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By the Time – 1

El-Fatihâ together with the Blessings

I take refuge with Allah from Satanthe Accursed.

In the Name of Allah the All-Merciful,the All-Compassionate.

Dear readers! We offer endless

praise and thanks to Allah that we are

together once again. Allahû Tealâ has

gathered us together once more in order

that we can converse on Allah’s zikir. Our

topic is Ve’l Asr Sura. This topic will be

composed of four chapters, God willing.

We, wish to relate to you the first chapter

of Ve’l Asr Sura, God willing. We offer

never-ending praise and thanks to Allah

that we are together again in a

conversation of zikir, in order to speak of

Allah, of happiness.

My dear brothers and sisters, my inti-

mate friends, my empathetic friends!

Imam-ı Şâfi Hz. Says so: “The Glorious

Qur’ân cannot be lost. Such a thing is not

possible any more. But supposing the

impossible that it might have been lost,

then Ve’l Asr Sura on its own would have

been sufficient to relate the whole content

of the Glorious Qur’ân. If so, we are

speaking of a very special Sura: Ve’l Asr.

We are going back to the time 14

centuries ago and looking at the lives of

the Companions. Whenever and wherever

the Companions are meeting each other,

one of them is saying to the other: “Peace

be upon you and Allah’s mercy”. The latter

is saying to him: “Peace be upon you and

Allah’s mercy and His blessings”. Then,

one of them is absolutely reciting Ve’l Asr

Sura to the other:

Vel asr(asri).

“I swear by the Time.”

İnnel insâne le fî husr(husrin).

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“Most surely man is in utter loss.”

İllellezîne âmenû.

“Except those who are âmenû (who have

wished to reach Allah spiritually before

death and to surrender to Him). They are

not those who are in loss.”

Ve amilûs sâlihâti.

“and (except) those who do improving

deeds, those who have begun the soul’s

purification.”

Ve tevâsav bil hakk(hakkı).

“and (except) those who recommend the

Truth (Hakk, Allah) (to others).”

Ve tevâsav bis sabr(sabrı).

“and (except) those who recommend

Patience (to others)”.

Ve’l Asr Sura displays the scale,

the spectrum, the deployment formed of

28 steps of this unique Religion of Allah

and whose Arabic name is Islâm. A

spectrum, a whole composed of 28 steps

of four times seven steps.

Dear readers, my intimate friends,

my empathetic friends! Why had one of

the Companions said to the other:

“Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy

and His blessings” when this one had

greeted him? Why had one of them

absolutely recited Ve’l Asr Sura to the

other? Because Ve’l Asr Sura

encompasses the whole of the Glorious

Qur’ân. It has gathered all the surrenders

in it.

What does Ve’l Asr Sura say then?

It says:

Vel asr(asri).

“I swear by the Time.”

İnnel insâne le fî husr(husrin).

“Most surely man is in utter loss.”

İllellezîne âmenû.

“Except those who are âmenû, those

who have wished to reach Allah.”

What does Allah mean by this?

What does “being in loss” mean?

Whoever has more sins than his merits,

he is the one who is in loss. Allahû Tealâ

says in the 103th verse of Al-Mu'minûn

Sura:

“And as for him whose scales (of

good deeds) are light, these are they

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who shall have lost their souls, abid-

ing in Hell (forever)”.

If so, dear readers, my intimate

friends, my cordial friends! The place

where those who are in loss will go is

Hell. Well, what does Allah say in Ve’l

Asr Sura? The men are in loss. That is to

say, the place where all of the mankind

will go is Hell. But “illellezîne âmenû”

“except those who are âmenû, those who

have wished to reach Allah spiritually

before death and to surrender to Him”.

They are not in loss. To be âmenû

means to wish to reach Allah. Now, with-

in such a

content, Allahû Tealâ wants the human

beings to surrender to Him through the

seven different phases, to reach

guidance:

A religion composed of seven

phases and four surrenders and resulting

in the surrender to Allah of the spirit, the

physical body, the soul and the free will.

The Religion of Islâm in its Arabic name,

the religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm

(Abraham), the religion of Hz. Mûsâ

(Moses), the religion of Hz. ‘Îsâ (Jesus),

the religion of all the prophets. Dear

readers! This is the unique religion of the

universe. So, men are in loss but those

who are “âmenû” are not in loss. The

place where they will go is not Hell, but

Paradise.

This expresses the first 7 stages.

“ve ‘amilûssâlihâti” “and (except) those

who do improving deeds”. They also will

not go to Hell, says Allahû Tealâ. This is

a process comprising the second 7

stages. “ve tevâsav bil hakk(ı)” “and

(except) those who recommend the

Truth (Hakk, Allah) (to others)”, those

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recommend the Truth by reaching It. And

finally, “ve tevâsav bis sabr(ı)” “and

(except) those who recommend Patience

(to others)”, that is to say, after having

their spirits reach Allah, those who have

surrendered their physical bodies to

Allah by rendering them “muhsin” (good-

doers), those who have surrendered

their souls to Allah by rendering them

“ahsen” (the Best, the Most Beautiful),

those who have reached “irshad” (the 4th

rank of the 28 stages, immaterial

maturity) and have surrendered their free

wills to Allah: all of these are included

into this fourth chapter. In which case,

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Ve’l Asr Sura is a whole:

Let us consider together the

content of this whole: We live some

events at the 1st stage. We compare and

evaluate them at the 2nd stage. If a per-

son has turned against Allah, if he does

not wish to reach Allah (spiritually before

death), if he tries to cause others to

deviate from the Way of Allah, to prevent

them from wishing to reach Allah, he

reveals himself involuntarily at this sec-

ond stage. Allahû Tealâ does not choose

such persons as they will not wish to

reach Allah. But all the others are

chosen. That is, whoever does not wish

to reach Allah but is contented only

himself with not wishing to reach Allah,

he is chosen (by Allah). Whoever from

among those who do not wish to reach

Allah prevents other people from wishing

to reach Him, from reaching His Way, he

is not chosen. More than 90% of the

human beings are chosen. Less than

10% of the people from among those

who have been chosen wish to reach

Allah. Whoever has wished to reach

Allah is at the third stage. Allah begins to

manifest Himself over him with his Name

of All-Compassionate: He is at the fourth

stage. With this manifestation of His, He

takes out the hidden barrier (invisible

veil, “hicâb-ı mestûre”) on our eyes, the

heaviness (vakrâ, invisible weight) in our

ears, the coverings (ekinnet) on our

hearts, puts “ihbat” in place of “ekinnet”

[“Ekinnet”: the Divine Computerized

System that prevents a person from

comprehending the words uttered by the

murshid. “İhbat”: The Divine

Computerized System that enables him

to comprehend the words of the

murshid]. Thus, the person attains to the

5th, 6th and 7th stages.

These events manifest themselves

over the person within a few minutes.

Allah reaches the (soul’s) heart of this

person at the 8th stage. He turns the light

way of his (soul’s) heart to Himself. He

slits (opens up) a light way from his

breast to his heart so that Allah’s lights

can enter it at the 10th stage. The person

begins to do zikir at the 11th stage. The

mercy and virtue that come with zikir

attain from the breast to the (soul’s)

heart. But the heart is sealed. Out of the

two lights named mercy and virtue, only

the light of mercy can leak into the

(soul’s) heart that is sealed. Both lights

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cannot enter the (soul’s) heart. But (the

light of) mercy can leak therein only a

little.

When this leakage amounts to 2%,

the person is at the 12th stage. He has

become the owner of hushu’ (a feeling of

awe). Later, Allahû Tealâ shows him his

murshid (in his dream). The person sees

the post of irshad and reaches the

murshid whom Allah has showed him at

the 14th stage. Up to here, they are the

second 7 stages. Thereafter, the person

begins the soul’s purification. With each

accumulation of 2% of light in his soul’s

heart around the word of Belief (Faith),

the spirit makes an ascent of one

heavenly floor. An accumulation of virtue

that will ensure a continuous purification

in the soul’s heart begins.

The person’s spirit surpasses the

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th

heavenly floors (layers) with an

accumulation of virtue at the rate of 7%

at each floor and reaches the Essence

(Zât) of Allah with a vertical journey he

has made towards Him from the final

point of the 7th heavenly floor, from the

Lote-tree of the farthest limit.

This person is henceforth a

personage who recommends the Truth.

He has experienced this exceptional

beauty. He begins to act in order to

ensure that the others also can

experience it and tries to cause them to

attain to this aim. Whose spirit has

reached Allah at the 21th stage, his

spirit is annihilated in the Essence of

Allah at the 22th stage and the fact that

his spirit has been annihilated in the

Essence of Allah forms the foundation of

his being a saint (a Friend) of Allah. His

spirit has attained to Allah and has been

annihilated (in Him).

The person is at the stage of “Fenâfillâh”

(Annihilation in Allah). This is the 22th

stage. So, the spirit’s reaching Allah is

realized at the 21th stage. There have

been three 7 stages up to now and the

Command of Allah has been thus

fulfilled:

Ve enîbû ilâ rabbikum ve eslimû lehu

min kabli en ye’tiyekumul ‘azâbe.

“And head for (turn to) your Lord

(repentant) and surrender to Him before

there comes to you the (grave) torment

(before death).”

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So, dear readers! The spirit

reaching Allah at the 21th stage is

annihilated in the Essence (Zât) of Allah

at the 22th stage. A (golden) throne is

granted to that person at the 23th stage.

The person becomes an ascetic

(zâhid) at the 24th stage. He begins to do

zikir (during more than half of a day, and

this person whose spirit has set off for

Allah and has been annihilated in the

Essence of Allah becomes a ascetic,

becomes the owner of the asceticism

when he does zikir during more than half

of the day. Thereafter? Thereafter, more

than 81% of light accumulates in the

(soul’s) heart of this person. This person

surrenders his physical body to Allah.

Here is the 25th stage.

And after this, after the surrender of

the physical body, the person will

surrender his soul to Allah. Before this

the post of Ûlû’l elbâb (the owners of the

continuous zikir, of the treasuries of the

Divine Secrets) comes true. The person

becomes the owner of continuous zikir at

the 26th stage.

At the following stage, he

surrenders his soul also to Allah as a

hanîf (upright by disposition). Here is the

27th stage. The personage has become

“muhlis” (utterly pure), his soul’s heart

has been completely cleansed.

After this, the person’s zikir will

increase more and more. Allahû Tealâ

will invite him one day to the Irrevocable

Repentance (Tövbe-i Nasûh).

Afterwards, that personage will

wish to attain to irshad (immaterial

maturity obtainable at the 4th rank of the

28th stage) and firstly the sins of that

personage will be changed into merits

(good deeds).

These sins of him committed after

his having reached his murshid will be

firstly blotted out. Later, the Light of

Improvement will be bestowed on him.

Thereafter, his sins will be transformed

into merits. He is at the first rank of the

stage of the Improvement. Allahû Tealâ

will invite that personage to the

Irrevocable Repentance and he will

attain to irshad when his sins committed

after having reached his murshid will be

blotted out. And after this, he will wish to

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surrender his free will to Allah. Allahû

Tealâ will absolutely accept it, the

personage will surrender his free will to

Allah. Here is the end of the Way:

The surrender of your free will also

to Allah. So, such a design, my dear

brothers and sisters, forms 28 stages, is

the point where you have surrendered

your free will to Allah. At this level, the

personage is appointed for irshad, he

becomes the owner of the post of irshad.

Above him, there are messengers in all

the nations. Above them, there is the

Imam of the Era: The 6th and 7th ranks

of the stage of the Improvement.

Thus, Ve’l Asr Sura consists of

these with such a succinct narration: You

surrender to Allah with a total surrender

(teslim-i kullî) by surrendering your spirit

at the 21th stage, your physical body at

the 25th stage, your soul at the 27th

stage, your free will at the 5th rank of the

28th stage.

Dear readers! My beloved brothers

and sisters, my intimate friends, my

cordial friends! This evening, we will

relate the first 7 stages of Islâm com-

posed of 28 stages. After this panoramic

view, this first glance over the whole of

the stages, we come to the first stage. At

the 1st stage, we experience the events.

Everyone experiences them. At the 2nd

stage, we compare and evaluate the

events. When we experience the events

at the 1st stage, we experience them in

fact without knowing their content. Allahû

Tealâ says so in this matter: “There are

such things that you love them, you think

that they are good for you, but they are

evil for you. There are also such things

that you do not like them and you think

that they are evil for you whereas they

are good for you.” Consider a thief. He

has stolen something. There are two

persons now:

1) A person something of whom

has been stolen, that is, a person to

whom a wrong has been done.

2) a person who has stolen some-

thing, the wrong-doer.

The wrong-doer loses degrees. He

has stolen for example a car. He will sell

it. He will spend the money. And his

world is such a world. He takes pleasure

in this. In that case, what he has done is

an evil. He has committed an action

forbidden by Allah. He will lose degrees.

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All kinds of evils are the events that

make lose degrees. As can be seen, the

person rejoices at the events, the evils

that make him lose (positive) degrees.

And what about the other party? His

property has been stolen, he will obtain

the degrees of the other party and thanks

to those (positive) degrees, he will have

attained goodness. But the person feels

grief.

So, men may be sad at goodness

and pleased with evil. In which case,

while we have been experiencing the

events, our manners of evaluating them

are always erroneous. We are tested by

Allah once or twice in a year through dis-

asters (misfortunes) in our evaluation of

the events. The second stage is the

evaluation of the events. Everyone

evaluates the events within one’s own

standards at the level of the abilities one

possesses.

There are two categories of people

among those who evaluate the events.

The first category do not wish to

reach Allah. But they do not wish for it

because they are unaware of it. They are

not informed of such a thing or they have

not attached due importance to it.

The second category also do not

wish to reach Allah. They try to prevent

other people from reaching Allah by

distorting the verses, contradicting them,

seeking to give them their own

interpretation (by interpreting them in the

direction he pleases).

1) The verses being denied,

2) Their being negated,

3) Their being concealed.

Especially the fact that the verses

related to the human spirit’s reaching

Allah before death have been concealed,

negated, denied forms a series of

contents coming one after another.

So, whosoever prevents other

people from reaching guidance by

concealing, covering, negating, denying

Allah’s verses, he is not chosen (by

Allah). These are those in whose (souls’)

hearts there is a swerving. These are

those in whose hearts there is a disease.

These are the persons in the (souls’)

hearts of whom Allah does not see any

good(ness). These are not chosen.

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Those who have been chosen are more

than 90% of the humankind. Only those

who are ill-intentioned, especially those

who try to keep people away from Allah’s

Way are not chosen. The 2th stage is

that of being chosen. The great part of

the human beings are chosen there.

Those who have wished to reach Allah

are absolutely among these chosen

ones. Whoever among them wishes to

reach Allah, then that person comes to

the 3th stage. To wish to reach Allah is

the most important decision of your life.

Allahû Tealâ writes in His Glorious

Qur’ân that the salvation of the one who

does not wish to reach Allah is not

possible. Allahû Tealâ decrees:

“The place where the person who

does not wish to reach Allah is Hell.”

If so, dear readers, my dear broth-

ers and sisters! What Allahû Tealâ

declares in the 7 and 8th verses of

Yûnus Sura is exactly as follows:

İnnellezîne lâ yercûne likâenâ ve radû

bil hayâtid dunyâ vatme’ennû bihâ

vellezîne hum an âyâtinâ

gâfilûn(gâfilûne). Ulâike me’vâhumun

nâru bimâ kânû yeksibûn(yeksibûne).

Most surely, they do not wish (hope) for

reaching us (they do not wish to make

their spirits reach US before death) and

they are pleased with this world’s life and

satisfied with it; they are heedless of our

Verses. (As for) those, their Abode is the

Fire because of what (the negative

degrees) they earned.

The men who are not conscious of

Allah’s verses, who are heedless of

them. The men who will go to Hell for this

reason. Whoever does not wish to reach

Allah, his salvation is not possible. If so,

you will make here the most important

decision of your life. Either you will wish

to reach Allah or you will not. My dear

brothers and sisters, what did we see?

