Seâdet-i Ebediyye Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

from nothing, and they will not remain in existence; they will be
annihilated. Then, could mind ever find out what would be
suitable for the eternal, real Being, in Whom there is no nonexistence,
and Whose Names, Attributes and Deeds exist
eternally? Could it ever explore what would be worthy of Him?
Could it distinguish what would be unsuitable to say to Him so that
we might avoid saying so? On the contrary, being deficient
ourselves, most of the time we would think of perfection as
deficiency, and vice versa. Prophets’ ‘’alaihimussalawâtu wa-tteslîmât’
teaching and distinguishing them is, to this faqîr, above all
the other favours and blessings. Who could be baser than those
who would consider the attributes that are unsuitable for Allâhu
ta’âlâ —e.g. non-existence— to be worthy of Him? It is the
statements of those great people which distinguish what is wrong
from what is right, what is false from what is true, and those who
are not worthy of being worshipped or obeyed from the One who
is indispensably worthy of being worshipped. By their statements
does Allâhu ta’âlâ invite people to the right way. By their
mediation does He bless His slaves with the great fortune of
approaching Him. By means of them is it made easy to learn what
Allâhu ta’âlâ likes. Owing to their teachings is it understood which
of His creatures, how and how much, Allâhu ta’âlâ, the Creator
and the Owner of all these beings seen and known, permits us to
use and which ones He does not permit us to use. In addition to
these benefits which we have cited, Prophets ‘’alaihimussalawâtu
wa-t-teslîmât’ have many other benefits. Then, the sending of
those great people is certainly compassion, and a favour. Yet if a
person, obeying his nafs-i ammâra, following the accursed Satan,
[and being deceived by the concocted publications of the
irreligious,] does not believe Prophets ‘’alaihimussalawâtu wa-tteslîmât’,
does not read books that are written by real religious
savants and religious experts and which communicate Prophets’
‘’alaihimussalawâtu wa-t-teslîmât’ words and does not do their
commands, what is the Prophets’ ‘’alaihimussalawâtu wa-tteslîmât’
sin and why should they not be compassion for this
reason?
Question: Mind, being incomplete in its early state, when it is
created, is not capable of comprehending facts pertaining to
Allâhu ta’âlâ. But could it not establish some connection with
Him, perhaps by making progress, by purifying itself in the course
of time? Without the information coming to Prophets
‘’alaihimussalawâtu wa-t-teslîmât’ through an angel, could man
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