Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

and mature love, attachment and ikhlâs towards the great men of
Silsila-i ’aliyya-i naqshibandiyya ‘qaddasallâhu ta’âlâ asrârahum’, I
will give you a headache by writing these things here. My dear sir!
Wayfarers of this blessed path have become gharîb (lonely,
desolate), and have decreased in number in this country [in India].
Bid’ats having been mixed with the paths of today’s men of tarîqat,
and, thus, they having been corrupted, people have no longer been
able to know the great men who have been holding fast to
Rasûlullah’s sunnat. On account of this unawareness, and because
the majority of the (recent) wayfarers of this path have been shortsighted,
they have mixed this exalted way also with bid’ats.
Through these bid’ats, they have tried to win the hearts of people.
By doing so, they thought, they would mature this Tariqa-i ’aliyya.
May Allah forbid, it is quite wrong! They have been trying to
demolish, lose this lofty path. They have not understood how the
great superiors of this path were. May Allâhu ta’âlâ bless them
with the right way! There are very few of the great superiors of this
Silsila-i ’aliyya left in this country. People who are on this path and
who love this path must help the true Khalîfas of the great
superiors of this path and the true disciples of this path, and must
run to their rescue. For, man has been created so as to be civilized.
In order to be civilized and live, he needs others. Allâhu ta’âlâ
declares in the sixty-fourth âyat-i-kerîma of Anfâl Sûra: “O my
Prophet! Allâhu ta’âlâ and the Believers who are with you are
sufficient for you!” Thereby, He informs that the Believers are
sufficient for helping the Best of Mankind. Hence, it is understood
that it is necessary to help others. Rich people of our time think
that to be a dervish means not to need anybody else. It is a wrong
understanding. Man means needy. Not only men but also all
creatures are needy. In fact, man’s goodness, beauty, arises from
his being needy. Also, man’s being a slave, his broken heart are the
results of his being needy. If man were not needy, he would be
disobedient, excessive, unbridled. Allâhu ta’âlâ declares in the
Iqra’ Sûra: “When man is without any needs, verily he will become
excessive!” Those faqîrs who have freed their hearts from being
attached to creatures, when they need to hold on to causes address
their needs to the Owner and Creator of the needs. When they
attain the causes, they know them to be from Him. They say that
it is always He who sends or who does not send. For many orders
and benefits, Allâhu ta’âlâ creates everything through causes. He
states that people who cause goodness are good and those who
cause evil are evil. It is for this reason that the great superiors of
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