The person who does not wish to

reach Allah. 1) is heedless of Allah’s

verses. That is to say, he could not

comprehend the meaning of Allah’s

verses that Allah wants to communicate

to them. These people who are heedless

of Allah’s verses are the ones who can-

not perceive where Allah’s verses will

lead them in Allah’s design within all this

content. Some of them prevent other

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people too from Allah’s Way knowingly

and willingly, remaining under the

influence of Satan within a manner of

behavior into which their pride and

arrogance have dragged them. They

also never enter Allah’s Way. Allahû

Tealâ addresses this part from among

those who do not wish to reach Allah in

the 167, 168 and 169th verse of An-Nisâ'

Sura:

İnnellezîne keferû ve saddû an sebîlil-

lâhi kad dallû dalâlen baîdâ(baîden).

İnnellezîne keferû ve zalemû lem

yekunillâhu li yagfire lehum ve lâ li

yehdiyehum tarîkâ(tarîkan). İllâ tarîka

cehenneme hâlidîne fîhâ ebedâ(ebe-

den), ve kâne zâlike alâllâhi

yesîrâ(yesîren).

Surely, they are disbelievers and hinder

(men) from Allah’s Way. That is, they are

not in Allah’s Way. They hinder other

men also from Allah’s Way. They prevent

other men from reaching Allah,

consequently from making their spirits

reach Allah by making a journey on the

Straight Path, “they are in a remote

Misguidance”, says Allahû Tealâ. Now,

whoever hinders (men) from Allah’s

Way, they are not in Allah’s Way anyway,

they are not on the Straight Path, on the

Way to “rushd”, “irshad” (immaterial

maturity). They are on the Way to Gayy

(to Satan, to Hell). And as they hinder

other men from Allah’s Way, they are in

Misguidance. Allahû Tealâ continues:

“They are both disbelievers and wrong-

doers.”

Why are they the wrong-doers?

“Because they separate other people

from Allah’s Way and they are not in

Allah’s Way, either. They cause other

people to remain in Misguidance just like

themselves. As they have hindered other

men from Allah’s Way, they have been

doing wrong to them. For this reason,

they are wrong-doers. As they have lost

degrees because of this at the same

time, they have also been doing wrong to

themselves. Allah never forgives them,

decrees Allahû Tealâ. If they had wished

to reach Allah, they would have

absolutely reached their murshids. The

instant they had depended (on them), all

their sins would have been changed into

merits (good deeds), according to the

70th verse of Furkan Sura. But Allahû

Tealâ says: “Allah never forgives them”.

What does He say thereafter? “He does

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not make them reach the Straight Road,

He makes them reach only the Road to

Hell. They will dwell therein forever.”

So, these men who do not wish to

reach Allah, who hinder also other

people from reaching Allah, from wishing

to reach Allah, consequently from

reaching Allah: They are those who have

not been chosen. What did we see? We

saw that the place where any person

who has not wished to reach Allah will go

is absolutely Hell. And if the person

wishes to reach Allah? If he wishes to

reach Allah, that person will absolutely

be saved. In this respect, Ve’l Asr Sura

has cast a clear light on the subject to the

utmost degree.

Allahû Tealâ says:

Vel asr(asri).

“I swear by the Time.”

İnnel insâne le fî husr(husrin)

“Most surely man is in utter loss.”

İllellezîne âmenû

“Except those who are âmenû, those

who have wished to reach Allah spiritual-

ly before death.”

That is to say, they are not in loss.

The 103th verse of Mu’minûn Sura gives

those who are in utter loss (husrân).

Ve men haffet mevâzînuhu fe

ulâikellezîne hasirû enfusehum fî

cehenneme hâlidûn(hâlidûne).

”And as for him whose scales (of good

deeds) are light, these are they who shall

have lost their souls, abiding in Hell

(forever).”

The 178th verse of Al-A'râf Sura

says that those who are in Misguidance

are in utter loss.

Men yehdillâhu fehuvel muhtedî ve

men yudlil fe ulâike humul

hâsirûn(hâsirûne).

“and whomsoever He leaves in

Misguidance, these are the losers”.

And we are looking at the losers (at

those who are in utter loss): These are

they whose scales (of good deeds) are

light, the place where they will go is Hell.

They will abide therein forever. Now,

when we look at the 8th verse of Yunûs

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Sura, Allahû Tealâ says that those who

will go to Hell will go there because of the

degrees they earned.

Who are these men?

Those who do not wish to reach

Allah. The place where the men who do

not wish to reach Allah will go is Hell

because of the degrees they earned.

That is to say, the degrees they lost are

more than they earned. For this reason,

the place where the person will go is Hell.

But as for those who are âmenû:

It is declared that they remain

outside of those who are in loss. In which

case, the place where those who have

wished to reach Allah will go is

absolutely Allah’s Paradise. The fact that

they will go to Allah’s Paradise, reach the

Salvation is evident because Allah

makes them reach that goal. Allahû

Tealâ says in the 13th verse of Ash-

Shûra Sura:

“Allah chooses for Himself whomever He

will, and makes reach Himself him who

heads for Him (turns to Him), him who

has wished to reach Him.”

Allahû Tealâ decrees in the 5th

verse of Al-‘Ankabût Sura:

Men kâne yercû likâallâhi fe inne ece-

lallâhi leât(leâtin), ve huves semîul

alîm(alîmu).

“Whoever hopes (wishes) to meet

(reach) Allah (Whoever wishes to make

his spirit reach Allah before death), the

term appointed by Allah will then most

surely come.”

That is to say, Allahû Tealâ will

absolutely make that person reach

Himself. As for this: it expresses the 3th

layer of the Paradise. Thus, the person

who has wished to reach Allah is a per-

son who has absolutely attained the

Salvation according to the 5th verse of

Al-‘Ankabût Sura. He is also a person

who has reached the Salvation

according to the 1st and 2nd verses of

Ve’l Asr Sura. Besides, according to the

8, 9 and 10th verses of Al-Mulk Sura, the

place where he will go is Allah’s

Paradise.

Here is what the 8, 9 and 10th vers-

es of Al-Mulk Sura says:

Tekâdu temeyyezu minel gayz(gayzi),

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kullemâ ulkıye fîhâ fevcun seelehum

hazenetuhâ e lem ye’tikum

nezîr(nezîrun). Kâlû belâ kad câenâ

nezîrun fe kezzebnâ ve kulnâ mâ

nezzelallâhu min şey'in entum illâ fî

dalâlin kebîr(kebîrin).

“Almost bursting for fury. Whenever a

(fresh) host is flung into it, its keeper(s)

shall ask them: Did there not come to you

a warner? They (shall) say: “Yes, verily,

a warner came to us; but we denied and

said: “Allah has sent down nothing: You

are in a great Misguidance (Error). And

they (shall) say: “If we had heard [what

the warner had said to us, that is, if the

heaviness (vakra) had been taken out of

our ears] or comprehended (his words,

that is, if “ekinnet” had been taken away

from our heart and “ihbat” had been put

therein in place of it), we should not now

be among the inmates of the Burning

Fire.”

It has been seen that Allah’s

Paradise is certain for the one who has

wished to reach Allah. But it is not

permitted for others. They are those who

have not wished to reach Allah. Hell is

destined for them.

So, know that when we wish to

reach Allah, He hears, knows and sees it

in that instant. What does He do if He

sees it? He manifests Himself over that

person with His Name of All-

Compassionate. Here, you are at the 4th

stage.

Allahû Tealâ causes to speak Hz.

Yûsuf (Joseph) so in the 53th verse of

Yûsuf Sura:

Ve mâ uberriu nefsî, innen nefse le

emmâretun bis sûı illâ mâ rahime

rabbî, inne rabbî gafûrun rahîm(rahî-

mun).

“And I do not exonerate my soul, most

surely the soul is wont to command (him

to do) evil, except those over whom my

Lord manifests Himself with His Name of

All-Compassionate.”

So, dear readers, my beloved

brothers and sisters! What happens if

Allahû Tealâ manifests Himself with His

Name of All-Compassionate?

1) This manifestation takes out the

hidden barrier (hicâb-ı mestûre, invisible

veil) on your eyes.

2) It takes out the heaviness (vakrâ)

in your ears.

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3) It takes away “ekinnet”

(coverings) from your heart and puts

“ihbat” therein in place of it. (“Ekinnet”:

the Divine Computerized System

preventing men from comprehending

what the murshid says to them; “ihbât” =

The Divine Computerized System

ensuring their comprehending)

And thus the first 7 stages have

been completed. Allahû Tealâ decrees

so in the 45 and 46th verses of Al-Isrâ'

Sura:

Ve izâ kara’tel kur’âne cealnâ beyneke

ve beynellezîne lâ yu’minûne bil

âhıreti hicâben mestûrâ(mestûren). Ve

cealnâ alâ kulûbihim ekinneten en

yefkahûhu ve fî âzânihim

vakrâ(vakran), ve izâ zekerte rabbeke

fîl kur’âni vahdehu vellev alâ edbâri-

him nufûrâ(nufûren).

“And when you recite the Qur’ân, We

place between you and those who do not

believe in the Hereafter (the spirit’s

reaching Allah while living in this world) a

hidden barrier (an invisible veil). And We

have placed “ekinnet” (coverings) on

their hearts and a heaviness (vakrâ) in

their ears lest they comprehend it, and

when you mention your Lord Alone in the

Qur’ân they turn their backs in aversion.”

They are dead, deaf and dumb.

The same things (standards) have been

expressed in the 179th verse of Al-A'râf

Sura, too. Allahû Tealâ says in the 178th

verse of Al-A'râf Sura that those who are

in Misguidance are those who are in loss

and enumerates in the 179th verse the

standards of those who are in

Misguidance:

Ve lekad zere’nâ li cehenneme kesîren

minel cinni vel insi lehum kulûbun lâ

yefkahûne bihâ ve lehum a’yunun lâ

yubsırûne bihâ ve lehum âzânun lâ

yesmeûne bihâ, ulâike kel en’âmi bel

hum edallu, ulâike humul

gâfilûn(gâfilûne).

“And certainly We have created for Hell

many of the jinn and the men; they have

hearts with which they do not

comprehend, and they have eyes with

which they do not see, and they have

ears with which they do not hear; they

are as cattle, nay, they are more

misguided (than them); these are the

heedless ones.”

These are the men who do not wish

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to reach Allah. They are dead, You

cannot make the dead in the graves hear

(the message). They do not hear you,

those dumb ones do not hear you, says

Allahû Tealâ. Only those who hear

respond to the Invitation, says Allahû

Tealâ. “If we had seen any good(ness) in

their (souls’) hearts, we would have

caused them to hear (the Call). Those in

the hearts of whom there is no

good(ness) would have returned to

Unbelief after their having reached

guidance once again.

So, although all these human

beings are living, are alive, Allahû Tealâ

says that all of them are dead if they do

not wish to reach Him. You see them

looking at you. You think that they see.

But they look at you, however they do not

see you, He says. Now, the

manifestation of Allah with His Name of

All-Compassionate takes out the hidden

barrier on the eyes of those who have

wished to reach Allah. They begin to

“see”. They begin to see the post of

irshad (murshid). He takes out the

heaviness (vakrâ) in their ears, they

begin to hear what the post of irshad

(murshid) says to them. He takes away

“ekinnet” on their hearts and puts “ihbat”

therein in place of it. Then, their (souls’)

hearts begin to comprehend (messages).

Allahû Tealâ speaks of those men

in the 54th verse of Al-Hajj Sura:

Ve li ya’lemellezîne ûtul ılme ennehul

hakku min rabbike fe yu’minû bihî fe

tuhbite lehu kulûbuhum, ve innallâhe

le hâdillezîne âmenû ilâ sırâtın mus-

takîm(mustakîmin).

“And that those who have been given the

knowledge may know that it (what the

post of irshad says to them) is the truth

from your Lord, so they may believe in it

and their hearts may be lowly before it

[“ihbat” may be put into their (souls’)

hearts].”

There are “ekinnet” on their hearts.

They hinder the comprehension. Why

are those men the ones who have been

given the knowledge? Previously, they

were not in a position to comprehend the

knowledge. Only, they advance step by

step towards the Divine Knowledge after

their having wished to reach Allah in

order to assume a quality suitable to be

able to grasp it. The fact that Allahû

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Tealâ takes out the hidden barrier on

men’s eyes, the heaviness in their ears,

the coverings (ekinnet) on their hearts is

realized within a few minutes. And when

Allahû Tealâ produces each of them, He

gives them some degrees. When He

takes out the hidden barrier on the eyes,

He grants some degrees to them. When

He takes away the coverings (ekinnet)

on the hearts, He again grants them

some degrees. When He puts ihbat

therein, He grants them some degrees,

too. He makes such a thing that the

merits (good deeds) of that person

become more than his sins (evil deeds).

It is certain that the one whose sins are

numerous is in a state worse than the

one whose sins are few.

If Allahû Tealâ were to remove

completely this person’s faults, the

wrongs he has done to himself, then He

would do wrong to those who have done

less wrong to themselves. He does not

do thus. He grants to anyone as many

merits as to cover his sins (evil deeds).

Then, the merits of the one whose

sins are numerous remain few and when

Allah changes his sins into merits in the

future, as the sins, degrees of the one

whose sins are numerous, his amount of

sins changed into merits are few, which

expresses the Justice of Allahû Tealâ.

You know thus that Allahû Tealâ

discloses the content gradually at the

beginning, we knew that all the sins were

changed into merits. Allahû Tealâ had

taught us that much. Now, He makes

known to us that the sins are blotted out.

That is to say, the fact that the

merits are more than the sins is at issue.

When we take this into consideration, we

see that the justice manifests itself in a

more manifest fashion.

Dear readers! The 7th stage is the

end of the first 7 stages. As the merits of

the person exceed his sins, it absolutely

leads him to Allah’s Paradise. If the

person is to die immediately after he has

wished to reach Allah, the place where

the person will absolutely go is Allah’s

Paradise. In that case, the most

important step of your life is to wish to

reach Allah. We want to complete our

words here, God willing, dear readers,

with our prayers that Allahû Tealâ makes

you reach both the Bliss of Paradise and

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this world’s happiness.

Al-Fâtihâ together with blessings upon

our Master the Prophet.

Peace be upon you and His Mercy and

His blessings.

By the Time – 2

El-Fatihâ together with the Blessings

I take refuge with Allah from Satanthe Accursed.

In the Name of Allah the All-Merciful,the All-Compassionate.

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Dear readers, my intimate friends,

my cordial friends! We offer endless thanks

and praises to Allah that we live once

again in a conversation on Allah, in the

realm of Allah, in a triangle of happiness.

Because we speak of Allah, of the Qur’ân

and of the happiness that Allah and the

Qur’ân show us as a goal. Our topic is Ve’l

Asr Sura.

Our subject is now the second 7

stages of Ve’l Asr Sura. That is, the stages

from the 8th stage to the 14th stage: 8, 9,

10, 11, 12, 13 and 14th stages. What had

happened throughout the first 7 stages? At

the 1st stage, we had experienced the

events. At the 2nd stage, we had compared

and evaluated the events. More than 90%

of the men are chosen by Allahû Tealâ.

Whoever among them wishes to reach

Allah at the 3th stage, they are those who

attain to the Salvation (Felâh). If this per-

son wishes to reach Allah at the 3th stage,

this wish in his (soul’s) heart is heard,

known and seen in that instant. What

results if it is heard, known and seen by

Allahû Tealâ?

Allahû Tealâ begins to manifest

Himself over that person with His Name of

All-Compassionate (er-Rahîm) at the 4th

stage. What is the outcome of this

Manifestation? At the end of this manifes-

tation, the hidden barrier (hicâb-ı mestûre,

invisible veil), invisible “spectacles”, on the

eyes of that person preventing him from

seeing the post of irshad (murshid) is taken

out. He is at the 5th stage. The heaviness

(vakrâ) in the ears of that person is taken

out. He is at the 6th stage. The coverings

(ekinnet) on the (soul’s) heart of that

person are taken away and “ihbat”

(lowliness before Allah) is put therein in

place of “ekinnet”. He is at the 7th stage.

