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EXISTENCE
CONTENTS
1. Preface 1
2. Preface 2
3. Translator’s Note
4. Introduction
5. Divine Unity - Oneness
6. What does Existence mean? Are there any other Existences apart from the only one Existence?
7. Divine Unity in Multiplicity (Manyness)
8. Multiplicity (Manyness) in Divine Unity
9. A Wise Poem “Absolute Truth - Divine Reality” (Written by the Author)
10. Existence and the ranks (stages) of the Existence (Formation)
11. Existence is One and the Manifestations -the signs- of the Existence are seven
12. What is Spirit?
13. The Perfect Man
14. The Entrance (Inspirations) of the Spirits into Human Body
15. The Return of Spirits back to the World where they came from
16. The Perfect Man is just like Active Lime
17. The Perfect Man is like Silk
18. The Path of God
19. The Path of Hz. Ali
20. The Path of Hz. Abu Bakir
21. The Remembrance of God
22. Death
23. The Earth
24. Dabbetül Ard- Dadjal (Antichrist) and Mahdi
25. Adam and the Earth
26. The Skies (the Heavens)
27. The Doctrine of Trinity (Triplicity) in Christianity
28. The Seven Nafs (Seven Stages -stations- of the Carnal Soul)
29. Four Maqams (Ranks), Four Alems (Worlds, Heavens)
30. Some facts hidden in Number 4
31. Spirits and the kinds of Spirit
32. Four Archangels
33. Some Facts and Expressions (Terminology) in Islamic Sufism
34. Connection
35. The Mission of the Prophets-Messengerhood
36. Apostleship and Sainthood- the Friends of God
37. Spiritual Leadership
38. Caliphate
39. Polarity (Major Axial Saints)
40. The King of Sainthood
41. The Sultan of the Friends of God
42. Inheritance
43. Hypocrisy
44. The Kaaba-the House of God
45. Notes
46. Sources
PREFACE 1
SUFISM IS THE ESSENCE - KERNEL- OF RELIGION
As it is known, every scholar has interpreted religion according to himself, from his point of view. The problem is to choose the most proper one for the essence of religion. Religious interpretation of the Sufis is the most appropriate for Islam because Sufism is the teaching of the essence of religion. It is not interested in the exterior aspects, rules and canonical laws, shortly in details. Sufism tries to teach Allah, Nature, Man and the realities of them. The beauty, order and wisdom in nature are the reflections of Allah on the nature. Nature is the work of Allah and Man is the greatest work of Him, because he is consisted of a body and Spirit (Mind). He is the most superior of all the worlds because he is the synthesis of the inner and outer worlds. Sufis try to live this knowledge, order, wisdom and beauties in nature and see the physical and spiritual beauties in human and learn the divine realities of them.
“He who knows himself (his essence) knows God.”
Briefly, Sufism is the Knowledge of Allah, Wisdom and Love. Sufis know that Allah is the essence of Man (Human) and nature. This is infinite knowledge and wisdom. To know the Absolute Existence is to fall in love with this Absolute Beauty. Sufism does not deal with the Canonical Law and Jurisprudence. It does not care about the Catechism except enough knowledge for performing the worship. Shariat (Law) and Tariqat (Way) are not his aims or objectives and they are not the essential but only the details, symbols and ways.
“A Sufi looks for Allah, who has encompassed both the Earth and the Heavens and who is the infinite knowledge, beauty and energy, in human and in his heart.”
Again, a Sufi would like to learn wisdom (True Knowledge) and divine reality through deep contemplation and to love the Divine Beauty (the Absolute Beauty) through the beauties of human and nature, that is to say, he tries to acquire real love by metaphorical love.
The result of this is good moral qualities and honesty, which means to consider the benefits of the society more than his own benefits and to be realistic and sincere by abstaining completely from hypocrisy. It is to struggle against his own carnal self and desires but not of the others’, leaving all kinds of fights, arguments, temptations, corruption and intrigue. It is to be merciful, generous and be pleased with the little in this life and also to oppose violence and terror.
A real Sufi is against formal (disguise) Islam. He does not pay any importance to Madrasa, Tekke (convent) and Mascid (places of worship). He finds reality in himself and seeks Allah in his heart. His place of worship is his heart because the real tekke and mascid (mosque) is the Heart. The most important thing for the heart is the Remembrance (Ziqr) and the Love of Allah (the Remembrance of the heart and the love of the heart). This is not an external remembrance or physical love.
It is deep contemplation (thinking), remembrance (to remember Allah and never forget Him) and more importantly, to love God, the Perfect Man (Adam), who is the great and mysterious work of Him, his children and nature.
It is to become mature while being immature and to reach divine perfection. All the Sufis have explained it in this way. This humble servant (fakir) has already explained Sufism in details in the books we have written so far, such as: “Varlık (Existence), İslâm’ da Mezhepler ve Yükseliş (The Religious Sects in Islam and Ascending)”, “Muhammed-İsa-Adem (Muhammad-Jesus-Adam)” and in others. Yunus Emre and Sayyid Ahmed er Rufai Hz. also summarized Sufism, which is a divine sea, as follows:
Yunus: “Shariat and Tariqat is a way for the one who reaches them.
Marifat (Divine Wisdom) and Hakiqat (Divine Reality) are in the heart.”
And Sayyid Ahmed er Rufai Hz. said:
“The heart of a Sufi is lighted with love,
His spiritual heart is broad (comforted).
With the Divine Light of Gnosis”
(His bosom is not depressive)
We believe in these two precepts and try to find them.
See what the Sufi Poet Neyzen Tevfik said about this subject:
“Sufism stands up to ignorance in Islam
Forget about Rafizi, Alawi, Sunni, all of them
Take offence at all of them,
Mecca, Medina, Karbala, Jerusalem
Their meaning in appearance is ornamentation
I do not care for Masjid, Madrasa, Monastery, and Church, Vatican…”
(*) Poet Neyzen Tevfik meant to say that the striking appearance of these rituals is ornamentation. However, he indicates that he is respectful to the real meanings of these places.
March 10th, 2000 Alanya
KAZIM YARDIMCI (1936-Adıyaman)
Sources: “Yunus Divanı”, “Onların Alemi” by Sayyid Ahmed er Rufai, 25th hadith
PREFACE 2
My human brother/sister, who has read a great deal and become tired so much but who is still seeking the truth!
The comments and the opinions of the idealist, materialist, classical and septic philosophers and of scholastic theology, which is a kind of philosophy, as well as their discussions must have exhausted you very much so far. It is also a very difficult work to find the realities of Sufism hidden in hundreds of books. (In fact, Sufism has not been a completely written work in the form of a book yet.)
In this book, called "Existence", you will understand and see that the Absolute Existence is God and the real dialectic is the Divine Dialectic. (God is one; His hands are two) You will read about Mystical Philosophy (Divine Mystical Thought) in this book, in a different way compared to the other books you have read so far and I think and hope that you will be relieved, comforted with the help of God.
After you read this book, I suppose you will accept that those who do not read directly the works of the materialist and anti-materialist philosophers but read the books of the critics, who only support them, can only be an ordinary materialist or an idealist.
