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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57 – FIRST VOLUME, 44th LETTER<br />
This letter, written to Naqîb and Sayyid Shaikh Farîd, praises<br />
the Best of Mankind (Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’), and advises to<br />
follow him:<br />
Your dear letter, sent out of mercy, honoured this poor person<br />
at the best time. We were happy to read it. Gratitude be to Allâhu<br />
ta’âlâ, you have been blessed with the inheritance of Hadrat<br />
Muhammad’s faqr [1] . This tawajjuh, this love and this adherence<br />
towards faqîrs ensue from that inheritance. This faqîr, who has<br />
nothing, is at a loss as to what to write in response. I will make this<br />
letter of mine a means for being saved from torment in the next<br />
world, by writing information concerning the superior qualities of<br />
your great ancestor, who is the most auspicious of Arabs. I do not<br />
attempt to praise our sayyid Rasûlullah. Rather, I will enrich my<br />
writings with him. Translation of an Arabic couplet:<br />
To praise Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’, I’m not able,<br />
With his name, I only make my lines valuable.<br />
Trusting myself to Allâhu ta’âlâ and begging for help from<br />
Him, I communicate:<br />
Hadrat Muhammad is Allâhu ta’âlâ’s Messenger. He is the<br />
Sayyid, the Master of the sons of Âdam. He is the most generous<br />
of the people on the day of Rising, who will be saved from Hell<br />
owing to their obedience to him.<br />
[Sayyid ’Abd-ul-Hakîm Arwâsî ‘qaddasallâhu ta’âlâ sirrahul<br />
’azîz’ said: “Every Prophet ‘salawâtullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaihim ajma’în’ is<br />
the highest member of his tribe, of his time, in his country, in every<br />
respect. As for Hadrat Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’, he is, in every<br />
respect, the highest of all classes of beings that have come as well<br />
as those that will come in every country in every age from the<br />
creation of the world until its end. No person is superior to him in<br />
any respect. This is not something impossible for Him to do. He<br />
(Allah), who makes whatever He wills and who creates whatever<br />
He wants, has created him as such. No person has the power to<br />
praise him. No person has the capacity to criticize him.”]<br />
On the Day of Rising, he will rise from the grave first. He will<br />
do shafâ’at first. His shafâ’at will be accepted first. He will knock<br />
on the door of Paradise first. The door will be opened for him at<br />
[1] The quality of not regarding worldly property, not hesitating to give<br />
one’s property away for the grace of Allah.<br />
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