And this occurs within a few minutes.

Thanks to the operations executed by

Allahû Tealâ, one part of his sins are

blotted out in such a manner that the

degrees in his merits will be more than

those in his sins. At the end, as a result of

these four operations, that person is

absolutely the one who will go into Allah’s

Paradise. According to the 8, 9 and 10th

verses of Al-Mulk Sura, that person will

absolutely enter Allah’s Paradise. Allah

says in the 10th verse: “If we had heard the

words of the warner who had come to us,

that is, if the heaviness (vakrâ) in our ears

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had been taken out, if we had seen him,

that is, if the hidden barrier on our eyes

had been taken out, and if we had

comprehended his words, that is, if

“ekinnet” had been taken away from our

(soul’s) heart and ihbat had been put

therein in place of it, should we now be

among the inmates of the Burning Fire?”

There is a hidden barrier (hicâb-ı

mestûre) on the eyes of those who will go

to Hell. There is a heaviness (vakrâ) in the

ears of those who will go to Hell. There are

coverings (“ekinnet”) on their hearts and

on account of these obstacles, they cannot

hear, see and comprehend (the words of

their murshids). All the human beings are

blind, deaf, dumb from their births. But we

saw that whoever wishes to reach Allah, all

His doors closed previously to all the men

open then one by one. The person begins

to see whereas he was blind. He begins to

hear whereas he was dumb. He begins to

comprehend whereas he was deprived of

understanding.

Dear readers! What happens after

this? A way of light will be opened up from

the breast of that person to his (soul’s)

heart. Firstly, Allahû Tealâ reaches the

(soul’s) heart of that person for whom the

operations we have enumerated have been

completed, that is to say, the hidden

barrier on his eyes had been taken out, the

heaviness (vakrâ) in his ears had been

taken out, the coverings (“ekinnet”) on his

(soul’s) heart had been taken away and

ihbat (lowliness before Allah) had been put

therein in place of “ekinnet” and so he had

begun to comprehend (the words of his

murshid). Allahû Tealâ says in the 11th

verse of At-Taghâbun Sura:

Mâ esâbe min musîbetin illâ bi iznil-

lâh(bi iznillâhi), ve men yu’min billâhi

yehdi kalbeh(kalbehu), vallâhu bikulli

şey’in alîm(alîmun).

“And whoever becomes amenû to Allah (a

believer in Allah) He reaches his (soul’s)

heart (He puts guidance into his heart).”

Why does Allahû Tealâ reach our

(soul’s) heart? We find (see) the answer in

the 33th verse of Qâf Sura. Allahû Tealâ

decrees so therein:

Men haşiyer rahmâne bil gaybi ve câe bi

kalbin munîb(munîbin).

“Who has awe of the All-Merciful (Allah) in

the Unseen and comes with a (soul’s) heart

turned (to Allah).”

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We speak of having a feeling of awe

towards the All-Merciful (Allah) in the

Unseen (without seeing him yet), of the

human beings shuddering with awe

(hushu’).

Allahû Tealâ says in the 22th verse

of Az-Zumar Sura:

E fe men şerehallâhu sadrehu lil islâmi

fe huve alâ nûrin min rabbih(rabbihi), fe

veylun lil kâsiyeti kulûbuhum min zikril-

lâh(zikrillâhi), ulâike fî dalâlin

mubîn(mubînin).

“What! is he whose (soul’s) heart Allah has

opened (slit) for Islâm (Surrenders) so that

he is in (upon) a light from his Lord [like

the hard (dark, sick) hearted]?”

Allah’s l ight can reach only the

(souls’) hearts of those whose breasts are

slit and thus a way (of light) has been

opened up from there to their (souls’)

hearts. As for the 23th verse of Az-Zumar

Sura, Allahû Tealâ decrees so therein:

Allahu nezzele ahsenel hadîsi kitâben

muteşâbihen mesâniye

“Allah has sent down the Best (the most

Beautiful) Statement (the Best Lights He

produces) similar to a Book (to the Qur’ân

and its contents) in pairs: Mercy-Virtue,

Mercy-Blessings.”

takşaırru minhu culûdullezîne yahşevne

rabbehum

“The skins of those who have awe of their

Lord shiver from it (these lights).”

Summe telînu culûduhum ve kulûbuhum

ilâ zikrillâh(zikrillâhi)

“Then their skins and their hearts soften to

(with) the remembrance (zikir) of Allah.”

zâlike hudallâhi

“That is the Guidance of Allah.”

yehdî bihî men yeşâu

“He makes reach therewith whom He wills.”

ve men yudlilillâhu fe mâ lehu min

hâd(hâdin).

“and whomever He leaves in Misguidance,

for him there is no Guide (hidâyetchi, the

one who makes his spirit reach Allah).”

Allahû Tealâ says that the two lights

of Allah named “mercy” and “virtue” come

into the (souls’) hearts of those persons

and that they reach guidance thanks to

those lights. When the soul’s heart is

purified at the rate of 51%, the person

reaches guidance and when the spirit

reaches Allah, the person reaches also

guidance. The guidance of the spirit is

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realized at the 21th stage. The spirit

reaches Allah.

Now, we are at the beginning of our

subject. Allah had taken out the hidden

barrier on the eyes of the person, the

heaviness on his (soul’s) heart, the cover-

ings in his (soul’s) heart and put “ihbat”

therein in place of the coverings. Now, He

reaches the (soul’s) heart of that person

and turns his heart to Himself. Here is the

9th stage. What is there at the 10th stage?

At the 10th stage, Allah opens up (slits) a

light way from the breast of that person to

his heart. Now let us remember the 22th

verse of Az-Zumar Sura:

“Allah’s light can reach only the heart of

the person whose breast Allah has slit and

He opened up a (light) way from his breast

to his heart.”

Allah asks: Are the hearts of these

persons and those of the others equal?

When we consider the content in such a

design, we see this, dear readers, my dear

brothers and sisters: Allahû Tealâ slits the

breast of that person and opens up a light

way from his breast to his heart. Here is

the 125th verse of Al-An’âm Sura:

Fe men yuridillâhu en yehdiyehu yeşrah

sadrehu lil islâm(islâmi)...

“And whomsoever Allah wills to make

reach guidance He slits his breast to İslâm

(Surrenders)”.

That is, He opens up a light way from

his breast to his heart.

Why? “li’l islâmi”, for İslâm, in order

that He should surrender them to Himself,

He should make them muslim (İslâm), that

they make become servants surrendered to

Allah. He slits it so that they may become

muslim (İslâm), that they may surrender

their spirits, physical bodies, souls and

free wills to Allah. Now, Allahû Tealâ

opens up a light way from the breast of the

person to his heart. Why?

Allahû Tealâ was saying the reason

for it in the 22th verse of Az-Zumar Sura.

Allah’s lights can reach only the (souls’)

hearts of the persons whose breasts Allahû

Tealâ slits in order to open up a light way

from their breasts to their hearts. Thus,

there is a (soul’s) heart into which Allah’s

lights come. Allah’s lights –mercy and

virtue– will reach that heart. Allahû Tealâ

says in the above mentioned 23th verse of

Zumer Sura that those lights will come

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therein in pairs: mercy-virtue and mercy-

blessings. Now, at this level, Allahû Tealâ

opens up a light way from the breast of that

person to his heart according to the 125th

verse of Al-An’âm Sura.

We look at this light way that Allah

has opened up, dear readers! When is this

way opened by Allah of use? When a

person does zikir (when a person repeats

the Name of Allah, as Al-lâh, Al-lâh, Al-

lâh…), do the lights of mercy and virtue

come from the Presence of Allah to the

breast of that person? If that person has

wished to reach Allah, they come therein.

Why? Because Allahû Tealâ manifests

Himself with His Name of All-

Compassionate only over those who wish

to reach Allah. Allah’s lights can have a

function only in the bodies over which the

Name of All-Compassionate manifests

itself. Otherwise, they can not have it.

Because of the manifestation of the Name

of All-Compassionate, the hidden barrier

on the eyes, the heaviness in the ears, the

coverings (ekinnet) on the (souls’) hearts

were taken away. The light door of the

heart has turned to Allahû Tealâ. “İhbat”

was put into the (soul’s) heart in place of

“ekinnet”. Allah opened the light way from

the breast of that person to his heart. What

happens if the person does zikir after the

light way has been opened up? The two

lights named “mercy” and “virtue” that

come from (the Presence of) Allah reach

the breast of that person. If that person

were to do zikir before wishing to reach

Allah, what would happen? Nothing at all

would happen. In case he did not zikir,

neither Mercy nor Virtue would come to the

breast of that person from (the Presence

of) Allah, because there is not the

manifestation of the Name of All-

Compassionate over that person. Unless

that person does not wish to reach Allah,

the Name of All-Compassionate does not

manifest itself over him. If he does not, the

mercy and virtue of Allah do not come to

the breast of that person when he does

zikir. But now, the situation has changed.

Allahû Tealâ has made some changes in

this person. He has opened the doors

closed to Him. His eyes were closed, blind.

Henceforth, he is seeing. His ears were

deaf, he is hearing now. His (soul’s) heart

was deprived of comprehension, he is

understanding now. The light door of his

(soul’s) heart has now turned to Allah and

a light way has been opened up from his

breast to his heart. It is at this point that a

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pair of lights named “mercy” and “virtue”

come from (the Presence of) Allah to the

breast of that person. As the Name of All-

Compassionate manifests itself now over

him, when he does zikir, the mercy and

virtue will absolutely come down on the

breast of that person. Allah’s lights named

“mercy” and “virtue” arrive at the (soul’s)

heart of that person passing through the

electronic door designed in accordance

with the lights of Mercy and Virtue, through

that way opened with the breast being slit.

But there, they encounter a surprise.

Because that (soul’s) heart is still sealed.

What is worse, the word of Unbelief is still

written therein. So, when this person does

zikir, two lights –mercy and virtue– come to

the breast of that person, and from his

breast to his (soul’s) heart. But the door of

the heart is sealed. Neither mercy nor

virtue can enter it through that sealed door.

But the light of mercy can leak therein.

Now, when the light of mercy begins to

leak into the (soul’s) heart bit by bit

through Allah’s zikir whereas the light of

v i r t u e

cannot enter and leak therein in any way,

the person has attained to the 11th stage.

He has done zikir and mercy has begun to

leak into his soul’s heart. Here, we see that

the mercy and virtue enter it through the

slit part of the breast.

What was Allahû Tealâ saying in the

125th verse of Al-An’âm Sura? Let us

repeat it once again:

Fe men yuridillâhu en yehdiyehu yeşrah

sadrehu lil islâm(islâmi), ve men yurid

en yudıllehu yec’al sadrehu dayyikan

haracen, ke ennemâ yassa’adu fîs

semâi, kezâlike yec’alûllâhur ricse

alâllezîne lâ yu’minûn(yu’minûne).

“And whomsoever Allah wills to make

reach Himself He slits the breast of that

person.”

He opens up a light way from his

breast to his heart. For what? for İslâm. In

order that that person becomes a Muslim

(İslâm) in the real sense of the word by

surrendering his spirit, his physical body,

his soul and his free will to Allah. İslâm

means Surrender. The Qur’ân comprises

the four surrenders, the surrenders of the

spirit, the physical body, the soul and the

free will. Allah opens up a light way so that

these surrenders can be realized by the

slitting of the breast. What happens then?

Allahû Tealâ’s mercy begins to leak into

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the (soul’s) heart. Here is the 11th stage.

When this leakage amounts to 2%, then

that person’s heart reaches hushu’ (a

feeling of awe).

Allah decrees so in the 16th verse of

Hadîd Sura:

E lem ye’ni lillezîne âmenû en tahşea

kulûbuhum li zikrillâhi ve mâ nezele

minel hakkı ve lâ yekûnû kellezîne ûtûl

kitâbe min kablu fe tâle aleyhimul

emedu fe kaset kulûbuhum, ve kesîrun

minhum fâsikûn(fâsikûne).

“Has not come for those who are âmenû

(who have wished to reach Allah spiritually

before death) that their (souls’) hearts

have awe for (with) Allah’s zikir and that

which (the light) has sent down from the

Truth (Hakk, Allah)?”

Mercy cannot enter that person’s

heart more than 2%. Why can’t it enter it?

Because, if it enters it more than this

amount, the repulsive force of the word of

Disbelief in the soul’s heart repels the

mercy from the sphere where it is

dominant. When 2% of mercy has accumu-

lated in the (soul’s) heart of that person,

then he has reached hushu’ (a feeling of

awe). What happens if he has reached

hushu’? Then he has a right to seek his

murshid from Allah. Allah too has a

promise. He absolutely causes that person

to reach his murshid.

Come on! Let us go together to the

Al-Fâtihah Sura, my dear brothers and

sisters! What was Allahû Tealâ saying in

Al-Fâtihah Sura (Opening Chapter)? To be

more exact, what have we been saying

with that Al-Fâtihah Sura that we recite 40

times in a day and with which we

supplicate and entreat Allah? We say:

Eûzübillehimineşşeytânirracîm.

Bismillâhirrahmânirrahîm.

“I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the

Rejected (Accursed). In the Name of Allah,

the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate.”

The Name of All-Merciful (Rahmân)

is for everybody, whereas the Name of All-

Compassionate is for those who have been

âmenû, only for them. Those outside them

cannot benefit from the Name of All-

Compassionate (Rahîm).

El hamdu lillâhi rabbil âlemîn(âlemîne).

“All praise be to Alâh, Lord (Sustainer) of

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All the Worlds.”

Er rahmânir rahîm(rahîmi).

“the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate.”

Mâliki yevmid dîn(dîne).

“Master of the Day of the Religion.”

İyyâke na’budu

“Only You do we serve (worship).”

Ve iyyâke nestaîn(nestaînu).

“From You Alone do we seek (special)

Help.”

What do we mean by saying: “Only

You do we serve (We become servants to

You Alone)? Allahû Tealâ says in the 56th

verse of Adh-Dhâriyât Sura:

Ve mâ halaktul cinne vel inse illâ li

ya’budûn(ya’budûni).

“And I did not create the jinn and the men

(mankind) except that they should serve Me

(Alone) (they should be servants to Me).

That is to say, let them surrender

their spirits to Us so that their spirits can

be servants to Us. Let them surrender their

physical bodies to Us so that their physical

bodies can be servants to Us. Let them

surrender their souls to Us so that their

souls can be servants to Us. Let them

surrender their free wills to Us so that their

free wills too can be servants to Us. We

have created the human beings for this

purpose, not for any other thing. Here also,

Allahû Tealâ says, to be more exact, we

say to Him:

İyyâke na’budu

“Only You do we serve.”

Because Al-Fâtihah Sura is our

entreaty, supplication, prayer to Allah. Just

conformable to the gist (essence, spirit) of

the Qur’ân. Because we will recite Al-

Fâtihah 40 times in a day at the least, if we

perform every day five timed prayers,

including the sunnas (the Practices of the

Prophet) Our community recites much

more than this, because we perform every

day the prayers for two past days to get out

of debt. We absolutely perform every day a

prayer for praise and thanks (4 rak’ats,

rak’at: complete act of worship with the

prescribed postures).

So, dear readers! What has

happened? Allah’s lights have begun to

enter the person’s heart. These lights have

attained to 2%. The person has been

possessed of “hushu’” (awe). Now, we

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consider the content of the one who has

had hushu’: We have said:

İyyâke na’budu

“You Alone do we serve” (To You Alone are

we servants).

Ve iyyâke nestaîn(nestaînu).

“From You Alone do we seek (special)

Help.”

