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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Ahl-i-kitâb (People of the Book). On the other hand, Christians<br />
who believe that Îsâ ‘’alaihi-s-salâm’ or any other creature<br />
possesses the attribute of Ulûhiyyat (deity) and who say, “He, too,<br />
is eternal, and he, too, creates everything,” become mushriks<br />
(polytheists). Since they deny (the prophethood of) Muhammad<br />
‘’alaihis-salâm’, they all are non-Muslims and disbelievers.<br />
Allâhu ta’âlâ creates good things with His Attribute ‘Rahmân’,<br />
and evils with His Attribute ‘Qahhâr’. In this world good and<br />
useful things are mixed with evils and harms. Allâhu ta’âlâ, being<br />
very merciful, created in man a special power to distinguish good<br />
deeds from evil ones. This power is termed ’aql (mind, wistom,<br />
reason). And since the ’aql would be unable to do this job of<br />
discrimination in the full sense, Allâhu ta’âlâ Himself pitied His<br />
slaves and did this job of discrimination. Separating good and bad<br />
deeds from each other, He informed His slaves about them via His<br />
Prophets, commanding the good deeds and proscribing the evil<br />
ones. These commandments and interdictions of Allâhu ta’âlâ<br />
make up what has been called dîn (faith, religion).<br />
The religion taught by Îsâ (Jesus) and that of Mûsâ (Moses)<br />
‘’alaihimussalâm’ were interpolated by people with philosophical<br />
ideations written by Plato and the like. So those two religions<br />
lapsed into polytheistic cults, so that they no longer were heavenly<br />
religions. The dîn (religion taught by Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’)<br />
is called Islam. A person who denies the fact that religions are<br />
revealed by Allâhu ta’âlâ, will become a kâfir (unbeliever,<br />
disbeliever). There were also attempts to interpolate Islam with<br />
heresies such as those of ’Abdullah bin Saba’ and others; yet the<br />
scholars of Ahl as-Sunnat forestalled them. Minds of people who<br />
lived in the same places as did the Sahâba and the scholars of Ahl<br />
as-Sunnat were quite successful in the job of discrimination<br />
between good and evil, thus supplying their owners a peaceful life.<br />
Thereby they established an Islamic civilization in the Middle<br />
Ages. Their minds are called ’aql-i-selîm. Muslims of the (true way<br />
taught by Islam and called) Ahl as-Sunnat hold the same tenets of<br />
îmân (creed, belief); yet in (some technicalities pertaining to) acts<br />
of worship they have parted into different (groups termed)<br />
Madhhabs. The four Sunnî Madhhabs are examples of this<br />
diversity. People who concoct heretical Madhhabs hold heretical<br />
beliefs as well. Two such heretical groups are Shiites and<br />
Wahhâbîs.<br />
A person who believes Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’ and yet<br />
denies any other Prophet will have denied him, too. For, belief in<br />
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