WORDS OR EMBERS – VI

By KULIHVANI

“Mind(aql) is A LIGHT(Noor), the kernel of kernel, the essence of the essence (Lubbu’l-lub), which is able to understand and explain the qualities and the quantities, and enables them to be lived.” (kulihvani)

“ARIF is the one understanding the TRUTH (HAQQ) and GOOD(HAYR)!.” (kulihvani) 

 “The one who has found what he was seeking, does not seek(anymore) if He has a mind(aql)..” (kulihvani)

“The one who

gets upset easily,

cannot love,

and does not seek a way to love

is needy of service!..” (kulihvani)

“Loyalty is necessary and obligation

To your self

To the friends of Allah(auliyahullah)

To Rasulullah SAW and

To your Lord(Ar-Rabbu[*])”

(kulihvani)

[*]AR-RABBU (J.J) [Qur’an Ref: 1/2] (dhatī)( اَلْرَبُّ) : the Owner (M‘aliq) who nourishes, sustains, disciplines, raises and nurtures…Allahu Dhu’l-Jalal trains, educates, disciplines, manages(rules), and sustains every world with His Rub‘ubiyyat directly. Ar-Rabbu is translated as “Lord” in English language in texts but the name “Lord” falls short to describe the meaning of Ar-Rabbu.  

“And don’t forget that the dream[*] is the cloth of the TRUTH.” (kulihvani)

 [*] dream: to build up fanciful hopes

“You cannot attain the wisdom (irfan) related to the world of TRUTH by collecting made up/fabricated knowledge from here and there” (kulihvani)

“There are two ways of going on the path of TASAWWUF. The first one is by being on the back of someone and the second one is by walking..

Both snake and eagle can climb up on the exalted mountain;

By flying or slithering…

But WE follow Rasulullah SAW, WE neither fly nor slither. In fact , WE are the path and everyone can pass by pressing on US(WE).” (kulihvani)

“It seems like my MAWLA[*] is stark naked… The ones dressing and hiding HIM are ASLEEP…” (kulihvani)

[*] AL- MAWLA’ (J.J):  [Qur’an Ref: 47/11] (insanī)( اَلْمَوْلَى) : the Friend(Wali) of His servants. He gives existence, governs and protects them and very close to them. Mavla’ is the name of divine closeness(yaqiyn).

“Aql(the Mind) is the mirror of ALLAH j.j. Naql is revived in the mind and revives!..” (kulihvani)

[*] Naql: This term has deep meanings. In Turkish “Naql” is used to transport, transmit or transfer something from one place to another.In it’s noun form , it means the transported, transferred or transmitted. The Word of Allah coming to Rasulullah SAW is a “Naql”. The knowledge transferred between the minds are also naql. In this term, “N-aql” , there is “N” and “Aql”. N refers to Noor: Light and the term, “Aql” means “Mind”. So “Naql” happens when the mind is enlightened with divine knowledge or light.   

“ If WE say ‘WE’ on our behalf We will have said ‘I’…’I’ness and ‘WE’ness are same thing, but their pots would be different , if ‘I’ knows himself…

If ‘I’ melts and finds the SEA of Grace(Rahmad), ‘I’ becomes ‘WE’ from then on, and so knows Rasulullah (S.A.W[*])’s name,account and password, and carries them… the drop does not freeze in the SEA again!..” (kulihvani)

[*] S.A.W: Sallallahu Alaihi Wassallam: May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon Him.

“I can never become TWO… but I become INFINITE in the SEA of NUR-U-MIM[*], WE are infinite drops there…”

(kulihvani)

[*] Nur-u-Mim: : Truth of Muhammad (SAW). Noor-u-Mim. Light of Muhammad (SAW). First light created from the Divine Light of Allah(Noorullah). ALLAH creates everything from that light as It is the first manifestation point for the DIVINE LIGHT of ALLAH.That Light upon Light praises ALLAH before and during the creation of heaven and the heavenly and earth and the earthly. The inhabitants of the heavens named that light Ahmad. As his praise of ALLAH is greater than the praise of all that is created, he is called Ahmad al-hamidin- the greatest of givers of praise. The following hadith narrated from Jabir bin Abdullah(r.a) points to Nur-u-Mim(Light of Mim).

Narrated from Jabir bin Abdullah (radiyallahu anhu): “O Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)! May my mother and father be your ransom, shall you tell me of the first thing ALLAH created before all things?” I said.

Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “ O Jabir! Before the material(ashya), from HIS light(Noorullah), He created the Light of your Prophet(NooruNabi).”

And He said that :

“ That light (Noor) used to circulate and get around in the places ALLAH wished by His Power(qudrat). There was not ,at that time, a tablet(Lawh), or a pen(qalam), or a paradise(jannah) , or a hell, or an angel, or a heaven , or a sun, or a moon, or a jinn or a human(ins).”

After that He said : “When ALLAH Taa’la wished to create the creation, HE divided that light(noor) in to four parts:

He created the pen from the first part. He created the tablet(Lawh) from the second part. He created throne(Arsh) from the third part. He split up the fourth part and made it four parts: He created the heavens from the first one. He created the earth from the second one. He created the paradise and hell from the third one. He split up(taqsim)the fourth part and divided in to four parts again : He created the light of the eyes of the believers(mumeens) from the first one. From the second one, He created the light of their hearts and that means ‘to know ALLAH’. From the third one, He created the light of their tounges and that is ‘Kalimah-i-Tawheed(La ilaha illa ALLAH: There is no GOD but ALLAH)’….”
(Imam Ahmad, Musnad IV-127; Hakim, Mustadrak II-600/4175; Ibni Hibban, Al Ihsan XIV-312/64

“Our path is the track of Rasulullah (S.A.W). Being in the middle, his track is the ‘straight path (siratal mustaqiym)’  and the joint heritage of every muslim having mind(aql)!..” (kulihvani)

“Experience is to take a lesson from the misfortunes happening to the others.

Foolishness is not even able to take a lesson from the things happening to one’s self.” (kulihvani)

“The knowledge built up without manners(*), becomes the unfaithful devil(Iblis)’s path!..” (kulihvani)

(*) manners: The term used here in it’s original is an Arabic term , ‘Adab’. Adab is a deeper term in meaning compared to the term ‘manners’ in English within that sentence.

” You - I - Him ; WE are a DROP in ONENESS(WAHDAT) and MUHAMMADI SEA in MULTIPLICITY(KASRAT)!..”
(kulihvani)

“If We can’t transcend ‘I’, We can’t know, find, become and live ‘WE’!..”

(kulihvani)

“The conscious of life is ‘LOVE’. It is not easy to be in LOVE!..” (kulihvani)

“The one who does not have a sincere and serious effort

to know himself(who is within ),

to know who is in his essence( HAQQ who is closer to him than his jugular vein),

to know the TRUTH

but has a mind, is in a deep sleep of heedlessness!..” (kulihvani)

Translated by Barbaros Sert

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