Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Sixth Fascicle

Allâhu ta’âlâ. Not so is the case with the heart, which does not
have an essence to go up to, to attain to. It goes up directly to the
Dhât-i-ilâhî. Its destination in upward progress is that Dhât
(Person), who cannot be known or comprehended. However, a
progress only by way of the heart in the absence of the aforesaid
ways of upward progress is difficult. The easier way is to first go
through ways of promotion one by one and then attain to the
destination directly by means of the heart. For, it is after heart has
attained to those grades that the heart will be expansive, so that it
will contain all. What we call ‘heart’ here is a latîfa that
accumulates all in itself and which is vaster than anything else. It is
not the piece of flesh called ‘heart’ among people.
A rare pearl in the ocean of haqâiq, [1] is ’Ârif; [2]
In the rose garden of ma’ârif, [3] rose of grace is ’Ârif.
In eloquence, in rhetoric, in elegance, he is immaculate;
Of esoteric meanings, a watery store is ’Ârif.
These words say nothing to slaves of their own nafs;
Yet in the knowledge of heart and soul, a master is ’Ârif.
False pretences pertaining to Tasawwuf abound;
Islâm, îmân, they know not; in name only are they ’Ârif.
For, being an ’Ârif requires a heavenly life;
Illuminating darkness, full moon of Haqq is ’Ârif.
21 – SECOND VOLUME,
SEVENTY-SIXTH LETTER
This letter, written for Mawlânâ Huseyn, provides information
about the ’Arsh and the Kursî:
May hamd be to Allâhu ta’âlâ. May salâm be to His slaves
whom He has liked and chosen!
The ’Arsh-i-Mejîd is one of the marvelous creatures of Allâhu
ta’âlâ. It is located between the ’âlam-i-khalq and the ’âlam-i-emr. It
[1] Plural for of haqîqa(t), which in turn means truth, reality, essence.
[2] ’Ârif is a fortunate person gifted with ‘ma’rifa(t)’, which is defined in
footnote [3] in the preface of the first fascicle of Endless Bliss, and
also in footnote [1] in the thirty-eighth chapter of the same fascicle.
[3] Plural of ma’rifat(t). See above for ‘ma’rifa(t)’.
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