Otuz Üçüncü Söz

This joke is from the esteemed student Seyyid Şefik. I especially implore you to heal our poor, ailing heart from thirty-three directions with the Thirty-Third Word emanating from the palace of your heart. Seyyid Şefik • • •

Barla Lâhikası ·Mektup 45 ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Conclusion: How necessity appears from possibility; action from desire and unity from multiplicity—these entities absolutely point to their essence. Thus, the attributes such as design and dependence observed in existing things also absolutely point to the essence of the Designer and Provider, the Merciful Creator. The existence of these attributes, necessarily and obviously, points to the essence of a Designer and Provider, the Merciful Creator. Therefore, each existing thing, through its various aspects and in the language of these attributes, testifies to the names and attributes of the Necessary Being. If these testimonies are not accepted, one must deny all these attributes of existence. Twenty-Sixth Window COMMENTARY The beauties and perfections that appear and pass away on the surface of this universe indicate that they are like shadows of an eternal beauty. Indeed, just as the bubbles on the surface of a stream, after sparkling and vanishing, show that they are reflections of the rays of an eternal sun, so too the gleams of beauty on the flowing stream of time and on transient beings indicate and are signs of an eternal beauty. Also, the serious love in the heart of the universe indicates a Beloved who is eternal and without end. Indeed, just as something not inherent in the nature of a tree is shown to exist essentially in its fruit, so the serious divine love in the sensitive fruit of the tree of the universe—the human soul—shows that true love and affection exist throughout the universe, though in different forms. Therefore, this true love and affection in the heart of the universe indicate an Eternal Beloved.

Sözler ·Otuz Ucuncu Soz ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Fourth Window It is the acceptance of the prayers offered by all seeds in the language of competence; by all animals in the language of natural need; and by all distressed beings in the language of supplication. 1 Indeed, this acceptance and response of endless prayers, each of which testifies to necessity and unity and points to them, in total, in a great measure, clearly indicates and leads to a Creator who is Most Merciful and Most Generous and who responds. Fifth Window We see that things, especially living beings, come into existence in a sudden and momentary way. Yet, things that emerge from a simple substance in a sudden and momentary way should be very simple, formless, and devoid of art. However, they are formed with intricate patterns requiring great care and time, adorned with extraordinary arts requiring great skill, and composed in a manner requiring many materials. Indeed, this miraculous art and beautiful structure emerging in such a sudden and momentary way, each of which testifies to the necessity of a True Artisan and points to the unity of His lordship, in total, in a very clear manner, reveals an Absolutely Almighty, an Infinitely Wise Necessary Being. Now, O blind denier! Come on, how will you explain this? Will you explain it with your blind, helpless, ignorant nature like yourself? Or, making an immeasurable mistake, will you name that Holy Artisan as "nature," attribute His miraculous acts of power to nature under that name, and thus try to escape from this inescapable truth?

Sözler ·Otuz Ucuncu Soz ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Then, filling the earth with countless numbers of plants and animals with perfect wisdom and order, giving them life and making it joyful, and regularly renewing it by emptying it of death and again regularly filling it in the form of successive generations, thousands of tongues bear witness to the necessity and oneness of the Almighty and the All-Wise. In short: This earth is a museum of a hundred wonders of art, a gathering of a hundred marvels of creation, a procession of a hundred existences, a mosque of a hundred prayers and worship, and a place of rest and gathering. Since it is the heart of the entire universe, it displays as much light of oneness as the universe itself. So, O master geographer! If this earth, with its hundred heads and each head having a hundred tongues, proclaims Allah and you do not recognize Him, consider the degree of your sinfulness. Know that you are deserving of a terrible punishment. Beware, be cautious, and lift your head from the mire, and say: "I believe in Allah, the One in whose hand is the dominion of everything." Twenty-Third Window Who created death and life. Life is the most luminous and most beautiful miracle of the Divine Power. And it is the strongest and most brilliant proof of oneness. And it is the most comprehensive and clearest mirror of the manifestations of the Eternal. Yes, life, by itself, declares a Living, Self-Subsisting Being, encompassing all names and attributes.

Sözler ·Otuz Ucuncu Soz ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Second Window While things, bodies, and forms are in a shapeless, uncertain, and indeterminate state among infinite possibilities, suddenly they are given a very regular and masterly form of manifestation. For example, each human face, with its distinguishing signs that differentiate it from all others of the same species, and with its external and internal sensations and perfect wisdom, proves that this face is a very bright coin of unity. Each face, in a hundred ways, testifies to the existence of an Almighty Creator and points to His unity. In the same way, the collective image of all faces, that coin, shows the mind's eye that it is a unique seal belonging exclusively to the Creator of all things. O denier! To which mint can you entrust these coins, which cannot be imitated in any way, and the collective shining coin of unity? Third Window On the surface of the earth, the entire army of animals and plants, consisting of four hundred thousand different tribes, is trained and disciplined in an unparalleled way. Each has its own distinct food, form, weapons, clothing, instructions, and training, all arranged with perfect balance and organization. Nothing is forgotten, nothing is missed, and everything is carefully arranged and trained in a way that leaves no room for doubt. This is a coin of unity as bright as the sun. Who else, except for an infinite power, an encompassing knowledge, and an endless wisdom, could possibly manage this amazing administration? Because, the interwoven creatures and nations, all together, cannot be governed and trained by anyone. If someone were to interfere with one of them, they would certainly cause confusion. But in reality, with the secret of "So turn your vision; do you see any disorder?" there is no sign of confusion. Therefore, not even a single finger can cause confusion.

