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1. Hakâiki bulmayanlar

1. Hakâiki bulmayanlarmerasimi din edindiler.Those who have not foundReality have madeceremonies into religion.2. Itlâk zevki, dîne malolmayan ayn’ı dînkimsenin malıdır.The pleasure ofLiberation is the possessionof someone who isthe essence of religion,and not possessed by religion.3. Allah’tan konuşan çok,Allah’ı bilen yok.There are many whospeak of God, none whoknow Him.4. Tasavvuf (adem) ilmidir.Mysticism is the knowledgeof non-existence.5. Insan için kurtuluşvardır, insanlıktanötede.There is salvation for manbeyond the human state.6. Hep sensin, amma sensen değilsin.Everything is you, butyou are not you.7. Ne kadar yoksan o kadarhâkimsin,ne kadar varsan o kadarmahkûmsun.To the extent you arenot, you are dominant;to the extent you are,you are dominated.8. Cihan kıymetlerinetemel bir hatâdır:yokun var zannedilmesi.There is a fundamentalerror in worldly values:the non-existent isthought existent.9. Benî Âdem yoktur,benî İdrâk vardır.There are no sons of Adam,there are only sons of intelligence.10. Müşahhasta kalma,mücerrede eriş.Do not remain in the concrete,attain the abstract.11. Hilkat muamması(adem)’le hallolur.The riddle of creation issolved by non-existence.12. Bedenin cisimdir diyesenedin mi var?Have you proof positivethat your body is bodily?13. Uyanık insan çok,insanlıktan uyanmış yok.Many are awake, but noneawakened from thehuman state.14. Tok beden mukayyede,aç beden mutlağa çalışır.The satiated body strivesfor the limited,the hungry for the bodyabsolute.15. Bulduğun ile mutmain isenne âlâ, değilsen aliyyül-âlâ.If you are content withwhat you’ve found,how splendid!If not, that is the splendor of splendors!16. Tahkik, vahdet’i vücûddeğil, künh’ü vücûdyoludur.Verificationis not the roadto the “oneness ofbeing”, but to the “essence of being”.17. Riyâzetsiz ( kaal )’i ( hâl )’edeğişemezsin.Without asceticism youcannot change mere wordsinto revelation.18. Tok gezdiğin gün kendinisâlik sayma.On the day you wander satiateddon’t consider yourselfa seeker.19. İnsan için mahv’danbaşka rahat olmadı.There has never beenpeace for man, except in extinction.20. Mürşîd Röntgen gözlü tâlibister : nazarı bâtın görsün.The spiritual guide wants a seekerwith x-ray eyes;whose vision might see the unseen.21. Kudreti acizde araServeti fakırda araHayatı ölümde araVarlığı yokta ara.Seek strength in weaknessSeek riches in povertySeek life in deathSeek existence in non-existence.22. Riyâzât, sâliki Zât iletemasa getirir. Rehberdenmüstağni kılar.Ascetism puts theseeker in touch with theDivine Essence. Theymake himindependent of a guide.23. Açlık enbiyâ ekmeğidir,pîrân lokmasıdır.Hunger is the bread of theprophets, the dainty morsel ofthe saint.24. Nübüvvet ucuzdur,(fena) bahalıdır.Prophethood is cheap,extinction is costly.25. Fakra erişmeyen çokfakirdir.He who does not achievepoverty is poor indeed.26. Okyanus gezen’ ırmağıneylesin,mutlağı bulan mürselineylesin.He who wanders theocean, what has he to dowith the river?He who reaches the absolute,what has he to do withthe messenger?27. Mestîyi ayyaş ne bilir,sekri sen küûldan sor.What does the toperknow of drunkenness?Ask the alcohol what isintoxication.28. Âlem «keen lem yekûn»vasıflı bir zuhurdur.The world is amanifestation whosecharacter is “as if it hadnever been”.29. Kıdem (adem)’dedir:ne ki adîmdir,o kadîmdir.Eternity is innon-existence, to thedegree something is not there,it is eternal.30. Minnetsİz niymet(Gayb)’tır.The Unseenis the bounty without obligation.31. Cihan kurnazlıklarınıterket ki sana ezel