Seâdet-i Ebediyye Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

He protect us against such things!
This comes to mean that all the rules of Islam, which Prophets
‘’alaihimussalawâtu wa-t-teslîmât’ taught, are compassion and
goodness. Contrary to what mulhids, zindiqs, [renegades and
freemasons] think and say about them, these commandments and
injunctions are not burdens, torments or tortures, and they are not
unreasonable at all. Such words as, “Is it mercy to command His
slaves difficult things and then say, you will enter Paradise if you
do these? He shouldn’t have commanded anything. He should
have left all people to themselves, and they should have been
eating and drinking, going about and having fun, and living as they
wished. This would be mercy,” which they say often, are quite
heinous and utterly idiotic. Do they never think that it is a mental
requirement to thank those who do favours, to acknowledge that
you are pleased? The rules of Islam teach us how to thank Allâhu
ta’âlâ, Who creates all blessings and favours and sends them. Then,
the rules of Islam, the divine commandments are mental
requirements. Furthermore, the order of one’s world, of one’s life
is possible by obeying these commandments. If Allâhu ta’âlâ had
left everybody to themselves, nothing but evil and chaos would
happen. Were it not for the prohibitions of Allâhu ta’âlâ, those
who run after their nafs and their pleasures would assault others’
property, lives and chastity, which would lead to chaos. Both the
assaulter and his victims would suffer harm and would end up in
annihilation. [Development in countries and comfort for human
beings, that is, civilization would not take place and humanity
would turn to savagery. Even today, we see that most of Allâhu
ta’âlâ’s commandments occupy places in the laws of those societies
who deny Allâhu ta’âlâ; yet they never appreciate Islam; but they
boast about themselves, which is the result of their ignorance. It is
seen that the more people ignore the principles of Islam the more
they writhe under incompatibility, misery, trouble and torture.
Although scientific media and modern apparatuses have been
improved amazingly, the uneasiness in the world and the distresses
in humanity have not decreased; on the contrary, there has been a
substantial increase in such things’ changing for the worse. Allâhu
ta’âlâ has commanded such things as will cause human beings to
attain happiness. He has prohibited things which will drift them to
ruination. The more a person observes these commandments and
prohibitions, the more will he, either a believer or a disbeliever,
with or without a conscience, live happily and comfortably in this
world. This is similar to the fact that whoever uses the medicine
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