Sözler ·Otuz Ucuncu Soz ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

And the ground surfaces, which are arranged as living things in the future, will give a brighter testimony. Because they will be created again from nothing, placed in a place to be sent, perform a duty, and then be sent. O you, who have clung to nature and have sunk to the degree of being drowned in the swamp! How can something that has neither a wise and powerful spiritual hand reaching to the past and future, nor any existence, mix into the life of this ground? Can chance and nature, which are as rare as you are, mix into this? If you wish to escape, say, "Nature is at most a book of divine power. Chance is a hidden curtain of divine wisdom covering our ignorance," and approach the truth. Twenty-Fifth Window Just as a hammer necessarily strikes, a skillful work requires a craftsman. A child necessitates a father. A throne necessitates sovereignty, and so on. All the relative qualities, which are called contingent matters, and even the possibility seen in the parts of this universe and in its overall order, show necessity. And all the effects seen in them show an action. And the createdness seen in the whole shows authorship. And the multiplicity and composition seen in the whole necessitate unity. And necessity, action, authorship, and unity necessarily require subjects that are not possible, not caused, not composite, not created, but necessary, acting, and singular, and the creator of all. Therefore, obviously, all the possibilities, all the effects, all the createdness, all the multiplicity and composition in the entire universe testify to a Necessary Being, an Eternally Active Doer, the Creator of All, and the Unique and Sole.

Sözler ·Otuz Ucuncu Soz ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Fourth Window It is the acceptance of the prayers offered by all seeds in the language of competence; by all animals in the language of natural need; and by all distressed beings in the language of supplication. 1 Indeed, this acceptance and response of endless prayers, each of which testifies to necessity and unity and points to them, in total, in a great measure, clearly indicates and leads to a Creator who is Most Merciful and Most Generous and who responds. Fifth Window We see that things, especially living beings, come into existence in a sudden and momentary way. Yet, things that emerge from a simple substance in a sudden and momentary way should be very simple, formless, and devoid of art. However, they are formed with intricate patterns requiring great care and time, adorned with extraordinary arts requiring great skill, and composed in a manner requiring many materials. Indeed, this sudden and momentary emergence of such wonderful art and beautiful structure, each of which testifies to the necessity of a True Artisan and points to the unity of His lordship, in total, in a very clear manner, reveals an Absolutely Almighty, an Infinitely Wise Necessary Being. Now, O blind denier! Come on, how will you explain this? Will you explain it with your blind, helpless, ignorant nature like yourself? Or, making an immeasurable mistake, will you name that Holy Artisan as "nature," attribute His miraculous acts of power to nature under that name, and thus try to escape from this in a thousandfold impossible way?

Sözler ·Otuz Ucuncu Soz ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)

Here, these events that we see at every moment, the new and countless lives and the souls, which are the originals and essences of these lives, coming into being and being sent from nothingness, show the necessity of existence and the livingness of a Necessary Being and the Living and Sustaining (Hayy al-Kayyûm), His attributes of majesty and His Most Beautiful Names, just as the sun shown by the sun's rays. A man who does not recognize and accept the sun is compelled to deny the feast that fills the day. Similarly, a man who does not recognize the sun of Oneness, the Living and Sustaining, the Giver of life and the Taker of life, must deny the existence of the living beings that fill the earth, past and future, and must fall below even the level of an animal by ten degrees, descending from the rank of life to become a blind ignorant fool! The Twenty-Fourth Window There is none like Him; all things perish except His Face. To Him belongs judgment, and to Him you will return. 1 Death is as much a proof of lordship as life. It is a very strong proof of Oneness. According to the verse, "Who created death and life," death is not annihilation, destruction, nothingness, or a meaningless end; rather, it is the termination of service, the transfer of place, the transformation of body, the release from duty and imprisonment of the body, and the liberation by a Wise Doer, as shown in the First Letter. Yes, just as the created beings and the living beings on the surface of the earth bear witness to the necessity of existence and Oneness of a Wise Creator, so too do these beings, through their deaths, bear witness to the eternity and Oneness of a Living Being.

Sözler ·Otuz Ucuncu Soz ·machine translation (qwen3-32b-sre)