5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

enlarged it by erecting ten pillars only on the north side. Also the
Caliph Ma’mûn enlarged it a little more in the year 202. Then, in the
year 550, Jemâleddîn Isfahânî made a grating of sandalwood
around the second wall. This grating is called Shabaka-i-Sa’âda. A
white silk curtain, which was sent from Egypt in the same year and
on which the Sûra-i-Yasîn was written in red silk embroidery, was
hung around it. This curtain is called Settâra. In the year 678 [1279]
the Turkoman sultan of Egypt Salih Klawun ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ
’aleyh’ had today’s Kubba-i hadrâ built and had it covered with
sheet-lead. Today’s Masjîd was built in 888 [1483] by Eshref
Qaytebay ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’aleyh’, one of the Circassian sultans
of Egypt, and was restored and embellished by the Ottoman
sultans. Here, we end our translation from Jazb-ul-qulûb.
The center of Da’wat-ul-islâmiyyat-ul-âlamiyya, which is in
Mîrpur, Pakistan, sent a declaration to all Muslim countries in 1398
[1978]. The declaration stated:
Our center of Da’wat-ul-islâmiyyat-ul-âlamiyya has met with
disgust the article that proposes the demolition of the Qubbat-ulhadrâ
and which was written by a Wahhâbî named Sa’dulharamein
in the Sha’bân 1397 [1977] issue of the periodical Ad-da’wa, which
is published in Saudi Arabia. Our members convened in Mîrpur,
Pakistan, to protest the article. The assembly was presided over by
Allâma Muhammad Beshîr ’rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ aleyh’. The following
is a summary of speeches made in the presence of that great
audience:
The Qubbat-ul-hadrâ is the apple of the eye of all Muslims.
Muslims regard visiting this Hujra as a means for their salvation.
For, our Prophet ’sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ declared, “My
shafâ’a (intercession) is wâjib for a person who visits my
grave.” That squalid article of Sa’dul-haramein’s is a great mischief
and is a surreptitious stratagem of the enemies of Islam. Could a
Muslim ever think of such a thing? Could he act as a ringleader in
destroying the ensign of Allâhu ta’âlâ? We swear by Allah that he
could not. We have reason to believe that the scandalous article
has been buttressed up by clandestine hands, e.g. Jewish forces,
from behind. It is beyond doubt that their exhumation of the blessed
bodies of the Sahâba and of our Prophet’s father Abdullah from
their graves has emboldened them to the detestable thought of
demolishing the Qubba-i-hadrâ. This abominable article will lead to
great mischief. There is no value in this. The Saudi Arabian
government must explain whence the daring comes for this ugly
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