Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

19 — THIRD VOLUME, 13th LETTER
This letter was written to Sayyid Mir Muhibbullah Manqpûrî. It
advises that one should obey Rasûlullah and love one’s master
from whom one has learned one’s faith:
Bismillâhirrahmânirrahîm. My Brother Sayyid Mîr
Muhibullah’s honourable letter has arrived here. Your writing,
which begins with your hopeless lamentations over the present
hardships, has been understood. It is disbelief to give up hope of
Allâhu ta’âlâ. Be hopeful. If two things exist in you, do not worry!
The first one is to obey the owner of this brilliant religion ‘’alaihi
wa ’alâ âlihis-salâtu wa-s-salâm’, and the second one is to put your
trust in the greatness of the noble person from whom you have
learned Islam and to love him. Consign yourself to Allâhu ta’âlâ
and entreat Him so that there will not be slackness in these two
blessings. When these two exist, it will be easy to correct the other
things. As I wrote to you before, if you feel uncomfortable in
Manqpûr go to the place called Ilâh-âbâd and settle there. It is
expected that the place will be found blessed. You understood the
other way round. Even the word “blessed” did not help you
understand our purpose. And now I say so again. Tonight it came
to my heart that your belongings were sort of taken from Manqpûr
to Ilâh-âbâd. Go there and settle at a remote place and illuminate
the place with the dhikr of Allâhu ta’âlâ! Do not make friends with
anybody! Perform the dhikr of nafy and ithbât very much! When
repeating that beautiful word, expel all your wishes and thoughts
from your heart! Let your purpose, your beloved, and your wish
not be more than one! If you cannot perform the dhikr with your
heart do it with your tongue! But you should do it silently. For, it
is prohibited in this path to do the dhikr aloud. You know the
other things to be done on this path. Do your best to follow them!
It makes one attain many things to follow the teaching master. It is
so dangerous to deviate from his path. What more should I write?
Salâm to those who are on the right way and who obey Hadrat
Muhammad Mustafâ ‘’alaihi wa ’alâ Âlihi wa as-hâbihissalawâtu
wa-t-teslîmâtu atammuhâ wa akmaluhâ’!
Before this body goes out of your possession;
Before fate brings this building to ruination;
As the body and the soul are together;
As you have both the world and the Hereafter;
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