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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an ’araz (attribute), He would need a location, a residence. And<br />
again, this would mean that God needed something else. Someone<br />
who needs something else cannot be God. [What was the reason<br />
for God’s penetrating into Jesus ‘’alaihis-salâm’? Penetration<br />
without a reason is ‘tarjîhun bilâ murajjeh.’ We have already<br />
proved that this is nonsensical, and we have explained this fact in<br />
our book Could Not Answer, where we have proved also that<br />
Allâhu ta’âlâ is one.]<br />
3- You say he is not God, but some part of God that penetrated<br />
and settled into Him. In this case, if the part that entered Him is<br />
effective enough to make Him God, when the part left God, then<br />
God would be incomplete in being God. If the part is not effective<br />
enough to become God, this part cannot be deemed to be a part of<br />
God.<br />
What is your proof to claim that Jesus ‘’alaihis-salâm’ was<br />
God?<br />
The priest – He is a god because he used to enliven the dead,<br />
cure the congenital blind, and heal the itchy white specks on the<br />
skin, which are called leprosy. Such things can be done by God<br />
only.<br />
Fakhr-ud-dîn Râzî – If there is no proof, no sign to demonstrate<br />
the existence of something, can that thing be said to be nonexistent?<br />
If you say that it can be, and that it does not exist, you<br />
will have denied the existence of a Creator when you say that there<br />
was nothing eternally before. In this case your words will be<br />
nonsensical. For, all creatures are proofs and signs which<br />
demonstrate the existence of Allâhu ta’âlâ.<br />
If you say that something to be inferred through evidence may<br />
exist even if there is no evidence, in that case, you will have<br />
accepted the existence of a Creator when creatures did not exist in<br />
the past eternity. If you say that when Jesus was nonexistent in the<br />
past eternity God penetrated into him, in that case, your claim will<br />
be something accepted without evidence. For, Jesus was created<br />
later. His existing in the past eternity means there is no evidence.<br />
While you accept, without evidence, that God entered Jesus<br />
‘’alaihis-salâm’, how do you know that He has not entered me,<br />
you, animals, or even plants and stones? Why don’t you accept,<br />
without evidence, that these also may have been penetrated?<br />
Priest – The reason why He entered Jesus ‘’alaihis-salâm’, and<br />
did not enter you, me, or others, is clear. It is because he<br />
performed mu’jizas. No unusual things were performed by you,<br />
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