FOOTNOTES (16-30)
[16] Please see the twenty-first chapter of the sixth fascicle of Endless Bliss for the ’âlam-i-melekût.
[17] The devil can disguise himself in anything. Yet he cannot appear under the guise of any Prophet. So, when our blessed Prophet ‘’alaihis-salâm’ is dreamed of, it is definitely a sahîh and true dream. Therefore, such dreams are of documentary value for us.
[18] Both of them are Prophets. A Rasûl is a Messenger with his own dispensation, for Allâhu ta’âlâ has revealed a new religion to him. A Nebî, a Prophet as well, is one who has been sent to restore the dispensation of a Prophet previous to him.
[19] Please see the twentieth and the thirty-eighth chapters of the sixth fascicle of Endless Bliss.
[20] Please see the thirty-fourth chapter and the seventh sub-chapter of the thirty-sixth chapter, and also the final part of the sixty-seventh chapter of the second fascicle of Endless Bliss.
[21] He is one of the Tâbi’în. Formerly he was a Jew of Yemen, and converted to Islam afterwards. He was a scholar majoring in the Taurah. He passed away in Humus in 32 [652 A.D.]
[22] There is detailed information about ‘dhikr’ in the six fascicles of Endless Bliss, particularly in the twenty-fifth chapter of the fourth fascicle.
[23] This great book written by Hadrat Ghazâlî’s is in Arabic and is of five volumes.
[24] Its lexical meaning is ‘true, genuine’.
[25] Certainty of knowledge, definite belief.
[26] If a Muslim adapts his Islamic belief to the tenets of belief taught by the scholars of Ahl as-sunnat, perform all the acts that are farz and wâjib, avoids all the Islamic prohibitions called ‘harâm’, and observes all the ways and manners advised by our Prophet, inexplicable pieces of information called ‘ma’rifat’ begin to pour into his heart.
[27] Avoid worldly pleasures, permissible as they may be.
[28] The ninety-second âyat-i-kerîma of Yûsuf Sûra.
[29] Please see the first chapter of the fifth fascicle of Endless Bliss for information about ‘zakât’.
[30] ‘Weyl’ is a word to express torment. A person cries that word when he feels too weak to endure the torment being inflicted on him. ‘Sebûr’ also is used at times of perishment.