In addition to this, you will understand that the Absolute Existence-nature- has lots of mysteries and you will be aware of God who is the Absolute Existence and of the objective world which is one of His manifestations, changing and renovating every instant, and of man, together with the inner meanings of all of them. After you realize them, you will accept that you will need to make a new effort in order to obtain all these realities and to gain freedom "personality" (theory and practice).
You will also get the opportunity to learn a great deal of religious and Islamic knowledge in a shorter way and in a more different form than the traditional doctrines, although as a summary.
Besides, you will find the holiness of LABOUR, which is the energy and the function of God and of man who is the most perfect sign of Him, directly in our Holy Book, "the Koran".
Kâzım YARDIMCI
TRANSLATOR’ S NOTE
This valuable book called "EXISTENCE" is based on scientific and true religious knowledge containing the clear explanations and the answers of the difficult questions and matters you have searched for a long time about Islamic Sufism.
The growing desire for Divine Unity, cooperation, peace and friendship especially for the infinite beauty has made the translation of this book from Turkish into English necessary. We are grateful to the dear writer of this book "Kâzım YARDIMCI" for giving us this permission and opportunity.
The special care and effort shown in order to be faithful to the original Turkish text and closer to the meaning and underlying idea of the original has come true with the great assistance of Him.
The contents of the book indicate the importance and seriousness of it. Leaving the best word to the writer, I advise you to read it immediately, as it is exceeding me to write more on the interpretation of such deep subjects.
H. Nalân Şehirlioğlu
This book called "Existence" was written with the favor and grace of Allah and His Prophet, and particularly with the permission of the pure and Divine Spirit of Hazrat Ali, who is the King of Sainthood, the Scientist of the Universe and under the high supervision of Sayyid Abd-ul Qadir Gilani and Sayyid Ahmed ar Rufai (May peace be upon them!) in order to be useful and helpful for humanity and for those who are in bewilderment. It is also hoped that it will assist the followers of the Path of God who seek the truth. If it is beneficial, the happiness of it will content us. Spiritual guidance and help is from Allah, the Merciful. Allah is the one who knows the best. Glory and the grateful praise to Allah, who is the Lord of the Universe! I send my compliments and regards to my dear Prophet Muhammad Mustafa, the Most High Prophet of Allah, the Sun of Truth and to His Pure Family (Ahl-al Bayt) and to His distinguished Companions (Ahsab).
KAZIM YARDIMCI
INTRODUCTION
DIVINE UNITY- ONENESS
BİSMİLLAHİRRAHMANİRRAHİM
(In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful)
"Kulhüvallahü ahed - Say: He is Allah, He is One." (Al-Ikhlas, 1)
The Koran is the literal word -kelâm- of Allah. The Koran has an outer and an inner meaning. Its outer meaning is general but its inner meaning is special. Its inner meaning is very deep and based on high Divine contemplation. The Koran is more scientific than the most scientific book. It cannot be known by only reading it as some mullahs think. Today everybody knows how difficult algebra and mathematics are. Reaching the real meaning of the Koran is much more difficult than these subjects. The Koran cannot be read and understood when its grammatical structures are learnt as some hodjas claim, especially the chapters and the verses about the Divine Unity of God and spirituality.
Whereas, The Koran came in order to illuminate humanity and to teach us the knowledge we do not have. It has not come to be read and forgotten by us. It is possible to understand it if we read the works of walis -Sufi saints- and the Friends of God who are the Scholars of Divinity- which contain the deep commentaries of the Koran. Allah, who is the Compassionate, reveals the highest meaning of the Koran to His servants-men-with His Mercy at the beginning of every century.
DIVINE UNITY - ONENESS
"Say He is Allah, He is One." (Al-Ikhlas, 1)
"Hu" is the subject pronoun "He" in Arabic. We are going to explain the pronoun "Hu" in this chapter. As you know "He" is a subject pronoun just like "I, you, we........", it is not an adjective. Subject means the thing itself - its presence or its entity. Adjective means the definition and the description of an object. For example, "rose" is a noun; the redness or the whiteness of the rose is the quality or attribute of it. The names of God such as; Rahman-The Merciful, Afuv - Pardoner, Gafur-The Forgiver, All Forgiving and His similar names are His attributes. "Hu" is His presence, Himself. For this reason, God said in the Koran "He is God and He is One -sole, peerless, and unique".
WHAT DOES EXISTENCE MEAN? ARE THERE ANY OTHER EXISTENCES APART FROM THE ONLY ONE EXISTENCE?
"The one who exists means the one who proves His existence. The one who exists means the one who shows His existence."
The proof of the presence of the existence is in its influence or in its visibility. When we observe ourselves, and our surroundings, we see that an existence is present and it is surrounding us from six directions. We also think and see the existence we observe and the creation of Him on the earth and in the sky accepted as His manifestations. Then, we both see and feel as well as we think about the presence of the existence. The problem is to accept it. The presence of the existence is clear just like the sun. Existence exists and He is infinite and eternal but non-existence is absent. Existence cannot be created out of nothingness and existence cannot be non-existent. If existence exists, there is no non-existence; if there is non-existence, there is no existence. Since the presence of the existence is proved, then there is no such a thing called as "non-existence". The word “non-existence” is used in grammar as an agent in order to define “existence” more fluently.
"Whoever knows his self (his nafs), knows his Lord". (1)
"O my God! Show me the origin -the essence, the reality - of the Creation." (2)
These sayings of the Prophet Muhammad enlighten our subject and lead us to the essence - kernel- of the reality. What is the origin of the manifestations and the creation -the visible objects-? While our great Prophet was praying, he said: "O My Lord! Show me the origin of the creation!" God the Most High told him to look above. When the Prophet looked above, a Melekut (Angelic Kingdom) circle, a Ceberut (World of the All-Powerful) circle and the source of the Existence was seen to him as a Lahut (Heavenly Kingdom) circle. Then, that very thoughtful Prophet understood it. He picked up a piece of stone from the ground and broke it. He broke it into small pieces, put them in his hand and observed. He saw that a piece of stone consisted of some particles, in the shape of small circles and he learnt the reality by the help of his Lord. He realized that man (human) consisted of atoms -small circular pieces - as all the other objects did.
Thereupon, he said: "He who knows himself knows his Lord". He knows his origin. The great Prophet absolutely knew that everything was the manifestation of the Great Eternal Existence who spreads everywhere. He definitely knew that the essence, the origin of the creation was God. He revealed this knowledge to humanity with the sacred saying mentioned above. So, big or small, the origin of everything consists of small, circular shaped particles and the essence of them is the absolute existence God- Allah.
A circle is 360 degrees, it does not have a beginning or an end, it enlarges and stretches out to infinity, it becomes small and stretches out to infinity. Let us have a look at our environment: We see and accept the Universe as a big circle. The circle is a big point and the point is a small circle. "Pi" (the symbol of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter) is the proof of it. When we divide the circumference of a point, which is a small circle, and a circle, which is a big point, even the circumference of the Universe by its diameter, we get the same Pi number.
