Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

jamâl and jalâl, tajallîs and zuhûrs. On the other hand, men of
Tasawwuf, who are between these two groups, upon seeing the
curtains and tajallîs, have thought they comprehended the ghayb
and have said that they attained îmân-i shuhûdî instead of îmân-i
ghaybî. They think that îmân-i-ghaybî is the îmân of the ignorant
and even of the enemies. As is declared in the fifty-fourth âyat of
Mu’minûn Sûra and in Rûm Sûra: “People who are in each group
think that what they themselves understand is right.” Another
reason why I am hurting you by writing these is that Mawlânâ
’Abdulghafûr and Mawlânâ Hadji Muhammad are among those
who are close to us and whom we love. Every favour bestowed
upon them will please us, who are faqîrs. A Persian line in English:
It costs no sorrow to converse with benefactors!
I send my salâm.
O, you, wise person, ask for unity; this acting at whim: give it up!
Always demand the true beauty; enough with vain love: give it up!
Purify your property of heart; get rid of all, dust and rust alike;
Do your worship with devotion; conceit and hypocrisy: give them up!
You know this fleeting possession is noone’s eternal property;
Demand everlasting existence; this faithless property: give it up!
Do not rely on coins and bills; let not this world hunt thee!
Do not look to its gems and jewels, this rundown residence: give it up!
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