Endless Bliss Third Fascicle

ENDLESS BLISS
CONTENTS
OF
THE THIRD FASCICLE
Chapter Letter Page
No. No. Essence of matter No.
Preface................................................................................6
1 2-67 Belief of Ahl as-sunnat, harâms. Tawba. Mahdî..........9
2 3-38 This Ummat will part into seventy-three groups .......34
3 3-101 It is not permissible to confine the meanings in the
Qur’ân al-kerîm within philosophers’ views...............36
4 2-19 It is necessary to hold fast to the Sunnat and to
avoid bid’ats ....................................................................37
5 2-89 In the world we must do what is good for
the Hereafter...................................................................39
6 3-31 The ’âlam-i-arwâh, the ’âlam-i-mithâl,
the ’âlam-i-ajsad, life in the grave ................................40
7 3-57 The ’âlams and everything were created
from nothing. Greek philosophers...............................43
8 2-60 We must cease from unnecessary, useless actions.....46
9 3-36 Answers to those who deny
torment in the grave.......................................................47
10 4-14 How to hold fast to Islam; importance
of namâz...........................................................................50
11 1-303 The meanings of the words in the adhân....................56
12 Importance of namâz. Those who do not
perform namâz................................................................58
13 1-312 Raising the finger during the sitting
posture in namâz.............................................................65
14 2-20 Namâz is the highest worship .......................................76
15 2-87 What do sunnat and bid’at mean?
The ta’dîl-i-arkân in namâz...........................................77
16 2-69 We must perform the namâz correctly.
Consuming (food, etc. that are) halâl.
Who is called a martyr?................................................79
17 2-9 Allâhu ta’âlâ cannot be comprehended through
mind or imagination. We must have îmân in the
ghayb ................................................................................85
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18 3-47 Explaining the secret information about praying ......88
19 3-13 Encouraging one to obey the owner of Islam
and to love one’s master from whom one has
learned one’s faith ..........................................................90
20 3-54 We must observe Islam throughout our
worldly occupations........................................................91
21 2-59 We must know that sorrows and troubles come
from Allâhu ta’âlâ ..........................................................92
22 2-7 We must be patient with troubles caused by men.....92
23 2-29 Sorrows and troubles must be deemed as blessings...93
24 2-32 When our outward deeds are disorderly, our
heart becomes disorderly, too. .....................................94
25 2-75 Troubles and disasters are atonements for sins .........95
26 3-27 Giving up our own wishes, we must follow the
wishes of our Owner ......................................................96
27 2-53 Pride and arrogance are dangerous heart-sicknesses...98
28 2-96 Rasûlullah’s asking for paper while dying.
Superiority of the Sahâba............................................101
29 5-36 The Sahâba loved one another very much.
Slanders of the Shi’îs....................................................115
30 2-99 Superiority of the Sahâba. Why many troubles are
sent upon the beloved..................................................121
31 Detailed information about genies. Souls of the
Awliyâ ............................................................................134
32 Presence of souls. Attributes of Allâhu ta’âlâ..........151
33 2-28 Souls show themselves in men’s figures. What
metempsychosis is ........................................................154
34 1-261 Informing about the value of namâz .........................156
35 Tawakkul .......................................................................160
36 Lawh-il-Mahfûz and Umm-ul-Kitâb..........................199
37 Irâda-i juz’iyya ..............................................................204
38 An elderly Muslim’s advice to his daughter and
his prayer .......................................................................207
39 What is a true Muslim like?........................................226
40 Booklet: “Qadâ and Qadar” by Abussu’ûd Bey.....228
41 2-33 Everything the beloved one does will be liked.
Hamd is superior to shukr...........................................231
42 2-38 Men of Allah do not have a mote of worldly
love in their hearts........................................................235
43 2-62 Man is created so as to be civilized. In order
to be civilized and to live he needs other men.
In this need does his superiority lie ...........................235
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44 2-25 Every action in obedience to Rasûlullah is dhikr....237
45 Mu’jiza, karâmat, firâsat, sihr .....................................238
46 3-86 Reason why khâriqas and karâmats are few ............239
47 2-92 Being a Walî does not require showing
wonders and miracles...................................................241
48 2-8 The îmân-i ghaybî of the distinguished, of the
ignorant, and of men of tasawwuf, who are
between these two groups ...........................................248
49 2-13 The states of savants of zâhir, of men of tasawwuf,
and of the distinguished, who have reached
perfection in knowledge ..............................................250
50 3-62 Man’s origin is ’adam (non-existence); there is no
goodness in ’adam ........................................................251
51 3-98 Reason why beautiful appearances look sweet........252
52 2-34 Allâhu ta’âlâ is not like anything, nor can He be
comprehended with mind............................................253
53 3-44 Answer to those who disbelieve the fact that
Allâhu ta’âlâ will be seen in Paradise........................254
54 3-39 The knowledge of ’Ilm-ul-yaqîn of the men of
tasawwuf and of philosophers.....................................267
55 3-50 The inference of ’Ulamâ-i-Râsikhîn and of other
savants of the dîn..........................................................268
56 2-59 Everything that occurs to mind and imagination
or that is understood through kashf and shuhûd
is a creature ...................................................................269
57 Translation of the 61st letter from the book
Maktûbât by Hadrat Abdullah-i Dahlawî ................270
58 Translation of the 85th letter from the book
Maktûbât by Hadrat Abdullah-i-Dahlawî ................272
59 3-41 Conditions on which Rasûlullah made women to
promise. Shirk, sacrificing an animal for a man,
theft, fornication, abortion, slander, using amulets...283
60 Sacred nights .................................................................299
61 Translation of the eighty-eighth letter from the
book entitled Maktûbât (Makâtib-i-sherîfa)
by Hadrat ’Abdullah-i-Dahlawî .................................310
62 Salutations and Greetings (Among Muslims)..........316
63 The âyat-i-kerîma which reads as
“Subhâna Rabbika...” ..................................................325