Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

Tawakkul is something which the heart will do, and it
originates from îmân. There are various kinds of îmân. But
tawakkul is based upon two of them. These are the îmân in
tawhîd and the îmân in the abundance of Allah’s favour and
mercy.
Tawhîd, the basis of tawakkul: It will take a long time to
explain tawhîd, and the knowledge of tawhîd is the last one of all
the branches of knowledge. Here, we shall describe it only as far
as necessary for tawakkul. Tawhîd has four grades. That is, it has
one kernel and one kernel of the kernel. And it has the shell and
the shell’s shell. This means to say that it has two kernels and two
shells. Tawhîd is like a fresh walnut. Everybody knows the two
shells of a walnut as well as its kernel. And the kernel of its kernel
is its oil.
The first grade of tawhîd is to say “La ilâha il-l-Allah” with the
tongue only and not to believe it with the heart. An example of it
is the tawhîd of munâfiqs.
The second grade is the heart’s believing the meaning of this
kalima-i tawhîd. This belief is either by seeing, hearing from
others, e.g. the belief of us, the ignorant people; or one believes
through proofs, with mind’s proving. An example of it is the belief
of Islamic savants, of masters of the science of Kalâm.
The third grade: to see that one creator creates everything, to
realize that all work is done by one agent only and that none else
does anything. This seeing and understanding requires a nûr
being lit in the heart. Such an îmân is unlike the îmân of the
ignorant or of the savants of Kalâm. Their îmân is like a curtain
put over the heart with the tricks of imitation and proving. But
this seeing and realizing is the heart’s being opened and the
curtain’s going up. For example, there are three kinds of believing
that the resident of a house is in the house:
1 — To believe it by hearing someone say so. The îmân
through imitation is a reminiscence of this.
2 — To believe by seeing the things used by the resident every
day, such as his mount, his headgear and shoes in the house. This
is an example for the îmân of the savants of Kalâm.
3 — To believe by seeing the resident in the house. This is an
example for the tawhîd of ’Ârifs. Although such tawhîd has a very
high grade, its owner sees both the creatures and the Creator, and
knows that they were created by the Creator. Since he sees the
creatures, his tawhîd cannot be perfect.
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