Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Sixth Fascicle

some way to go. Hence, it would not be compatible with having an
ultimate desire to fall by the wayside by abandoning (the search
for) the matlûb. Although they do not say that this ta’ayyun differs
from the muta’ayyin, ta’ayyun is ta’ayyun. A person with a
righteous zeal and an ultimate desire should not be a fool to
remain here. Those who progress in the path of Muhammad
‘’alaihis-salâm’ will not stay here, since that path is the path of
adoration and belovedness. Because this ta’ayyun is the same as all
other things and it is not dissimilar to them, those people will not
deprive themselves of demanding the lâ-ta’ayyun one. A Persian
couplet in English:
Grief of separation from the beloved is too much to bear, though short in measure;
Only one hair in the eye would be too burdensome to bear!
Question: This ta’ayyun is the muta’ayyin itself. Then, wouldn’t
finding and seeing one of them be the same as finding and seeing
the other?
Answer: If finding the ta’ayyun is the same as finding Him, why
do they, (i.e. the superior guides of Tasawwuf,) discourage and
persuade from trying to find the higher level? That means to say
that finding one of these levels differs from finding tho other one.
Whereas the former has not been prohibited, the latter has been
interdicted.
Question: When that level is not discoverable or attainable,
why do they fall in love with Him, and why do they waste time
trying to find Him?
Answer: If we were to accept this question, we would answer it
as follows: How can love and affection be prevented for grounds
dictated by reason and a faithful lover be dissuaded from looking
for his definitely unattainable darling in the face of the fact that
such deep feelings cannot be helped? A Persian couplet in English:
I adore very much the curls of your hair;
Not at hand, I know; with this love, I don’t care!
Poor lovers want to burn to ashes with their desire to attain
their darlings. Perhaps they wish they were forgotten thoroughly,
leaving no names or traces behind them. No one other than Him
will provide them relief. They may obtain nothing of Him; they
may be scolded and rejected; they still yearn for the beloved one.
How beautifully the poet expresses this in the following Persian
couplet, in English:
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