Here I am in my grave, wrapped in my shroud. The mourners have left me. I am waiting for Your forgiveness and mercy. And I have seen with certainty that there is no god and no savior except You. Because of the ugliness of my sins and the wild form of my disobedience and the narrowness of that place, I call out with all my strength and say:
"O Allah, O Allah! O Most Merciful! O Most Kind! O Giver of Gifts! O Judge! Save me from the companionship of my ugly sins! Expand my grave! O Allah, Your mercy is my refuge, and the beloved one, whose mercy is for all creation, is the means to reach Your mercy. I do not seek refuge in anything except You, perhaps I seek refuge in myself and my condition to You.
O my Generous Creator and O my Merciful Lord! You are the one who created and shaped and made a servant, who is both a sinner and helpless, both heedless and ignorant, both noble and lowly, both a sinner and a sinner, both a jester and a master. Although I am a slave who has fled from You, after forty years I regret and wish to return to Your presence.
I turn to Your mercy. I confess my countless sins and faults. I am overwhelmed by suspicions and various ailments, and I turn to You with longing and need.
If You accept me with Your perfect mercy, forgive and show mercy, then it is indeed fitting for Your majesty, for You are the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
If You do not accept me, then to which other door shall I go? Which other door is there? There is no other Lord whose presence I can go to except Yours. There is no other true deity to whom I can turn.
There is none worthy of worship except You alone, with no partner, the last word in this world and the first word in the hereafter and in the grave: I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.
Lem'alar
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THIRTEENTH NOTE
It is about five matters that are the subject of controversy.
FIRST: Those who strive and struggle in the path of God, while they should only consider their own duties, fall into error by considering the duties of God Almighty and basing their actions on that. In the treatise "Edebü'd-Din ve'd-Dünya" it is stated: Once, Satan objected to the Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) and said: "Since everything is decreed by the Divine decree, throw yourself from this high place and see how you will die." The Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) replied:
1 "Indeed, Allah tests His servant, but the servant has no right to test his Lord." That is, "God Almighty tests His servant and says: 'If you do this, I will do this to you. Let me see you, can you do it?' He tests in this way. But it is not the servant's right or appropriate to test God Almighty and say: 'If I do this, will You do this?' Testing God Almighty in this way, in a manner of examination, is contrary to servitude and opposes submission."
Since the truth is this, a person should do his duty and not interfere with the duties of God Almighty.
It is well known that when Jalal ad-Din Khwarezm Shah, one of the Islamic heroes and who had defeated Genghis Khan's army many times, was going to war, his viziers and advisors told him: "You will be victorious. God Almighty will make you victorious."
He said: "I am obliged to act in accordance with the command of Allah on the path of jihad. I do not interfere with the duties of God Almighty. To make victorious or to defeat is His duty." This person, understanding the secret of submission, was miraculously victorious many times.
Lem'alar
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The master of civilization, the father of progress, and the founder of the so-called civilization of need, who has lifted his staff and commands you: Either you will surrender your freedom of life to the bandits in this wild desert, or you will ride the balloon of science and art in the field of civilization, and by reclaiming the stolen goods from those foreign hands, you will run toward the Kaaba of perfection.
And the Islamic nation, which in the rivers of the past and the plains of the present and the mountains of the future, like the heroes of your ancestors—Salah ad-Din al-Ayyubi, Jalal ad-Din Khwarezm Shah, Sultan Selim, Barbaros Hayreddin, and Rustem Zal—dwells in a tent like a family, honoring each other with the honor and dignity of others, and which is the most noble of noble lives, commands you with an absolute command: Each one of you must become a living example and a support of the life and happiness of the entire Islamic world and a personal model for the entire Islamic nation. For as the goal grows, so does the effort. And with the wave of Islamic effort, morality also develops and ascends.
And the legitimate constitutionalism, which is a cause of human happiness in the world and which, through the leaven of the legitimate consultation that liberates the individual will in freedom from the tyranny and oppression of despotism and domination, and which is the steam of the machine of national sovereignty and life, invites you, like everyone else, to a test, seeking to see your maturity of mind and your adult human being.
Divan-ı Harb-i Örfî
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THIRTEENTH NOTE
It is about five matters that are the subject of controversy.
THE FIRST: Those who strive and struggle in the path of God, while they should only consider their own duties, fall into error by considering the duties of God Almighty and basing their actions on that. In the treatise "Edebü'd-Din ve'd-Dünya," it is stated that once Satan objected to the Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) and said: "Since everything is decreed by the Divine decree, throw yourself from this high place and see how you will die." The Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) replied:
1 "Indeed, Allah tests His servant, but the servant has no right to test his Lord." That is, "God Almighty tests His servant and says: 'If you do this, I will do this to you. Let me see you, can you do it?' He tests in this way. But it is not the servant's right or appropriate to test God Almighty and say: 'If I do this, will You do this?' Testing God Almighty in this way, as if to examine His lordship, is a form of impropriety and is contrary to servitude." Since this is the truth, a person should fulfill their own duty and not interfere with the duties of God Almighty.
It is well known that when Jalal ad-Din Khwarezm Shah, one of the Islamic heroes and who had defeated Genghis Khan's army multiple times, was going to war, his viziers and advisors told him: "You will be victorious. God Almighty will make you victorious."
He said: "I am obligated to act in accordance with God's command and to move along the path of jihad. I do not interfere with the duties of God Almighty. To make victorious or to defeat is His duty." Because he understood this secret of submission, this person was miraculously victorious many times.
Lem'alar
·On Yedinci Lema
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