Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

enefit from his property.
2 — He who does not pay the ’ushr (a kind of zakât) will not
get barakat or benefit from his field or from his earnings.
3 — He who does not give alms will not be healthy.
4 — He who does not pray will not get what he wishes.
5 — He who does not want to perform namâz when the time
for namâz comes will not be able to say the Kalima-i shahâdat as
he dies. He who does not perform namâz because of indolence,
although he believes that to perform it is his first duty, is a fâsiq
Muslim. He is no kufw for a pious girl. In other words, he is not
worthy of or suitable for (marrying) the girl.”
As is seen, not to perform namâz causes one to die without
îmân. Continuing to perform namâz is a means for filling the heart
with nûrs and attaining endless bliss. Our Prophet stated: “Namâz
is a nûr.” That is, it brightens the heart in the world and enlightens
the Sirât in the Hereafter. Do you know what happens to Allah’s
lovers in namâz and how in namâz they attain their desires?
A story: ’Abdullah bin Tâhir, governor of Khorasan, was very
just. One day, his gendarmes reported to the governor that they
had caught some thieves. One of the thieves escaped. A
blacksmith from Hirât who had gone to Nishâbûr was arrested,
instead, as he was going back home one night. Together with the
thieves they took him up to the governor, who then ordered them
to be imprisoned. In the prison, the blacksmith made an ablution
and performed namâz. Holding his hands out, he invoked, “O my
Allah! You alone know that I am innocent. You alone can rescue
me from this dungeon. O Allah! Save me!” That night the
governor dreamt of four strong people, who came up to him and
were about to turn his throne upside down, when he woke up.
Immediately, he made an ablution and performed a namâz of two
rak’ats. He went back to sleep. Again he dreamt that the four
persons were about to overturn his throne, and woke up. He
realized that he had been doing injustice to someone who in turn
had been invoking against him. As a matter of fact, the poet says:
Thousands of cannons and rifles can never do
What tears will do in the early morning.
The enemy-frightening spears are often
Pulverized by a Believer’s praying.
O our Allah! Thou only art great! And Thou art so great that
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