zekâsıverilsin.Renounce worldly wilesthat you may receivethe perspicacity of thepre-eternal.32. (Kevn)’den çıkmak en ulukeramettir.Quitting this world isthe greatest miracle.33. Her şey maddedir, ammamadde madde değildir.Everything is matter, butmatter is not matter.34. Mevcudat tam (realite)’dir,lâkin (realite) (irreelle) ‘dir.Verily all existing things arereality, but realityis not real.35. Malûmat Gayb’a perdedir.Knowledge is the veilcovering the Unseen.36. Hüznün kadrini bil,inkisarı aziz tut.Know the value of grief,hold affliction dear.37. Nedir suâlin odur kemâlin.What your question is,your perfection is.38. Doğarken gaybettin,öldükte bulursun.What you lost in beingborn, you will find in dying.39. Cihan biremr’i gayrı vâkidir.The world is an unfinishedbusiness.40. Varlık yaprağını çevir,kitap hatm olur.Turn the page of existence,and the book is finished.41. Cisim, madde görünmüşsırf mânâdır.The body is pure meaning that appearsas matter.42. O kadar git ki, ≪sendesenlik kalmasın≫,eşyada şey’iyyetkalmasın,Allahta Ülûhiyyetkalmasın.Go so far that “in youthere is no you-ness left,”In things no thing-ness left,and in God no Godhead left.43. Fena yolunda sanamubahı haram ederler,bakaada muhali mümkünkılmak için.On the road to self-extinction,they will deny youthe permissible tomake possible theimpossible in the World to Come.44. Hakikî hayâtı ölümdebulursun.You will find the true lifein death.45. (Suğrâ) idrâktir,(kübrâ) gaybtır:tahkik mantığında.In the logic of verificationthe minor premise isperceptionthe major premise isthe unseen.46. Gafil derin Kevin komasıiçindedir.The heedless are in adeep coma that is “Creation”.47. Cihanın yegâne zevkizevalidir.The solepleasure of the world is its evanescence.48. Allah uçurumdur, sukutsevenler bulur.God is the abyss, thosewho love to fall discover.49. Cihanda bigâne olLedünde yegâne olMecliste peymâne ol.In the world bea stranger.With the Divine Essencebe as one. At the feast be thegoblet.50. Mâhiyyetlere eriş,müşküller biter.Attain the Realities andthe difficulties are over.51. Tasavvuf bilmek değil,bitmektir.Mysticism is not aboutknowing but finishing.52. Tasavvuftur : riyâzât ile,tasavvurdur : rivâyât ile.It is mysticism that comeswith asceticism; it isimagination that comes withstory-telling.53. Kapı kapı dolaşma,muradlar sendedir.Do not wander from door todoor; what you desire iswithin you.54. Müridlere bak mürsidianla.Look at the disciples and discernthe teacher.55. Hâriçte arama: dışardabir şey kalmadı dasen var oldun.Don’t search in the outsideworld: when nothingremains outside then youhave come into Being.56. Esma ile olmaz, fena ileolur.Through the BeautifulNames of God youdon’t succeed; withextinction you do.57. Teselli tasavvufunu ko,tecelli tasavvufuna git.Put aside the mysticism ofconsolation and goto the mysticism ofmanifestation.58. Her mefhum (fena)’dabaşka hakikate döner.In extinction everyconcept turns into adifferent truth.59. «Les vingt années dePaganini».“The twenty years ofPaganini.”60. Riyâzetsiz bedenakordsuz çalgıdır.A body without asceticism is aninstrument untuned.61. Ülûhiyyet hakikati fenadabaşka nâm, başka mâhiyetalir.In extinction, the truth of what God istakes on anotherquality,another nature.62. Tahkike erişen kurtuldu:bugün zulmetten, yarinkulluktan.He who attainsverification is saved,today from darknesstomorrow from slavery.63. Hak ma’dûmenmevcûddur, Halk mevcûdenma’dûmdur.God is Presence non-existent;Man is non-existence present. {Truth is non-existently existent, mankind is existently non-existent.}64. «Comme le sculpteur,la douleur vous dégagedu bloc.»