That is from You Alone do we want to

learn who is our murshid. İstiane (special

help) is the Help of Allah concerning

Allah’s making known to us who is our

murshid (who will make our spirit reach

Allah). Allahû Tealâ declares:

Ve ‘alallâhi kasdus sebîl(sebîli)

“And upon Allah is the responsibility to

determine the Way.”

That is, the initial way that will be the

means to make men reach Allah and that

constitutes the firs part of the Straight

Path. Well, if our spirit quits our physical

body and attains to this Way, that is, the

murshid, what happens then? If our spirit

enters it, at the moment we reach our

murshid, the spirit of the Imâm of the Era

comes immediately over our head. He is a

Bounty for us.

Al-Fâtihah Sura continues thereafter

as follows and makes known to us why we

seek the special help (istiâne) from Allah:

İhdinas sırâta’lmustakîm(mustakîme).

“(O our Lord!) Make us reach the Straight

Path (with this special help of You).”

Here the riddle is unraveled:

Sırâtallezîne en’amte ‘aleyhim

“The Path of those over (the heads of)

whom You have bestowed Your Bounty.”

Whosoever may be and whenever he

may be, if he can attain to his murshid with

12 favors (ihsan) by passing through this

process, the spirit of the Imâm of the Era

trained in the Presence of Allah comes

immediately over his head and settles

there. This is a Bounty for him. Allahû

Tealâ speaks of a Bounty, dear readers! A

Bounty is at issue. The spirit of the Imâm of

the Era comes over the head of the person

and the Straight Path (Sırât-ı Mustakîm) is

only the Path of those who carry the spirit

of the Imam of the Era over their heads as

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a Bounty. Only their spirits can attain to the

Straight Path.

Gayri’l magdûbi ‘aleyhim ve

laddâllîn(laddâllîne).

“Not (the Path of) those upon whom Your

Wrath is brought down (the Unbelievers),

nor of those who go astray (who are in

Misguidance, who could not reach their

murshids).”

So, dear readers, my intimate

friends, my cordial friends! We are

speaking of a content in the Presence of

Allah. Pay close attention to the fact. In

such a design, the person is made to have

a right to seek the special help (istiâne)

from Allah. We say to Allahû Tealâ: “From

You Alone do we seek the special help

(Iyyâke nestaîn). Make us reach the

Straight Path with this special Help of You,

that Straight Path that is the Path of those

over (the heads of) whom the spirit of the

Imâm of the Era is found as a Bounty.

Because the determination of the ways that

lead (men) to Allah is incumbent on Him.

Everyone enters this Way at the dervish

convent to which he has adhered. The first

way (sebîl) includes the distance from

there to the Main Dervish Convent of the

Imâm of the Era.

And Allahû Tealâ shows us how we

will seek the special help from Him in the

45 and 46th verses of Bakara Sura:

Vesteînû bis sabri ves salât(sâlâti), ve

innehâ le kebîretun illâ alel

hâşiîn(hâşiîne).

“And seek the (special) assistance (from

Allah) through Patience and Prayer (the

requirement Prayer), and most surely it is a

very hard thing except for the humble ones

(the ones who are possessed of a feeling

of awe).”

Ellezîne yezunnûne ennehum mulâkû

rabbihim ve ennehum ileyhi

râciûn(râciûne).

“Who are certain that they shall most

surely meet (reach) their Lord (in this life of

the present world) and that they shall most

certainly return to Him (after death).”

The verse proclaims that the spirit

has two sort of returns (to Allah).

1. The first is Allahû Tealâ’s making

our spirit reach Himself while we are living.

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2. The second is this, that our spirit

comes back again and settles over our

head immediately after our death. The

angels charged with our death carry our

spirit back to Allah.

In the first, we send our spirit to Allah

with our own free will. We believe with utter

certainty that this will be so. If so, who are

those men who are possessed of this

feeling of awe (hushu’)?

1. They believe in Allah.

2. They have wished to reach Allah,

they believe that man’s spirit will certainly

reach Allah before death.

3. They believe that this is an obliga-

tion (farz) upon them.

4. They believe that Allah will

absolutely make their spirits reach Himself.

Those owners of “hushu’” seek the

special help (istiâne) from Allah through

Patience and the (requirement) prayer and

this is not hard for those who are

possessed of awe (hushu’), and Allah

absolutely shows them their murshids

when they perform the requirement prayer.

And there, at the 14th stage, they reach

their murshids, kneel down in front of them

and make their repentance. At the 14th

stage where the second 7 stages have

been completed, Allah has completed his

12 favors, too.

His 1st Favor: He takes out the

hidden barrier (hicâb-ı mestûre) on our

eyes.

His 2nd Favor: He takes out the

covering (gışâvet) on our sight (basar).

His 3rd Favor: He takes out the

heaviness (vakrâ) in our ears.

His 4th Favor: He takes out the seal

on our hearing (sem’î)

His 5th Favor: He takes away the

coverings (ekinnet) on our (soul’s) heart.

His 6th Favor: He takes away the

seal on our (soul’s) heart.

His 7th Favor: He puts “ihbat”

(lowliness before Allah) into our (soul’s)

heart.

His 8th Favor: He reaches our

(soul’s) heart (He puts Guidance into our

(soul’s heart.)

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His 9th Favor: He turns the door of

our (soul’s) heart to Himself.

His 10th Favor: He opens up (slits) a

light way from our breast into our (soul’s)

heart.

His 11th Favor: He causes us to

reach hushu’ (a sense of awe).

His 12th Favor: He shows us our

murshid when we perform the Requirement

Prayer

We reach our murshid by means of

12 favors. Take heed: Allahû Tealâ speaks

of the Companions (sahâbe) in the 100th

verse of At-Taubah Sura:

Ves sâbikûnel evvelûne minel muhâ-

cirîne vel ensâri vellezînettebeûhum bi

ıhsânin radıyallâhu anhum ve radû anhu

ve eadde lehum cennâtin tecrî tahtehel

enhâru hâlidîne fîhâ ebedâ(ebeden),

zâlikel fevzul azîm(azîmu).

“As for the former competitors (who

occupied the most superior stations of

(“Ulû’l elbâb”, “İhlâs” and “Salâh”): some of

them were the Immigrants (Muhacirîn)

(those who migrated from Mecca to

Medina), some of them were the Helpers

(Ensârs, the citizens of Medina who helped

and gave aid to the Immigrants) and also

those who depended on them with favors

(ihsân).”

The dependent ones who had

depended on the Companions had

depended on them with favors, that is, they

had obtained all the 12 favors. Whomever

of the Companions Allahû Tealâ had

shown them, they had reached that

Companion and depended on him. Each

one had depended on an other one. Those

who had depended have been named the

dependent ones (tâbiîn). The ones on

whom the dependent ones had depended

with favors have been named the

Companions consisting of the Immigrants

(Muhâcirîn) and the Helpers (Ensâr). The

dependence is realized with 12 Favors.

When we reach our murshid and depend

on him with 12 favors, Allahû Tealâ grants

us 7 Blessings:

1st Blessing: The spirit of the Imam

of the Age comes and settles over our

head:

“The Increaser of the degrees and the

Possessor of the (Divine) Throne (‘Arsh)

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makes reach a Spirit from His Command (a

spirit that will communicate the decrees of

Allah) over the person He wishes to make

reach Himself) (over the head of the

person Allah wants to make reach Himself

as he wants to reach Him, too) in order to

warn him that the day of his reaching

(Allah) has come.” (40/Ghâfir-15)

2nd Blessing: Allah writes (the word

of) Fatih in the (soul’s) heart of that

person:

You will never find a community (kavmen)

who believes in Allah and the Last Day

loving those who oppose Allah and His

Messenger even if they are their fathers or

their sons or their brothers or their tribes.

He has written (the word of) Fatih into their

(soul’s) hearts and supported them with a

spirit (trained in His Presence) from

Himself and He introduces them into

Gardens beneath which rivers flow. They

will dwell therein eternally. He is pleased

with them and they are pleased with Him.

These are the Party of Allah. Pay heed!

Verily, it is the Party of Allah that will reach

the Salvation (“Felâh”, the Bills of the

Afterlife and the Happiness of this world).

(58/Al-Mujadilah-22)

3rd Blessing: Allahû Tealâ changes

our sins (evil deeds) that we have

committed until that day into recompenses

(good deeds) according to the 70th verse

of Al-Furqân Sura and raises the degrees

(recompenses) He grants us from 10 to 1

to 700 to 1 recompense according to the

261st verse of Al-Baqarah Sura:

The punishment multiplies for him on the

Day of Resurrection (Doomsday) and

remains therein for ever in abjectness;

excepting the one who has repented

(before his murshid) and (as the Faith has

been written into his soul’s heart by

repenting in front of his murshid) become a

believer (whose faith has increased) and

(for the same reason performed acts

improving the soul. Allah will change his

evil deeds (sins) into good deeds

(recompenses, rewards). And Allah is

Most Forgiving, Compassionate (Allah is

the one who changesevil deeds into good

deeds and sends (the light of) Mercy.)

25/Al-Furqân – 69, 70

The parable of those who spend their

property (goods) in the way of Allahis like

the parable of a grain that causes seven

spikes (ears) to sprout (grow). In each

spike there are hundred grains. And Allah

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augments (the sustenance) for the ones He

wishes. And Allah is the All-Embracing, the

All-Knowing. (2/Al-Baqarah-261)

4th Blessing: Our spirit leaves our

physical body and arrives at the Straight

Path (leading to Allah). That (Day) (the day

when the hand of the murshid is kissed and

one depends on him) is the Day of Truth

(Hakk, Allah). Whoever wishes ( to reach

Allah) takes a way (the Straight Path) that

causes him to reach his Lord. (Allah) is a

Refuge (for the one who has reach Allah).

(78/An-Naba’-39)

5th Blessing: We begin the soul’s

purification: Whoever commits sins (evil

deeds) will be only punished with its equal.

And whoever does good deeds

(ameliorating deeds, the soul’s

purification) from either males or females -

and he (she) is a believer- they will enter

Paradise and be provided therein with

incalculable sustenance. (40/Ghâfir-40)

6th Blessing: Our free will begins to

be strengthened in proportion to the

decreasing of the darkness(es) in our

(soul’s) heart, because the free will is the

power opposing the vices of. Our soul (‘s

heart). In reality, the free will does not

change, but as the resistance of the

darkness(es) diminish, the free will is

strengthened automatically.

7th Blessing: Our physical body

begins to be fortif ied against Satan

because of the decreasing of the vices in

the soul(‘s heart).

So, my dear brothers and sisters!

These events are completed at the end of

the second 7 stages. Let us consider now

together Ve’l Asr Sura:

Vel asr(asri).

“I swear by the Time.”

İnnel insâne le fî husr(husrin).

“Verily, man is in (utter) loss.”

İllellezîne âmenû

“Except those who are âmenû (those who

have wished to reach Allah spiritually

before death).”

Ve amilûs sâlihâti

“And those who do improving deeds (who

do deeds that improve (purify) the soul (‘s

heart).”

It is here that the second 7 stages of

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Ve’l Asr Sura are completed, dear readers!

One more beauty is being completed here.

I am living the happiness of making an

exceptional conversation with you, of

explaining the second 7 stages of Ve’l Asr

Sura to you. To be with you is a great

pleasure for me, dear readers! Endless

praise and thanks be to Allah because

Allahû Tealâ has caused me to taste this

delight.

We wish to complete here our words,

God willing, with our prayers that Allahû

Tealâ may make you attain to both the

Bliss of Paradise and the world’s happi-

ness.

Al-Fatihâ together with the Blessings.

Peace be upon you and His Mercy and

His Blessings.

By the Time – 3

El-Fatihâ together with the Blessings

I take refuge with Allah from Satanthe Accursed.

In the Name of Allah the All-Merciful,the All-Compassionate.

Dear readers, my intimate friends,

my cordial friends! We offer endless

praises and thanks to Allah that we are in a

beautiful togetherness of Allah. You, we

and Allah, we are all together. We are

making a conversation of zikir

(remembrance) of the Qur’ân. We are

together, inşâallah, (God willing) in order

to relate to you the third 7 stages of the 28

stages of Ve’l Asr Sura. Our duty is to

relate them to you and your duty is to give

ear to them. Thereafter? Thereafter, you

will make known these beauties to others.

You will cause them to take delight in the

beauties of Allah. You will relate the

Guidance to them, the guidance already

forgotten in the Qur’ân, the Islâm already

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forgotten in the Qur’ân. I am addressing

you who are the lights of the Age of

Guidance, dear readers, the dear adher-

ents of the University of Allah! We offer

endless praises and thanks to Allah that

He addresses us in a magnificent fashion

in Ve’l Asr Sura. It is that Ve’l Asr Sura that

contains the whole of the Glorious Qur’ân.

The entirety of the Glorious Qur’ân, all of

the 28 stages are present in Ve’l Asr Sura.

Let us enter the subject by mentioning

once again Ve’l Asr Sura:

Vel asr(asri).

“I swear by the Time.”

İnnel insâne le fî husr(husrin).

“Men are in utter loss”

That is, the place where they will go

is Hell, to abide therein forever. Those

whose sins are more that their merits are in

loss, consequently in Hell.

İllellezîne âmenû.

“Except those who are âmenû (those who

have wished to reach Allah spiritually

before death).”

Ve amilûs sâlihâti.

“And (except) those who do improving

deeds, who do the soul’s purification.”

Those who are âmenû comprise the

first 7 stages, those who do improving

deeds begin at the second 7 stages.

Improving deeds begin at the second 7

stages.

Ve tevâsav bi’l hakk(hakkı).

“And (except) those who exhort

(recommend) one another to the Truth

(Hakk, Allah).”

This expresses the third 7 stages.

Now, our topic now is to relate to you the

situation of those who exhort one another

to the Truth (Hakk, Allah). One can

recommend the truth to others if one can

attain to the Truth, can experience the

Truth. Who are at the fourth 7 stages?

Those who exhort (recommend) one

another to the Patience.

Ve tevâsav bi’s sabr(sabrı).

“Our subject is the task of those who

exhort one another to steadfastness

(patience), who attain to the Truth and

experience this beauty and desire that all

those around him also may experience the

happiness he himself has been

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experiencing.”

This zealous endeavor is aimed at

this: if you are happy, you ought to make

reach this happiness all round you. The

Companions had achieved this, they had

fully performed their duties. Here is the

100th verse of At-Taubah Sura:

Ves sâbikûnel evvelûne minel muhâ-

cirîne vel ensâri vellezînettebeûhum bi

ıhsânin radıyallâhu anhum ve radû anhu

ve eadde lehum cennâtin tecrî tahtehel

enhâru hâlidîne fîhâ ebedâ(ebeden),

zâlikel fevzul azîm(azîmu).

“As for the former competitors: some of

them were the Emigrants (Muhâjirs) and

some the Helpers (Ensârs) and some

others were those who depended on them

with favors.”

So, dear readers! Those who had

depended on the Emigrants and the

Helpers (the Companions of the Prophet)!

The Emigrants (those who had emigrated

from Mecca to Medina) and the Helpers

(those who were the citizens of Medina and

had helped those Emigrants). The

dependants had depended on those

personages, that is, the latter had become

the possessors of the posts of irshad. If so,

all the Companions had surpassed all

these stages and thereafter performed

their duties of irshad, of conveying the

message and thus become the owners of

the posts of irshad.

So, dear readers, my intimate

friends, my cordial friends! Allah be

praised, we have begun a conversation

once again peacefully. Our subject is the

15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21st stages that

begin after the 14th stage. What had the

person done? He had wished to reach

Allah (spiritually before death). And what

had Allah done? He had granted him 12

favors: He had taken out the hidden barrier

on his eyes, the covering on his sight, the

heaviness (vakra) in his ears, the seal on

his hearing, coverings (ekinnet) on his

heart, the seal on his (soul’s) heart, put

“ihbat” instead of “ekinnet”, reaches his

heart, turned his light door to Himself, slit

(opened up) a light way from his breast to

his heart, made him reach hushu (a feeling

of awe), shown him his murshid, made him

reach his murshid whom He had shown him

and ensured his dependence (on his

murshid). We had remained there. Thus,

we have related 12 favors and 7 bounties.

