Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Sixth Fascicle

ta’âlâ, they have transcended that grade and attained pearls of
knowledge reserved for Prophets ‘’alaihim-us-salâm’.
O my valuable brother! Please do write what you know of the
ma’rifats of the tawhîd-i-wujûdî, for they are valuable states to
experience. Who on earth could say anything against them.
Greater ones of the Awliyâ have said many things about them.
Although they have said those things in a state of intoxication
caused by affection and excessive love, their having said them is an
indication of their value. My grandfather ’Abd-ul-Ahad ‘quddisa
sirruh’ was very advanced in the tawhîd-i-wujûdî. He wrote highlevel
books in that progressive subject. Nevertheless, he would
never contravene any one of the adabs of Islam. So were all the
other blessed people who knew the haqîqat, (i.e. truth, inner
essence of the matter.) However, it is so disconcerting that
superiors like you should dislike other superiors, believe that their
knowledge is the only true knowledge, and disesteem others’
knowledge. Likewise, to look on Muhyiddîn-i-’Arabî as the finality
of the Awliyâ means to altogether deny the fact that our superiors
were among the Awliyâ. Such daring assertions on the part of
people noble by creation are flabbergasting. Even more stunning
than these is your very cordial account of Ibni Sînâ (Avicenna).
But his heresies caused his disbelief and deviation. Imâm Ghazâlî
‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’ quotes statements made by ancient Greek
philosophers and adds: “They and their followers, such as Fârâbî
(al-Farabi) were disbelievers.” [Hence, we should not believe the
ignorantly concocted and poisonous writings in the religious books
written by those disbelievers and by European revolutionary
leaders and in their translation, and we should not let them
misguide us. We should not read the book of namâz that was
written by Ibni Sînâ and which reflects his philosophical views.
Imâm Rabbânî ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’ cites passages from Ibni
Sînâ’s book entitled Mustazâd and says that the statements in
those passages show that the person who made them is a
disbeliever and a zindiq, in the final section of his blessed book
Ma’ârif-i-ladunniyya.] Our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’
said about Ibni Sînâ in a dream had by one of our superiors:
“Allâhu ta’âlâ has carried him to heresy with his own ’ilm
(knowledge).” Someone else also had a similar dream. We would
not be astounded so much to hear such statements (as yours) from
others. But no degree of astonishment would be overemphatic to
feel when something slightly reminiscent of statements of this sort
on the part of noble persons like you reaches the ears of your
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