“Suffering, like a sculptor,chisels you from theblock.”65. Beşeriyyetin gitikçezâtiyyetin gelir.The more your humannature dies,the more your essentialnature emerges.66. Sevgilerin gafletlerindir.Your loves and affectionsare your heedlessness.67. Dünyâ bir negatiftir,ki imkân derler.The world is anegative they callmanifestation.68. «L’Humain est uncompromis entre l’Etre etle Non-Etre.»“The human is acompromise between Beingand Non-Being.”69. Hakikat’ı Âdemiyye:munbasit idrâktir.Hakikat’ı Muhammediyyemünkesir idrâktir.The truth of the sons ofAdam is expansive perception.The truth of the sons of Muhammed is extinguished perception.70. Allah’i bulan her şeyibuldu.One who has found Godhas found everything.71. Göz verildi, görülmezigöresin diye.Ayak verildi, erilmezeeresin diye.The eye was given that onemight see what isunseen.The foot was given that onemight reach theunreached.72. İsti’dâd ve iştiyak pasifrabıtadır, riyazetleraktif rabıtadır. Gayrırabıtalar vehimdir.Aptitude and longing arethe passive connections.Asceticism is the activeconnection. Otherconnections are illustions.73. Cihan harâblıklarlapayidardir.The world and its ruins endure.74. Evvel zaman birkaranliktir : nûrânî.Âhır zaman biraydınlıktir : zulmânî.The beginning of time isa darkness, radiantThe ending of time isa brightness, obscure.75. (lntrinseque) iymânarayan, dinlerin menbainaçıkar.He who seeks the : intrinsiquityof faithreaches the source of allreligions.76. Sensiz bir âleme hiçulaştınmi?Have you ever reacheda world without you?77. Zikre gark ol : ne zâkirne mezkûr kalınca.Yemek, yeme : açlıkvatan, tokluk gurbetolunca.İnkisar tut:külliyen kurtulunca.Be drowned in zikr; tillneither the seeker nor thesought remains.Don’t eat, don’t eat; untilhunger is your home andsatiety exile.Hold affliction dear: untilyou are totally saved.78. Dipsiz uçuruma düş kisukutlardan âzâd olasın:ecrâm gibi.Fall into the bottomless abyssthat you may be freefrom falling like the planets.79. Gâh ednâdan söylerler,gâh âlâdan: bize tezâdgörünür.At one time they speakfrom below, another timefrom above…it seems acontradiction to us.80. Fecre kadar yanan kandilol: Baka bulasın.Be a candle burning tilldawn, that you mayfind Permanency.81. Fena, varlığın bittiğiyerde başlar.Extinction begins in the placewhere existence ends.82. İş, vücûddan vecde gidiştir.The work is the transitionfrom being to ecstasy.83. Rehber deniz feneridir:hedef değildir, işiğinida gizlemez.The spiritual guide is thelight-house; he is not thedestination;neither does he hidehis light.84. Dünyâ serâbdır, zehirli:ibâdâttır panzehri.The world is a poisonousmirage: its’ worship that isthe antidote.85. Hakikî mürşid ilm’izâtı’i ilâhîdir.The true spiritual guideis the essential knowledgeof the divine.86. Allah mecburu altınyapraktır : ezilir dağılmaz.,One compelled by god is asgold leaf: crushed but notbroken.87. Ey Şems’i Tebriz : ne güneşimişsin ki bir nuruncihana Mevlâ oldu.O Shemsi Tebriz! What asun you must have beenthat a single ray of yourlight became Masterof the world.88. Edyânı ko, Deyyânı bul.Put aside the religious laws andfind the Lawmaker.89. Tahkik yolu geçer:gâh ibâdâttan,gâh hârâbattan.Supreme Judge.The path of vendicationpasses sometimes throughthe tranquilities ofthe mosque andsometimes through thetavern of wine.90. Sen ölmeden gönlündirilmez.Your heart cannot cometo life before you die.91. Envâr esrardanmahrum kılar.Lights deprive oneof the mysteries.92. Bir güneş batar,bin güneş doğar:zahir akşaminda,bâtınlar fecrinde.One sun sets, a thousandsuns rise: in the evening ofthings