Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Sixth Fascicle

that mujaddid that all the Ummats, including the Qutbs, the awtâd,
the budelâ, and the nujebâ, will be receiving fayz?
Answer: The Mujaddid-i-elf-i-thânî has been performing that
duty as a deputy of Hadrat ’Abd-ul-Qâdir Geilânî. It is like the
moon’s reflecting the lights it receives from the sun.
Question: How can that statement ever be made about the
‘Mujaddid’? For, Hadrat Îsâ (Jesus) ‘’alâ nebiyyinâ wa ’alaihissalât-u-wa-s-salâm’
shall descend from heaven with the mission of
a mujaddid. Another great person who will appear as a mujaddid
is Hadrat Mehdî (or Mahdî) ‘’alaihi-r-ridwân’. Can these persons
ever be imagined to be receiving the fayz they are to broadcast
from someone else?
Answer: Being a means for fayz can be the case only in the
second one of the aforesaid two paths. In the first path, i.e. in the
path termed qurb-i-nubuwwat, fayz and hidâyat do not come
through a means. A person who makes progress in this path gains
spiritual height without the means and curtains in between. Being
a means or a curtain is the case only in the path termed qurb-iwilâyat.
The two paths should not be mistaken for each other.
Hadrat Îsâ ‘’alâ nebiyyinâ wa ’alaihis-salât-u-wa-s-salâm’ and
Hadrat Mehdî ‘’alaihi-r-ridwân’ will attain through the path of
nubuwwa(t). Also the Shaikhayn, i.e. Hadrat Abû Bakr and
Hadrat ’Umar ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhumâ’ attained through the
path of nubuwwa. They are under the protection of Rasûlullah
‘’alaihi wa ’alâ âlihi-s-salât-u-wa-s-salâm’. So high is their honour.
A note: It is jâiz (possible) for a Walî to attain the path termed
qurb-i-nubuwwat by making progress in the path termed qurb-iwilâyat
and thereby to receive fayz through both paths. A Walî in
that capacity will be made to attain remnants from the special
benefits that the Prophets have been blessed with. They will make
him attain through the path of nubuwwat. They will make him a
means for giving fayz to others. They will bless him with the lot of
guiding their disciples through both paths. A Persian line in
English:
He will make a slave of His a means for guiding all.
This is such a blessing from Allâhu ta’âlâ, and He bestows it
upon whomever He likes. Allâhu ta’âlâ has so many blessings.
[Imâm Rabbânî ‘quddisa sirruh’ is one of those Walîs. He attained
maturity through the path of nubuwwat. He has been giving fayz
by way of wilâyat as well.]
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