Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

dressing yourself, you must have in mind covering your parts of
awrat and protecting yourself against cold or hot weather, and
you must bear these altruistic motives whenever you are to begin
an activity of mubâh, [e.g. when you study]. Our superiors
preferred (the choice called) ’azîmat, and they kept as far away as
they could from the rukhsats. (In other words, they preferred the
more meritorious and difficult way and avoided having recourse
to the facilitated way.) Another aspect of ’azîmat is moderation in
using the mubâhs. If this fortune, this blessing proves to be
beyond you, then at least you should not overflow the area of
mubâh and trespass on the district of harâms and dubious acts.
Allâhu ta’âlâ, Who is very compassionate and generous towards
His born slaves, allows them to entertain themselves within the
promenade of mubâh. He has made so many things mubâh. What
a gravely insolent behaviour it would be towards Allâhu ta’âlâ to
leave aside all this multitude of varieties of pleasure that are halâl
and to indulge into the few forbidden pleasures. Furthermore, He
created the same flavour in the halâls as well as in the harâms; in
fact, there is even more satisfaction in the halâls. Aside from the
pleasure intrinsic in the various blessings that are halâl, what
could be more enjoyable than doing something which one knows
Allâhu ta’âlâ approves? And what could be more excruciating for
a person than the consciousness that his master does not like his
conduct? The moments when Allâhu ta’âlâ will express His
approval in Paradise will be sweeter than all the other blessings of
Paradise. On the other hand, the same moments, as Allâhu ta’âlâ
will also manifest His reprimands in Hell, will be more poignant
than all the other sorts of torment in Hell.
We are born slaves. We are under the command of our
Owner. We are not irresponsible vagrants. Nor are we free to do
whatever we like. Let us think well! Let us be wise and farsighted!
Otherwise, on the Judgment Day we will obtain nothing
but shame and regrets. The period of youth is the time of making
profits. A virtuous person will realize the value of this period and
will not waste it. Old age is not a period attained by everybody.
Even if one attains it, the conditions are not always convenient
and favourable. And even if one finds the favourable conditions,
then old age is the age of feebleness and senility and what is done
then is mostly ineffective. Today, when all the conditions are
favourable, when you have the great blessing that both your
parents are alive, when you are not burdened with a family to
take care of, when you have all the necessary vigour and energy, I
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