visible, in the dawnof things hidden.93. Kerâmât ile hayran miedersin, yoksa aşk ilemestân mı edersin ?Do miracles astonish you,or does loveintoxicate you?94. llm’i mâduma (kodeks)olmaz.For knowledge of the nonexistent,there isno codex.95. Ülûhiyyete siğmamişbir Allah ara.Seek a God not restrictedto the Godhead.96. Ruh’u hayvani:cemâdin ötesi,Ruh’u izafî:cismin ötesi,Ruh’u mutlak:vücûdiyyât ötesi.The animal Spirit isbeyond the inorganic;The relative Spirit isbeyond the body;The absolute Spirit isbeyond all existences.97. Bulduğun mânidir,henüz bulmadiğina.What you have foundis the obstacle to whatyou have not yet found.98. Kâinat bi illettir,bi gayedir.Creation is withoutrhyme or reason.99. Mürşid âyinedir:kadrini dilber bilir.The spiritual guide isa mirror, whose valuethe beloved understands.100. Mâdûmun mûcidine demek?“The inventor ofthe non-existent.” What does this mean?101. Mukaddesât ademiyâttir.Things holy are thingsnon-existent.102. Seni senden öteyegötürmektir, rehberin işi.The task of the spiritualguide is to take youbeyond you.103. (Nirvana) bir peyâledir,sakisi yok.Nirvana is a sip of wineneeding no cupbearer.104. Açlık ölüyü diriltir,tokluk diriyi öldürür.Hunger resurrects the dead,satiety kills the living.105. Şeytan besmelede gizlendi.Satan has concealedhimself in the “Bismillah”.106. Ne aradın da İslâm’dabulmadin?What have you sought in Islamand not found?106107. Aşk mecazîdir, eşhasarasında ve kul ile Rabarasında kaldıkça.Love is metaphysicalso long as it is betweenpersonalities or betweenLord and slave.108. (Zidnî) ile (Irnî)mâbeynidiri: insanligin zevki.Mankind’s pleasure isfound between “bewilder me” and “tell me what is”.109. İdrâk, vücûb ile imkâninittisalidir.Perception is the linkbetween necessityand possibility.110. Mâhiyetlerden gafletinkadardır, ahkâmda tedbirin.The more your heedlessnessof the realities,the more yourcaution in judgements.111. Gafil varlıklarla, kâmilyokluklarla beslenir.The heedless are nourishedon things existent,the perfected on thingsnon-existent.112. Hakk avamın rabbıdır,havassın aslıdır.Havâss’ül havassinne rabbidir, ne aslidir.Truth is the Lord of theuninitiated, the substanceof the initiated.But for the rarest of the rareTruth is neither theone nor the other.113. Mutlak mebde’dir,her suâlin cevabi.The Absolute is the starting point andthe answer to everyquestion.114. Ademe ermeyenHakka ermedi.Who does not reach non-existence has notreached the Truth.115. Ne vahdettir,ne kesrettir:Cem’i ma’al-fark’dır.It is neither unitynor multiplicity:It is the simultaneous aprehensionof theAggregate of meanings.116. «Kün» ilm’i zatîdenibarettir.“Be” consists of knowledge of the essence.117. Fena (zıddiyyet’i ayniyye)yapar.Extinction resolvesthe contrariness of theessences.118. Köhne şarâb muhakkikkelâmıdır.“Words from a masterare like old wine.”119. Maksûd bestedir, güftevesile, Murâd mestidir, kadehbahane. Fenâ’i Tiyh’dentecelli’i Sînâ maksûd,Rûyâ’işeeden Ken’ân i Gayb mev’ûd.The aim is the music,words are only the pretext;the intention is intoxication,the goblet is only the vessel.The aim is the manifestationon Mt. Sinai after the annihilation in the wilderness of Tyihwilderness; the promise isthe Land of the Unseenafter the Dream ofthe desire.120. Vâkıf isen sırra,çalışmazsın Cihanı islâha.If you are aware of themystery, you will notstrive to reform the World.121. Fena ehli ateşte hayatbulur, semender gibi.The people of extinction findlife in the fire, like the salamander.122. Zikrin âlâsı, en âlâ zikrindahi gaflet olduğunubilmektir.The highest zikr is to knoweven the highest zikras