An atom is the smallest particle. This is very important. Muhiddin-i Arabi, (3) Abd-al Qadir Gilani (4), Sayyid Ahmad ar Rufai (5), Jalaluddin Rumi (6) and all the Sufi saints had claimed that Plato (7), who accepted atom as the first cause, and Maturidy (8) and Ashari (9), who were influenced by him, were wrong. Today the theory of the first cause as supported by Maturidy and Ashary and their philosophy were disproved when atom was split.
The science of this age has proved that the Sufis of Islam were right and atom was not the First Cause. The scientists of Islam explained and proved that the First Manifestation of God was the Great Muhammadan Spirit -the Divine Light of Muhammad- that was created from the Divine Light of God's person. When the smallest particle of atom was split, it did not vanish as Maturidy and Ashary had claimed, but just the contrary, it became larger and stretched out to infinity. This proved that nothing was created from absence (non-being) and the origin of everything is light, electricity, energy or the Divine Light called "NUR".
Existence has no edge. It is endless, infinite. If the existence had a limit or an edge, then, there would be an absence in the place where it finished. Non-existence cannot be accepted by logic, intelligence and by science. Absence is not existed. The most beautiful explanation of this is as follows:
"The presence exists, the absence does not exist”. It is the meaning of "Lâilâhe illallah"; "Lâ" proves absence and “illa” proves presence; that is why, this beautiful word is called "Nef-i İsbat" (the proof of non-existence).
A circle is complete; there is no starting point or ending point in a circle. Every point of the circle is both the beginning and the ending point. Just like this, existence has no beginning or ending. He is the First and the Last.
Existence is eternal and never ending. There is no limit to the existence. If He has a limit, then the absence or nothingness starts and science does not accept non-existence (nothingness). Therefore, the Existence is unique, absolute and eternal. He is unique and sole because He does not have an edge or a limit and He cannot be split. Existence is whole and complete because absence is proved to be non - existent. He has no limit or no edge so He is endless and unique. He is the only One (sole).
All the things -objects- are the temporary beings seen on the Existence without being separated. They look like the foam of sea. The foam are limited, they may be big or small but they all belong to the sea which surrounds them. Between two waves, there is sea that connects and creates them. What surprises us is the objects and the shapes. Everything is the sign of this unique and endless Existence. There are not any objects that have a space between them. We think the emptiness as nothingness (absence). In fact, there is always something in the place we think as empty, such as: invisible gases or air bubbles etc...
Existence is one, sole and unique. For example, everything has a similarity, pair or a match. Man is one, trees and everything is one by one or one each, but there are other men, other trees or other things. God, who is edgeless or limitless, has no similar beings. God is One and He is unique. There are many things but God, who created everything from Himself and gave them a shape or a figure, who is absolute, endless and eternal existence, is Sole-One.
As mentioned above, a circle is a point and a point is a small circle. In geometry, the formula of a point and a circle is the same. Pi is the proof of it. A being is a point, it becomes big and stretches out to infinity, it becomes small and stretches out to infinity again. It never ceases to exist or becomes lost because non-existence is non-existent. If we pour out some water onto a flat surface, it spreads over a large space. If we put it back, it is again a glass of water. When it becomes larger or smaller, it does not increase or decrease in amount. Its weight does not change. An existence does not exist from nothingness and become non-existent. The presence of the existence is proved. There is no non-existence because existence has no limits. If we accept a limit or an edge, non-existence starts and intelligence (reason) refuses it. Therefore, "Non-existence" does not exist. Does it need any other explanations?
Can non-existence be present? If it is present, it becomes an existence. Then, whatever exists is in Existence. An Existence exists so that we can talk about and think about it. If non -existence existed, existence would not exist and we would not exist. There would be nothing and nobody who could think or could be thought about, who could see or could be seen. This life, these actions, this voice, this sound, these thoughts, excitements and pleasures would not exist. Accepting non-existence means looking for a second existence, which means forcing yourself to make the impossible possible. It is a kind of madness or stupidity.
There cannot be two existences because existence refuses duality. He is infinite and He has no edges or limits. Existence does not accept divisibility either. If it is divided, it is limited. There is no limit, no side to the Absolute Existence who is the essence, the origin of the creation.
Infinity… This means Divinity, Deity and Eternity.
Every single object consists of single points. Sea consists of thousands of water drops, matter consists of thousands of atoms, man consists of thousands of cells etc... Whatever we divide into parts, we see individual points. Raindrops fall one by one; every raindrop draws a circle and stretches out to infinity. When we mention stars or when we talk about houses, animals, human beings and so on, we observe a "Divine Unity" in them. They are the masses of single things.
A person calls his house “my house”. In fact, the children of the house, the maids, the cat even the mouse of the house call it "my house". It is the same with God. God does not belong to anybody. He is the God of everybody and everything. Everything is under His dome of Mercy. He sees and cares for everybody. He protects, helps and gives everybody according to their wishes. We quarrel and do harm to each other. He never gives up looking after His creatures. How can He give up? Everything, good or bad, lofty or common are the manifestations -the visible signs- of His Merciful (Jamal-Divine Beauty) and Wrathful (Jalal-Divine Majesty) attributes.
DIVINE UNITY IN MULTIPLICITY (MANYNESS)
When we look at the surface of sea, we can see millions and millions of air bubbles and hundreds of waves that are connected to each other. These limited bubbles and waves are actually the different signs of the exuberant sea. There are lots of bubbles and waves but the origin of them is only one sea. When they are re-changed, the sea is left. The formation and the increase of the bubbles and also the re-destruction of them neither increase nor decrease it. They do not change the Divine Unity of it either.
The pool with a fountain, which is full at a certain amount, is just like this. When we turn on the fountain, the water in the pool springs up and thousands of water drops rise. They draw a curved line and return to the pool. There is no change in this process. We can obviously see the event of the increase by rising from the pool and becoming one again, after returning to the pool. This event neither decreases nor increases the amount of the water in the pool. Water is the same water, the weight is the same weight and the Divine Unity has not changed at all.
It is the same with fruit as it happens in everything. If we open the inside of a fig or a pomegranate, we observe that one fruit consists of thousands of seeds. Thousands of single seeds get together and form one fruit. One dominates.
(MANYNESS) MULTIPLICITY IN DIVINE UNITY
Multiplicity in Divine Unity can easily be seen in the examples given for the Divine Unity in multiplicity. Sea is one and sole. However, there are many bubbles in the sea. Sea creates foam from itself. They are made of water in structure. Their origin is sea. They are also the sea.
There is also the subject of existing afterwards. That is right; there was not any foam before. They were made of sea that existed before them and the sea was present even without the foam. They did not exist from absence. They existed from the sea and they are another form of the sea. The expression "existing out of nothingness" refers to this meaning.
If there were not an existence, the other beings would not be present. There can be no existence out of nothingness. The existence of foam depends on sea, they are in need of sea and the presence of sea does not depend on foam. Sea can be present without foam but the foam and the waves cannot exist without sea. Sea is also bigger than all of them are and it contains everything. Similarly, the entire Universe and all the things were created afterwards, just like the foam and waves. The great Existence, who has no limits, is Infinite.
