1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

permissible things.
Youth is a time when the nafs boils, the sensual desires
jump about and fiendish people and satanic genies attack. A
little goodness done at such an age will be given much thawâb.
When old, when worldly pleasures are on the decline, when
power and strength are gone, and when there is no longer any
possibility or hope of getting what is desired, nothing can be
done except to sigh. Many people do not have a share even
from that time of regret. That regret means repentance and is
still a great blessing. Many cannot reach those days.
The eternal torments and various sufferings, which our
Prophet communicated, will certainly take place, and everybody
will get his deserts. Today, wicked people and devilish genies
deceive us by putting forth Allah’s forgiveness and compassion
and prevent us from worshipping and drag us towards sinning.
However, one should know well that this world is a place of
examination. Therefore, the darlings and the enemies are put
together here, and all of them are pitied. Indeed, He declares in
the hundred and fifty-fifth âyat of Sûrat-ul-A’râf: “My mercy
includes everything.” But on the Day of Resurrection the
enemies will be separated from the darlings. The âyat, “O
kâfirs! Today separate from those whom I love!” in Sûrat-u
Yâsin, communicates this fact. On that day, only the darlings
will be pitied; there won’t be any mercy for the enemies, who
will certainly be cursed. As a matter of fact, the âyat, “On that
day, My mercy will be peculiar only to those who, fearing
Me, abstained from being kâfirs and from sinning, gave
zakât, and believed in the Qur’ân and My Prophet,” in Sûratul-A’raf,
conveys that this will be so. Then, on that day, the
mercy of Allahu ta’âlâ will be given to the ebrâr, that is, to those
Muslims with a good temper and useful deeds. Yes, all
Muslims, all those with îmân as much as even a mote, will
attain mercy in the end, after staying in Hell for a long time. But,
for attaining mercy, it is necessary to die with îmân.
Nevertheless, when the heart darkens from sinning, when the
commands and prohibitions of Allahu ta’âlâ are slighted, how
can the light of îmân be protected from going out during the
final breath? Great men of the religion say, “Continuing venial
sins causes grave sins. And continuing grave sins drifts one
into becoming a disbeliever.” May Allahu ta’âlâ protect us
against being so!
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