Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Sixth Fascicle

sherîf: ‘If a person wants to know if he himself is a good person or
a bad one, let him find out how his sâlih and khâlis neighbours
have been talking about him! If they are saying that he is a good
person, let him know that he is a good one in the ’ind-i-ilâhî, (i.e.
in the view of Allâhu ta’âlâ!)’ ”
If a harm that is harâm to do to any person is done to one’s
neighbour, the sin committed thereby will be much worse. A
favour that will cause thawâb when it is done to anybody will yield
much more thawâb when it is done to one’s neighbour.
Zâhidâ! Open your eyes, look at the wilderness, and take an object lesson!
Look at the heaven, a bulbous dome without columns, and take an object lesson!
If you want to see the infinite power of Jenâb-i-kibriyâ,
At the time of dawn every morning, look at the world, and take an object learning!
Even if you were a Pâdishâh, they would say, “Make your intention for a man!”
Go, and look at the corpse lying on the musalla, and take an object learning!
A shroud is the finality of possession, the rich and the poor alike;
A person who takes pride in his riches: What is he, if not a lunatic-like?
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