The universe was created afterwards but from the eternal, infinite and limitless existence God. They are the visions, the signs or the manifestations in different forms and images of the Sea of Divine Light (Nur), just like the foam and the waves. For, non-being is not existent, thus, there can be nothing from non-being. They disappear again in the Absolute Existence, as the waves and foam do. God, who is the absolute presence, is eternal and constant. When we say, "they no longer exist" or "they annihilate", we mean that they look like the destruction of the forms of the bubbles or waves in the sea and the merging of the water drops of the fountain because presence never stops existing and existence never exists from absence. We will always think about this and keep it in mind. Since existence is always proved, absence is not present. Existence is endless and infinite, as it has been proved to have no boundaries. This is the Divinity.
God never accepts a boundary. Nobody can say that God has a limit because there is no place where God is not present. Therefore, the creation is the various signs of God. They are Himself. There is no place where He ends so that He creates something out of nothing. If we assume in this way, intending to defend the name of God "Kâdir" (Almighty-All-Powerful), we limit the presence of God. While we are defending one of the names of God incorrectly, we are insulting Him.
The meaning of "He created from absence (out of nothing)" implies that, at the beginning, there was nothing (no creation), there was only God. The creation of multiplicity became visible afterwards, just like the foam on the sea but from God, who is an infinite sea of Divine Light.
"Ela innehu bi külli şey'in muhit - Surely He-God encompassed everything." (Fussilat, 54)
Therefore, everything is in Him, He is not in anything. This verse is an apparent proof for those who look for the reality.
There is an enormous existence, who is light and power, who has not existed from non-existence, who has no beginning and no end, who has no other exterior, at the same time, limitless; as a result: unique, eternal and complete and His Divine Unity is obvious.
He is such an existence that all the creation consists of Him. They are annihilated, destroyed and hidden in Him and He is always present.
He is such an existence that He is the First and the Last, the Seen and the Unseen.
He is such an existence that He has not existed out of nothing.
He is such an existence that He does not stop existing.
He is such an existence that He is Sole and Unique.
He is such an existence that He is Infinite and eternal Divine Light.
Now, we are asking those who do not believe in God: Then, what is this enormous Existence? What can this eternal, unique and limitless Existence be if he is not God? What does “past eternity” and “pre-eternity” mean? What does the endless and infinite light express?
What does "having no edge or no limit" mean? What is the meaning of "sole, eternal existence"? Which philosopher has ever described these concepts? Which philosophy has ever denied or can deny these realities? Who can this enormous existence be apart from God, which is the Sole Existence? He is eternal in the past and eternal in the future, constant and mysterious.
When we look at our surrounding and the Universe, we see the Sun, which is the source of immense light and constantly illuminating the Sky and our Earth, which maintains the life of outer space with its heat and energy. We also see billons of stars, planets and the Moon. These billions of stars are proportional both to the Sun and to themselves. They are put in such an order that if one of them is out of order, the rest of them will be in out of order.
Some people deny this order and proportion done by millions of careful calculations. Human conscience cannot accept that much cruelty.
Coincidence means rarity. It is madness to accept billions and boundless coincidences and it is the biggest insult towards to holy concept called "intelligence". It also insults human- beings. Apart from these, it is proved scientifically that united molecules are proportionally consisted of atoms. This proportion is more endless and more countless than the stars are. These compounds are always in proportion to the number of atoms. For example, water contains 2 Hydrogen atoms and 1 Oxygen atom and it helps the biological life. When three oxygen atoms are combined, ozone, which is poisonous, is formed. All the compounds are proportional like this and they are also infinite. Coincidence means rarity. Billions and endless proportions cannot be called as coincidences.
The structure of the atoms is also in this way. They are in proportion to the numbers of the electrons. The number of electrons is different in the atoms of each element. That is why; it has been proved that none of these elements can be formed by man. Man will never be able to create the atoms of gold, silver, copper, oxygen or hydrogen. Man has split atom but he will never be able to create atom. He is not capable of it. This is proved by science. God, who is the owner of the immense power, science and art, is the only One who can form the proportions in atoms. This orderly universe proves that God, who is infinite and who is the creation Himself, is an active and conscious scientist and a great artist.
Another quality of the infinity is: there is no possibility to see the unlimited existence as a whole. If He is seen completely, He is limited again. Since the Absolute Existence does not accept boundaries, we can see the presence as much as we are able to. Existence continues in the far distance of our sight and it stretches out to infinity. Similarly, when we look at the horizon, we see that the sky and the earth meet. When we look at the sea standing on the shore, we observe that the sea and the sky unite. However, the earth, the sky and the sea are present beyond the horizon too. Then, we can say that the part that we see is called the “exterior part of the Existence” and the part that we are not able to see is “the interior part of the Existence”. In fact, it has been stated in the Koran that:
"Hüvel evvelü vel âhiru vezzahiru vel batın ve Hüve bi külli şey'in Alim - He is the first and the last; the seen and the unseen and He -God knows everything." (Al-Hadid, 3)
It is really cruelty and ignorance not to believe and adore the Koran, the book of God, which described the sole, unique and the absolute Existence, who is God Himself, very beautifully and scientifically, 1400 years ago, and also “the Prophet Muhammad”, who is the great man and God's last and dear messenger.
"Allahüssamed - God does not need anything in His presence. His creation needs Him in order to exist and maintain their existence." (Al-Ikhlas, 2)
The absolute existence God is prior to the creation. He is the first and constant. The absolute Existence is free from the necessity in His presence. His existence is Himself. Since the existence of the immense presence, His Divine Unity, His infinity and His eternity have been proved, the non-existence of the absence has also been proved. The presence of the existence and the absence of the non -existence is compulsory. This is the reality because absence does not exist. The creation is the glory, the manifestation and the sign of the absolute Existence just like the foam and the waves on the sea and like the brightness of twilight. Foam, waves and twilight are the signs of the sea and the Sun. They are in need of them in order to exist. It is the same for shadow, which cannot exist by itself. The existence of shadow depends on light.
The sea, the Sun and the light have already been present before the foam, waves and twilight and they are the creators of them or the manifestations of them. All the creation and the Universe are the manifestations of God, who is eternal, limitless, infinite and unique. Actually, the science of this age has already proved that the origin of an atom is the smallest unit of the positive and negative electricity and the origin of this unit is eternal light - power, energy. It means that if we split and divide matter into its atoms, we meet an enormous, infinite accumulation of light. God has already said in the Koran: "The existence is Me and I am Divine Light (Nur) - radiance". The immense light is Huuuuuuu....
The presence of all things is in need of God. However, God longs for them too because God has the pleasure of being visible. He likes to manifest. That is why He said: "I was a hidden treasure, I liked to be known - to manifest- and I created the Universe, the Earth and all the other things." (10) He explained this reality in the Koran as follows:
"Allahü yebdeül halke sümme yu'idühü sümme ileyhi turce'ün - The source of all the creation (the creatures, things) is Allah, then they will return to that source” (Rum, 11) just like the pool with a fountain: all the water drops increase by springing up, they draw a curved line and then return to the pool again.
