Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

2 — The seventy-fourth âyat of er-Rahmân Sûra purports that
genies will enter Paradise.
3 — The thirty-first âyat of er-Rahmân Sûra purports:
‘Thaqalayn,’ which means “O men and genies.” Such names as
Rasûl uth-thaqalayn, muftiy-uth-thaqalayn and ghaws uththaqalayn,
[that is, the Prophet, the Muftî, the Walî of men and
genies], show that genies exist.
All disbelievers with heavenly books, fire-worshippers,
idolaters, Buddhists, polytheists, most Greek philosophers, and
great men of Tasawwuf believe that genies exist. The events
experienced by Hadrat Suleymân also indicates the existence of
genies.
People who give the âyats telling about genies different
meanings in accordance with their own minds become apostates.
The fatwâ written in the book entitled Milel-Nihal, [1] andalsoin
the book entitled Tarîqat-i Muhammadiyya, which is written by
Imâm-i Muhammed Birgivî ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’, and the
explanation in the commentary to the book entitled ’Aqâid-i
Nasafî [2] show that they become apostates. The fatwâ is:
“Âyats of the Qur’ân are to be given their overt, common
meanings. People who contort these meanings and thus follow
Bâtinîs [Ismâ’ilîs] become disbelievers.”
The Qul a’ûdhu Sûra and the Jinn Sûra inform that genies
exist.
[Some ignorant people suppose that genies are illusions and say
that they do not exist; it is a worthless assertion. Illusions formed
before eyes out of fear absolutely do not exist. To suppose that
these illusions are genies means that one knows nothing of genies.
Arguing that something does not exist requires, in the first place,
knowing what it is. Without knowing what it is, it would be puerile
to say that it does not exist. It would be out of place to call such
people scientists. If something has been said to exist by all
[1] Written by Abul Fat-h Muhammad bin ’Abd-ul-Kerîm Shihristânî
‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’ (479 [1086 A.D.], Khorâsan – 548 [1154],
Baghdâd).
[2] Written by Najm-ud-dîn Abû Haws ’Umar bin ’Abdullah Nasafî
‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’ (461 [1068 A.D.], Nasaf, Fâris, Iran – 537
[1143], Samarkand). Mas’ûd bin ’Umar Sa’d-ud-dîn Teftâzânî (or
Taftâzânî) ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’ (722 [1322 A.D.], Khorâsân –
792 [1389], Samarkand) wrote a commentary to that valuable book.
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