Documents of the Right Word

the beings in the anfus (in man) and in the âfâk cease to exist. The
tajallî-i af’âl comes into being. In the second grade of Fanâ the
Tajallî-i-sifât comes into being, the ‘ilm-i-hudûrî of the nafs ceases
to exist and the Ârif forgets about himself. This is the end of the
progress called Sayr and Sulûk in Tarîqat.
FIRST VOLUME, 49th LETTER
May Haqq subhânahu wa ta’âlâ bless thee with the bliss of
attaining all your religious and worldly wishes! The only effective
hygienic treatment against the harms of the world’s transitory
flavours and blessings is to use them in a manner and amount
prescribed by the Sharî’at; i.e. to obey the commandments of
Allâhu ta’âlâ. These flavours will be harmful if they are not
enjoyed compatibly with the Sharî’at. They will incur wrath and
torment on the part of Allâhu ta’âlâ. To ensure perfect salvation,
these flavours must be enjoyed as little as possible. Those who
cannot do without them should use protective medicament against
them. Thus they will be safe against their harms. Shame on those
people who can neither do without them nor apply the prescribed
medication against their harms and thus drift into disasters and
afflictions and deprive themselves of happiness! Those who obey
the desires of their nafs and run after worldly pleasures and thus
run away from the genuine and everlasting flavours of Paradise are
so wretched. Do they not know that Allâhu ta’âlâ sees everything?
Have they not heard that safety against harms depends on utilizing
worldly enjoyments as prescribed by the Sharî’at? The day of
questioning and judgement will certainly come and everybody will
be confronted with what he has done in the world. How lucky for
those who avoid their Rabb’s prohibitions in the world and
therefore will find themselves having attained His love that day.
How lucky, how lucky for those who do not fall for the sequined
life of this world, who fear the torment promised by their Rabb
and curb the desires of their nafs, and who advise people under
their command to perform namâz. May salâm be to those who
follow the way to salvation shown by Allâhu ta’âlâ and who adapt
themselves to Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’!
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