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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eye-brows were thin. His eye-brows were apart from each other.<br />
The vein between his two eyebrows would swell when he became<br />
angry. His blessed nose was extremely beautiful and was a little<br />
higher in the middle. His blessed head was large. His blessed<br />
mouth was not small. His blessed teeth were white. His blessed<br />
front teeth were amply spaced. When he expressed a word, it<br />
would sound as if radiance (nûr) was coming through his teeth.<br />
Among the creatures of Allâhu ta’âlâ, no one has been seen with<br />
a more eloquent or sweeter speech than his. His blessed words<br />
would be understood easily, pleasing hearts and attracting souls.<br />
When he spoke, his words would string like pearls. Had someone<br />
wanted to count his words, it would have been possible to count<br />
them. Sometimes, he would repeat something three times in order<br />
that it might be understood well. In Paradise everybody will speak<br />
like Hadrat Muhammad. His blessed voice could reach a distance<br />
which no one else’s could.<br />
Fakhr-i ’âlam ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ was affable. He<br />
would smile pleasantly. When he smiled, his blessed teeth would<br />
be seen. When he smiled, his blessed radiance would enlighten the<br />
walls. His weeping was easy like his smiling. As he never burst out<br />
laughing, so he never cried loudly, but his blessed eyes would shed<br />
tears and the sound of his blessed chest would be heard. He would<br />
weep when thinking of the sins of his Ummat (that is, Muslims),<br />
and he would weep out of fear of Allah. He also wept when he<br />
heard the Qur’ân al-kerîm and, sometimes, when performing<br />
namâz (ritual prayer).<br />
Fakhr-i ’âlam’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ blessed fingers<br />
were big. His blessed arms were fleshy. His blessed palms were<br />
wide. The scent of his entire body was more odorous than the most<br />
beautiful scent. His blessed body was both soft and strong. Anas<br />
bin Mâlik says: “I served Rasûlullah for ten years. His blessed<br />
hands were softer than silk. His blessed sweat was more odorous<br />
than the most fragrant scent and than any flower. His blessed arms,<br />
feet and fingers were long. His blessed toes were big. The arch of<br />
his foot was not too high and was soft. His blessed waist was wide<br />
and his chest and his waist did not exceed each other. The bones at<br />
the points of his shoulders were big. His blessed chest was wide, his<br />
qalb-i sherîf (blessed heart) was nazargâh-î ilâhî.<br />
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ was not too tall, nor<br />
was he short. When someone came near him, Rasûlullah would<br />
look taller than the person. When he sat, his blessed shoulders<br />
would be higher than all of those who sat with him.<br />
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