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5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

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mercy is endless and His compassion is profuse. Both in this<br />

world and in the Hereafter, He gives profusely. What we expect<br />

from our brothers is that they help and rescue us by praying for<br />

our guidance toward îmân in our last breath and for the<br />

forgiveness of our sins, which we have committed out of human<br />

weaknesses. O our Allah, forgive us and do not let us deviate<br />

from the right way! Help us defend ourselves against<br />

unbelievers! Âmin. I send my salâm to you and to those who<br />

are on the right way.<br />

26 – SECOND VOLUME, 88th LETTER<br />

This letter, written for Molla Badî’uddîn, informs that it is<br />

necessary to acquiesce in Qadâ and to derive pleasure<br />

from the arrangements of the Owner.<br />

Hamd be to Allâhu ta’âlâ and salâm to His chosen, beloved<br />

slaves! The good slave is the one who approves and likes the<br />

arrangements of his Owner. The person who likes his own<br />

wishes is servile to himself. Even if his Owner thrusts a dagger<br />

in his slave’s throat, the slave must like it and be pleased with it.<br />

If, may Allah forfend, he does not like and approve of it, he will<br />

no longer be His slave; he will distance from his Owner.<br />

[Epidemic and fatal diseases] such as plague come as a result<br />

of Allâhu ta’âlâ’s will. One must be happy as if it (the disease)<br />

had come as a result of one’s own wish. One must not become<br />

angry or sorry when a plague (or any other epidemic disease)<br />

comes. Thinking that it is of the Beloved’s making, one must<br />

take delight in it. Everyone has a certain time of death. This<br />

time never changes. For this reason, one must not feel in straits<br />

or worried in the event of a disease. When such griefs and<br />

calamities come about, one must trust oneself to Allâhu ta’âlâ<br />

and pray, invoke Him for good health and salvation. Allâhu<br />

ta’âlâ likes those who ask for good health and salvation. It is<br />

declared in the Sûrat-al Mu’mîn, “Pray! I shall accept your<br />

prayers!” Mawlânâ Abd-ur-rashîd has arrived here and told us<br />

about you. May Allâhu ta’âlâ protect you against events that<br />

can be foreseen and prevented and against those that cannot<br />

be seen and prevented! Âmîn.<br />

[Ya’qûb bin Sayyid Alî (rahmatullahi ’aleyh), in his<br />

explanation of the book Shir’at-ul Islam, refers to the hadîth-i<br />

sherîf, “Praying is worshipping.” Even if the prayers are not<br />

accepted, they will yield thawâb. Acceptability of any prayer<br />

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