyat al-‘Isra’ 17:60, and of course the Ibn Abbas account of the ‘Isra’ wa al-Mir’aj in the hadith. There are many accounts where Rasoolallaah (sal) is explained as the “shafi’a”, he (sal) is standing as intercessor in a manner like what is described in this dua’ for Sa’iy.