Sahaba - The Blessed

perfections in the grades of Wilâyat attained by the Awliyâ-ikirâm,
Maktûbât, written by Imâm Rabbânî Ahmad Fârûqî, is the
most valuable and the highest of the books explaining both the
perfections and the ma’rifats in the grades of Wilâyat and the
ma’rifats and the kamâlât (perfections) and the subtleties peculiar
to the grade of prophethood.]
An excerpt from one of his letters translates into English as
follows: “... who has read and partly understood the book
Maktûbât, which is the most useful book from worldly as well as
religious points of view and whose compeer in the Islamic religion
has not so far been written... .” He, (i.e. Abdulhakîm Efendi,)
would say, “A person who knows a little Persian (Fârisî) language
will understand Maktûbât better if he reads the Persian version.
For the Turkish version rendered by Müstekimzâde Süleymân
Efendi is both complicated and erroneous.” Müstekîmzâde
Süleymân Efendi, a disciple of Muhammed Emîn Tokâdî, passed
away in 1202 [1788 A.D.]. His grave is adjacent to that of his master
at Zeyrek, Istanbul. The book Maktûbât was printed various times
at various places. A splendid edition was made in Karachi,
Pakistan, in 1392 [1972 A.D.]. It consists of two volumes. The first
volume contains the first part, and the second and third parts are
incorporated in the second volume. The two volumes were
reproduced in pulchritudinous copies in Istanbul by offset process
for which best quality paper was used. A Persian abridgement of
Maktûbât was rendered in 1080 [1668 A.D.] by Muhammad Bâqir
Lahôrî, an eminent one among the hundreds of Awliyâ educated
and trained by Muhammad Ma’thûm Serhendî, one of the blessed
sons of Imâm Rabbânî. The abridged version, entitled Kanz-ulhidâyât
by the author himself, is of a hundred and twenty pages and
contains twenty hidâyats (subtitles). It was printed in Lâhôr in 1376
[1957 A.D.] The same blessed Walî wrote another book, entitled
Urwa-t-ul-wusqâ, in the Fârisî language.
Inheriting from Rasûlullah, he was mujaddid alf thânî;
A mujtahid in all sciences, he was in Tasawwuf Ways al-Qarânî.
He spread Islam worldover, illuminated every Believer;
Awaken the unaware did the most exalted Imâm, Rabbânî.
All tenets in Islam he knew well, the Sharî’at he obeyed well;
Rank with unbelief as the entire world was, like Abû Bakr was he.
All received fayz from his sohbat, commanders and governors alike,
He descended from ’Umar Fârûq, true people give testimony.
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