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GETTING STUCK AT ZAHEER by KENAN RIFAI
I had told to a person who had been dervish for 40 years saying
“please ask me if you have any question!”
He asked this as a question
“how do we need to hold the tasbih [2] while
pulling the beads, would it be better to hold it straight
as it might help to pass by the Sirat (straight path/bridge) easily. ”
Jaheel(ignorant-illiterate-unlettered):
-What is Jaheel? It is to love others than Allah. We call them jaheel, not the ones who do not know how to read and write. There are so many people who have read libraries of books and they had degrees as scholars but they have no idea about the haqiqat(truth) and no naseeb from it. There are so many ummis(unlettered ones) that they have seen the truth and established relationship with it, although they do not know how to read and write. Now, they are those who we call alim(wise).
Translated by Barbaros Sert from “Ken’an Rifai, Sohbetler, p.164”
Kenan Rifai is a Turkish Mystic who lived between “1867-1950”. His teachings and autobigoraphy can be found on following websites:
EVERYTHING IS WITHIN INSAN(HUMAN),
AND NOTHING IS ALSO WITHIN INSAN…
Evertyhing exists within him because of the divine manifestation and
nothing exists within him due to his beshariyyat[1].This is like Adam(A.S)’s situation in paradise(jannah) and his situation again after he was taken out of the paradise.
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THE TRUTH OF PATIENCE(SABR)
A BEDEOUIN PRAISING RASULULLAH(SAW) WITH HIS POETRY
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BLIND IMITATION(TAQLID) in RELIGION
BLIND IMITATION(TAQLID) in RELIGION
(TAKEN FROM A SOHBET of KENAN RIFAI )
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Sabiha Hanimefendi: There have been so many people migrating from this world(alam) to the other world. Many have gone…
-Of course, there are ones who can not pass the class as well as the ones who pass in the exam and pass the class…
It is better to do two rakats of salah(prayer) by understanding rather than doing 10000 rakats(cycles) of salah from morning to evening. That is why, the work is not in multitude, but in meaning.
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