Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

I have been told by my master, Khwâja Muhammad Bâqî,
‘quddisa sirruh’ that Shaikh Muhyiddîn ’Arabî ‘rahmatullâhi alaih’
wrote as follows: “Those Awliyâ on whom many karâmats and
khâriqas were seen have made tawba at their last breath for having
exhibited them. They have said that they wished they had had no
karâmats seen.” If the superiority of a Walî were to be assessed
with his exhibition of khâriqas, it would be out of place to make
tawba for them.
Question: When it is not a condition of Wilâyat to exhibit
wonders, how will the true Walî be distinguished from false
shaikhs?
Answer: In this world the Walî does not have to be known. The
true one and the false must be mixed. In this world, the true and
the false, the right and the wrong must be mixed with each other.
Nor is it a condition for a Walî to know of his own Wilâyat. Many
Awliyâ did not know of their own Wilâyat. How could others
recognize them? And it is not necessary to recognize them, either.
Yes, Prophets ‘’alaihimussalâm’ had to exhibit miracles. Thus a
Prophet was distinguished from a person who was not a Prophet.
For, it is necessary for everybody to know a Prophet’s
prophethood. Since the Awliyâ invite people to the religion of
their own Prophet, the Prophets’ mu’jizas are enough for them. If
the Awliyâ invited people to something other than Islam, it would
certainly be necessary for them to exhibit wonders. Since they
invite to Islam, it is never necessary that they exhibit wonders. The
savants of religion invite everybody to do the commandments
written in the books. The Awliyâ both invite to this and call to the
bâtin of Islam. First they invite to Islam. Then they show how to
dhikr the Name of Allâhu ta’âlâ. They especially ask us to busy
ourselves with dhikr-i ilâhî all the time, incessantly. By doing so,
one’s body will altogether be suffused with (divine) affection, and
the heart will contain nothing but Allâhu ta’âlâ. Everything else
will be forgotten so utterly that one will not be able to remember
anything besides Allâhu ta’âlâ however hard one may try to do so.
Why should it be necessary for the Awliyâ to exhibit wonders for
these two kinds of invitations? Guiding means to perform these
two kinds of invitations. Wonders and karâmats have no place
here. We must also say that a vigilant disciple perceives many of
his master’s karâmats and wonders as he makes progress along a
path of Tasawwuf. In that unknown path every moment he has
recourse to his [master’s] help and is always blessed with his help.
Yes, it is not necessary for him [his master] to exhibit wonders to
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