heedlessness.123. Nîl’e atılmayan(Kulzüm)’e hükm edemez.He who has not been castinto the Nile cannotcommand the Red Sea.124. Kâmil iki cihanmültekasıdır.The perfect man is themeeting place oftwo worlds.125. Muvahhid illâ der,muhakkik lâ der.The monotheist says illathe master says la126. Vücûd keynûnetindir,idrâk aynûnetindir,adem gaybubetindir.The extent of your beingis your body,the extent of yourperception isyour consciousness,the extent of your absenceis your non-existence.127. Mükevvenât(pour memoire) meblâğgibidir, muhasebe’i itlâkta.Things created serve asreminders, like sums ofmoney in the accountancyof Absolute Liberation.128. «Hakikî ismim nedir?»-İzzetin isimsiz olmandır.“What is my real name?” –Your glory is your beingnameless.129. Dinleri izah edemezsin:menşeleri Gayb sirridir.You can not explain thereligions:their source isthe secret of the Unseen.130. Kadîm eser mukaddestir:«ol var idi sen yoğ iken.»The ancient work is holy:“while you were not,it was.”131. (Enel – Hak) tasavvuf değildir.“I am the Truth” Is notmysticism.132. «Marier deux humains,c’est forcer deux universá se souffrir.»“To marry two humansis to force two universesto suffer each other.”133. Seni yakarsao san’at eseridir.If it burns you,it is a work of art.134. Iyrâs ehli vardir,iysâr ehli vardir.There are those whobequeth andthere are those who arebestowed.135. «L’Humain est la riveentre l’infiniment existentet l’infiniment inexistent»“The human isthe shore betweenthe infinitely existingand the infinitely non-existing.”136. Vukuat gayrı vâki’dir,hâdisât gayrı hadistir.Events are non-eventful,accidents are non-accidental.137. Dinler tasavvuftan geldi,tasavvuf dinlerden değil.Religions came frommysticism;not mysticism from religions.138. Ne ki sen değildir, seninittılâınâ gelirmi?Does that which is not youcome to your knowledge?139. Fenâ’dan alan mişkât’iMuhammed’den aldi.He who takes fromextinction has taken fromthe lamp-niche ofthe Prophet.140. Muhakkiktir tam(realiste) olan:(illusion)’lardankurtulmaklaIt is the master of verification whobecomes the true realistbecause he is saved from illusions.141. Âlem muhteşem biryalandir.This world is amagnificent lie.142. Yokluk vatandir,varlik gurbettir:ulu meşrebi i kimseye.Non-existence is home,existence is exile, tosomeone with highspiritual disposition.143. Itlak yolunda Allah-perestlik yoktur.On the path of itlaqthere is no idolatry ofAllah.144. Kâse’i fağfur ol:bir dokun bin dinle,kendi sinenden.Be the porcelain bowl,that you touch onceand then hear a thousandsighs, from yourown breast.145. «Qu’est-ce que la vie?Une agonie. »“What is life? Nothing butstrife.”146. (Sevâd’ı â’zam) ulvîheyuladir,(arş’i muazzam) berzah’ikübrâdır.The greatest presence isa sublime phantom;The mightiest throne isthe greatest limbo.147. Diyanet saadettir,siyâset felâkettir.Piety is felicity,polity is catastrophe148. Hilkattan murâd idrâktir.The purpose of creation isperception.149. Ahlak bedenî sudûrâttir:ilk adimin neyse sonadımın odur.Morals arephysical emanations:whatever your firststep, so your last step.150. İçinden çıkmadıkçadünya bilinmez.You cannot know theworld until you’ve left it.151. Fakır gibi servet olmaz,açlık gibi gıda olmaz.There are no richeslike poverty,there is no food like hunger.152. Izâfi’yi bilemedin,mutlak’a ermeden.You cannot have knownthe relative, without having reachedthe absolute.153. Iktisâb mertebeleri:Taleb, tevessül, tasarrufve istiğnadir.The degrees of the seeker’sprogress are: insistentlonging, fervent petitioning(to approach God), intimateknowledge (of God), andtranscendence of God.