Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle
Translations of letters from Imam-i Rabbani's Maktubat. Subjects include importance of having a correct belief and many issues related to namaz, sunnat, tawba, halal, haram, bid'at and tasawwuf.
Translations of letters from Imam-i Rabbani's Maktubat. Subjects include importance of having a correct belief and many issues related to namaz, sunnat, tawba, halal, haram, bid'at and tasawwuf.
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against the command of a Being who has bestowed upon you so<br />
many blessings?” And Âdam ‘’alaihissalâm’ meant to say, “Since<br />
you have read in the Tawrât that Allâhu ta’âlâ knew in eternity<br />
that I would wish and will to commit the deed, and since you know<br />
about the numerous benefits that will arise from committing it, it<br />
is not worthy of you to blame me.” Allâhu ta’âlâ knows the truth<br />
of everything.<br />
If a soul does not know the beloved, why not call for it?<br />
In case it does know, why shouldn’t it be happy about it?<br />
If the nafs-i-ammâra precludes it all the time,<br />
An accursed enemy as it is, why not fight against it?<br />
I wonder if the heart is remiss with the sweetheart,<br />
If so, why doesn’t it inquire and prospect for it?<br />
What obstruction has eclipsed the full moon of the heart,<br />
So that that moon does not claim the Sun’s light to manifest it?<br />
41 — SECOND VOLUME, 33rd LETTER<br />
This letter, written to Muhammad Sâlih-i Ghulâbi, states that<br />
every deed of the Beloved One will be liked, that the Beloved<br />
One’s inflicting torment is sweeter than His favours, and that<br />
hamd is higher than shukr (thanks).<br />
May our hamd be to Allâhu ta’âlâ. Salâm to those slaves of His<br />
whom He has chosen!<br />
O Mawlânâ Muhammad Sâlih, my dear brother! You should<br />
know that something loved, in the eyes of the lover, and even<br />
actually, is beloved always, no matter in whatever state it is. It is<br />
loved when it hurts the lover as well as when it does him a favour.<br />
Many of those who have been honoured with the blessing of loving<br />
and who have tasted loving love even more whenever they receive<br />
a gift from the Beloved One. Or their love never changes when He<br />
hurts them as well as when He does them favours. Among these<br />
lovers, however, there are very few whose love is increased by the<br />
Beloved’s hurting them. Attaining this most valuable blessing<br />
requires having a good opinion about the Beloved. Even if the<br />
Beloved thrusts His dagger into the lover’s throat or cuts him into<br />
pieces, the lover should deem this useful for himself and see it as a<br />
great favour and happiness. When he obtains such a good opinion,<br />
none of the Beloved’s actions seem unbecoming to him, and he<br />
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