Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

Then, Allah’s lovers are in pleasures and are happy in both this
world and the next. The pleasures which they get from hardships
do not detract from the pleasures of the next world. What
eliminates the pleasures of the next world is the kind of flavour
which is yearned for by the ignorant. O our Rabb (Allah)! What a
great favour it is which Thou doest to Thine lovers! The blessings
which Thou givest to others are Thine compassion to them, too.
And what is trouble, pain to others is, again, a blessing to them.
Others become happy when the blessing comes. But these great
people are happy both in favours and in difficulties. For, they do
not care if the deed is beautiful or ugly. What they care for is the
beauty of the One who does the deed. He is the most beautiful of
the beautiful. Since He Who does the deed is beloved, His deed is
beloved and tastes sweet, too. Because everything in the world is
the deed of the beautiful Maker, no matter if it causes harm and
trouble, it is for them what they love and desire. It tastes sweet to
them. Yâ Rabbî! What kind of favour and blessing is it that Thou
sendest these secret and valuable gifts to Thine lovers without
letting the outsiders know of them! Making them content with
Thine Wish every moment, Thou keepest them in pleasures and
flavours! What Thou sendest as affliction, shame and disgrace to
others, is beauty, perfection to them. Thou hast placed their wishes
in those things that are not wished for. Contrary to what Thou
doest to others, Thou hast made their tastes and pleasures in the
world a means for increasing their grades and pleasures in the next
world. This is a great favour from Allâhu ta’âlâ. He gives it to
whomever He likes. Allâhu ta’âlâ is the owner of great blessings.
Answer 3: This world is a place for testing. Right is mixed with
wrong and the right are mixed with the wrong here. If He did not
give hardships and cares to His beloved ones, if He gave them only
to His enemies, the beloved, being distinguishable from the
enemies, would be known. There would be no use in testing. But it
is necessary to believe without seeing. All the happiness of this
world and the next are dependent upon believing without seeing.
This fact is communicated in the twenty-fifth âyat of Hadîd Sûra:
“Allâhu ta’âlâ, in order to know those who help His Prophets
without seeing...” This means to say that by showing His beloved
ones in cares and difficulties, He has camouflaged them from the
eyes of His enemies. Thus, the world has become a place for
testing. His beloved ones are in disasters outwardly, but in actual
fact they are in pleasures and flavours. Hence, the enemies are
suffering loss and harm.
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