1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

neither by groups of Believers nor by any individual from the
disbelievers. All but those great people said that Allahu ta’âlâ
could not be seen. Others went wrong because they likened
the things which they did not know to those which they saw. It is
obvious that such comparisons and measurements will give
wrong results. [And today, many people are dragged towards
eternal disaster by losing their îmân because of this wrong
measurement and comparison.] To be blessed with the honour
of îmân in profound matters such as these falls to one’s lot only
in the light of obeying the sunnat (that is, the Sharî’at) of
Muhammad (alaihissalâm). How can they be honoured with
attaining this blessing, those who are deprived of the honour of
believing in seeing Allahu ta’âlâ in Paradise in light of the
famous saying, “He who refuses will be deprived”? On the other
hand, it is not suitable to be in Paradise and not see, for the
Sharî’at says that all of those in Paradise will see. It does not
say that some of them will see while some others will not see.
We will quote for them the answer which Hadrat Mûsâ gave to
Pharaoh, which Allahu ta’âlâ declares through the 51st and
52nd âyats of Sûra Tâhâ: “Pharaoh said, ‘What became of
those who came and passed before us!’ He said in
response, ‘My Allah knows their states and futures. It is
written in Lawh-i mahfûz [see fn. (1) in preface]. My Allah
never goes wrong or forgets anything. As for me, I am
merely a born servant like you. I know only as much as He
lets me know.’ ”
Paradise is also a creature of Allahu ta’âlâ, as everything is.
Allahu ta’âlâ does not enter or stay in any of His creatures. But
His divine lights appear in some of His creatures. And some
others do not have that talent. The mirror reflects the images of
the things opposite itself. But stone or soil does not reflect
them. Though Allahu ta’âlâ is in the same nisbat (relation) to
each of His creatures, the creatures are not the same in respect
to one another. Allahu ta’âlâ cannot be seen in the world. This
world is not convenient for attaining the blessing of seeing Him.
He who says that He can be seen here is a liar, a slanderer. He
has not understood the truth. If this blessing were attainable in
this world, Hadrat Mûsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’ would have seen Him
before anybody else. Our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’
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