Documents of the Right Word

FIRST VOLUME, 21st LETTER
If a Muslim who holds the belief of Ahl as-Sunna and obeys the
Sharî’at loves the friends of Allâhu ta’âlâ, he becomes one of them.
May Allâhu ta’âlâ bless us all with the lot of loving them! May He
make us attain the fayz and nûrs in their hearts owing to this love!
May He fill our hearts with these nûrs! A lover will always attain
his darling. He will become like his darling. From the position of
lover he will shift into being the loved one. The more he loves, the
freer will he become of the limitations of his human properties,
and the safer will he become from his harmful sensuous desires.
He will attain love of Allâhu ta’âlâ. Love caused creation of the
universe and uncovered the hidden treasure.
[Islam means to believe in the prophethood of Muhammad
‘alaihis-salâm’ and to adapt yourself to his Sharî’at. The
commandments which Allâhu ta’âlâ declares in Qur’ân al-kerîm
are called Fard (or farz). His prohibitions are called Harâm.
Collectively, they are called the Sharî’at. To obey the Sharî’at
means to obey Qur’ân al-kerîm. A person who believes that all
the utterances of Muhammed ‘alihis-salâm’ are true words
dictated by Allâhu ta’âlâ is called a Muslim. His utterances are
classified in three groups: 1- Utterances that are directly from
Allâhu ta’âlâ both in wording and in meaning. These utterances
of his are called Qur’ân al-kerîm. 2- His own utterances whose
meanings were inspired into his blessed heart by Allâhu ta’âlâ.
His utterances of this sort are called Hadîth-i-qudsî. 3- His
utterances that are from him in wording and meaning. These
utterances of his are termed Hadîth-i-sherîf. Allâhu ta’âlâ
revealed Qur’ân al-kerîm to His beloved Messenger in a period of
time that lasted for twenty-three years. After his passing, (all the
âyats of) Qur’ân al-kerîm were compiled in one book, which was
named Qur’ân al-kerîm or Mus-haf. Qur’ân al-kerîm is entirely in
Arabic. Not everyone can understand its meaning. Only
Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ understood the divine meaning from
the divine word and explained it to his Sahâba. A Muslim who saw
the beautifil face of Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ is called a Sahâbî.
Altogether, they are called the As-hâb-i-kirâm (Or the Sahâba).
The As-hâb-i-kirâm conveyed all the teachings they had acquired
from the Messenger of Allah to their disciples, who in their turn
explained them in their books, which number in the thousands.
These people are called Scholars of Ahl as-sunna. Imâms of the
four Madh-habs and Imâm-i-Ahmad Rabbânî and his son
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