Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

which Allâhu ta’âlâ has prohibited. Its every deed is somehow a
revolt against Allâhu ta’âlâ, its Owner and the Owner of
everything. It always follows the devil, its own mortal enemy.
It is very difficult for man to distinguish his own disease from
the transient disease coming from the outside. It is very difficult to
distinguish the evil inside from the evil coming from the outside.
An ignorant person thinks of his own disease as the transient
disease coming from the outside, thus becoming self-respecting
and thinking of himself as perfect. And thus he may roll down into
perdition. Frightened by this thought, I could not write about this
subtle piece of information. I found it not right to explain it. I did
not write about it for seventeen years. For, I had been confusing
the evil inside and the evil coming from the outside with each
other. Yet now Allâhu ta’âlâ has separated the right from the
wrong. For this and for many such blessings of His may hamd and
gratitude be to Allâhu ta’âlâ! Another reason for explaining this
secret piece of information is that it is intended to prevent shortsighted
people, who see that desires coming from the outside exist
in perfect people, from thinking that those great people are low.
Those who think so cannot benefit from the barakats of those
great people. Disbelievers’ being deprived of the honour of
following Prophets was because of the existence of such attributes
in those great people ‘’alaihim-us-salawât-u-wa-t-teslîmât’. An
âyat in the Sûra of Taghâbun purports: “They said, ‘Are other men
supposed to guide us?’ Thus they became unbelievers.” Our
superiors said: “When an ârif’s own wishes are annihilated, Allâhu
ta’âlâ bestows on him a will and option from Himself.” I will,
inshâallah, explain these words of mine at some other place. May
Allâhu ta’âlâ bless the wayfarers of the right way with salvation!
Âmîn.
27 — SECOND VOLUME, 53rd LETTER
This letter was written to a shaikh [Shaikh ’Abd-us-Samad
Sultanpûrî]. It informs that arrogance and contempt are illnesses:
Hamd be to Allâhu ta’âlâ and salâm to those slaves of His
whom He has chosen! You ask: “When I do riyâdat and pray, my
nafs swells with importance. He thinks there is no one to be as
pious and as good as he is. When I do something incompatible
with Islam, I consider myself needy, incapable. What is its
medicine?” O my brother who has attained Allah’s blessing and
favour! Feeling oneself needy and incapable, your latter mood, is
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