It is a joke from Asım Bey.
My esteemed Master, this time I have managed to complete three noble treatises, which I present for your approval and correction, and for your perusal. Each of these noble treatises is a fragrant garden from which a ray of truth springs. Especially the Lem'as of the Thirty-First Letter, which are the Mirkatü's-Sünne, are from Minhâcü's-Sünne and also from Tiryâk-ı Marazi'l-Bid'a, and they are inexhaustible to read. The spiritual joy and benefits felt from reading them are boundless. There are some sentences that we read repeatedly in the poorhouse before and after prayer and derive benefit from. Especially the Giritli Hasan Efendi cannot hold back his tears. It is well known that he is a Kadiri dervish. His attachment and love for the Master and especially for Gavsü’l-Âzam Sheikh Geylânî are at the highest degree.
My esteemed Master, this time the noble treatises have suffered a bit of delay. Do not attribute this to my negligence, ignorance, or carelessness. I am not complaining, but I humbly present this as a humble request. This year, Allah has bestowed much grace, kindness, and mercy upon me. For this praise and gratitude, I am countless times grateful. Since the Eid of Ramadan, I have been ill twice, and now I am in a state of impurity, which has caused a considerable delay in the completion of the noble treatises. Thank God, these illnesses are a divine grace. My health is returning thanks to the prayers of my Master.
Âsım
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It is a story of Asım Bey.
Minhâcü's-Sünne, which is the Fourth Lem'â of the Thirty-First Letter, is a noble treatise of great value and unmatched by its peers. It is indeed worthy of praise and commendation, and however much it is praised, it remains insufficient. Everyone who sees, reads, or hears it becomes delighted. Even those who are biased towards Alevism and Sunnism consider it highly. Even the representatives of these opposing sects cannot raise any objections or open a door for debate.
Asım
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February 15, 1934
In His name - and indeed, nothing exists but praises Him. 1
Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. 2
My dear, sincere, and attentive brother Re'fet Bey; First of all: At the end of the First Note of the Tenth Word, it says, "Yes, to create everything from one thing and to make everything into one single thing is a unique work belonging only to the Creator of all things." This sentence has been explained and proven in the annotations of the Twenty-Second Word, in the windows of the Thirty-Third Letter, and in the eleven words of the Twentieth Letter. The universality here is relative and customary. The intention in "to create everything from one thing" is not to create and invent all the beings of the world from one thing. Perhaps the intention is that from one thing, such as a single drop of water, the entire being of a human or an animal, every part and every organ is created, and from one thing, such as soil, all the plants and animals are created from it. Also, the universality in the sentence "to make everything into one single thing" is comparative and relative. That is, from every kind of food that a person eats, only a simple skin, blood, flesh, and so on are formed...
In conclusion: This universality means that to transform one thing into many different objects and to make many different objects into one single thing is unique to the Creator of all things.
Secondly: I am very pleased that you wrote Minhâcü's-Sünne in your own handwriting. Your handwriting is as pleasant to me as the handwriting of the late Abdurrahman.
Thirdly: It is a blessing that Tenekeci Mehmed Efendi has started to take care. May Allah make him successful. We are helping him with our prayers. And he, as he reads, should also help us with his prayers. I pray for Bedreddin, his mother, and his grandfather. In my opinion, Sezai Bey is like a Zekai of Isparta. I also want to see him. But now, physically and mentally, it is difficult. Indeed, I told you that Said's physical presence is not important for you to desire to speak with him. Your teacher, Said, is with you in conversation as you open each treatise. The brother of the Hereafter, Said, is with you every morning and evening at the divine gathering through prayer. Sezai Bey can see his teacher and his brother whenever he wants. 3 You hear of the one who is...
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The interpretation of the three noble verses on which the seventh Lem'ah of the Thirty-First Letter is based is in a wonderful style. Especially the second aspect of the second and first Vech, which is a way of informing about the unseen, is in an unheard-of manner. From the third Lem'ah of this letter, which expresses the meaning of the verse "Everything is perishing except His Face. To Him is the judgment, and to Him you will return," I have greatly benefited from the two truths shown in the sentences "You are the Everlasting, You are the Everlasting, You are the Everlasting, You are the Everlasting." It is strange that this blessed work begins with the noble verse "Indeed, Allah confirmed His messenger's vision with the truth," as if indicating the vision of this poor person and saying: "The palace you saw in your dream is the vision mentioned in this verse, which belongs to the Honored of the Two Worlds (peace and blessings be upon him), and it has been dissolved by the sign of a finger and with the permission of the Almighty." By reminding of the miracle that the sun stood still for an hour for His honor, as mentioned in the Nineteenth Letter, it says, "O heedless one, follow the Sunnah!" In the letter narrating this dream, by the result of the benefit derived from the first and second Lem'ahs of the Thirty-First Letter and the first rank of the first Remz of the Twenty-Ninth Letter, by stating a kind of authorized interpretation of the noble verse "Everything is perishing except His Face," which I mentioned at the end of my spontaneous expression, a very elegant and magnificent response is given to my letter. The first rank of the fourth Lem'ah of the Thirty-First Letter is truly worthy of being called "The Way of the Sunnah."
First point: While showing the degree of compassion of the Honored Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) towards his ummah and that he is indeed the intercessor for those who are deprived, it reminds of the verse from the late Master Süleyman Efendi's noble birth:
"When you were a child, you desired the ummah,
Now you have become a husband, you abandon the Sunnah."
It teaches the people of the ummah, to whom he belongs, the importance of adhering to the Sunnah.
Second point: The Honored Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), our Master's blessed descendants, until the Day of Judgment.
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