Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss First Fascicle
The Turkish original of the book Se’âdet-i Ebediyye consists of three parts, all of which add up to more than a thousand pages. We have translated the entire book into English and have published six individual fascicles. Se’âdet-i Ebediyye is a book prepared according to the Hanafî Madhhab. There is not a bit of knowledge or word which does not confirm the creed of the Ahl-i Sunnat and Jamâ’at in this book. This is the first fascicle. We invoke Allâhu ta’âlâ to help us deliver it to our dear readers. There are two hundred and forty (240) chapters in Se’âdet-i Ebediyye, and it consists of three parts. Forty-one of the ninety-eight chapters in the first part, thirty-four of the seventy-two chapters in the second part and thirty-three of the seventy chapters in the third part are translations of the letters in the Persian original of Maktûbât (The Letters) by Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî ‘rahmat-Allâhi ’alaih’ . A few of them are translations of letters by Hadrat Muhammad Ma’sûm ‘rahmat-Allâhi ’alaih’. The remaining chapters are taken from many valuable books. Maktûbât by Hadrat Imam-î Rabbânî consists of three volumes (I, II, III) and they contain five hundred and thirty six letters. All of them were published in two volumes in Pakistan in 1392 [1972 A.D.], and it was printed by offset in 1397 [1977 A.D.] in Istanbul. Maktûbât by Hadrat Muhammad Ma’sûm, his son, is also of three volumes (IV, V, VI). The volume number and the number of each letter translated is given below. The additions in brackets are explanations made by the translator, (i.e. Hadrat Hüseyn Hilmi Işık 'quddisa sirruh'.). Subjects relating to belief of ahl as-Sunnat are quoted from famous Ahl as-Sunnat scholars' books.
The Turkish original of the book Se’âdet-i Ebediyye consists of three parts, all of which add up to more than a thousand pages. We have translated the entire book into English and have published six individual fascicles. Se’âdet-i Ebediyye is a book prepared according to the Hanafî Madhhab. There is not a bit of knowledge or word which does not confirm the creed of the Ahl-i Sunnat and Jamâ’at in this book. This is the first fascicle. We invoke Allâhu ta’âlâ to help us deliver it to our dear readers.
There are two hundred and forty (240) chapters in Se’âdet-i Ebediyye, and it consists of three parts. Forty-one of the ninety-eight chapters in the first part, thirty-four of the seventy-two chapters in the second part and thirty-three of the seventy chapters in the third part are translations of the letters in the Persian original of Maktûbât (The Letters) by Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî ‘rahmat-Allâhi ’alaih’ . A few of them are translations of letters by Hadrat Muhammad Ma’sûm ‘rahmat-Allâhi ’alaih’. The remaining chapters are taken from many valuable books. Maktûbât by Hadrat Imam-î Rabbânî consists of three volumes (I, II, III) and they contain five hundred and thirty six letters. All of them were published in two volumes in Pakistan in 1392 [1972 A.D.], and it was printed by offset in 1397 [1977 A.D.] in Istanbul. Maktûbât by Hadrat Muhammad Ma’sûm, his son, is also of three volumes (IV, V, VI). The volume number and the number of each letter translated is given below. The additions in brackets are explanations made by the translator, (i.e. Hadrat Hüseyn Hilmi Işık 'quddisa sirruh'.).
Subjects relating to belief of ahl as-Sunnat are quoted from famous Ahl as-Sunnat scholars' books.
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means ‘the closest.’ The word ‘dunyâ’ in the ayât-i-kerîma which<br />
purports: “We have decorated the closest skies with lights,” has<br />
this meaning. If it comes from the second one it means ‘the worst.’<br />
Sometimes it has been used in this second meaning. For example,<br />
in the hadîth-i sherîf, “The base, the infamous things are mal’ûn,”<br />
it has this second meaning. That is, it means, ‘Dunyâ is mal’ûn.’<br />
Base things are those which are harâm and makrûh. Property has<br />
not been blamed because Allah views property as prosperity. An<br />
example which will prove this word of ours to be right is the<br />
property which Hadrat Ibrâhim ‘salawâtullahi ’alaih’ had. He was<br />
the second highest person among mankind. His cattle, half a<br />
million of which alone were beef cattle, covered plains and<br />
valleys.]<br />
May Allâhu ta’âlâ honour us and you with adapting ourselves<br />
to the way of Muhammad ‘’alaihissalâm’!<br />
Shaikh Mayân Zakariyyâ is the ex-administrator of finance. He<br />
is an ’âlim (learned) and a virtuous person. He has been in prison<br />
for a long time. He is needy and miserable due to his old age,<br />
shortage of a livelihood, and long imprisonment. He asks this faqîr<br />
[Imam-i Rabbânî] to visit the headquarters where he is kept so that<br />
he may be released. I could not come because of the long distance<br />
between us. Taking advantage of our brother Khwâja Muhammad<br />
Sâdiq’s plans to enter your presence, I have written a couple of<br />
words at the cost of the headache that they may cause you. Inshâ-<br />
Allah, the said wretched person will attain what is expected from<br />
your noble kindness and magnanimity. For, he is a learned and old<br />
person. Wassalâm awwalan wa âkhiran.<br />
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