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And the person makes the soul’s

purification in a new phase. What is the

soul’s purification? The person does zikir

by repeating as Al-lâh, Al-lâh, Al-lâh…

silently or audibly or from his heart.

Dear readers, my dear brothers and

sisters, my intimate friends, my cordial

friends! What do we see so? The person

does his zikir, performs his duty of zikir

that Allah has made obligatory upon him.

He repeats the Name of Allah. What

happens then? Mercy-virtue and mercy-

benedictions that come from (the Presence

of) Allah arrive at the breast of the person

and from his breast into his heart. They

apply pressure on the seal of the heart,

push it towards the door of darkness and

under the pressure of (the lights of) mercy-

virtue and mercy-benedictions, the seal

reaches the door of darkness, seals it,

closes it. How long? As long as the

pressure of mercy-virtue and mercy-

benedictions (salavât) on the seal

continues. How long does it continue? As

long as you do zikir. If so, with zikir that is

done, such a thing is formed in the (soul’s)

heart of the person.

Zikir (Remembrance) keeps the door

of darkness completely locked during zikir

thanks to (the lights of) mercy-virtue and

mercy-benedictions. Well, what is the

result of mercy-virtue and mercy-

benedictions that reach the (soul’s) heart?

Virtues possess a magnetic field that is

opposite to the force of attraction of the

word of Faith. As the two opposite poles

will attract each other, the word of Faith

(Belief) attracts the (light of) virtue to itself.

Virtues that enter the field of attraction

accumulate around the word of Faith,

adhere to it. As the magnetic field

continues uninterruptedly, virtues do not

leave the inside of the (soul’s) heart, they

occupy it by adhering to it. Zikir continues;

during zikir, virtues settle around the word

of Faith, occupy more and more extensive

sphere. It is not possible for these lights

settled around this word of Faith to depart

from there under normal conditions. As

long as the word of Faith remains in the

(soul’s) heart, as it is stuck on the inner

side of the heart, virtues too that are stuck

to it will occupy the (soul’s) heart together

with it (the word of Faith), will remain

therein together with it. As long as the

word of Faith will remain in the heart, a

beauty will be experienced continuously.

This, the process of the accumulation of

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the virtues in the soul’s heart is named the

soul’s purification. With what had it begun?

It had begun with the entering of 2% of

mercy, not with that of virtues into the

soul’s heart of that person. The person had

thus reached hushu’ (a feeling of awe) at

the 12th stage. But the purification of the

soul (’s heart) is not the settlement of the

mercy into it, it is the settlement of the

virtues that will fill up the soul’s heart at

the rate of 98% in addition to 2% of mercy.

That is, it is the improving deeds, it is the

actions that will improve the soul (’s heart),

that will make man reach the improvement

(salâh).

So, dear readers! In this way, you will

be face to face with the beauties of the

soul step by step as long as the soul’s

heart is filled with the lights. The lights in

the soul’s heart reach 7% beginning from

1%, 2% … etc. What are these lights?

These are 7% of virtues beyond 2% of

mercy. When these virtues pervade

completely your soul’s heart, you become

a virtuous human being. That is to say, you

assume a quality thanks to which your

soul’s heart is filled with virtues, you obey

all the Commands of Allah, you never

commit the actions forbidden by Him. If so,

dear readers, my dear brothers and

sisters, my intimate friends, my cordial

friends! If there is 7% of accumulation of

light in your soul’s heart, if this is

completed therein, what happens? At that

point, you are at (the stage of) the Evil-

Commanding Soul. 7% of light has been

constituted in your soul’s heart. Virtues

have a peculiarity, a constitution that fulfils

all the Commands of Allah and never

commits the actions He has forbidden. As

for the vices that formerly occupied your

soul’s heart 100%: They have a property

that rebels all the Commands of Allah,

never wants to execute them but desires to

commit all the actions He has forbidden.

Satan and these vices are turned to the

same goal. For this reason, it is not at all

possible for Satan to have a dominance

over man. Because what Satan commands

are the actions forbidden by Allah.

Because what Satan commands is this,

that which Allah commands should not be

fulfilled. In which case, Satan commands

men not to perform the Commands of

Allah. The vices of the soul too have the

same nature. They desire not to obey the

Commands of Allah. Satan wants them to

commit the actions that Allah has

forbidden. They also have this constitution

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in any way. They have been created as

being turned to desire all that Allah has

forbidden. So, it is very easy for Satan to

act upon them. Because both Satan and

the vices of our soul’s heart have the same

nature. That is, the vices of our soul (’s

heart) have a nature that will play into

Satan’s hands. And while your soul’s heart

is filled with vices 100%, firstly 2% of

mercy enters it at the 12th stage. After the

14th stage, when you have arrived at the

15th stage, an accumulation of 7% of

virtues in your soul’s heart has been

realized. When this is realized, where are

you then? You are at (the stage of) the

Evil-Commanding soul. Hz. Yûsuf (Joseph)

says:

Ve mâ uberriu nefsî, innen nefse le

emmâretun bis sûı illâ mâ rahime rabbî,

inne rabbî gafûrun rahîm(rahîmun).

“I cannot exonerate my soul. Most surely,

(man’s) soul is wont to command (him to

do) evil, except such as my Lord has had

mercy on [except those over (the heads of)

whom my Lord manifests Himself with His

Name of All-Compassionate].”

So, the manifestation of Allah with

His Name of All-Compassionate (Rahîm)

has begun upon that person, the light of

mercy that is a sign of the Name of All-

Compassionate has entered the (soul’s)

heart, has settled therein. The advance

outpost has come, taken place there. The

advance forces, that is, lights have settled

into the (soul’s) heart at the rate of 2%.

Thereafter, the remaining 98% will be

virtues. What happens when the first 7% of

virtues has accumulated? You know that

your soul is an hostage in your physical

body. Allahû Tealâ decrees so in the 38, 39

and 40th verses of Al-Muddaththir Sura:

Kullu nefsin bimâ kesebet

rehîneh(rehînetun). İllâ ashâbel

yemîn(yemîni). Fî cennât(cennâtin),

yetesâelûn(yetesâelûne).

“Every soul is held in pledge (is a hostage)

for what (the degrees) he earns.” That is,

the degrees they have lost are more than

these they have earned and they are thus

the hostages. “Except those who have

fulfilled their vows (yemîn).” They are the

souls that have been delivered from being

hostages “(They will be) in Gardens.”

So, know that your soul is a hostage

in your physical body. Unless this hostage

is purified, your spirit cannot reach Allah,

whereas Allahû Tealâ has made your

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spirit ’s reaching Himself upon you

obligatory just 12 times. Has He made? Let

us consider this together:

Ve enîbû ilâ rabbikum ve eslimû lehu

min kabli en ye’tiyekumul azâbu summe

lâ tunsarûn(tunsarûne).

“And turn to your Lord (repentant) [wish to

reach Allah spiritually before death] and

surrender (submit) to Him before there

comes to you the (grave) torment, then you

shall not be helped.”

Direct your spirit towards Allah and

then surrender your spirit to Allah. Then

surrender your physical body, your soul

and your will power (free will) to Him. The

sacred verse comprises all of these. But at

the beginning, particularly your spirit has

to surrender. As for this surrender, your

soul has to be purified at the rate of 51%,

that is, more than 50%. At (the stage of)

the Evil-Commanding Soul, there is an

initial accumulation of virtues at the rate of

7%. Your spirit ascends from the Ground

Floor to the First Heavenly Floor (Layer), is

authorized to prostrate himself there. As

soon as the soul realizes an accumulation

of virtues at the rate of 7%, the hostage

(the soul) opens the door of the first

heavenly floor to the spirit with a remote

control. And then, the person will do more

zikir. Meanwhile, the physical body of this

person whose spirit can ascend to the first

heavenly floor is delivered from being a

servant of Satan at the rate of 7%.

Because Satan cannot have control any

more over the part of the soul’s heart

where 7% of virtues has accumulated. The

domination of Satan has completely

terminated in that part. The virtues there

have assumed a particularity that fulfils all

the Commands of Allah and does not

commit any actions forbidden by Him. Well,

the spirit has attained to the first heavenly

floor. What happens? The person does

much more zikir. As long as he increases

his zikir, there will be an accumulation of

light once, twice, three times, four, five,

six, seven times. Let us consider once

more the obligatoriness of your spirit’s

reaching Allah before death. We have

already mentioned one verse: 39/Zumer-

54. The second verse is 30/Ar-Rûm-31:

Munîbîne ileyhi vettekûhu ve ekîmûs

salâte ve lâ tekûnû minel

muşrikîn(muşrikîne).

“Turn(ing) to Him (repentant), (wish to

reach Allah) and be the possessors of

takvâ!” [and be careful of (your duty to)

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Him!]

“After such a wish, you spirit will

reach Allah and you will be the possessor

of takvâ anew” means this verse. The 3rd

verse is 89/Al-Fajr-28.

89/Al-Fajr – 28:

İrciî ilâ rabbiki râdıyeten

mardıyyeh(mardıyyeten).

“Return to your Lord!” reach your Lord by

returning to Him! says Allahû Tealâ to our

spirit.

The 4th verse is 51/Adh-Dhâriyât-50.

51/Adh-Dhâriyât – 50:

Fe firrû ilâllâh(ilâllâhi), innî lekum

minhu nezîrun mubîn(mubînun).

“Therefore flee to Allah!”

The Essence (Zât) of Allah is a

Refuge and our spirit’s taking refuge with

Him is essential. If so, we are charged with

taking shelter in Him.

The 5th verse is 31/Luqmân-15.

31/Luqmân – 15:

...vettebi’ sebîle men enâbe ileyy

(ileyye) ...

“And follow the Way of him who turns to Me

(repentant), reach Me.”

You too, by proceeding towards Me

on the Straight Path he has followed, says

Allahû Tealâ.

The 6th verse is 10/Yûnus-25.

10/Yûnus – 25:

Vallâhu yed'û ilâ dâris selâm(selâmi), ve

yehdî men yeşâu ilâ sırâtin

mustekîm(mustekîmin).

“And Allah invites (men) to the Abode of

Surrender (that is, to His Essence that

takes delivery of their spirits) and causes

whom He pleases to reach the Straight

Path.”

The Straight Path is the name of the

way that leads (men) to the Essence of

Allah. For Allahû Tealâ says so in the

175th verse of An-Nisâ' Sura:

“Then as for those who believe in Allah and

(wish to) hold fast by Him, He will cause

them to enter into His mercy and virtue

(grace) and make them reach a Straight

Path (leading them) to Himself.”

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In an other verse of the Noble

Qur’an, Allahû Tealâ says: “Sırâtı ileyye

mustakîmâ” (15/41). The path directed at

Me, the Way that will make men reach Me.

The 7th verse is 73/Al-Muzzammil-8.

73/Al-Muzzammil – 8:

Vezkurisme rabbike ve tebettel ileyhi

tebtîlâ(tebtîlen).

“And remember (repeat) the Name of your

Lord and return to Him by detaching your-

self from anything else.”

The 8th verse is 13/Ar-Ra'd-21.

13/Ar-Ra'd – 21:

Vellezîne yasılûne mâ emerallâhu bihî

en yûsale ve yahşevne rabbehum ve

yehâfûne sûel hisâb(hisâbi).

“And they make reach that which (their

spirits) Allah has commanded to make

reach Himself and have awe of their Lord

and fear the Evil Reckoning.”

The 9th verse is 42/Ash-Shûra-47

42/Ash-Shûra – 47:

İstecîbû li rabbikum min kabli en ye’tiye

yevmun lâ meredde lehu minallâh(minal-

lâhi), mâ lekum min melcein yevme izin

ve mâ lekum min nekîr(nekîrin).

“Answer (the Call of) your Lord before

there comes a Day from Allah for which

there shall be no averting.” Return to Allah,

make your spirit reach Allah before that

day of death.

We have seen what is the Call of

Allah: Allahû Tealâ says: Reach the

Essence (Zât) of Allah.

The 10th verse is 6/Al-An'âm – 152.

6/Al-An'âm – 152:

ve bi ahdillâhi evfû

“And fulfill Allah’s Oath!”

That is, surrender your spirit, your

physical body, your soul and your free will

(will power) to Allah.

6/Al-An'âm – 153:

Hâzâ sırâtî mustekîmen fettebiûh(fette-

biûhu)”.

“And that is My Path, the Straight One

(directed at Me), therefore follow it”.

Reach Allah by proceeding on this

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Straight Path.

The 11th verse is 5/Al-Mâ'idah-7

And remember the Blessing of Allah on you

and His Covenant with which He bound you

firmly, when you said: “We have heard and

obeyed”. Upon the demand of Allah, we

had given Him our Word (Covenant) that

we should surrender our spirit, our physical

body, our soul and our free will to Him. And

Allah had made our Covenant obligatory

upon us. A Covenant that is equal to

Allah’s Oath (Ahdallah).

The 12th verse is 4/An-Nisâ'-58.

4/An-Nisâ’ – 58:

İnnallâhe ye’murukum en tueddûl

emânâti ilâ ehlihâ...

“Surely Allah commands you to render

back (make over) Trusts to His Owner

(Allah).”

Our spirit’s reaching Allah before

death had been made obligatory upon us

12 times. And this is the first Guidance (our

spirit’s reaching Allah before dying). Allahû

Tealâ says in the 73th verse of Âl-‘Imrân

Sura:

“İnnel hudâ hudallâh(hudallâhi)” “inne”

“surely”, “elhudâ” “the Guidance (hidâyet)”

“hudallâh” “is to reach Allah”

He says in the 120th verse of Al-

Baqarah Sura:

“inne hudâllâhi huvel hudâ” “inne” “sure-

ly, of a certainty”, “hudallâhi” “reaching

Allah” “huve” “that (is)”, “elhudâ” “the

Guidance (hidâyet)”.

And Allahû Tealâ says also in the

13th verse of Ash-Shûra Sura:

Şerea lekum mined dîni mâ vassâ bihî

nûhan vellezî evhaynâ ileyke ve mâ vas-

saynâ bihî ibrâhîme ve mûsâ ve îsâ, en

ekîmûd dîne ve lâ teteferrekû fîh(fîhi),

kebure alel muşrikîne mâ ted’ûhum

ileyh(ileyhi), allâhu yectebî ileyhi men

yeşâu ve yehdî ileyhi men

yunîb(yunîbu).

“Allah chooses for Himself whom He

pleases and causes him who turns (to Him)

[directs himself towards Allah] wishes to

reach Allah] to reach Himself.”

In which case, reaching Allah is

obligatory upon us twelve times and it is

Allah who will make our spirit reach

Himself. Now, the process (of reaching

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Allah) is beginning: our spirit is arriving at

the first heavenly floor having an

accumulation of 7% of light together with

those who are ascending with him. Others

are ascending to the more superior floors.

Those who ascended together with our

spirit are remaining there. Thereafter, we

increase our zikir more and more: The

second accumulation of virtues. What

happens then? Our spirit ascends to the

second heavenly floor. This is the point

where we blame our soul, the stage of the

Self-Accusing Soul:

75/Al-Qiyâmah – 2:

Ve lâ uksimu bin nefsil levvâmeh(lev-

vâmeti).

“Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul.”

At the stage where we accuse our

soul, our spirit ascends to the second

heavenly floor with an accumulation of

virtues in our soul’s heart at the rate of 7%

for the second time. The hostage (our soul)

opens the door of the second heavenly

floor. A further accumulation of 7% of light

(virtue): we are at (the stage of) the

Inspired Soul. We begin to receive

inspirations from Allah, but Satan too

continues to inspire into us.

91/Ash-Shams – 7, 8, 9:

Ve nefsin ve mâ sevvâhâ. Fe elhemehâ

fucûrehâ ve takvâhâ. Kad efleha men

zekkâhâ.