"Lemyelid velem yuled -God begot none nor was He begotten." (Al-Ikhlas, 3)
The absolute and the unique existence God did not increase or decrease anything from Himself by making the Universe and the Creation from Himself. The Prophet has explained this reality with his two sayings as follows:
"There was God and there was nothing else with Him." (11)
"If you hang down a piece of rope to the Earth, it would touch God." (12)
And by this, he wanted to clarify the state of God before He created all things and after He had created them. God and the last Prophet, who is His great scholar messenger, have explained the reality of Existence, who does not decrease or increase by manifesting in different shapes and signs, very amazingly and clearly. There is no change if we weigh the ball of string or weigh it again after unwinding it.
Let us think about the pool with a fountain which is full at a certain capacity; when we turn on the fountain, thousands of water drops are formed, they rise and fall down into the pool again. In this event, there is no increase or decrease in the pool. Something happens but the water in the pool is the same and the amount does not change. The water has not increased or decreased and the original structure has not changed.
God revealed in the Koran: "İnna lillâhi ve inna ileyhi raciun - We belong to God and to Him we shall return." (Al-Baqarah, 1)
With this verse, He explained that We are from God and we will return to Him again.
He transmitted with the following verse that the creation exists in Him and they will perish in Him just like the continuous springing up of the fountain: "Külle yevmin Hüve fi şa'n - He is in a glory, in a manifestation and in a vision every moment." (Al-Rahman, 29) He is eternal, unique, constant and everlasting. This verse shows that God is in a continuous, orderly and conscious movement.
If God, who is the sea of Divine Light, were not present, there would not be any creation. We are created from Him in that sea, we will be annihilated in Him in that sea but that sea will always remain everlasting.
"Küllü şey'in helikun illa vechehu -All things shall perish except Himself- His face." (Al- Qassas, 88)
Meditate on the high, scientific meaning of this verse for a while and think about the most high glories of the great person Muhammad, who revealed this to humanity.
"Velem yekün lehü küfüven ehad - None is equal to God." (Al-Ikhlas, 4)
How can God's creation and His creatures be equal to God? God is both the limitless and endless existence and He is Allah, who is the greatest of the greatest and who created everything from His presence, from His Divine Light. Therefore, “Everything is Him”. How can anyone or anything be equal to the One who is "Heme Ost - All is Him". What is the limited being, (it does not matter how big it is), when it is compared to the endless, limitless existence?
Billions of foam bubbles are not equal to the sea so everything is nothing in comparison to the absolute God, who has no boundaries. They cannot be equal to Him. The Koran explained it with the verse: "Leyse kemislihi şey'ün - None is equal to God (Nothing can be compared with God)." (Al-Shura, 11)
The creatures which have a limit cannot represent the One who has no limit. What is the temporary in comparison with the permanent? Things are nothing, not even a particle in comparison to God, who is the most high, an eternal immense Sea of Divine Light that has no shore. All the things also belong to Him, they are the manifestations or the glory of Him.
We have explained the meaning of the sacred verse, "Al -Ikhlas"
“Külhüvallahü ehad Allahüssamed, lem yelid, velem yuled, velem yekün lehü küfüven ahad” which is about the presence, the oneness, the Divine Unity and the infinity of God and which has also a special place in the Koran, as much as we could so far. We finish this chapter with a poem written by us as follows:
DIVINE REALITY
If you proved the existence of the existence
The mystery is solved, your struggle ended
The proof of the existence is to annihilate non-existence
This is the real meaning of LA and İLLA
Say with LA that non-existence does not exist
And with İLLA the EXISTENCE exists
This is the reality, the physical world is
The manifestation of the sole, absolute Existence
The sea becomes exuberant, declares the Divine Unity
Foam is the witness of the Oneness of the sea
Manyness exists in Unity and Unity in Multiplicity
Manyness is the sign of the Sole Entity
The beginning of the hundred thousand of foam
Is obviously known to be the sea
Foam bubbles are lost again in the sea
This is the proof that He is the last
The existence is a whole, He has no boundary,
For, non-existence is non-existent, no limit for existence
Thus, this is the Divinity, the ETERNITY
Creation is the manifestation of God Himself
It is absolute that nothing existed from non-existence
The Creation is from the Divine Light of God’s Person
It is impossible to see the infinite as a whole
Seen and hidden is HE, HE is the visible and the invisible
He reported that He is the First and the Last,
The Seen and the Unseen is Himself
The first is HU, the last is HU, the outer is HU and inner is HU
This is the explanation of LA and İLLA
KAZIM YARDIMCI /ADIYAMAN
EXISTENCE AND THE RANKS (stages) of THE EXISTENCE (Formation)
"Hüvel evvelü vel âhirü vezzahiru vel batin ve hüve bi külli şey'in Alim. Hüvellezi haleke semavati vel arda fi sitteti eyyamin sümmesteva alal arş - He is the first and the last, the seen and the unseen He is God and He has the knowledge of all things. He created the Heavens and the Earth in six days and mounted His Throne." (Al -Hadid, 3-4)
It means that He decided to govern from above to below. In another verse, it is revealed that:
"Yüddebirül emre minessemâi ilel ard- He governs all, from Heaven to Earth - from above to below, by His commandment." (Al-Sajdah, 5)
We will try to explain the manifestations of God, who is the sole and peerless Existence and the formation of the Universe and the Heavens, in the light of these verses.
EXISTENCE IS ONE AND THE MANIFESTATIONS -THE SIGNS- OF THE EXISTENCE ARE SEVEN
1- Oneness - Divine Unity: It is called "La taayyün - indefiniteness" in Sufism. This universe is the universe of the indefiniteness, mystery and invisibility in which the creation called "18 thousands worlds" has not been created yet in the eternal and absolute Existence. In this state, there is nothing else apart from the absolute presence - God. The Prophet explained this state with the following saying:
"There was God and there was nothing else with Him." (13)
It is such a universe that only God, who is the source of everything, exists there. There is nobody else who knows God except Himself. This universe is unknown for all the things because there has not been a manifestation yet. For this reason, the great people who have true knowledge of God called this universe "Lâ taayyün - the Universe of mystery and incomprehension."
2- The First Manifestation: The appearance of the universe of the mystery mentioned above is the beginning of the visibility of the Existence Himself. It resembles the dawning after the darkness and the lack of clarity of a cloudy night that has no Moon. The deep dark veil of mystery has been opened out and the unknown has started to be revealed. A light has appeared after the secrecy, uncertainty and invisibility. The presence of a reality of an Existence, a radiance has started to dawn and has been perceived. A piece of knowledge was born. God has explained His absolute secrecy and His Oneness with the sacred saying: "I was a hidden treasure; I liked to manifest - to appear, to be known - so I created all things and the stages of the manifestations." (14) In other words, "I manifested gradually by ranks, degrees (layers)".
