Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

graves and their hearts to the dead. Hadîth-i-sherîfs and the
books of great men of Islam state that the dead hear and
understand. No reports cancelling these reports have been given.
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It is declared in the seventeenth âyat-i-kerîma of Anfâl Sûra:
“You did not shoot (the arrows which you shot at the
unbelievers); Allâhu ta’âlâ shot (them).” By misunderstanding
this âyat-i-kerîma, it would be wrong to say that man does not do
his actions or to think that it is not permissible to ask for
something from a man. If the case were so, such statements as
“the tree yielded fruit,” “the food nourished me,” “the medicine
stopped the pain,” and “the stone broke the window,” would be
wrong, and it would be sinful to make such statements. In fact,
those who interpret this âyat-i-kerîma erroneously make
statements of that sort more often than not. Such statements
mean: “The said thing became a cause, a means for the said act.”
For example, the stone caused the window to break. Allâhu
ta’âlâ, alone, makes, creates everything. There is no creator
besides Allâhu ta’âlâ. It would be shirk (to attribute a partner to
Allâhu ta’âlâ) to say that man created a certain thing. It would be
a very despicable statement. But Allâhu ta’âlâ has made men
means for His creating many things. This is His divine ’âdat.
Tafsîr-i Baydâwî explains this âyat-i-kerîma as follows: “O
Muhammad! It is not you that carried that handful of soil which
you threw at the disbelievers to their eyes. Allâhu ta’âlâ carried it
to their eyes. Or, the bayonet which you threw at ’Ubayya ibni
Halaf in the ghazâ of Uhud was not thrust into that disbeliever’s
body by you. Allâhu ta’âlâ thrust it.” It is written in the books of
Tafsîr entitled Husaynî and Mazharî: “On account of acquiring,
wishing and causing, ‘man did the actions,’ is stated. And on
account of creating, ‘Allah made them,’ is stated. Allâhu ta’âlâ
declares: ‘Dâwûd (the Prophet David) killed Jâlût (Goliath).’ On
the other hand, He declares to Hadrat Muhammad, ‘Not you, but
I threw it.’ Thus He implies that Hadrat Muhammad’s grade is
more exalted.”
The seventy-eighth âyat of Nisâ Sûra purports: “O man! Every
favour that comes onto you comes as a kindness, a blessing from
Allâhu ta’âlâ. And every disaster and nuisance comes as a requite
for your evil-doings. Allâhu ta’âlâ creates and sends them all.”
[Allâhu ta’âlâ sends sorrows and disasters not as a retribution for
sins, but as a blessing that will bring about an absolution from
sins.] As is seen, Allâhu ta’âlâ creates many things through causes.
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