“And (by) the soul and Him that fashioned

him (it) [designed him (it) in seven levels].

Then inspired him (it) with sin (fucûr) and

piety (takvâ) [then (Satan’s) fucûr and

(Allah’s) takvâ are inspired into him (it)].

He has indeed prospered [attained the

Salvation who purifies him (it)].”

Thus, we attain to a floor where we

begin to receive inspirations from Allah

according to the 8th verse of Ash-Shams

Sura. Here is the third heavenly floor.

Thereafter, a further accumulation of 7% of

virtues and the 4th heavenly floor. We are

at (the stage of) the Satisfied Soul.

89/Al-Fajr – 27, 28:

Yâ eyyetuhen nefsul mutmainneh(mut-

mainnetu). İrciî ilâ rabbiki râdıyeten

mardıyyeh(mardıyyeten).

“O Satisfied Soul! (Be) well-pleased (with

Allah), well-pleasing (Him).”

He addresses the spirit: “Return to

your Lord!” Let us look at the 28th verse of

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Ar-Ra'd Sura, too. What does Allahû Tealâ

say?

Elâ bi zikrillâhi tatmainnul

kulûb(kulûbu).

“Now surely by Allah’s remembrance (zikir)

are the hearts satisfied (set at rest).

It is definite that the (souls’) hearts

will surpass the stages of “Emmâre” (Evil-

Commanding), “Levvâme” (self-Accusing),

“Mulhîme” (Inspired) and come to the stage

of “Mutmainne” (Satisfied, set at rest). We

attain to the stage of the Evil-Commanding

Soul (Nefs-i Emmâre) by way of the first

accumulation of virtues at the rate of 7%.

We are at the first heavenly floor. We

attain to the stage of the Self-Accusing

Soul (Nefs-i Levvâme) by means of a sec-

ond accumulation of 7% of virtues. We are

then at the second heavenly floor. We

attain to the stage of the Inspired Soul

(Nefs-i Mulhime) thanks to a third accumu-

lation of 7% of virtues (in our soul’s heart).

We are at the third heavenly floor. We

attain to the stage of the Satisfied Soul

(Nefs-i Mutmainne) through a fourth accu-

mulation of 7% of virtues and our spirit

arrives at the fourth heavenly floor.

At the second heavenly floor, the

spirits are immersed into the pools of

immersion. They prostrate themselves at

the third heavenly layer in a two-floored

masjid (mosque). Thereafter, they pass

from the third floor (layer) to the fourth one

through the hole of touchstone (test). At

the fourth floor, there is the original of the

Beytu’l Makdes (the Farthest Mosque in

Jarusalem). The spirit arrives there,

prostrates himself, remains there. We are

at the stage of the satisfied Soul (Nefs-i

Mutmainne). The person definitely realizes

that all that Allah has granted him is

sufficient for him. He thinks so: if Allah had

given me more than these, perhaps I would

have spent them wrongly; if He had given

me less than these, maybe I would have

rebelled against Allah. Surely, Allah knows

what is the most suitable for me; what He

has given me is the most fitting for me. The

person is decisively satisfied with what

Allah has granted him. Afterwards, the

person increases his zikir much more,

there is a fifth accumulation of 7% of light

(virtue) in his soul’s heart and the person is

at (the stage of) the Soul well-Pleased. He

is well-pleased with Allah. The place where

his spirit has attained is the original of the

Beytu’l Haram (the Sacred Mosque at

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Mecca), is the fifth heavenly floor. The two

Mosques have great differences from one

another, but both have domes and portals.

The original of the Beytu’l Makdes (the

Farthest Mosque) is then at the 4th

heavenly floor and that of the Mescidi’l

Harâm (the Sacred Mosque) at the 5th

heavenly floor. Here we are at (the stage

of) the Soul Well-Pleased. We become

well-pleased with Allah at the Sacred

Mosque where our spirit has ascended.

Later, our spirit reaches the place of

“Sıbgatullah” (Allah’s Hue). A phosphorous

light dyes the skins of all the spirits with its

own color and cracks them. The spirits

becomes “sıbgatulah” there (the spirits

become dyed with Allah’s Hue there). Here

is the 6th heavenly floor. When we are

dyed with Allah’s Color there, He too is

well-pleased with us.

Râdıyeten mardıyyeh(mardıyyeten).

“(Be) well-pleased (with Allah), the 5th

heavenly floor; (Be) well-pleasing (Him)

[Obtain the Consent of Allah], the 6th

heavenly floor]”. (89/Al-Fajr-28).

Thus, the spirit comes nearer and

nearer to Allah at the 5th and 6th floors.

When he accumulates 7% of light (virtue);

he is at (the stage of) the Purified Soul).

Ve men tezekkâ fe innemâ yetezekkâ li

nefsih(nefsihi), ve ilallâhil masîr

(masîru).

“And whoever purifies himself, he purifies

himself only for his own soul”.

Why? Because his soul had given his

vow (yemîn) to Allah in the Pre-eternity

concerning this, that he would surrender to

Allah by purifying and refining himself.

“…ve ilallahi’l masîr.” “and his spirit

returns to Allah.” The spirit attains to the

7th heavenly floor, surpasses the Cells of

Destiny, the Mother of the Book (Ummu’l

Kitab), the Sea of Power, the Praised

Station, the Council of the Improved ones,

the Cells of Zikir (Remembrance), comes

to the Divine Proximity (Ind-i İlâhî) and to

its highest point which is the Farthest Lote-

tree (the Lote-tree of the utmost boundary)

and from there to the Essence of Allah with

a vertical journey and is annihilated in Him,

dear readers! The place where our spirit

reaches the Essence of Allah is the place

where the soul’s purification is realized.

The spirit comes back to Allah, says the

verse. What was Allahû Tealâ saying in the

13th verse of Ash-Shûra Sura?

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“Allah chooses for Himself whomever He

will, and makes reach him (among them)

who turns to Him (is directed towards Him,

wishes to reach Him) (repentant).”

Now, Allah has caused our spirit to

reach Himself. What will happen

thereafter? Thereafter, our spirit will take

shelter in Him (our spirit will be sheltered

by Him). He has reached Allah but he has

not been sheltered by Him yet. He has not

been annihilated in Allah yet. He has

reached the Essence of Allah. The 21th

stage is completed here.

The 3rd 7 stages are formed within

these standards. In which case, 7 times 7%

of virtues (49%) plus 2% of mercy

accumulated 51% of lights in our soul’s

heart. Before, our soul’s heart was filled

with 100% of vices. 51% of these vices

have been thrown out. What has Allah

done? Firstly, He has taken out the word of

Disbelief in the (soul’s) heart. What is His

purpose for this? His purpose is this, that

the word of Disbelief should not prevent

Allah’s lights from entering it. With its field

of attraction, it could have prevented them

from entering the soul’s heart. Firstly, He

has taken it out. What has He done? He

has written the word of Faith (Belief) so

that the virtues may accumulate in our

soul’s heart. The word of Faith has begun

to bring together the virtues around it and

49% of virtues (7 times 7%) and 2% of

mercy have been realized in our soul’s

heart. The vices in our soul’s heart have

decreased to 49% because of an

accumulation of 51% of lights therein.

Allah’s lights increased from 0% to 51%,

are now preponderant. As for the vices in

our soul’s heart: they have decreased from

100% to 49%.

At this point, let us look at the

equilibrium, my dear brothers and sisters!

When Allahû Tealâ brings us into the

world, our soul’s heart is filled with 100%

of vices. But, contrary to this, our spirit’s

heart is filled with 100% of good qualities.

Thus, we are in a state of perfect equilibri-

um, our spirit on our right side and our soul

on our left side are counterbalanced (100%

counteracted). One side calls to the evil,

the other side to the good 100%. Within

these standards we enter the lane in a

state of perfect balance. Everbody enters

the lane in an equality. Allahû Tealâ

decrees:

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Lekad halaknel insâne fî ahseni

takvîm(in). Summe redednâhu esfele

sâfilîn(sâfilîne).

“Certainly We have created man in the

most beautiful mould Then We reduced

him to the lowest of the low.”

That is, we have created the soul as

a being that will be able to attain to the

most beautiful design in a certain period of

time (in a calendar = takvîm). But, instead

of attaining to this goal, if the person

becomes a slave of his soul, his ego, his

vices, then we bring him down (reduce

him) to the Lowest of the Low, to the

Bottom of the Hell. So, what has happened

here? The vices in our soul’s heart have

decreased from 100% to 49%. The virtues

have increased from 0% to 49%, the mercy

from 0% to 2%. Thus, our soul’s heart is

fi l led with 51% of l ights (mercy and

virtues). That is, 51% of our soul’s heart

obeys all the Commands of Allah, does not

commit the actions He has forbidden. Our

spirit’s heart obeys all the Commands of

Allah 100%, never commits that which He

has forbidden. If we are to consider our

spirit as a whole as 100 units and 51% of

our soul’s heart as 51 units, 151 units in us

wish to fulfill all the Commands of Allah

and not to commit any actions He has

forbidden. Only 49 units out of 200 units,

that is, nearly 25%, do not obey the

Commands of Allah, try to commit the

actions forbidden by Him. My dear brothers

and sisters! This amount has not so much

importance. But, unfortunately, the Devil

always tells l ies to the man, always

deceives him whom he reaches with his

terrible effort of influencing him, by

imitating his thoughts with his voice. The

devil busies him with all of you one by one.

And you have to attain to continuous zikir

and your heart’s ear has to be opened so

that you may hear Allah. But everybody

hears Satan all the time. So, Satan is a

creature authorized by Allahû Tealâ to

cause you to hear all the time his voice

beginning from your childhood. He is the

representative of the evil. And for this

reason, when you take the lights in the

soul’s heart and those in the spirit’s heart

into consideration, the beauties that will

obey Allah’s commands and never commit

His prohibitions are 75%, 76% or 151 to

200. As for that which opposes the

Commands of Allah: they are only 49 to

200, but Satan is always there to intensify

them. Therefore, your happiness goes only

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a little beyond it, beyond 50%. At this level,

you cannot be happy at the rate of 75%.

Here is the place where your spirit has

attained. My dear brothers and sisters!

Beginning from the moment you have

wished to reach Allah, Satan has no

dominance over you until you will attain to

this point. Allahû Tealâ says:

İnnehu leyse lehu sultânun ‘alellezîne

âmenû ve ‘alâ rabbihim

yetevekkelûn(yetevekkelûne).

“Surely he (Satan) has no authority over

those who are âmenû (who wish to reach

Allah spiritually before death and surrender

to Him) and put their trust in their Lord.”

Why has he no authority over them?

Because the person is taken under

protection (control) by Allahû Tealâ just

after he has wished to reach Allah. Allah

hinders Satan from influencing him

beginning from the moment he wishes to

reach Allah. Why? Because Allah has a

promise: He says: “Whoever wishes to

reach Me, I shall make him reach Myself.”

In order that Allah makes him reach

Himself, the person has to fulfill the duties

that are incumbent upon him:

He has to perform the prayers, to

fast, to do zikir… Allahû Tealâ will make

him fulfill all these duties by causing him to

love them. Allahû Tealâ absolutely nullifies

(annihilates) the dominance of Satan over

that person until he makes his spirit reach

Allah. The person reaches Guidance. That

is, Allah makes his spirit reach Himself,

then the protecting shield is removed.

From this point on, Satan will try to

influence him incessantly. He will always

keep him under pressure from his right

side, left side, from his front side, from his

back side, he will try to cause this person

who has already reached guidance to fall

from it (into misguidance).

Notice that two kinds of persons will

reach this point of guidance:

1) The persons who have wished to

reach Allah but failed to put their trusts in

him.

2) The persons who have wished to

reach Allah and put their trusts in Him.

So, he is out of the sphere of

influence of Satan both as he has wished

to reach Allah –Satan is unable to take him

under his influence– and as he has put his

trust in Allah Satan cannot take him away

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from Allah’s Way by influencing him. Both

groups of people reach Guidance. Those

who place their trusts in Allah can be

easily discernable: The person whose

spirit has arrived in Allah with 33.000 times

of zikir, if he is to continue it as 35.000,

37.000, 39.000, 41.000 and above them,

that person is the one who has put his trust

in Allah (ehl-i tevekkül).

Allahû Tealâ says:

“If you believe in Me, put your trust in

Me; if you do so, you are the most

powerful”.

Satan cannot overcome you and

cause you to fall from guidance (into

Misguidance). But if the person has not put

his trust in Allah, if he has merely wished

to reach Allah, if Allahû Tealâ has caused

him to reach Himself as he has only

become âmenû, if the person could not

come to his senses while in the Way, then

he begins to go down slowly after having

reached guidance. His zikirs decrease, his

prayers decrease; his worships for Allah

become feeble slowly, dissolve insensibly

and the person makes a journey

downwards. Whoever among them forgets

Allah, that is to say, whoever does not care

of the performance of the prayers any

longer, is not concerned at all about the

fastings, the zikirs, the relations with Allah,

has returned to his way of life prior to his

entering “tasavvuf” (sufism), he falls into

“fısk”. Dear readers! Then that person has

forgotten Allah. This person will again

oppose Allah’s verses (signs), he will

forget Allah just l ike he was before

entering “tasavvuf” (Islâm in the Qur’ân,

Sufism). Among those who have reached

guidance, there are people also who do not

pass through such a process. But as for

those who have fallen into “fısk”, Satan

takes them immediately under his influence

after their having reached guidance, tries

to cause them to deviate from the Way and

in a very short period of time he manages

to do it. They are few in number, one in

thousand. But the Misguidance after

Guidance is formed in this fashion.

Consider well what Allahû Tealâ says

in the 257th verse of Al-Baqarah Sura:

2/Al-Baqarah – 257:

Allahu velîyyullezîne âmenû,

yuhricuhum minez zulumâti ilen

nûr(nûri),

“Allahu is the Protecting Friend of those

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who are âmenû (of those who have wished

to reach Allah spiritually before death), He

brings them (their souls’ hearts) out of the

darknesses into the light.”

That is to say, He causes them to

arrive in Him. As for the second group of

people:

2/Al-Baqarah – 257:

vellezîne keferû evliyâuhumut tâgûtu

yuhricûnehum minen nûri ilâz

zulumât(zulumâti),

“and (as to ) those who disbelieve, their

friends are “Tâgût” (Satans from the jinn

and the men) who take them out of the light

into the darknesses.”

But whoever has changed his nature

after having arrived at Allah (vuslat), has

turned once more to Unbelief, then Allahû

Tealâ takes away the word of Faith in his

(soul’s) heart, all the operations reverse:

His spirit is rendered back to that person,

the spirit of the Imam of the Era is taken

from over him, the word of Faith in the

(soul’s) heart of that person is taken out,

the word of Unbelief is put again therein

and his (soul’s) heart is sealed once again

by Allahû Tealâ. The way slit from his

breast to his heart is annihilated, the door

of light on the (soul’s) heart is brought

again into a position turned to Satan.

“Ihbat” in the soul’s heart of that person is

taken out and “ekinnet” is put therein

instead of it. “Vakra” (immaterial

heaviness) is put in the ears and the

hidden barrier (hicâb-ı mestûre) on the

eyes. And the Name of the All-

Compassionate of Allah is removed from

over that person. This is to fall from

Guidance into Misguidance.

Allahû Tealâ declares this in the 257

verse of Al-Baqarah Sura:

2/Al-Baqarah – 257:

vellezîne keferû evliyâuhumut tâgûtu

yuhricûnehum minen nûri ilâz

zulumât(zulumâti),

“and (as to) those who disbelieve, their

friends are “Tâgût” (satans from the jinn

and the men) who take them out of the light

into the darknesses”.

So, dear readers, my intimate

friends, my cordial friends! Here is the 21st

stage where our spirit reaches Allah. The

third 7 stages are completed here. Pay

close attention to those who have placed

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their trusts in Allah that they do not leave

their zikirs at 33.000, that they can go on

increasing them more and more. They

perform their prayers, fast willingly. They

constantly raise everything to its most

beautiful point in their relations with Allah.

