1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

and fiqh of the knowledge of Ulûm-ı zâhiriyya are written in
their special books. The second one is Ulûm-ı bâtiniyya. There
can be no changes in either of them. The second part of ulûm-i
islâmiyya is scientific knowledges or Ulûm-i ’aqliyya. This
deals with the structures of matter and substances, and the
alterations in them. These are discovered through experiments
and calculations. Alterations in this aspect of knowledge is
possible in the course of time. See the eleventh article! Those
disbelievers who changed religious knowledge to make it
compatible with scientific knowledge are called Philosophers
and Reformers of religion. These people believe in their
minds, not the words transmitted. Those muslims who try to
corroborate religious knowledge with scientific knowledge are
called Hukamâ. The meanings of some verses in the Qur’ân alkarîm
and also some hadîth-i sharîfs are not clear and cannot
be comprehended exactly. These kinds of verses and hadîth-i
sharîfs were interpreted with different meanings by different
Islâmic scholars. Thus, seventy-three groups who believe
differently some of the facts which are to be believed emerged.
Among them, one group whose belief is true is called the Ahl-i
sunnat or Sunnî. Those who derived wrong meanings are
called Heretics or the ones who have deviated from the right
path. Shi’îtes and Wahhâbîs are of this group. One who tries to
corrupt the beliefs of a Muslim by giving wrong meanings to
scientific discoveries is called a zindiq or scientific yobaz.
Allahu ta’âlâ created Paradise and Hell. He declared that He
will fill both of them up. A great many human beings and genies
will go to Hell. But he will put most of the creatures into
Paradise, thus His mercy will exceed His wrath. Genies are
more than ten times in number greater than human beings, and
angels are more than ten times as many as genies. Since all of
the angels will be in Paradise, those in Paradise will be more
numerous.
Who will remain in Hell eternally? Those who do not perform
salât? Those who commit sins? No! The enemies of Allahu
ta’âlâ will burn eternally in Hell. The Muslims who committed
sins are not Allah’s enemies. They are guilty human beings.
They are like a naughty, guilty child. Will parents become an
enemy towards their naughty child? Of course, they will not.
They will just fondle it a little.
Hell consists of seven levels. The first level is the least
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