Documents of the Right Word

Ibrâhîm bin Ad-ham ‘rahimahullâhu ta’âlâ’, one of the greatest
Awliyâ, was born in Belh in 96, and passed away in Damascus in
162 [C.E. 779]. Formerly he was the Pâdishâh (emperor) of Belh.
He left his throne and came to Mekka-i-mukarrama. He made a
living carrying firewood on his back. He fought against his nafs till
his death.
Fâtih Sultan Muhammad Khan (Mehmed the Conqueror)
‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ aleyh’, the seventh Ottoman Pâdishâh, was
born in the hijri year 833. He conquered Istanbul from the
Byzantines in 857 [C.E. 1453], thus ushering in a new era. He
passed away in 886. His father, Sultân Murâd Khân II, the sixth
Ottoman Pâdishâh, was born in 806, and passed away in 855 [C.E.
1451]. He was buried in Bursa. He became the Pâdishâh in 824. In
847 he left the throne of his own accord to his son and retired to
Maghnisa, where he spent the rest of his life worshipping in
seclusion.
Since it is a fact as manifest as daylight that hadrad Alî and
Fâtimat uz-zehrâ were no lower than the sultans mentioned above
in realizing the fruitlessness of the world and in struggling against
the nafs, it would be virtually impossible for a Muslim to say that
these people mourned, let alone harbour a grudge, on account of
worldly property or rank. There is no doubt as to that these
calumniations were produced by a hypocritical Jew named
Abdullah bin Saba’. In the time of hadrat ’Uthmân ‘radiy-Allâhu
ta’âlâ anh’ this Jew left the Yemen for Egypt, and thence to
Medîna, where he settled under the pretence of a new Muslim and
did Islam such irreparable harm as others have not been able to do
so far.
The hundred and thirty-third âyat of Âl-i-’Imrân sûra
purports, “Run for asking for forgiveness from thine Rabb
(Allah) and for entering Paradise. Work for this end! Paradise is
as large as heavens and earth. Paradise has been prepared for
those who fear Allâhu ta’âlâ. These people will give their property
in the way shown by Allah, regardless of whether they have little
or much. They will not let others sense their anger. They will
forgive everyone. Allâhu ta’âlâ loves those who are kind and
generous.” The tenth âyat of Hujurât sûra purports, “Believers
are brothers to one another. Make peace among your brothers!”
In about thirty other similar âyat-i-kerîmas Believers are
commanded not to become angry with one another, to be kind
and generous to one another, and to forgive one another. It is
stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf, “Allâhu ta’âlâ will have mercy on those
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