1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

who could not participate in the sohbats of an ârif may enjoy the
luck of receiving fayd from the souls of the great men (of the
dîn). Allahu ta’âlâ makes these souls a means in order that
these people may progress.” Ârifs and Walîs continue to give
fayd to those who desire it even after they die, since they
attained the good news declared in the hadîth-i qudsî, which
was written at the end of the 46th item of the first part [of the
Turkish original]. Please look at the 54th item of the second part
and the 291st letter of Maktûbât also! It is explained in the 17th
item of the second part how to receive fayd from the soul of a
Walî. Muhammad Mathûm-i Fârûqî (rahmatullahi alaih), in this
142nd letter in the third volume (of his Maktûbât), writes, “It is
very good for you to come to the city of Sarhand with the
intention of making a visit to the qabr-i sharîf (honoured grave)
of Imâm-i Rabbânî (quddisa sirruh). You will obtain fayd and
blessings here. You will profit from the lights and secrets
coming from the source in Madîna-i Munawwara. Even though
the darkness of kufr and wickedness in India blacken hearts
and make souls sick; just as water in the darkness of the forest
gives life to souls and cleans hearts, the city of Sarhand today
is a place where fayds and lights, coming [through the blessed
hearts of Awliyâ] from the source in Madîna-i munawwara, are
emanating. You should not deem that place like the ones in
India where there is kufr (disbelief) and oppression. This place
is the door of [the way which leads someone to attain the
consent of Allahu ta’âlâ] Wilâyat. The lights and secrets coming
from the blessed heart of Rasûlullah (sallallahu ta’âlâ alaihi wa
sallam) are now springing here. Those who want to attain the
consent of Allahu ta’âlâ will receive, at the rate of their love for
him, fayd and blessings by believing and visiting his grave.
Most of those living close to this blessed place are deprived of
this blessing because they do not believe in and underestimate
its value. People who enter a room where there is musk will
smell a nice perfume. Even if you put musk inside the nose of a
man who has a cold, he will not sense its smell.” The book
(Tuhfat-ul-Ushshaq) informs us that some things are written in
the book (Muzakkîn-nufûs) by Ashrafzâda Abdullah Rûmî.
While fayds and blessings flow abundantly in sohbats, the
second method will give them only in drops. But, only a single
drop of it is more valuable and delicious than all earthly
earnings. Visiting his grave will cause an increase in the
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