Seâdet-i Ebediyye Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

them, called Ulu ’l-’azm, were: Âdam, Nûh (Noah), Ibrâhîm
(Abraham), Mûsâ (Moses), ’Îsâ (Jesus) and Muhammad Mustafâ
’alaihimu-s-salâtu wa-s-salâm.
“The following thirty-three Prophets are well-known: Âdam,
Idrîs, Shît (or Shis), Nûh, Hûd, Sâlih, Ibrâhîm, Lût, Ismâ’îl, Is’hâq,
Ya’qûb, Yûsuf, Ayyûb, Shu’aib, Mûsâ, Hârûn, Khidir, Yûshâ’ ibn
Nûn, Ilyâs, Alyasa’, Dhu’l-kifl, Sham’un, Ishmoil, Yûnus ibn Matâ,
Dâwûd, Sulaimân, Luqmân, Zakariyyâ, Yahyâ, ’Uzair, ’Îsâ ibn
Maryam, Dhu’l-qarnain and Muhammad (’alaihimu-s-salâtu wa-ssalâm).
“Only the names of twenty-eight of them are written in the
Qur’ân al-kerîm. Shît, Khidir, Yûshâ’, Sham’un and Ishmoil are
not written. Among the twenty-eight, it is not certain whether Dhu
’l-qarnain, Luqmân and ’Uzair were Prophets or not. It is written
in the thirty-sixth letter of the second volume of Maktûbât-i-
Ma’thûmiyya that there are authentic reports stating that Khidir
‘’alaihis-salâm’ was a Prophet. And it is written as follows in the
hundred and eighty-second letter: ‘That Khidir ‘’alaihis-salâm’
appears in a human form (from time to time), and does some
things, too, does not show that he is alive. Allâhu ta’âlâ has given
his soul, as well as the souls of many other Prophets and Walîs, the
permission to appear in a human form. Seeing them does not
prove that they are alive.’ Dhu’l-kifl ‘’alaihi-s-salâm’ was also
called Harqil, who was also said to be Ilyâs, Idrîs, or Zakariyyâ.”]
10 — FIRST (4th) VOLUME, 14th LETTER BY
QAYYÛM-I RABBÂNÎ MUHAMMAD
MA’THÛM FÂRÛQÎ
Informs about how to hold fast to the commandments of
Allâhu ta’âlâ and about the importance of namâz:
The letter has arrived, which you, remembering this man
forgotten in some nook, sent through my brother Mawlânâ
Muhammad Hanîf Kâbilî. Reading it, we were very much pleased.
And reading about your attachment to Allâhu ta’âlâ, who has no
partner or likeness, and about the fact that you have been burning
with the fire of His love, we rejoiced all the more. What a great
blessing it is if Allâhu ta’âlâ places His love into the heart of a slave
of His and burns him with separation from Him, especially during
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