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of the sweet, useful blessings of Allâhu ta’âlâ. He had entrusted<br />

him to you on condition that He would take him back. Through<br />

your son He had blessed you. He had pleased and delighted<br />

you so as to make others envy you. Now, taking him back, He<br />

will give you plenty of thawâb and goodness, and, by His mercy,<br />

He will bless you with making progress and improvement on the<br />

right way. To attain this mercy and blessing you must be<br />

patient. You must tolerate what He has done! If you become<br />

angry, cry and yell, you will not attain the thawâb and mercy,<br />

and will regret in the end. Know it very well that crying and<br />

lamenting will not ward off a catastrophe. Nor will it do away<br />

with the sorrow! You will undergo whatsoever is in your qader<br />

(fate). You must be patient and not become angry with what has<br />

already happened.<br />

May Allâhu ta’âlâ bestow salvation on you all! Âmîn.<br />

20 – FIRST VOLUME, 104th. LETTER<br />

This letter, written to the Qâdîs of Perkana, offers<br />

condolence.<br />

The sorrow felt for the death of the merhûm [1] Hadrat<br />

(exalted person) is very severe, very poignant; but the slave has<br />

no other way than acqueisce in the doings of his owner. Man is<br />

not created for a constant abode in this world. We are created<br />

to work in the world. We must work! There is no reason for<br />

apprehension for a person who has worked, earned, and then<br />

died. In fact, such a death means to come into great fortune.<br />

Death is like a bridge; it brings lovers together. Death is not a<br />

disaster. But it is a disaster not to know what you will encounter<br />

after death. We must help the deceased and rescue them by<br />

saying prayers and istighfâr for them, by giving alms for them.<br />

Rasûlullah (sallallâhu ’alaihi wassallam) declared, “The state of<br />

a deceased person in the grave is like that of a person who<br />

has fallen into the sea and is crying for help. As a person<br />

who is about to drown awaits a savior, so the deceased<br />

person yearns for the arrival of prayers from his parents,<br />

brothers and friends. Any prayer coming to him delights<br />

him more than if the whole world were given to him.<br />

Through the prayers of the living, Allâhu ta’âlâ gives the<br />

deceased rahmats like mountains. The present to be given<br />

[1] Deceased and admitted to Allah’s mercy.<br />

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