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BELIEVER’S HEART

The second doubtful issue is with respect to the knowledge of this faqîr, [i.e. Imâm Rabbânî.] Allâhu ta’âlâ declared as follows in a hadîth-i-qudsî: “I shall not go into the earth or into heaven. Yet I shall go into the heart of a slave of Mine who is a Believer.” Hence, an out-and-out zuhûr [1] is exceptional to the Believer’s heart. On the other hand, I have stated in a couple of my other letters that an out-and-out zuhûr is peculiar to the ’Arsh and that the zuhûr in the heart is a beam of light from the zuhûr reflected on the ’Arsh. [A hadîth-i-qudsî is a hadîth-i-sherîf whose words have been uttered by our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ and whose meanings have been inspired by Allâhu ta’âlâ.] It should be concluded from the explanations made above that the status of the ’Arsh-i-mejîd and the prestige that has been attached to it exempt it from the earth and heaven. He will not go into the Believer’s heart, yet He will go into the ’Arsh. Its answer is this: The earth and heavens and all the things within them are not so wide. Only, the heart of a slave who is a Believer has that capacity. It is in comparison with the earth and heaven that the heart is stated to be wider, in the hadîthi-qudsî (quoted above). It is not stated to be wider than all the other creatures, so that the ’Arsh should be included. Then, the explanations that we have made in our other letters cannot be said to be contradictory to the hadîth-i-qudsî.