Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

3 — NIGHT OF ’IYD OF FITR is the night between the last
day of the blessed month of Ramadân and the first day of the ’Iyd.
4 — NIGHTS OF QURBÂN are the nights following the first,
second, and third days of the ’Iyd of Qurbân. These three days are
called Eyyâm-i nahr.
5 — MAWLID NIGTH is the night between the eleventh and
twelfth days of the month of Rabî’ulawwal. It is the birth night of
Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa ‘’alaihissalâm’, who was sent as the
Prophet for people all over the world and who is the last and the
highest of all Prophets. After Qadr Night, it is the most valuable
night. That night, people who become happy because he was born
will be forgiven. That night, it brings much thawâb to read, listen
to and learn about the wonders and miracles that were seen when
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ was born. He himself
would tell about them, too. That night, the Sahâba ‘radiy-Allâhu
’anhum’ would meet together at some place and converse with
one another. [Please see the fifty-sixth chapter of the first fascicle,
and also the medial part of the thirty-fourth chapter of the second
fascicle, of Endless Bliss.]
6 — BARÂT NIGHT is the fifteenth night of the month of
Sha’bân. That is, it is the night between its fourteenth and
fifteenth days. In the eternal past, before creating anything,
Allâhu ta’âlâ predestined, decreed all things. Of these, He
informs His angels about everything that will happen during one
year on this night. On this night the Qur’ân al-kerîm descended
on to the Lawhilmahfûz. Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’
would worship and pray very much during this night.
7 — MI’RÂJ NIGHT is the twenty-seventh night of the
month of Rajab. Mi’râj means ladder. It is the night on which
Rasûlullah was made to ascend to heavens and was taken to
unknown places.
The inhabitants of Mekka would not have îmân. They had
been persecuting Muslims very much. They had gone too far and
had already begun tormenting Muslims. Rasûlullah was very
sorry. It was one year before the Hegira, and he was fifty-two
years old. Taking Zayd bin Hârisa with him, he went to Tâif. He
preached to the inhabitants of Tâif for one month. None would
have îmân. They mocked him and tormented him, hooted and
jeered at him. The children pelted him with stones. Hopeless,
wearied, he was on his way back, his blessed legs wounded.
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