Seâdet-i Ebediyye Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

one’s trust in Allâhu ta’âlâ,) [1] is to adhere to means, to use means.
Hadrat Ya’qûb both adhered to the means and trusted himself to
Allâhu ta’âlâ. [When lungs expand, clean air goes in. When they
contract dirty air goes out. This process continues every minute,
and thereby we can continue living. People of wisdom who observe
the phenomenon wherein a source of power that moves the lungs
also perpetuates constant percentages of nitrogen and oxigen in the
air, seventy-nine and twenty-one, respectively, immediately realize
the existence of Allâhu ta’âlâ. Moreover, the Creator Himself
declares His existence, and states that He will eternally burn the
deniers.]
[One of the six principles of îmân is to believe in qadar, that good
and evil are from Allâhu ta’âlâ.] Allâhu ta’âlâ decrees, wills, and
creates good and evil. He is the Creator of both the good and the evil.
Yet He is pleased with the good and displeased with the evil; in other
words, He dislikes the evil. Will and approval are different from each
other. Only the savants of Ahl-as-sunnat were able to see the
difference between them. The other seventy-two groups, being
unable to understand this distinction, remained in heresy, all losing
their way. For example, the Mu’tazila group presumed that
everybody was the creator of their own actions, stated that so and so
created such and such an action, and stated that men created their
own îmân and kufr. [Because they deduce this belief from âyats and
hadîths, they do not become unbelievers; but since they do not accept
what is right they will be scorched for a while in Hell. But it is
unbelief for those who know nothing of âyats, hadîths, religion or
îmân to say, “You created,” in order to flatter occupiers of rank and
sultans and thus earn their sympathy. It is very dangerous to say, “He
created,” about a person other than Allâhu ta’âlâ. The Râfidîs, who
live outside of our country (Turkey) and who are also called Alawîs
—or Shi’ites— say that men create sins, and Allâhu ta’âlâ creates
goodness only. Shi’ites’ misstatements are quoted and beautifully
confuted in Sahâba ‘the blessed’ and in Documents of the Right
Word, two books published in Istanbul.]
As is understood from the books of Shaikh-i akber Muhyiddîni
’Arabî and his followers, “Hâdî, one of the Names of Allâhu
ta’âlâ, likes îmân and worships; likewise, Mudill, another Name of
His, likes kufr and sins.” These words of theirs also disagree with
[1] Please see the thirty-fifth chapter of the third fascicle of Endless Bliss
for ‘tawakkul’.
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