5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

person who places such a source in his heart will certainly
attain its fayd, blessings and occult benefits; his soul will
consolidate and mature. When you come near the grave, you
first give your salâm. You stand on the right hand side, that is,
on the qibla side, of the grave nearer the feet (than the head)
side. You imagine his appearance like when you used to know
him. You say the A’ûdhu, the Basmala, the Sûrat-ul Fâtiha, and
then the Sûrat-ul Ikhlâs eleven times, and present the thawâb to
our Prophet’s soul, to the souls of all Prophets ‘alaihim-ussalâm’,
the Sahâba, the Awliyâ ‘alaihim-ur-ridwân’, and to the
soul of the great person (whom you are visiting). Then you sit
down, keep his soul in your heart, and stay there until
something stirs in your heart. If you know how to receive, if that
person is a mature Walî endowed with giving, and if you wait
there observing its conditions, you will certainly obtain
something. Its conditions are to believe that the great person
will recognize you, hear and acknowledge your salâm, that his
soul is mature and perfect, that his soul is not confined to time
or place, that he will give you fayd wheresoever you remember
him, that Allâhu ta’âlâ sends His fayd and spiritual nourishment
through his soul. A person who wants grapes goes to a
vineyard and picks them from the vines. He does not go to a
plum tree. He who wants water goes to a spring or to a fountain,
not to a tree or stove. He who wants wheat tills his field, sows
the grains, and harvests the crops. He who wants children gets
married. An invalid person who needs medicine goes to a
doctor and then to a drugstore. He does not go to a grocery
shop or to a lawyer’s office. And he who wants to nourish his
heart and have his soul purged resorts to the hearts and souls
of the Awliyâ ‘qaddas-allâhu ta’âlâ asrârahum-ul-’azîz.’ Allâhu
ta’âlâ sends these blessings through the hearts of the Awliyâ.
Allâhu ta’âlâ alone creates and sends everything. However, it is
His divine law to send everything through some means. He who
wishes to attain His blessing must follow His law, find out His
means, and hold fast to His means. To be unwilling to search
for and learn the means is to vioate His divine law and to
disobey Him. To learn scientific knowledge is to obey His law
and to learn the means. To receive fayd from a grave, it is
necessary to revere the exalted person (in that grave) as if he
were alive and not to tread on the grave. If the exalted person
(in the grave) is a murshîd-i kâmil, the nisbat in your heart will
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