The first appearance is called “The First Manifestation, the Universal (Cosmic) Intellect, the Universal Spirit or the Reality of Muhammad - Akl-ı Kül, Ruh-u Kül and Hakikat-ı Muhammediye”. This great spirit is “the Father of all the Spirits - the Sacred Father, the essential and the motherland of the spirits” so, it is the source of everything in the Universe and the source of creation. For this reason, the Prophet said: "The love of motherland is based on faith". (15) “The motherland” means here the greatest spirit who is the decree of God, the first sign of God, the light of God or the spirit of Muhammad. Muhammad means, "highly praised". God had praised this manifestation and said:
"If you were not, I would not have created the Heavens and the other beings." (16) He also said:
"Vema erselnake illa Rahmeten lil alemin - I sent you forth but as a blessing to mankind." (Al- Anbiya, 107)
He revealed and explained this by these holy sayings and verses. This first manifestation is the first and the greatest Spirit of God. All the spirits were created from Him. He is just like the Sun. The other spirits, the angels, the Sky, the Heavens, the Earth and the entire Universe were also created from the first manifestation in order, just like the Moon and Stars. That is to say, the spirit, the source of everything called by the name "the Reality of Muhammad" or by other names, is the first manifestation of God. The source of this is the limitless, endless and perfect existence God.
This first Divine Light is the radiance of God, who is the infinite Divine Light. One of the Islam scholars expressed this reality about the Prophet very clearly and beautifully in a poem with the following line:
"His spirit, which consisted of the Holy Person, is pure." (17)
WHAT IS SPIRIT?
God revealed in the Koran:
"Veyes’eluneke anirruhi, külirruhi min emri Rabbi - If they ask you about the Spirit, say: The spirit is at my God's command." (Al-Isra, 85)
Spirit is God's decree, His manifestation, His Divine Light and the Divine Light (Nur). The quality of God is also Divine Light. In another verse that clarifies this, it is said:
"Ela lehül halku vel emr - It was He who created everything. His is the Creation, His is the Command." (Al - Araf, 54)
In the above verse, it has been explained that the creation and decree are different things. The Koran has revealed that spirit is absolutely not a physical being. It exists only in man; it does not exist in plants and in animals. The verse that explains the fact that spirit is given only to man is as follows:
"Ve nefehtü fihi min ruhi - I breathed into man from My spirit." (Sad, 72)
God calls the spirit "My spirit" and this shows the Divinity of Spirit because spirit has the quality of knowledge and thought which are the qualities of God. The living quality in plants and animals is the sign of "Hay -the living, vigorous" quality of God. The unconsciousness and ignorance in the other living things except man proves this. Spirit and soul are not physical. As an example: If we leave a green leaf under a piece of stone for a while, we see that it loses its color. This event shows that plants get their color from the sun. In addition to this, if we weigh a piece of green leaf, and then split it into its molecules and re-weigh it, we see that it does not lose anything from its weight but color does not exist in that leaf any longer. This proves that color is not matter because matter has a weight and dimensions, then, color is not matter itself but it is the quality or the characteristic of it.
Similarly, if we weigh a man, then split him into his molecules and then re-weigh him, there will be no change in weight but he loses his liveliness. It has been definitely understood that the liveliness - the quality of living, life -is not physical, but it is the quality of it, same as the color. God has explained in His last book -the Koran - that spirit is not matter but it is His decree, His manifestation and His mystery that attains His attribute of life and knowledge. It is accepted that man has a more obvious liveliness than plants and animals and he also has the divinity due to the quality of thinking and he is the most superior and the master of the Earth and the Universe because of these qualities. Spirit is one of the holy attributes of God. This matter has been stated precisely by the Koran.
The first manifestation is also called "Ahmediyet" which means: the Divine Light of Oneness. Ahmed is the Divine Light of Divine Unity. Ahmed means "only one, unique". In the Latin Bible, it means "Feraklid". (18) It has been transmitted in the Bible that unless JESUS Christ dies, the real savior of humanity, the Prophet who is called "AHMED -the only one" will not come. In the Koran, it is written in Jesus Christ's words:
"Mübeşşiren bi Resulin, ye'ti min badismühü AHMED - I give the good news to Israelities, the Messenger, who will come after me, is called AHMED." (Al-Saff, 6)
It is an obvious fact that the first and the last Prophet is our dear Prophet Muhammad and his name is "Feraklid -Ahmed" which means: the unique, the only one. Our Prophet had explained the fist manifestation of God by saying; "When Adam - man - was between water and clay, I mean, when he was not created yet, I was even then the Prophet." (19)
We can show the brightness, the light of dawn as the best example of the first manifestation.
3- The Second Manifestation:
Levh-i Mahfuz - Well Preserved Tablet or Decree Eternal: This is the second manifestation which appeared from the first manifestation. It is an image of the summary of the world of Manyness. The summary of spirits has been put in order from the Spirit of Muhammad, just like the seeds of flowers but they have not been determined clearly yet. The reason why this manifestation is called as "Immutable Essence and Preserved Tablet” is because: it is seen as the clear fixed dots and as a protected Tablet that has hidden the secrets of God. It has the summary of the full explanation of Destiny of the entire Universe and all the creation that will appear later. This second manifestation is also hidden in the Person of God.
4- The World of Spirits: In this manifestation, the spirits which have been in the states of various hidden and closed seeds in the second stage have now been made visible just like the flowers which bloom in different types and they have taken colorful and glorious shapes according to their abilities. They have also been given names. Now that, the spirits of the man called "Adam", who will be created afterwards in the presence of God, and of his children are ready. When the spirits appeared in this state, God asked all of them the question:
"Elestü bi Rebbiküm - Am I not your Lord - your origin, your holy master?" and they replied altogether:
"Bela şehidna… - We bear witness that You are." (Al-Araf, 172) They confirmed this by praising Him.
The World of Manyness, called as Spirits that have been shaped and limited by the Divine Light of God with degrees started in the inner world just like the foam, which is formed on the sea and whose original structure is sea. In fact, there is oneness in manyness, as in the example of foam and sea. The appearance of the absolute Existence in the shapes of objects should not deceive us. They look like snowmen or electric bulbs in various forms. They are not men or bulbs actually but they are snow and electricity in structure. Similarly, spirits are the forms of Divine Light in origin. God transmitted in the Koran that He is the light Himself with the following verse:
"Allahü nurussemavati vel ard - God is the light of the Heavens and the Earth.” (Al-Nur, 35)
5- The World of Analogies-images: In this world, there is the space that symbolizes the Eternity, the Sun, the Moon, the Stars and the Earth. They are also Divine Light because they are various manifestations of God. If we split the earth into its atoms, it is transformed into light and it diffuses light just like the sun.
The moon and the stars represent holy spirits and the angels at different positions and ranks. The sun represents the great Muhammadan Spirit, which is the first manifestation of God, the Moon represents the spirit of the Prophet Abraham among the other prophets and also the spirit of Hazrat Ali, who is the King of Holiness, among the other saints. Our Prophet said about Ali:
"I am the city of knowledge and Ali is the gate to this city." (20)
This great saint (Wali -the Friend of God) is the head of all the saints and the greatest heir of the Prophet. The Moon also represents “Gabriel” among the other angels.
