THIRD VOLUME, 34th LETTER

Do not leave the way guided by our superiors! Serve the disciples and guests very well! Hold fast to the Sharî’at! Adhere to Rasûlullah’s Sunnat! Avoid bid’ats! Do not keep company with bid’at holders. Run away from them! It is stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf, “Bid’at holders will be dogs for people tormented in Hell.” Never forget this hadîth-i-sherîf! Never make bid’at [changes] in the way shown by our superiors! Fayz and barakat will keep coming from our superiors as long as bid’ats are not made. Always look for ways to please Allâhu ta’âlâ! Endeavour to attain His ma’rifat! Run in the direction whence you sense the smell of this blessing! The purpose of one’s coming to this world is to attain this blessing. It is a shame to have to say that what should be yearned for is being vacated. Other things are being run after, instead. May Allâhu ta’âlâ save you and us from the slumber of busying ourselves with creatures. May He bless us with the lot of looking for Him! May he protect us against falling for the sequined beauty of creatures! The cruelties and misfortunes befalling us are the consequences of our ill deeds. The statement,

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“Your commanders are your deeds,” is a hadîth-i-sherîf. Try to correct yourself! Cling to wara’ and taqwâ! The second âyat of Talâq sûra purports, “We (shall) save people of wara’ from troubles.”