Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

done. And Allâhu ta’âlâ creates that thing. This is Allah’s ’âdat. It
is also a witnessed fact that things on which disbelievers have paid
their himmat have come about. Allâhu ta’âlâ has bestowed this
power upon me. But occupying this grade requires adab. And
adab, in its turn, means the slave’s adapting himself to Haqq
ta’âlâ’s will, not adapting Haqq to his will. It means to be always
under Allah’s command and to do himmat when He decrees a
command.” Khwâja Muhammad Yahyâ, Hadrat ’Ubaydullah-i
Ahrâr’s son, says: “There are three groups of those who have
tasarruf (power to do himmat, to pay tawajjuh to others). Those
who are in the first group use their tasarruf whenever they want in
the heart of any person they like and make him atain the grade of
Fanâ. Some do not use their tasarruf unless Allâhu ta’âlâ
commands. They pay their tawajjuh to people they are
commanded to do so to. The third group perform their tasarruf in
others’ hearts when some attribute, some hâl enwraps them.”]
You write in your valuable letter that the sultan of our time has
been esteeming Islam, administering justice and observing the
commandments of Islam. We are pleased to read these. As Allâhu
ta’âlâ illuminates countries with their presidents’ light of justice,
likewise He strengthens Hadrat Muhammad’s religion with their
protection and help. O my dear brother! “Islam is under the
sword’s protection,” was declared. That is, the Islamic religion’s
spreading and being observed is dependent upon the presidents’
protection and help. [As long as the government is strong enough,
everybody will enjoy security of property and life. Also, Muslims
living in non-Muslim countries wherein human rights are observed
and people perform their religious duties freely should not stand
against the government or violate the laws because they are given
freedom, and also they should not cause fitna or anarchy. They
should pay their taxes and debts in time and should be helpful to
the government. Scholars of the Ahl as-sunnat advise us to act as
we have explained above.] Sad to say, the Indian government’s
protection of Muslims had been slack for a long time. And Islam
had become weak, too. The Indian disbelievers had shamelessly
ruined the mosques and turned them into their own temples and
playgrounds. Demolishing the graves of blessed people, they had
changed them into parks. While the disbelievers had been frankly
committing every sin and every sign of disbelief, the Muslims had
been suffering hardships in practising Allah’s commands. It being
prohibited for the Indian disbelievers to eat and drink during their
festivals, they had been preventing the bakers and cooks in the
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