Seâdet-i Ebediyye Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

other mashâyikh.
A person who goes to the other world from this world with
îmân will see Allâhu ta’âlâ without a direction, without a mode,
without likening Him to anything, and without finding any
reminiscence in Him. Of the seventy-three groups of Muslims,
only the Ahl as-sunnat have believed this. The rest have denied it,
saying that it is impossible to see Allâhu ta’âlâ without a direction
and without a mode. In fact, Muhyiddîn-i ’Arabî stated that it is
Tajallî-i sûrî to see Allâhu ta’âlâ in the Hereafter. [That is, he says
that it is not a matter of seeing Allâhu ta’âlâ but a matter of seeing
His vision], and that it is impossible to see Him otherwise. One
day my master said that Muhyiddîn-i ’Arabî had said: “If the
Mu’tazila group had not said that Allâhu ta’âlâ would be seen
without direction or mode through a seeing which mind cannot
comprehend, if they had said that He would be seen as other
things are seen, if they had deemed seeing Him in a manner called
tajallî-i sûrî, they would not have denied the fact that He will be
seen by saying that He cannot be seen. That is, they do not believe
that He will be seen without a direction and without a mode. For,
there is a direction and a mode in seeing the vision.” However, to
say that it is the manifestation of the vision that is involved in
seeing Allâhu ta’âlâ in the Hereafter is to deny the fact that He
will be seen. Though the manifestation of the vision there is unlike
the appearance of the visions of things in the world, still it is not
(identical with) seeing Him.
An Arabic couplet translated into English: In heaven, all
Believers will see Allâhu ta’âlâ, but without a direction or a mode.
It is impossible to describe that vision.
[The fourth principle of îmân is to believe in Prophets
‘’alaihimussalawâtu wa-t-teslîmât’]. Pitying His slaves, Allâhu ta’âlâ
sent them Prophets ‘’alaihimussalawâtu wa-t-teslîmât’. Had not
those great people been sent, who would have proclaimed Him and
His Attributes to people who had lost their way? Who could
distinguish what He likes from what He dislikes? The human mind,
being deficient, cannot know these, nor can it distinguish them
unless it is illuminated with the light of the invitation of those great
people. Since our comprehension is imperfect we will go wrong and
be confused about understanding them unless we follow those great
people. Yes, mind is a gauge for distinguishing what is right from
what is wrong. But it is an imperfect gauge. It is completed with the
invitation, with the information of those great people. The reward
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