They are those who have chosen to

attempt the uphill road (to assault the

steep road). Dear readers, my intimate

friends, my cordial friends! The third 7

stages, the third 7 stages of Ve’l Asr Sura

are completed here.

Let us consider again Ve’l Asr Sura:

Vel asr(asri).

“I swear by the Time”

İnnel insâne le fî husr(husrin).

“Most surely man is in (utter) loss”

İllellezîne âmenû

“Except those who are âmenû (those who

have wished to reach Allah spiritually

before death, those who have surpassed

the first 7 stages)”

Ve amilûs sâlihâti.

“And (except) those who do improving

deeds (those who have begun the soul’s

purification)”

At the end of the second 7 stages,

the soul’s purification begins.

Ve tevâsav bil hakk(hakkı).

“and (except) those who exhort

(recommend) one another to the Truth

(Hakk, Allah).”

Who are those who recommend

(others) to the Truth? Those who have

reached the Truth (Hakk, Allah). Now, the

one who has attained to the Truth at the

third 7 stages, who has tasted this great

delight, experienced this happiness, the

worldly happiness more than half, become

Allah’s Friend (Saint) by making his spirit

reach Him will relate to others surrounding

him zealously what he has been relating to

them so that they also may be happy. It is

they who recommend (others) to the Truth.

They are those who recommend to the

Truth by reaching It. For this reason, all of

you are charged with recommending

(others) to the Truth.

Dear readers! One more beauty is

completed here. We are ending our words

here by beseeching from our Exalted Lord

that He may make you reach that which is

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beyond this, this point where you will be of

those who will surrender also their physical

bodies, their souls and their free wills to

Allah and that you may be made to

possess both the worldly happiness and

the eternal felicity of Paradise 100%. We

pray to Allah for this. Dear readers, my inti-

mate friends, my cordial friends! May Allah

be pleased with all of you!

El-Fâtihâ together with the Benedictions.

Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and

His blessings.

By the Time – 4

El-Fatihâ together with the Blessings

I take refuge with Allah from Satanthe Accursed.

In the Name of Allah the All-Merciful,the All-Compassionate.

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Dear readers, We offer endless praises and thanks to Allah that we aretogether once more in order to live abeauty of Allah, to make a conversation ofzikir (remembrance) again. God willing(in��all�h), I want to relate to you thefourth 7 stages.

You know that the Noble Qur��n constitutes a spectrum, a whole of 28stages. These 28 stages are formed of fourtimes 7 stages. We had related to you thefirst, second and third 7 stages and we hadcompleted the 21st stage. The spirit hadreached Allah. The first guidance, reachingAllah (spiritually before death), had beencompleted. What happens thereafter? Now,our subject is this. After having reachedAllah, our spirit is annihilated in Allah, inthe Essence (Z�t) of Allah. That is, he is

�Fen�fill�h�. �Fen�� = being annihilated, f�= in, Allah = Allah, God. Our spirit hadcome from Allah. He had breathed HisSpirit into each man and placed 12 obligations into the Noble Qur�an so thatthe spirit has to return to him while the person is alive. And within this design, ourspirit had arrived in Allah before our dying.What had happened? At the 3rd stage, wehad wished to reach Allah. Allahß Teal�had granted us 12 favors (ihsan). He hadmanifested Himself over us with His Nameof All-compassionate (Er-rah�m). He hadtaken out the hidden barrier (hic�b-�mestßre = invisible veil) on our eyes, thecovering on our sight, the heaviness(vakr�) in our ears, the seal on our hearing, the coverings (ekinnet) on our(soul�s) heart, the seal on our (soul�s)heart, had put �ihbat� instead of �ekinnet�.

He had reached our (soul�s) heart. He hadturned the light door of our (soul�s) heart toHimself. He had slit a light way from ourbreast to our heart. He had made us reachhushu� (a feeling of awe) and shown us ourmurshid. We had taken the first step. Whathad we done? We had wished to reachAllah. If we had not wished, none of thesewould have been realized. Whoever wishesto reach Allah, only in them can theprocesses I have mentioned occur. Ourspirit had left our physical body after wehad reached our murshid and depended onhim, our soul had begun to be purified. Ourphysical body had begun to be deliveredfrom being a servant of Satan and to be aservant to Allah to the extent of the virtuesconstituted in our soul�s heart.

It is thus that an accumulation of 7

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times 7% of virtues had been realized inour soul�s heart. Our spirit too had ascended to one further heavenly floor witheach accumulation of 7% of virtues, hadreached Allah after having surpassed the 7heavenly floors. The 21st stage has beencompleted here. And what was the guidance of our spirit? Let us consider the73th verse of ´l-�Imr�n Sura: �innel hud�hudall�h� �inne� �most surely�, �elhud���the Guidance� �hudall�h� �(is) to reachAllah�; the 120th verse of Al-Baqarah Sura:�inne hud�ll�hi huvel hud�� �Most surelyreaching Allah: that is the Guidance.� So,our spirit has reached Allah, has attainedto guidance. Allah has caused our spirit toreach Himself as we have wished to reachAllah. If our spirit reaches Allah, what happens to him? He (the spirit) is annihilated in the Essence of Allah. What

was the particularity of the person who hadmade his spirit reach Allah before hisdeath? It was to be possessed of hushu� (afeeling of awe). What sort of belief was thebelief of those who were possessed ofhushu�? The 46th verse of Al-Baqarah Suradefines it: Ellez�ne yezunnßne ennehummul�ku rabbihim ve ennehum ileyhir�cißn(r�cißne). �They know with certaintythat they will most surely meet their Lord(they will reach Allah spiritually beforedeath, that is, they will absolutely maketheir spirits reach Allah before death) andthat they most surely return to Him, that is,their spirits will also return to Allah afterdeath. And the spirit has reached Allah.We have come to the 21st stage. Here isthe Station of Annihilation = �Fen�fillah�,Fen� f� Allah, to be annihilated in Allah.Allahß Teal� says:

55/Ar-Rahm�n � 26, 27:Kullu men �aleyh� f�n(in), ve yebk�vechu rabbike zu�l cel�li ve�l ikr�m(ikr�-mi).�Everyone on it shall pass away; and theFace (the Essence, the Person) of yourLord of Majesty and Honor will endure forever.�

What was the state of our spirit thatcame from Allah before its (his) being sentto us? He (It) was in the Essence (Person)of Allah and is returning now to the �Place�to which he belonged, to the Essence (Person, Z�t) of Allah.

Dear readers! The spirit returns tothe Essence (Person) of Allah that is hisreal �Place�. He had come from theEssence of Allah, the Place where he

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should return was there and he returned tothe Place to which he belonged. Now, dearreaders! Our spirit�s being annihilated inthe Essence (Person, Z�t) of Allah: Here isthe 22nd Stage. After the 21st stage, the22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28th stages form7 stages: The last 7 stages of the 28stages. Allahß Teal� describes this Annihilation in the Essence (Person, Z�t)of Allah as �holding fast to Allah� or as�taking shelter in Him�. Allahß Teal� saysin the 39th verse of An-Naba’ Sura:

Z�likel yevmul hakk(hakku), femen ��et-tehaze il� rabbih� me�b�(me�ben).�That is the Day of the Truth, so whoever desiresmay take refuge with his Lord [That is the Day ofthe Truth.] The one who wishes (to reach Allah) takes for himself theStraight Path (leading him to Allah) as a Way.�

Whose spirit reaches Him, theEssence of Allah becomes a Refuge (aShelter, me�b) for that person�s spirit]. Andthus the spirit has taken refuge with hisLord. Allahß Teal� names �evv�b� thosewho have taken refuge with Him. �Evv�b�means those who have returned to Allah,have been annihilated in the Essence (Person, Z�t) of Allah, have taken refuge(shelter) with Allah. Allahß Teal� (God theMost Exalted) decrees so in the 175thverse of An-Nis�’ Sura:

Fe emmellez�ne �menß bill�hi va�tesamßbih� fe se yudh�luhum f� rahmetin minhuve fadl�n ve yehd�him ileyhi s�r�tanmustek�m�(mustek�men).�Then as for those who are �menß to Allah(believe in Allah) and wish to hold fast toHim: He will cause them to enter into His

mercy and virtue (grace) and cause themto reach a Straight Path (leading them) toHimself.�

Dear readers, my intimate friends,my cordial friends! Thus, when we consider our relations with Allah, we seethat it is necessary for our spirit that is aTrust from Allah to reach Him, to return toHim and we have realized this at the third7 stages, we are the Possessors of theStation of the Annihilation. Our spirit hasannihilated in the Essence (Z�t) of Allah,has attained to the Refuge, has taken shelter in Him. Allahß Teal� says in the14th verse of ´l-�Imr�n:

vall�hu �ndehu husnul me�b(me�bi)�And Allah is the Best (Most Beautiful)Refuge in His Proximity (Immediacy).� [The

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Best (Most Beautiful) Shelter in the DivineImmediacy (Proximity) is the Essence ofAllah].

And we attain to the Refuge. Ourspirit reaches Allah, takes refuge with Him.A process of holding fast to Allah is completed. Here is the Station of the Annihilation. Thereafter we do more zikir.When we do much more zikir, the lights inour soul�s heart increase and when theselights amount to 61%, (when our spirit hadreached Allah, these lights were at the rateof 51%, at the station of the Annihilation,this amounts to 61%) Allahß Teal� grantsus a throne, a golden throne. On that endless expanse where the Presenceprayer is performed, you will see the golden thrones 30-40 meters ahead of theImam of the Presence Prayer on the left

side, beginning at the height of 4 metersfrom the Ground. The thrones at the lowestrow are of unalloyed gold. All the thronesthere are of pure gold. But beginning fromthe second row, the thrones begin to beencrusted with jewels. The more we rise,the more we see the thrones decoratedwith jewels. The uppermost golden thronesare completely encrusted with jewels. Andthere, there is a standard named �the Standard of Praise� on a throne at the top-most point.

So, dear readers, dear brothers andsisters, my intimate friends, my cordialfriends! We offer endless thanks and praises to Allah that He enables us to converse with you, gives us the opportunity to relate to you that which Hehas been showing us. Wherever you may

be now, we are in the room, in the drawing-room in which you are. Wherever you are,we are there, my dear brothers and sisters!Allahß Teal� has not been showing us allthese in order to show them only to us. It isessential that we may relate them to you.We are charged with absolutely conveyingto you that which Allah has commanded usto make known to you. Now, one of thosegolden thrones is given to the person.Allahß Teal� says in the 127th verse of Al-An’�m Sura:

Lehum d�rus sel�mi inde rabbihim vehuve veliyyuhum bim� k�nßya�melßn(ya�melßne).�For them there is an Abode of Peace(golden thrones) with (in the Proximity of)their Lord, and He is their (protecting)Friend because of what they did.�

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Those golden thrones in the DivineProximity (Ind-i �l�h�) are within the standards we have described and you domuch more zikir. The lights in your soul�sheart increase more than 61%. When yourzikir surpasses half of the day, that is,when you do zikir more than 12 hours in aday, then you will become an ascetic(z�hid). You who are the possessor of thegolden throne in the Divine Proximity willbecome an ascetic (z�hid) Because youare giving preference to Allah and to immaterial eminence. This lowly worldremains in the second order for you as youdo zikir more than 12 hours in a day. So,you are turned henceforth not to the worldbut to Allah. You live for Allah much morethan for the world. Now, you are the onewho has been living for Allah, the one proving that you have been living so. By

doing more zikir than 12 hours in a day,you have been proving this to Him, toAllahß Teal�. Asceticism is announced soin the 20th verse of Yusßf Sura:

Ve �erevhu bi semenin bahsin der�himema�dßdeh(ma�dßdetin), ve k�nß f�himinez z�hid�n(z�hid�ne).�And they sold him for a small price, a fewpieces of silver, and they attached no valueto him (his brothers were �z�hid� towardsJoseph).�

When you attach no value to thislowly world, when the treasures of Allah,immaterial blessings gain priority for you,they come before all other things, the worldcomes after them, then you will be anascetic (z�hid). Dear readers! What happens then? When you reach such a

state, what happens? My dear brothersand sisters! There, in your relations withAllah, in the Presence of Allah, you are aman more turned to Allah than to the world.For this reason, you are the possessor ofthe Station of the Asceticism (Zuhd) andyou have been increasing your zikir. Thelights in your soul�s heart have amountedto 71% beginning from the day when youhave attained to a zikir continuing morethan half of the day. 69% of virtues, 2% ofmercy have been formed. Afterwards, youdo much more zikir and the lights in yoursoul�s heart attain from 71% to 81%. Howdo you understand that it is so? At thatpoint, your physical body assumes a quality that fulfills all the commands ofAllah and never commits that which He hasforbidden. If so, let us look at that point:Why is it so? The soul�s heart has been

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filled with virtues, 19% of darknesses haveremained. The spirit�s heart is covered with100% of lights, not with virtues but withgood qualities (haslets), that is, your spiritpossesses 100% properties that obey allthe commands of Allah and never commitany actions that He has forbidden. Yoursoul�s heart too obeys all the commands ofAllah does not commit the actions He hasforbidden at the rate of 81%. That is to say,181 in 200 of your content wishes to obeyall the commands of Allah and not to commit the actions forbidden by Him. 19 in200 still remains, that is, 10%, and yourphysical body never takes them into consideration. No matter whether they maybe present or not, they may object or not,they may do whatever they desire. Thephysical body begins henceforth to obey allthe commands of Allah and never to

commit any actions He has forbidden. Hereis the place where your physical body hassurrendered to Allah. Have you attained tocontinuous zikir? No, not yet. There arestill 19% of darknesses in your soul�sheart. But your zikir increases each pass-ing day. You have already begun to do zikirmore than half of the day. You areapproaching now step by step continuouszikir. Allahß Teal� decrees so in the 125thverse of An-Nis�’ Sura:

Ve men ahsenu d�nen mimmen eslemevechehu lill�hi ve huve muhsinun vette-bea millete ibr�h�me han�f�(han�fen),vettehazall�hu ibr�h�me hal�l�(hal�len).�And who can be better in Religion than hewho surrenders himself (his physical body,�vech�) to Allah? And he is the doer ofgood (muhsin) and depends on the religion

(way, faith, �millet�) of Abraham, theupright one (han�f), and Allah took Abraham (�br�h�m) as a friend.�

So, dear readers, my intimatefriends, my cordial friends, my belovedbrothers and sisters! Here is the pointwhere you have surrendered your physicalbody to Allah and you are given the nameof �muhsin� (the doer of good) by Allah:The 25th stage. You are remaining withthat much? No, you have approached continuous zikir. One day, you will attain tocontinuous zikir. Whenever you are possessed of continuous zikir, you arenamed ��lß�l elb�b�. Who are ��lß�lelb�b�? Let us have a look at the 190 and191 verses of ´l-�Imr�n Sura:

li ul�l elb�b(ul�l elb�b�). Ellez�ne

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yezkurßnall�he k�y�men ve kußden veal� cunßbihim...�Those who remember (repeat the Nameof) Allah standing and sitting and lying ontheir sides��

What does Allah mean by the expression of �lying on their sides�? Youhave made up your bed so that you takethe kiblah (the direction of Mecca) on yourright side and you are in bed on your sideand you sleep turning to your right side.What happened? Your right ear is on yourpillow. You move your ear a little to theright and to the left until you begin to sensethe beating of your heart because of thepression on your ear. When it is so, you willrecite the �´yete�l Kurs�� (the CelebratedThrone Verse, 2/Al-Baqarah-255) threetimes successively. You will begin to repeat

the Name of Allah successively, inwardlywith your silent voice: Al-lah, Al-lah, Al-lah.But not like I have been now repeatingloudly, with the voice of your heart, withyour inner voice, with your silent voice.Now, my dear brothers and sisters, afteryour physical body�s surrender to Allah, noso much time passes any longer. Onemorning, you will wake up and see that youfind yourself doing zikir. That is to say, youhave passed all the night with zikir. Therewill be some omissions during a few days,later, you see again that you will wake upwhile doing zikir and after a short period oftime, from this point on, there will not beany more mornings in which you will notwake up this way. Every morning you willsee that you will wake up while doing zikirand you will control yourself during thedaytime whether you are in continuous

zikir or not. Have you been hearing eachinstant your inner silent voice? In thatcase, that is all right. Your inner silentvoice will continue to repeat in your innerworld: Al-lah, Al-lah, Al-lah� Now, you arethere where you have attained to continuous zikir. Your name is �ßlß�l elb�b�.Who are ßlß�l elb�b? Those who vie witheach other in goodness. �lß�l elb�b are thepossessors of continuous zikir. �lß�l elb�bare the possessors of wisdom. Theyremember (repeat the Name of) Allah whilestanding and sitting and lying on theirsides. At the same time, �certainty at thedegree of knowledge� (��lme�l yak�n) hasbeen definitely completed for that person.He has stepped into �certainty at thedegree of witnessing� (�ayne�l yak�n). Thatis to say, from now on, that person willjudge (decide) by seeing with his heart�s

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eye. The fact that that person will gain fourseparate contents belonging to the fourstations of wisdom at the new point he hasattained is in question.

