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Refuge to Allah
Ahmed Hulusi,
translated by Ahmed Baki
Oh! Lord of Universes...
"Masjids (places of sajda) and "jamis"
(mosques) have been turned into "temples of worship;" Your
"Aziz" and "Subhan" being You denoted
by the name "ALLAH" is nowadays assumed to be a
god-out-there!
An ancient belief in a "sky-god" is communicated as "Muslimism"
almost all over the world... Just as though the footsteps of their
gods are about to be heard...
The last hope is the return of Hadrat Isa
(Jesus) and his verifying the proclaim by the "Reality of Mohammed
(Haqiqat-i Mohammedi)!" Yet, the metaphors are assumed to
be reality and reality is sought for in metaphors!..
Revenge, hatred, violence, counterstrike, wrath; blood, gunpowder
and tears surround the whole world day by day... Your Jalal
surrounds humanity, growing as a natural consequence of people's
ignorance (ghaflat).
The fundamental principles of Islam have lost their reality
(true meaning) at the sight of people and have remained only as
ceremonious repetitions and as outer shells!.. As if the ilm
(knowledge-insight) was removed from the earth and the world
lives the last days of its before the appearance of Dajjal
(Anti-Christ)...
The fact that "Salaat (prayer) is Miraaj (ascension)
for believers" is now mentioned as nothing more than a tale
in people's tongues... Your warning through the sign: "O believers,
but BELIEVE IN ALLAH," as if, were removed from the
Koran; as no importance is given to the fact that "Salaat
is Miraaj" and the need of reflection on its meaning
is not even considered... Nothing is told more than how or where
one should keep his hands, feet, arms or legs and also nothing more
than how to wear what... Brain and its functioning as to how it
should contemplate, is not mentioned at all...
"Hajj" (Pilgrimage) is commonly seen as a visit
to the stone walls of a square building in Mecca along with
a gathering on the slopes of Mount Arafat in order to worship
a god, or maybe as an activity to "make the Arabs richer!" The visit
to Medina, however, is somewhat nothing more than a visit
paid to the grave of, as if a dead Messenger! Not to mention
the funny rules invented to obey after one's return from Hajj,
those baseless rules never present in the Koran such as "not
touching any weight scale, strictly hiding your hair," just like
putting oneself into a coffin while alive...
"Fasting" has lost its true meaning and has been turned
into health concerns or even dieting. It is limited as a mere physical
problem and its mystery that Your light of "Samediyyah"
unfold within ourselves by means of fasting, is never remembered!..
"Zakat" (Alms) has lost its meaning, its hiqmah
(the wisdom in it) being veiled, it is regarded as some kind of
tax. As the essential reason behind it is not mentioned at all,
the practice "Zakat" is abandoned on an assumption that discarding
it is some kind of an operation of smuggling tax from Government.
People never become aware of the cost they will pay in future if
they fail to treat others in fairness!..
Ya Rabbi... (Oh! My Lord...)
As you have already begun removing the "ilm" (knowledge)
and "irfan" (cognizance-insight) from the world, Religion
like a corpse without its soul, is now marketed as a "divine
ruling came to establish a social order". Accepting metaphors
as Reality, people advertise themselves as "Gaws(!)", "Qutub(!)",
"Mahdi(!)" in almost every country, even every town and village!...
Ya Rabbi, Your trial is rather hard!...
While disclosing the veil covering Reality, from one side,
You also hide Your Reality, on the other side, by making
people follow those unaware. Due to the fact that they devote themselves
to the veil-sellers, they miss the mystery behind veils...
Ya Rabbi...
Save us from wasting our lifetimes with trying to put down each
other and from passing away in an unaware state. Ease for us the
acts and behavior that You unfold through people whom You love!
Purify us from being like those who turned ungrateful after having
fed on Your blessings and become better off!.. Make us understand
the reality and reasoning of denial (qufr) and appreciation
(shuqr) as to whom they all arrive at! Bestow on us a life
with acceptance of Your huqm (sentence) and decree, and a
death with that belief.
Ya Rabbi...
I would not know if You have not taught!.. I would not be able
to grasp if You have not made me comprehend!.. I would not be able
to digest if You have not facilitated!.. If it was not for Your
will, I would not be able to share what Your property (huqm)
and decree allowed me to, with Your servants through my books!..
Whatever I have attained is a result of my "servitude" at
the extent of Your huqm and decree. I am "nothing," You are
Baki (the Whole One Who Overlasts)!.. Although I have
stated that "I explained so much as Your huqm and decree,"
only people of understanding (ahl-ul irfan) will know that
It is only You who unfold (explain). And no doubt You will once
again enfold (cover up) after Your unfoldment (disclosure) as before.
Meanwhile those You will bestow upon, will receive their shares...
You have made me realize that I am Your "servant" and
made me live with it, and even though I might thank You as many
times as in Your knowledge, I confess my inefficiency in gratitude.
I trust in You from being ungrateful!..
Make me experience death with a peace and understanding that
success in fulfilling my "servitude" has been under Your
property (huqm) and decree, and make me join Your truthful
(salih) servants!
Grant "salaamat" (peace-liberty) on those behind me, and
make it easy for them to be purified!..
AllahuAkbar!.. Bismillah!..
The aware will mind "ALLAH," and the unaware will
be wasted with gossip.
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Ungratefulness will increase nothing other than
one's unawareness.
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Assuming the "metaphors" as "Real" will make one
lose his life seeking Real within metaphors.
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The thankful you are as long as you recognize,
the infidel you are as long as you ignore.
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