The Moon and stars were created from the Sun and they revolve around it, they praise it and they maintain their existence with it and they get perfected by getting energy from it. Just like them, spirits revolve with love around the sacred surrounding of the Universal Spirit - the Prophet Muhammad, who is the sun of Divinity and the source -the essence of the Spirits. They maintain their existence and get perfected with the prosperity which emanates from Him. This perfection stretches out to infinity with the name of God "Mecid - the Majestic One."
May God not separate the spirits of mankind from the Great Light and not make it matter, but let them get close to Him and enable humanity to meet the eternity of the divine Light and be perfected under His influence by means of His Divine Light!
6- The world of objects (material, physical things):
This is the Earth. The world in which we live consists of material objects, plants, animals, human beings, water and the atmosphere layer. It is called "The World of Sovereignty - the Mortal World (Nasut)". The origin of the Earth, which is the sixth manifestation of God, is vapor- the high temperature of the sun-. The moon and stars were separated from the sun as a mass; the earth was created from the warmth of the sun. The original structure of the physical objects is Divine Light - Nur. Nur means Divine Light, brightness or lightness. The Absolute existence God is the light of the lights and the essence of the lightness. Matter is the condensed form of Divine Light. This condensation has four phases. Nur (it can be called energy) became atom in the first state, molecule in the second state and matter in the third state. If we change the composition of matter, it converts into molecule, atom and energy (Nur) in turn. This shows that existence is one.
Therefore, if we split the Universe into its atoms, only one thing is left and that is an endless, infinite Divine Light, the enormous Divine Light Nur - Huuuuuuuu (He).
The theory of Evolution is also misunderstood. The absolute existence is Divine light. The very beginning of the existence is in a perfect or excellent state. There was a condensation, solidification and this perfect state became simplified. Then, this condensed presence ruins its composition and transforms into energy. It is perfected in this way. The primitiveness is not in energy. It is in the condensed state of it, which has become matter and simple. Primitiveness or simplicity is in matter in a dull state, otherwise we should accept the sun, which is the oldest object in the universe, primitive and this is nonsense.
Although the sun is the oldest object in the universe, it is in the excellent perfection. It is accepted as the soul of the universe. Objects, plants, living things maintain their existence and their life with it. The minerals enter the objects with it and they are perfected with the help of it.
Accepting the sun as primitive and plain is contrary to science and reason. The perfect Existence first becomes simplified by being matter; then it is changed into energy and it gets its first state becoming perfected. God has a secret in this process. God, who is in the most perfect state, creates the objects from Himself. He simplifies them through condensing and then returns them to Himself to become perfected. He wanted what "perfect" and "simple" mean to be understood in this way. He wanted to teach His perfection so He created a simple being (matter). In fact, there is no simplicity -primitiveness- in the essence of the Existence.
It is explained in the Koran that a tribe changed into the shape of monkeys and another tribe got into the shape of bears because of the wickedness they committed. (21) This reality, which was explained 1400 years ago, was seen in the Koran by Darwin who had an evil intention. Man is the most perfect manifestation. He is certainly an extra holy being. He is Divine. God created man with His two hands (Jamal and Jalal) and gave him all His beautiful attributes.
The theory of Evolution, which belongs to Darwin, is wrong from the beginning. According to his theory, the sun is the lowest and the simplest object, but, contemporary science accepts that the sun is the most perfect and it is renewed every instant. It is the source of evolution that makes all the creation evolve.
The shape of man is sacred; furthermore, there is divinity in the body and in the shape of man:
When man prostrates, he symbolizes the word "Muhammad" in Arabic letters. He writes the word "Adam" in Arabic letters during the performance of salat (namaz- ritual prayer) by standing (Qıyam), bending or bowing down (rüku) and by prostrating (secde). It is written "Aliyyül âlâ" which means "very high" on his face. For this reason, God does not put anybody into the Hell with the shape of man. That is to say, a bad person is changed in shape after he dies. Man passes into Barzah with the shape and the face of the animal that represents his worst habit. The inside of an ignorant man is an animal anyway. His habits look like the characteristics of the wild animals. How beautiful the following sayings of a poet are:
"O man, who became the most noble image while being a drop of semen,
Know your power; the shape of a man cannot be easily obtained!”
7- PERFECT (MATURE) MAN: (İnsan-ı Kâmil)
"İnni cailün fil ardi halifeten - I placed man on the earth one that shall rule as My deputy." (Al-Baqarah, 30)
"Veallemel Ademe esmae külleha - I taught Adam (man) all my names." (Al- Baqarah, 31)
"Lekadhalaknel insane fi ahseni takvim - I created man in the most noble, beautiful image." (Al- Tin, 4)
"Venefehtü fihi min ruhi - I breathed into man from My own Spirit." (Sad, 72)
"Ve izkülna lilmelaiketiscüdü li Adame fesecedu illa iblis - I said to the angels: Prostrate yourselves before man, they all prostrated themselves except Satan." (Al- Baqarah, 34)
"Innellahe halakel Ademe ala suretihi - God created man in His own image." (22)
These verses of the Koran and the sacred saying of God enlighten our subject.
Although human body has been created more perfect than the other living things, the superiority of man is because of the sacred spirit he has.
"Allahü lâ ilâhe illahu lehül esmaül hüsna - There is no other God but Allah and His are the most gracious names (qualities)." (Taha, 8)
This verse explains that the existence is HUU-HE-ALLAH and that all the beautiful attributes belong to Him. That is true that Existence is He and all the beautiful names and attributes belong to Him, who is the sole existence.
Spirit is the decree of God. It has been created from the Divine Light of God's person but angels have been created from the Divine Lights of the attributes of God, who is the Absolute Presence (from the lights of His beautiful names).
God is One and His hands are two. God said in the Koran that He created man with His two hands. Spirit was existed from the Divine Light of God, Himself but millions of angels were existed from each of God's beautiful names. Spirit is, in fact, only one. The other spirits were existed from the first Muhammadan Spirit just like the sun and the stars.
Spirit is the Divine Light of God's person but the angels are the Divine lights of God's beautiful names. God, who is the existence Himself, is only one and unique and His hands are two. It means His attributes assembled in two categories called as "jalal - power, majesty and wrath" and "jamal - beauty, mercy and grace" because God is both strong and angry and very merciful and beautiful. For this reason, some of the angels are Merciful (Jamal) and some are full of wrath (Jalal).
The devil as called the sample of meanness was created from the name of God "Cebbar-All-Dominating" with the name "Kahhar-Wrathful, Crusher" so, it is the sample of badness, wickedness and untruthfulness. The reason why Satan did not prostrate before man was it could not get rid of the tyranny the name "Cebbar-All Dominating" gave him. He always sees himself strong and boastful because he is under the tyranny of the names "Cebbar and Kahhar". Since the Holy Spirit is the Divine Light of God's person, it bears both the attributes of God's person and the attributes of His names. This truth has been confirmed with the following verse:
"I taught Adam all my names." (Al -Baqarah, 31)
It is also understood with the following verse that the attribute of knowledge belongs to God and spirits have the ability to learn and gain knowledge as a result, man is able to communicate with God.
