Documents of the Right Word

eligion. Most of them disappeared in the course of time. Only the
(group called) the Shiites survived. Today, books from three
different sources are being spread over the world in the name of
serving Islam: the Sunnite books, which are the true Islamic
books; the Shiite books; the books published by the Wahhâbis,
who are the votaries of a sect that the British founded in Saudi
Arabia in the hijrî year 1150 [A.D. 1737] in order to undermine
Islam from within].
FIRST VOLUME, 22nd LETTER
May Allâhu ta’âlâ bless thee with the honour of making
progress in the true way of the Sharî’at! The end of the world has
drawn near. Darknesses of disbelief and wrongdoing have
covered everywhere. All people are caught in the storms caused
by these darknesses. We have been looking for a hero to recover
one Sunnat and to eliminate bid’ats. The right way cannot be
found without the lights of our Prophet’s Sunnats. There cannot
be salvation without adapting ourselves to the Messenger of
Allah. Making progress in a path of Tasawwuf and thus attaining
love of Allâhu ta’âlâ requires following the Habîb (Darling,
Beloved one) of Allâhu ta’âlâ. The thirty-first âyat-i-kerîma of
Âl-i-’Imrân sûra, which purports, “If you love Allâhu ta’âlâ
adapt yourselves to me! Allâhu ta’âlâ loves those who follow
me,” is a witness confirming our statements. A person’s attaining
happiness depends on his adapting himself to the chief of all
religious and worldly leaders in all his habits and worships and,
in short, whatsoever he may be doing. As we so often witness in
worldly affairs, one always feels a strong affection for those who
resemble one’s darling. One likes the people liked by one’s
darling and hates the darling’s enemies. All the perfections and
high ranks to be attained physically and spiritually are dependent
upon loving the Messenger of Allah. This is the only criterion to
assess the degree of a person’s maturity. By the same token, the
most valuable deed and worship is to love the Awliyâ, the people
loved by Allâhu ta’âlâ, and to hate His enemies. For this is the
greatest sign of love. The feeling of sympathy for the friend’s
friends and antipathy for his enemies occurs spontaneously. A
lover is like a mad person in this respect. It was said: “Unless a
person is said to be insane, his îmân will not be perfect.” A
person who is not so cannot have had a share from love. In this
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