1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

fiqh books in the Hanafî Madhhab, was translated into Turkish
by dear Ahmad Davudoğlu and published in thirteen volumes
by the Shamil Bookstore between the years 1982-1986. There
is no translation of Ayât-i karîmas (Quranic verses) but only
their explanations. When a mujtahîd explained concisely what
he understood from an âyat, this explanation is called a meâl.
When an ayat is said word for word in any foreign language, it
is called a translation. Ayât-i karîmas cannot be translated into
concise and proper forms. Islâmic ’âlims tried to explain Ayât-i
karîmas by using long tafsîrs, not by translating. In my book, I
have mostly used explanations from Tafsîr-i Husaynî. I have
placed the sequence of the numbers of the Ayât-i karîmas as
they appear in the mushaf by Khattât Hâfız ’Uthmân (rahmat-
Allâhi ’alaih).
He who reads this book will accurately learn the faith of his
ancestors; he will not be taken in by the slanders of the
enemies of the religion; he will escape from the superstitions of
the ignorant and from the material and spiritual exploitation of
those who poison the names of sufis (the great men of
tasawwuf). They will be united on the right path and will become
beloved brothers of one another.
A Muslim is the one who is an honest and serious-minded
man. A true Muslim always carries out the orders of Allâhu
ta’âlâ. It would be a sin if we did not obey even one of the
orders of Allâhu ta’âlâ. A Muslim tries to pay the rights a human
has on him, and also his debts to the state. He never resists the
laws of his state. It would be a crime to violate the laws of one’s
state. A Muslim commits neither sins nor crimes. He loves his
country, nation and his flag. He does favours to everybody. He
gives good advice to those who act wrongly. Such Muslims are
loved both by Allâhu ta’âlâ and by His born servants. They lead
a happy and peaceful life.
The forty-eighth edition of all three volumes of the Turkish
version of Se’âdet-i Ebediyye and the eighth edition of the
English version of its major sections in the five fascicles has
now been printed. There are ninety-eight chapters in the first
volume, seventy-two chapters in the second volume and
seventy in the third volume. Of these two hundred and forty
(240) chapters, one hundred and eight (108) chapters have
been compiled from Maktûbât, Vol. II and III by Imâm-i
Rabbânî mujaddid-i alf-i thânî, Ahmad-i Fâruqî, a great Islâmic
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