Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Sixth Fascicle

himself– remained in this grade for years on end. I saw my own
adam as something separate from me, like a coat of hair.
Eventually, the Divine Grace and Kindness of Allâhu ta’âlâ came
to my rescue, so that the already beaten adam melted away for
good and all. Its appearance, which was dependent on the
reflections, was completely gone. It, so to speak, melted into its
origin, the true adam. Likewise, plaster of Paris is made into shape
in moulds. When the plaster becomes hard enough to retain its
shape the moulds are broken, so that the plaster remains in the
desired shape without the support of the moulds. In our case as
well, the reflections that have been existent owing to the adam
realize that in actual fact they exist on their own or, rather, owing
to their own origins. When the sâlik in this state says, “I,” he sees
only the reflections and their origins. It is as if he has no
connections with his adam itself. At this grade the haqîqa (true
essence) of fanâ is attained. The former fanâ was, sort of, an image
of this fanâ. If from that grade he is brought to the grade of ‘Baqâ’
and thence made to descend back to the world, the adam, which
had been a part from him at one time and which had been
triumphant and dominant before parting with him, is brought
back; and they are made compeers again. Yet now it is separate
from him and will not join in when he says, “I.” For some useful
reasons it remains in a state like that of an externally worn coat
made of hair. The adam is back now, but the reflections of the
names and attributes no longer need it. In fact, it is owing to them
that the adam stays. As a matter of fact, that has been the case also
with the former baqâ. When it is the case with the former baqâ,
then a fortiori it should be the case with this true baqâ, and
certainly with a more immaculate and perfect version. Clothes will
have a certain effect on a person wearing them. Warm clothes will
make you feel warm, and clothes that are cold will make you cold.
Likewise, this adam has an effect analogical to that of clothes. Its
effect is felt throughout the body. It is sensed, however, that all the
effect is of external origin and that no such effect is felt internally.
And so are the evils and imperfections that originate from this
adam; they come from abroad and afterwards. They do not
originate from the sâlik, and it is like an adjective accompanying
another adjective. Neither the adjective nor matter itself is
perpetual. People who occupy this grade are identical with others
in being human and they evince the same human attributes.
However, their attributes come from without, not from
themselves. Others’ attributes, in contrast, originate from within
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