Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

lessing. They pull the lovers to the Beloved One by force. They
pull the beloved ones through anxiety and disasters. And the
disliked ones are let free like vagabonds. Among them, a person
who is worthy of endless bliss will come round to the right course
by himself, will strive hard, thus attaining favour and blessing. Let
a person who will not do so think of what is going to happen to
him!
As is seen, disasters will come abundantly upon the chosen
ones. Not so many of them will come upon people who strive and
struggle. It is for this reason that our Prophet ‘’alaihi wa ’alâ âlihis-salât-u-wa-s-salâm’,
leader of the selected, loved and honoured
best by the liked and loved, stated, “No other prophet suffered as
much as I have.” Then, adversities and disasters are such a skilled
guide that they will unerringly make the lover attain the Beloved
One. They protect him from being blemished by looking at things
other than the Beloved One. It is surprising that, if the lovers have
treasures, millions, they will give away all of them to buy
adversities and disasters. And he who knows nothing of divine love
will spend millions to rid the adversities and disasters.
Question: Sometimes a beloved one becomes sorry when
disasters and hardships come upon him, a case which shows that he
dislikes them. What is its reason?
Answer: That kind of sorrow and reluctance is in appearance.
It originates from his nature, from his construction. There are
benefits in this reluctance. For, if it weren’t for this reluctance one
could not be hostile or fight against one’s nafs. The trouble which
our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ was seen suffering when
he was about to die was the final parts of the jihâd against the nafs.
Thus, even his last breath was given out struggling against the
enemy. Hence, he performed the most vehement struggle. He got
rid of his human attributes which existed in his nature. He brought
his blessed nafs round to complete obedience, to real pacification.
Then, trouble is the broker of the market of love. What
business will a person who has no love have with the broker? What
use will the broker be to him and what value will the broker have
in his eyes?
Answer 7: Another reason why disasters are sent is to
distinguish the true lovers from those liars who pretend to love. A
true lover takes pleasure from disasters, he becomes happy. But a
liar feels pain, complains. If he has tasted love, he does not feel real
pain. His suffering is in appearance. Lovers distinguish these two
kinds of pain from each other. For this reason, “A Walî will
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