1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

Allahu ta’âlâ created Paradise and Hell and declared that He
will fill both of them with people. For this reason, since Hadrat
Âdam, who was the first man, the earth has always had on itself
Believers and disbelievers, who have quarreled with each
other. The irreligious have worshipped the things which they
have invented, but the Believers have adapted themselves to
the Prophets and books sent by Allahu ta’âlâ. Contrary to what
some historians suppose and what is seen in the motion
pictures made up by the enemies of Islam, our ancient
predecessors were not uncouth, wild and naked people lacking
knowledge and science. Yes, among the ancient peoples there
were those who lived ignorantly and simply, as they do today in
the deserts of Asia and Africa. Even in the forests of America
savage people live like those of the Bronze Age. But neither all
of today’s people nor all of the earlier people can be said to be
savages just for this reason. Hadrat Âdam (’alaihis-salam) and
those who followed him lived in cities. They knew how to read
and write. They had such crafts as blacksmithing, making
threads, weaving clothes, farming and making bread. Hadrat
Âdam, whose age and height could not be known exactly, lived
for a thousand years and became a prophet when he was five
hundred years old according to a report. Allahu ta’âlâ sent him
ten books. Hadrat Jabrâil (’alaihis-salâm) came to him twelve
times. In these books, the things to be believed in, dictionaries
in different languages, performing salât one time a day. (A
book by Ibni Âbidîn says this salât was the morning salât); to
make a ghusl abdast; to fast; not to eat a carcass, blood, pork;
many branches of crafts; knowledge of medicine, medicinal
substances, arithmetics and geometry were included. They
even minted gold money, operated mines and made tools. The
Qur’ân al-kerîm communicates clearly that Hadrat Noah’s ship
moved with the force of the steam from its boiler that was
heated by means of fire. Not based on any document or
observation but for the sheer purpose of denying religions and
belittling prophets, some historians say that the people of
ancient civilizations were savages and that they did not know
anything. In this way, they want to represent each of the
Prophets, such as Âdam, Shist [Shît] and Idris
(’alaihimussalâm) as if they were from a silly tale or a
superstition, and thereby train Muslim children to be irreligious
and devoid of îmân.
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