Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

states you have been in. “I have been understanding Allâhu ta’âlâ
beyond mind, knowledge, kashf, findings, and beyond the
beyonds. So much so that I cannot believe that His Attributes are
together with Him. I have been understanding Him as far from
anything, any being,” you say. That pleases us so much.
Question: It is written in the book Rashahât [1] that Bâbâ Âbriz [2]
said: “Before there was any man on the earth, when Allâhu ta’âlâ
willed the kneading of Hadrat Adam’s clay, I poured water into
the clay.” You ask what he means by saying so.
Answer: Hadrat Adam’s clay was kneaded by angels. It is
understood that as this task was assigned to angels, likewise Bâbâ
Âbriz’s soul was assigned the task of pouring water. When his own
body came to the world or, rather, when he reached perfection, he
was informed that his soul had done the task. It is possible for
Allâhu ta’âlâ to give souls the power of taking the shapes of
objects and acting like the living before entering their bodies or
after leaving their bodies.
Some great men of Islam stated that they had done important
great duties centuries before they had come to the world; these
events happened in the same manner. That is, their souls had done
these deeds without bodies, and they were informed of the task
after coming to the world.
Some people have considered souls acting in the shapes of
objects as metempsychosis. It is never, never metempsychosis.
That is, souls have not entered other bodies. This case has caused
perdition for many ignorant people. Much is there to write on it.
Bewildering pieces of information have been coming to my heart.
I will write about them if Allah should will it. I have no time to
write now. Inshâ-Allah, it will fall to my lot to write.
I extend my salâm and benedictions.
[1] Writen by Fakhr-ud-dîn Sâfî ’Alî bin Huseyn Wâ’iz-i-Kâshifî
‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’ (867 [1462 A.D.] – 939 [1533], Herât).
[2] The following information has been borrowed from the biography
section of the Turkish book Seâdet-i-ebediyye: ’Umar Dâghistânî,
one of the forefathers of Hadrat ’Ubaydullah Ahrâr, was a disciple of
Hasan-i-Bulgârî, who was a disciple of Muhammad Râdî, who was a
disciple of Hasan-i-Sekân, who was a disciple of Abu-n-nejîb-i-
Suhrawardî. Bâbâ Âbriz ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’ was a disciple of
Shaikh ’Umar (Dâghistânî). Quite a number of karâmats are
reported to have been seen to take place through his blessed person.
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