Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle

26 – SECOND VOLUME, 88th LETTER
This letter, written for Molla Badî’uddîn, informs that it is
necessary to acquiesce in Qadâ and to derive pleasure from the
arrangements of the Owner.
Hamd be to Allâhu ta’âlâ and salâm to His chosen, beloved
slaves! The good slave is the one who approves and likes the
arrangements of his Owner. A person who likes his own wishes is
servile to himself. Even if his Owner thrusts a dagger in his slave’s
throat, the slave must like it and be pleased with it. If, may Allah
forfend, he does not like and approve of it, he will no longer be His
slave; he will distance from his Owner. [Epidemic and fatal
diseases such as plague come as a result of Allâhu ta’âlâ’s Will.
One must be happy as if it (the disease) came as a result of one’s
own wish. One must not become angry or sorry when a plague (or
any other epidemic disease) comes. Thinking that it is the
Beloved’s making, one must take delight in it. Everyone has a
certain time of death. This time never changes. For this reason,
one must not feel sad or worried in the event of a disease. When
such griefs and calamities come about, one must trust oneself to
Allâhu ta’âlâ and pray, invoke Him for good health and salvation.
Allâhu ta’âlâ likes those who ask for good health and salvation. It
is declared in the Sûrat-al Mu’mîn: “Pray! I shall accept your
prayers!” [For that matter, we ask Allâhu ta’âlâ to bless us with
hidâya (guidance) when we recite Sûrat-ul-Fâtiha during every
prayer of namâz.] Mawlânâ ’Abd-ur-Rashîd has arrived here and
told us about you. May Allâhu ta’âlâ protect you against events
that can be foreseen and prevented and against those that cannot
be seen and prevented! Âmîn.
[Ya’qûb bin Sayyid Alî ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’, in his commentary
to the book Shir’at-ul Islam, refers to the hadîth-i sherîf, “Praying
is worshipping.” Even if the prayers are not accepted, they will yield
thawâb. Acceptability of any prayer depends on various conditions:
Halâl food must be eaten. If a person eats harâm food, the prayers
that he offers for the forty days thereafter will not be accepted.
Prayer is the key to satisfying one’s needs and providing happiness.
The cogs of this key is the halâl food. Secondly, the clothing should
be tîb. Property which is not forbidden is called halâl. Property
which is not of doubtful origin is called tîb. While praying the heart
should be awake and one must believe that one’s prayers will be
accepted. The prayers of an ignorant person who is not aware of
what he says will not be accepted. Before praying, one should
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