Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

Kitâbevi of Istanbul offset this book in 1393 [1973], adding to it
the valuable writings of ’Allâma Muhammad Yûsuf Benûrî, which
exist in the beginning of the book Ikfâr-ul-mulhidîn by Anwar
Shâh-i Kashmîrî, and the booklet Khawanat-ul-Islâm.
4— MALÂMÎS and QALANDARS: In the 68th letter of the
book Makâtîb-i sherîfa, [1]
it is stated: “Sôfiyya-i ’aliyya appeared
towards the end of the second (Islamic) century.” In the 79th letter
of the book and in the beginning of the book entitled Nafahât-uluns
and also in the book entitled ar-Riyâd-ut-tasawwufiyya, by
Sayyid ’Abdulhakîm Arwâsî, it is stated as follows:
People who have attained the end on a path of Tasawwuf
‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaihim ajma’în’ are of two sorts: The first
one is the murshid who, after having attained perfection by
following Rasûlullah’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ path, has
been made to descend back to the people’s level so that he may
guide people to the right way.
The second one is the Walî who has been left in the grades he
attained and who is not in charge of people’s training. He is called
the qutb-i medâr. [2]
There are two groups of people who make progress along a
path of Tasawwuf: The first group are the murîds who forget about
everything other than Allâhu ta’âlâ and who wish Him only. The
second group are the tâlibs who want the Hereafter, Paradise.
There are two groups of people who wish and want Allâhu
ta’âlâ: One group are the Sûfîs who have purified their nafses and
attained a few blessings of the end.
The other group are Malâmîs. They try to acquire sidq and
ikhlâs. They conceal their acts of worship and piety; they perform
most of the sunnats and supererogatory acts of worship. They
avoid exposing their worship. Although they are valuable, they
cannot attain the grade of tawhîd because they are busy with
creatures. Malâmîs are mukhlis. And sûfîs are mukhlâs.
There are four groups of people who demand the Hereafter:
zâhid, faqîr, huddam and ’âbid. All these eight groups have
imitators. Each group of these imitators is either true or
mendacious. [We will explain only two types of imitators of the
Malâmîs here.]
[1] Written by ’Abdullah Dahlawî ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’ (1158 [1744
A.D.], Punjab, India – 1240 [1824], Delhi.)
[2] Please see the eighteenth chapter of the sixth fascicle of Endless Bliss.
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