Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss First Fascicle

43 – SECOND VOLUME, 66th LETTER
This letter, written in Arabic to Khân-i Khânân ‘rahmatullâhi
ta’âlâ ’alaih’ the (time’s) governor of India, explains tawba inâbat,
wara’ and taqwâ:
I begin my letter with the Basmala. That is, to be able to write
this letter, I trust myself to Allâhu ta’âlâ, who is so merciful and
bounteous, and I rely on Him. Every hamd, every thanks, belongs
to Him by right. I send my salâm to the good people whom He
chooses and loves. Our valuable lives are passing in committing
sins, making mistakes, and doing what is wrong. Therefore, it will
be pleasant for us to converse on tawba, on hanging the head in
shame towards Allâhu ta’âlâ, and to talk about wara’ and taqwâ.
Allâhu ta’âlâ declares in the thirty-first âyat of Sûrat-un-Nûr: “O
Believers! Make tawba and ask Allah’s pardon, you all! You can
be saved only if you make tawba.” He declares in the eighth âyat
of Sûrat-ut-Tahrîm, which is at the end of the twenty-eighth juz’
(section) of the Qur’ân: “O, you, chosen people who have îmân!
Return to Allâhu ta’âlâ! Repent sincerely! That is, do not break
your repentance! If you repent in this manner, maybe your Allah
will forgive you and will put you into Paradise, where there are
trees and villas beneath which water flows.” He declares in the
hundred and twentieth âyat of Sûrat-ul-An’âm: “Avoid sins,
whether they are evident or secret.” It is fard-i ’ayn [1]
for
everybody to repent for their sins. Nobody can escape tawba. How
can anyone ever escape it, despite the fact that all Prophets
‘’alaihimussalawâtu watteslîmât’ used to make tawba?
Muhammad ‘’alaihi wa ’alaihimussalawât’, who was the final and
the greatest of all, stated: “A curtain [that prevents divine lights
from coming] gets drawn across my heart. Therefore, I say
istighfâr [2] seventy times each day.” If there are no human rights in
the sin which is committed, if it is only between Allah and oneself,
e.g. committing adultery, having alcoholic drinks, listening to
musical instruments, looking at nâ-mahram women, holding the
Qur’ân without having an ’abdast (ritual ablution), getting stuck in
corrupt beliefs, such as Râfidî, Wahhabi, and others, one can make
tawba by regretting [what one has done], by saying istighfâr, and
[1] Actions, words, and thoughts which Allâhu ta’âlâ clearly commands
in the Qur’ân are called farz (or fard). Fard-i-’ayn means a fard which
is obligatory for every Muslim. Every Muslims has to carry out the
fard-i-’ayn.
[2] To ask Allah’s pardon. To entreat Him for His forgiveness.
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