So, my dear brothers and sisters!The first characteristic of this person isthis, that he is the possessor of continuouszikir. An uninterrupted zikir is with him.Zikir never quits him. Your inner voice follows strictly the double beating of yourheart. If it is accelerated, it too gainsspeed. If it beats normally, this voice alsoregains its normal speed. But take heed:when you have attained to such a point,you will notice parallelism of your voicewith your heart, which will please you tothe utmost degree. You will love Allah verymuch, praise him very much. Henceforth,you are the possessor of continuous zikir

throughout your lifetime. The first charac-teristic of those who are �ßlß�l elb�b� istheir being the possessors of continuouszikir. Their second characteristic is this,that all the vices in their souls� hearts havebeen annihilated. 2% of mercy and 98% ofvirtues have accumulated around the wordof Faith in the soul�s heart. As a whole, the(soul�s) heart is solely constituted of theselights. They possess a particularity that fulfill all the commands of Allah and nevercommit any actions He has forbidden,whether they may be mercy or virtues. Thegood qualities in the spirit (�s heart) toohave the same characteristic. Both thespirit (�s heart) and the soul (�s heart) possess a particularity that fulfill 100% allthe commands of Allah and never commitany actions forbidden by Him.

So, dear readers! Here is the finalpoint. The place where all the vices in thesoul�s heart have completely vanished.Well, these are the two peculiarities. Whatis the third peculiarity? The third peculiarity is this, that Allahß Teal�absolutely opens the heart�s eye of thatperson and his heart�s ear. That is to say,Allah begins to show him that whichbelongs to the Unseen by means of hisheart�s eye. He explains to that heart�s earthe content of the things He has shownhim. Thus, He says to the heart�s ear onwhich sacred verse of the Qur�an, on whichverse of which Sura that which He has saidis based. Allah has thus been his �Teacher�. He teaches him the Unseen(Gayb). That is, He both teaches him thethings that the men are unable to see physically and the verses of the Qur�an

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related to them.

Dear readers, my beloved brothersand sisters! Where are we arriving so? Thesoul�s heart of that person is completelyfilled with 98% of virtues and 2% of mercy.No vices have remained therein. That is,all the spheres of influence of Satan areannihilated. Satan cannot cause that person to make the least mistake. He doesnot give up but it is not possible for him tosucceed. He is defeated all the time. However, he goes on (trying to influencethe person). Well, why is this person thepossessor of wisdom? These four basicproperties make that person acquire threeconditions of attribute:

1. Condition of attribute: That person has been the possessor of deliberation (ehl-i tezekkur)

2. Condition of attribute: He hasbeen the possessor of goodness (ehl-ihay�r)

3. Condition of attribute: He hasbeen the possessor of judgement (h�k�m)or the possessor of wisdom (hikmet)

What does �ehl-i tezekk�r� mean?The possessor of deliberation (ehl-itezekk�r) means both the possessor of�zikir� (remembrance) and the one who isauthorized to speak about some matterswith Allah. That person can speak withAllah. He relates the matters to other people by learning them from Allah. Heasks questions to Allahß Teal�. He deliberate the allegorical verses with Allah,to learn them from Him. Allahß Teal� saysin the 7th verse of ´l-�Imr�n Sura:

�He it is Who has sent down the Book (theQur�an) to you; some of its verses are deci-sive (precise and clear in meaning, self-explanatory) they are the Mother of theBook, and others are allegorical (their liter-al meaning is not readily apparent); thenas for those with a swerving in their(souls�) hearts, they pursue the part of itwhich is allegorical, seeking to mislead(others) and seeking to give it (their own)interpretation, but none knows its interpre-tation except Allah, and those who arefirmly rooted (grounded) in knowledge say:�We believe in it; The whole of it (clear andunclear verses) are from our Lord, Butnone can deliberate except ßlß�l elbab.�

Then, who are those who are firmlygrounded in knowledge? They are thosewhose spirits are disappeared (annihilated)

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in the Essence of Allah, who have obtainedeach a golden throne in the Proximity oftheir Lord, who are possessed ofAsceticism (Zuhd), who have surrenderedtheir physical bodies to Allah. They arethose who have not attained yet to theStation of Wisdom. They are those who areon the bridge between ��ilme�l yakin� (=Certainty at the degree of knowledge,closeness through knowledge) and ��ayne�lyakin� (= Certainty at the degree of wit-nessing, closeness through witnessing).Those are the men who will not fall into thetrap where those who have a versality intheir (souls�) hearts would make them fall.The eyes of the (souls�) hearts may beopened, the ears of their (souls�) heartsalso may be opened. But, they are not yetauthorized to deliberate (matters) withAllah. If they had been authorized to delib-

erate them with Him, they could have delib-erated them with Him in any case. Then,�r�sihßn� (= Those who are firmly rooted inknowledge) are those who are on thebridge between ��ilme�l yakin� and ��ayne�lyakin�. They have a firmly grounded knowl-edge. Their zikir goes as far as 80%,However, they could not attain to the con-tinuous zikir yet. They are sure of Allahand they are certain that He has verses,Why this level of �ayne�l yakin� is sonamed? Because the person has beenseeing with the eye of his (soul�s) heart. Hehas been the owner of the Belief throughVerification. The beginning of the verifiedBelief is the shiver (shaking) that Allah hasgranted to the person. After this, there isthe deliberation (tezekkur) with Allahbeyond this shaking (tremble). The verifiedBelief increases with each passing day

with the opening of the soul�s heart byAllah. That person is possessed of �zikir�and of �tezekkur� at the same time. Theothers ask him some questions and heasks them to Allah. Allahß Teal�announces these kinds of owners of delib-eration (ehlez zikri) in the 7th verse of theAl-Anbiy�’ Sura: And We sent not beforeyou but men to whom We revealed. So askthe people of the Reminder (the owners ofcontinuous zikir the owners of the divinemysteries) if you do not know.

This means; Let the men ask questions so that We give them theiranswers. The Station of �ßlß�l elb�b� is thestation where you attain to continuouszikir. This makes you not only the owner ofthe deliberation (ehl-i tezekkur) which isthe first condition of attribute but also the

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owner of good (ehl-i hay�r) which is thesecond condition of attribute.

Why? Because you have been theowner of continuous zikir. You absolutelygain degrees in each instant of your l ifetime because of your zikir. Allahdeclares: �He grants the Wisdom to whomHe pleases, and he to whom the Wisdom(Hikmet) is granted is indeed grantedabundant good. But none remembers(deliberates) except the owners of thedivine mysteries). That person who is theowner of good is at the same time theowner of the Wisdom (Hikmet), of theJudgement (Hukum). No matter at whatverse he may look, on a stairway of 28steps, on an Islamic stairway, if this verseis related to these steps, he knows definitely and at once to what step that

verse is related. The owner of the Wisdomis trained and instructed by Allahß Teal�.They are excellent arbitrators and excellent judges. In reality, the justice isdistributed by them, because they alwaysdecide by asking Allah about arguments tobe decided.

So, dear readers! The person hasbeen here the possessor of wisdom at theStation of �ßlu�l elb�b�. Allahß Teal� showsthe secrets of the Main Dervish Convent ofthe Ground Floor to your heart�s eye that isopened. This means that your (soul�s)heart that has attained to continuous zikiris ornated (embellished) at the first level.You see the secrets of the Ground Floor.You see what happens in the main Dervishconvent, what exists therein, where theGolden Portal is, where a pile of golden

pieces is to be found, what this ImmaterialConvent contains. You see there the men�sspirits lined up by tens. There are low-reading desks in front of them and theNoble Qur�ans on them. The first verticalroad that constitutes the second part of theStraight Path (S�r�t-� Mustak�m) is namedthe Straight Road (Tar�k-� Mustak�m). Youenter the Straight Road through a GoldenPortal, you see that Golden Portal there,too. After the peculiarities of this MainDervish Convent is made to show you, thefirst heavenly Floor (Layer) will be shownyou. Then, the Station of �ßlu�l elb�b� ends.The Sainthood has 7 stations. The fourth 7stages comprise these 7 stations. The firstis the station of Annihilation (Fen�Makam�). We have related it. The secondis the Station of Everlastingness (Bek�Makam�). We have related it. The Station

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of Annihilation is the station where thespirit takes refuge in Allah, is annihilated inthe Essence (Z�t, Person) of Allah. TheStation of Everlastingness is the station inwhich a golden throne is granted to theperson. The Station of Asceticism is thestation where the person�s zikir surpasseshalf of the day. The Station of the Doers ofGood (Muhsins) is the station where theperson surrenders his physical body (Vech)to Allah. 14 centuries ago, all the Companions had attained to all these sta-tions. Afterwards, my dear brothers andsisters, after the surrender of the physicalbody, the person becomes �ßlu�l elb�b�,becomes the owner of �lubbs�. �Lubbs� arethe treasuries of the Divine Secrets. Thedoors of the transphysical worlds you cannot perceive by means of the five senses are opened to you one by one. You

hear and see with the senses beyond yourfive senses, with your heart�s eye and ear.You are already the possessor of wisdomand of the certainty at the degree of witnessing. Your faith by verification(investigation) has been strengthenedthanks to your heart�s eye. What happensthereafter? Allahß Teal� shows you thefirst heavenly floor, later, the second, third,fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh heavenly floorsin succession. Whoever sees the seventhheavenly floor, he will also see that thereare seven Worlds there. Allahß Teal�shows him all these seven worlds. Theseventh World is the Divine Proximity (Ind-i �l�h�). The Divine Proximity is the DivinePresence. It is the Place where thePresence Prayer is performed. It is the�Place� where the golden thrones are sus-pended in an empty space (void, vacuum).

And Allahß Teal� shows it (to the person�s spirit). The topmost point there is theFarthest Lote-Tree (Sidretu�l Munteh�), atree at the highest point. Whenever AllahßTeal� shows the Farthest Lote-tree to theperson, then he has completed the Stationof Utter Purity (Ihl�s), too.

Allahß Teal� says in the 5th verse ofBeyyine Sura:

Ve m� umirß ill� li ya�budßll�he muh-lis�ne lehud d�ne hunef�e ve yuk�mßssal�te ve yu�tßz zek�te ve z�like d�nulkayyimeh(kayyimeti).�And they were not enjoined anythingexcept that they should serve Allah (beservants to Allah) being utter pure in HisReligion (and realize this) as upright ones,�han�fs�, [who make their souls (� hearts)

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utterly pure for Allah�s Religion].�

When Allahß Teal� shows him theFarthest Lote-tree, he has surrendered hissoul also to Allah and is invited to the Irrevocable Repentance (T�vbe-i Nasßh)by Him. The Irrevocable Repentance indicates that the Station of Utter Purityhas ended and the Station of Improvement(Sal�h Makam�) begins. The Station ofImprovement is the seventh station of theSainthood and the 28th stage. The firstlevel (rank) of the Station of Improvementis the Invitation to the Irrevocable Repentance. What Allahß Teal� says isrepeated one by one and Allahß Teal�makes the person reach the standardswhere the Irrevocable Repentance is realizable. How does He show him that hehas gone further? The person learns this

because Allahß Teal� makes known to himthat his sins have been covered after hisIrrevocable Repentance. Later on, AllahßTeal� will grant him a Light. The Light ofImprovement. It seems to be a cloud, but inreality, it is a light. However, it is not a verybright, shining light. What will Allahß Teal�do later? He will transform his sins intorewards at the fourth level. These eventsoccur according to the 8th verse of TahrimSura and the person attain to �irshad�(immaterial maturity). His (soul�s) hearthas been ornated 7 degrees at the Stationof �ßlß�l elb�b�, 7 degrees at the Station ofUtter Purity (�hl�s) and 4 degrees at theStation of Improvement (Sal�h). That person has come to a position to surrenderhis free will to Allah.

Allahß Teal� decrees so in the 102 verse of´l-Imr�n Sura:

Y� eyyuhellez�ne �menßttekull�he hakkatuk�tih� ve l� temßtunne ill� ve entummuslimßn(muslimßne).O you who are �menß (who wish to reachAllah spiritually before death and to surrender to Him)! Have �takv�� towardsAllah with a true takva [Be careful of yourduty to) Allah with the care which is due toHim] and do not die unless you are Muslims (unless you are submitted to Him,unless you fulfill your four surrenders, thatis, the surrenders of your spirit, your physical body, your soul and your free will).

The personage who has attained tosuch a point is the one the free will ofwhom Allah has connected (bound) to

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Himself and he has surrendered (to Him)with a total surrender. From this point on,the person will not decide any more withhis own free will. It is Allah who will decideand he will learn these decisions fromAllah and put them into effect. His free willis tied (connected) to the Will of Allah.Allahß Teal� makes the person the ownerof the Post of Irshad by the phrase: �Youare ordered and authorized to (lead mento) Irshad. Who are there beyond thisPost? There are the messengers in all thenations: The 6th rank. Who is there beyondthem? � The Imam (Religious Leader) ofthe Era: The 7th rank.

Behold, my dear brothers and sisters!all these men will go into the Gardens ofEden. That is to say, those who occupy the5, 6 and 7th ranks of the Station of

Improvement, in other words, those whoare ordered and authorized by Allahß Teal�to Irshad, all the messengers in all thenations and the Imam of the Era. Here, Ve�lAsr Sura is completed.

Eßz�billehimine��eyt�nirrac�m. Bismill�hirrahm�nirrah�m�I take refuge with Allah from Satan theRejected. In the Name of Allah, the All-Mercifull, the All-Compassionate.�

Vel asr(asri).�I swear by the Time.�

�nnel ins�ne le f� husr(husrin).�Mankind is in (utter) loss.�

�llellez�ne �menß�Except those who are �menß.�

Ve amilßs s�lih�ti. �And (except) those who do improvingdeeds [and (except) those who have begunto improve the soul (�s heart)]�

Ve tev�sav bil hakk(hakk�).�And (except) those who recommend (others, each other) to the Truth (Hakk,Allah) by having already reached Him�

Ve tev�sav bis sabr(sabr�).�And (except) those who recommend(others, each other) to Patience (thepossessors of the Stations of �ßlu�l elb�b�,�Ihl�s� and �Sal�h�.

My beloved brothers and sisters, yousee that, Ve�l Asr Sura has contained the28 stages of the whole Qur�an. We want tocomplete, God willing, our words here with

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our prayers that Allah may make all of youreach both the Bliss of Paradise and theworldly happiness, dear readers, my intimate friends, my cordial friends. MayAllah be pleased with all of you.

El-Fatih� together with the Benedictions

Peace be upon you and Allah�s mercy andHis benedicitions.

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