Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

value when compared with ithbât [to attain the Purpose, the Real
Being]. For, while doing the nafy one is busy with creatures. But
when doing the ithbât there is nothing besides Allâhu ta’âlâ. [In
the âlam-i mithâl] nafy, when compared with ithbât, looks like a
drop of water compared with an infinite ocean. When the nafy and
ithbât are reached one will attain Wilâyat-i khâssa. After the
wilâyat-i khâssa, one either does ’urûj, that is, goes up, or does
nuzûl, that is, goes back down. If one does ’urûj, one has to do
nuzûl again later. Yâ Rabbî! Increase the nûr which Thou hast
endowed upon us! Forgive us our sins! Thou canst do everything.
Salâm to you, to those who are on the right way and who have
been following Muhammad Mustafâ ‘’alaihissalâtu wassalâm’!
57 — 61st LETTER
The sixty-first letter in the book Maktûbât by the great Walî,
Murshid-i kâmil ’Abdullâh-i Dahlawî ‘qaddas-Allâhu ta’âlâ sirrahul’azîz’,
was written to Khwâja Hasan Mawdûd, and the following
is its translation into English:
All the guiding letters [explaining the wahdat-i wujûd] of the
noble Hadrat Khwâja Hasan Sâhib—there is no need to write any
words expressing his superiority—consist of true, reasonable,
necessary and valuable pieces of knowledge that will be admitted
by the great superiors. They are liked by the Awliyâ-i kirâm.
Suffering vehement hardships, risking their lives, those great
superiors attained these states. The secrets of tawhîd originate
from performing dhikr, doing murâqaba very much, and from
excessive love. Your writing the states of tawhîd in this manner has
pleased this faqîr very much. May Allâhu ta’âlâ bless you! May He
bestow good rewards for your service! If I do not write what I
know in this respect, I will have not paid you your due. If I write,
I will have committed irreverence against a great person. Our
superiors commanded us to answer questions asked with ikhlâs.
Obeying the command comes before observing the adab. I am
writing for this reason. The superiors of Mujaddidiyya [the
disciples of Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî, including those who have
come up to now] have stated that while performing dhikr and
murâqaba, the occurring of kayfiyyats, hâls and nûrs is called ’ilmul-yaqîn.
The shining of a light of the grade of ihsân in the heart,
which is mentioned in a hadîth-i-sherîf, is called ’ayn-ul-yaqîn.
Adopting the habits of Allâhu ta’âlâ is called haqq-ul-yaqîn. While
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