"Allamel insane ma'lem ya'lem - God teaches man what he does not know." (Al-Alaq, 5)
Spirit has all the opposite powers and attributes although it is very powerful because it has all the mighty and merciful attributes and the Divine light of God's person.
God says in another verse: "İnna halaknel insane min nutfetin emşac - I have created man from the union of two waters, I may put him into proof (I may try him)." (Al- İnsan, 2)
He means to say which attributes of Him will be superior in man. His wrathful or merciful attributes? If His merciful attribute is superior to him, then, man is faithful and religious, and he has reached the Divine Knowledge. If His wrathful attribute is superior, he is bad, cruel, obstinate and repudiate. Spirit is stronger, more superior and scholarly than all the angels, which are the low and holy beings.
For this reason, God made all the angels prostrate before man who has this spirit and He made all the creation, all the creatures depend on man or subjected to man. Spirit and the angels mentioned above are in fact, the essential and attributive powers of God. They are His manifestations - appearances. There is nothing and nobody except God. The only presence is He. All the physical and spiritual beings are the signs - manifestations of Him. This reality has definitely been proved in the first chapter of this book. We should not forget that the only existence is God.
The tree of Existence is one. Its root is Divine Unity (oneness), its branches are the manifestations and its fruit is the Perfect Man. All of them are God, who is eternal, unique, endless and infinite sea of Divine Light. It means: God is One, Messenger is Truth (Haq) or in other words; the existence - presence - is one and the Perfect Man is true. We can exemplify the reality "Existence is One and His manifestations are seven" as "one sea and seven connected waves which flow towards the shore". The secrecy of these seven manifestations is due to the Divine light of God that manifested in six different colors. They are: 1-Lilac colored light blue, 2-The green color of grass, 3-Light yellow, 4-Red, 5-White, 6-Black. The rank of Oneness has no color. It is the world of colorlessness and invisibility. Lâ taayyün esrar - The indefinite mystery....
Another mystery of these seven ranks is hidden in the head of man. Man has got two eyes, two ears, two nostrils and a mouth. When you add them, it makes seven. There are also four different senses on the head of man: seeing, hearing, speaking and smelling. When you multiply 7 by 4, it makes 28 and the Koran consists of 28 Arabic letters. This reality shows that the Koran is hidden in the head of man. It is one of the reasons why the Perfect Man is called "Koran" in Sufism. God has explained the superiority of man with the verse:
"Ve nefehtü fihi min ruhi - I breathed My spirit into man." (Sad, 72)
The spirit that is the Divine Light of God's person and qualified by all the good qualities, mainly science, will certainly be superior to all the physical and spiritual beings by means of this right. God also called man "My messenger, My caliph, My apostle, My prophet, My saint, My heir” because the spirit has the attributes of thinking and inventing.
The body of man was created better and more perfectly than the other beings. The right of standing upright is given only to man among the other beings, which enabled man to be the administrator or the master of the entire universe and of all the physical and spiritual beings. The shape of man and the mysteries or the secrets of God on his face show the superiority of him. When man stands up, he has the form of the Arabic letter Elif "A", when he bends, Dal "D", when he prostrates, Mim "M". If you put these letters next to each other in order, you get the word "ADAM". The reason why the first man was given the name - Adam - depends on this mystery. When man prostrates, he gives the form "MUHAMMAD" in Arabic letters.
“Muhammad” means, "highly praised by God". The name given to the Last Prophet shows his exalted rank and prophecy. As every prophet, the name of the last Prophet is also special and nobody was called by the same name before Him.
Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, Abraham, Noah, Adam, David, John the Baptist, Zachariah, Isaac, Jacob, Ishmael, Aaron, Lot, Hud, Enoch, Sheet and the other Prophets (May peace be upon them!) were given their names before the others. The history of humanity is a witness to this reality. This fact shows that these holy men, mentioned above, have been chosen by God. The Prophets and the Walis who are the friends of God are the Words of God. Another name of the spirit is "the literal word of God".
The Prophet Muhammad, who is the biggest manifestation of God, just like the sun, has taken the name "Cevamiül kelim - Total of all the names". For, he is the divine father of all the spirits -Ebi Mukaddes. Among the other Walis -the Friends of God -, the only person who has a special name is Hazrat Ali, who is the son of Muhammad's uncle. Nobody has taken the name "Ali" before. That is why this greatest friend of God is called "Şâhi Velayet -The King of Sainthood", "Veliyullah - the Saint (Friend) of God" and "Keremallahü Vechehu -God treated his face with honor".
A baby is in the form of prostrating in his mother's womb: His hands are on his ears and his knees are stretched towards his abdomen. He draws the word “Muhammad” in Arabic letters when he is upside down and his feet are together. It shows that God has given man the name "Muhammad -praised". Man draws the word "Muhammad" when he prostrates during his ritual prayer. A poet tells us this reality with the following lines:
"I am evident with my absence; I belong to the family of the Prophet,
In the form of my prostrating, my witness is the name of Muhammad."
Prostrating is the most important action in the performance of the ritual prayer. Prayer consists of three main actions which are called as "Kıyam -standing upright", "Rüku -bending" and "sücut -prostrating". While a person is performing salat, he does all the worships of all the plants, of all the animals and of all the people at the same time. "Namaz" is the most important worship for this reason, God has given this great honor only to man. This worship should be performed with a complete belief and as the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him!) had done. Namaz, which means begging and praying to God, removes wickedness and adultery from man. This matter has been clarified by the following verse:
"İnnessalate tenha anil fehşai vel münker - Namaz fends away the indecency, evil and the adultery." (Al - Ankabut, 45)
Ritual prayer cannot be performed without through cleansing. Man receives physical and moral favors of God when he is in the presence of Him with a clean body and a strong belief. The heart and the body of man who performs this prayer become pure. Cleanliness enables the body and spirit to become healthy. Ritual prayer also means action. Life is action too. If a person performs his ritual worship five times a day, he becomes active and healthy. He is never lazy or insensible.
"Fasting", performed with belief, is also another way of worshipping God. Fasting kills one's lower instincts, his sinful carnal desires and it controls his passions. It enables man to be resolute and determined. It also causes the heart and mind to rest by keeping them away from the pressure of the digesting organs because it has positive effects on the circulation of blood and on the digesting system. Fasting helps man to get used to struggling with his evil feelings. It incites the feelings of fairness and compassion hidden in the spirit and heart of man by means of hunger. In addition, it causes man to feel sorry for the poor and to realize the necessity of helping them. To sum up, fasting helps everybody to understand and to be willing to help each other.
These two very important worshipping "prayer and fasting" should be done in order to get God's love and consent with a true belief, just as the other worships. They are the duty of being a man. They are a secret between man and his God. They should be done as secretly as possible in order not to be seen and hea