3-Endless Bliss Third Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

or liquid forms under normal physical conditions and also the
coloured gases, things that are made from them are visible. For
example, because solid substances and water are in the
majority (more than seventy percent) in man, man is visible. So
are plants and all animals.
Genies are made from air and fire. [The flames of fire are
invisible. Because the solid substances in it are lighted by heat,
they look bright.] Therefore, genies are invisible, too.
The flame is of two parts: one of them is zulmânî (invisible).
The other is nûrânî (which is invisible, too). Genies are created
from the zulmânî part and angels from the nûrânî part. Men are
created from earthen substances, but Allâhu ta’âlâ has changed
these substances into organic forms and organs, into flesh and
bones. Likewise, in angels and genies the flame has changed
into a latîf (fine), particular form that can take any shape.
The description of genies: genies, that is, perîs, are the
substances made from the flames of fire and can take any
shape.
But angels are luminous substances. They can take various
shapes. Angels and genies are closer with respect to their
creation. Angels are noble, dear. Genies are despicable,
unworthy. In angels the luminous part is in the majority and in
genies the flame substance is in the majority. Certainly, nûr
(light) is better than zulmat. The approximity of angels to genies
is like the nearness of man to animals. The higher ones of men
are more valuable than angels, and genies are more valuable
than animals.
Most Islamic savants said that angels are objects. And this is
the truth of the matter.
He who disbelieves the existence of angels becomes a
disbeliever. He who disbelieves the fact that they are objects
does not become a disbeliever, but he becomes a holder of
bid’at.
Also, he who disbelieves the existence of genies becomes a
disbeliever. A part of ancient philosophers, the majority of the
group of Qadariyya [Mu’tazila] and zindîqs disbelieved genies
and satans. They said that genie meant an intelligent person, a
genius, and satan meant an evil person. He who does not read
books of dîn or know of the words of Islamic savants will
certainly not believe. But it is something astonishing that while
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