Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss First Fascicle

attained, in their turn, hastened the formation of ikhlâs in them
and enhanced the already existing amount. Please re-read the final
part of the forty-sixth chapter. Knowledge of the body has been
learned from the four sources and has reached us through Fiqh
books. Those who want to obey Rasûlullah must worship as taught
in Fiqh books. The knowledge of the heart, which purifies the
heart, the soul, and the nafs, has come to us by means of the hearts
of the Awliyâ. Those who want to adapt themselves to Rasûlullah
in the knowledge of the heart and soul, should stay near a Walî and
acquire this knowledge from his heart. A Walî is a means, a path
between the heart of a man and the blessed heart of Rasûlullah
‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’. The knowledge of the heart is
not obtained by reading books of Tasawwuf. The fountain and
source of this knowledge is the hearts of ’ârifs. That this is the case
is written also in the final part of the book entitled Themerât-ulfuâd.
Each Sahâbî, in turn, conveyed the knowledge of the body
and of the heart which he had obtained from Rasûlullah to those
who requested for it. Muslims coming afterwards took the
knowledge of the body from books of Fiqh and the knowledge of
the heart from the hearts of murshids. Those who say, “I will learn
the knowledge of the body directly from Rasûlullah’s utterances,
that is, from the hadîth-i sherîfs,” have fallen into the traps of the
nafs and the devil as a result of misunderstanding the meanings of
hadîth-i-sherîfs. Likewise, those who say, “I will receive the
knowledge of the heart directly from the heart of Rasûlullah,”
have fallen into the traps of the nafs and the devil. It is necessary
to obtain knowledge of the body from the words or books of the
Ahl-i sunnat savants, and knowledge of the heart from the hearts
of savants who are alive or from their souls if they are dead. The
experts of this knowledge, that is, the murshids and Walîs all
expressed the same fact. The hadîth-i sherîfs contained in the book
Kunûz-ud-deqâiq, such as, “A savant among his disciples is like a
Prophet among his Ashâb” and “The superiority of a savant to his
students is like the superiority of a Prophet to his ummat” and
“Everything has a source. The source of taqwâ is the hearts of
’ârifs” and “To attend a class of Fiqh is better than worshipping for
a year” and “Looking at the faces of savants is worshipping” are
proofs for the facts we have written above. Allâhu ta’âlâ has
promised that the Islamic religion will survive till the end of the
world. He created the Ottoman Empire for the protection of the
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