Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

is not with time or with place. Then, this statement is not as it
seems to be; it is figurative. That is, it means that He is present
[exists] and overlooking [sees] without time and without place,
that is, without Him being at any place. Otherwise, Allâhu ta’âlâ
would be considered to be with time and with place, which He is
not.
Allâhu ta’âlâ, being Hayy, ’Alîm, Qadîr, and Mutakallim,
always exists and always sees in infinite time. As His Attributes,
Life, Knowledge, Power, and Speech are without time and without
place, likewise His being present and overlooking is without time
and without place. So is the case with all the Attributes of Allâhu
ta’âlâ. Neither before them nor after them is there nonexistence.
For example, He is present, and He was not absent before this
presence. And after this there will not be a lifelessness, that is,
death, or unawareness, nor will there be absence. Like Him, His
Attributes as well are eternal in the past and in the future. That is,
they always exist. Noone else’s attributes are like His Attributes.
Angels, the souls of Prophets ‘’alaihimussalâm’ and of Awliyâ,
and the souls of pious Muslims are present at any place where they
are summoned to, no matter who calls them, where and in what
state the caller is, and they help the caller. An example of this is
Hadrat Khidhir’s going to the rescue of people who are in trouble.
So is the case with Fakhr-i ’âlam’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’
going to the rescue of each of his Ummat, especially at the time of
death. So is the case with Hadrat Azrâil’s reaching everywhere
every moment to perform his duty to take away the souls [lives].
And so is the case with each Murshid-i kâmil’s reaching to rescue
his disciples; these events are with time and place and they are not
eternal in the past or in the future. Nor are they continuous. They
were nonexistent before coming into being. And they will cease to
exist after a certain time. There is a great difference between
Allah’s being present and souls’ being present. No one is present
like Allah’s being present. So are all the Attributes of Allâhu
ta’âlâ. Neither an angel nor a Nebî nor a Rasûl nor a Walî nor a
pious Muslim has any share from any of Allah’s Attributes.
Devotees who had not attained the grades of knowledge
pertaining to Wilâyat used to be taught that the souls of murshids
would come to their rescue wherever and whenever they were
called. The soul was absent before it became present there. And it
would be absent some time later. Allâhu ta’âlâ is present not like
the presence of souls. For, such a presence is with time and with
place. Nor can souls be present like the presence of Allâhu ta’âlâ.
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