Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

in Shaytân’s group have missed the inexhaustible blessings. They
have been caught by endless torment.” People in the first and
second groups who have been honoured with the fortune of qurb
are Awliyâ. Informing about the unknown does not increase or
decrease their Wilâyat. The difference between them is in respect
of the grade of closeness. A Walî who has not been informed of
anything unknown may be more advanced and higher on account
of the qurb bestowed upon him. Hadrat Shihâbuddîn ’Umar
Suhrawardî ‘quddisa sirruh’, author of the book ’Awârif-ulma’ârif,
is one of the greatest Awliyâ. All the other Awliyâ like
him. After explaining karâmats and khâriqas in his book, he says:
“A Walî of high grade may be given no karâmats or khâriqas. For,
karâmats are given in order to increase yaqîn (belief). A person
blessed with yaqîn does not need karâmats or khâriqas. All these
karâmats are inferior to the dhikr of Dhât-i ilâhî and to the heart’s
being ornamented with this dhikr.” Shaikh-ul-islâm, Khwâja
’Abdullâh-i Ansârî ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’, one of the greatest of the
Sôfiyya-i ’aliyya, says in his book entitled Manâzilussâyirîn:
“There are two kinds of firâsat. The first one, the firâsat of the men
of ma’rifat, is to detect the talents of the disciples and to recognize
the Awliyâ of Allâhu ta’âlâ. The second one, the firâsat
(clairvoyance) of those who subject themselves to riyâdats and
who polish their nafs by hunger is to know of the secret things
about creatures. Most people, not remembering Allâhu ta’âlâ but
thinking of the world day and night, search for those who give
information about the worldly things which they want to obtain.
They deem them great. In fact, they think of them as Awliyâ close
to Allâhu ta’âlâ. They do not even turn to look at the ma’rifats, the
true and subtle knowledge of the Awliyâ. But perhaps they speak
ill of them and, saying, ‘If they were Allah’s beloved slaves, they
would know about our lost things, about our secret thoughts. A
person who knows nothing of our states can never understand the
subtle knowledge which is above creatures’; they deny the firâsat
of Awliyâ and their knowledge of the Dhât-i-ilâhî and His
Attributes. Because of their wrong estimation they are deprived of
the correct knowledge and ma’rîfats of these great superiors. They
are unaware of the fact that Allâhu ta’âlâ has concealed these
superiors from the eyes of the ignorant and has made them belong
to Him. He has made His Awliyâ busy not with worldly affairs but
with Himself. If the Awliyâ were attached to men’s deeds and
states they would not be worthy of Allâhu ta’âlâ’s presence.”
’Abdullah-i Ansârî wrote much more about this.
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