<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719791</id><updated>2011-04-22T02:40:16.198+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Information Portal</title><subtitle type='html'>In this blog page, you can find helpful writings and some other materials about Islam and the other popular topics.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://terennum.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30719791/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://terennum.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>terennum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719791.post-115217254136731130</id><published>2006-07-06T10:52:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-06T10:57:45.280+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Bismillah, In the Name of God, is the start of all things good</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;The First Word&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Bismillah, In the Name of God, is the start of all things good. We too shall start with it. Know, O my soul! Just as this blessed phrase is a mark of Islam, so too it is constantly recited by all beings through their tongues of disposition. If you want to know what an inexhaustible strength, what an unending source of bounty is Bismillah, listen to the following story which is in the form of a comparison. It goes like this: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Someone who makes a journey through the deserts of Arabia has to travel in the name of a tribal chief and enter under his protection, for in this way he may be saved from the assaults of bandits and secure his needs. On his own he will perish in the face of innumerable enemies and needs. And so, two men went on such a journey and entered the desert. One of them was modest and humble, the other proud and conceited. The humble man assumed the name of a tribal chief, while the proud man did not. The first travelled safely wherever he went. If he encountered bandits, he said: "I am travelling in the name of such-and-such tribal leader," and they would not molest him. If he came to some tents, he would be treated respectfully due to the name. But the proud man suffered such calamities throughout his journey that they cannot be described. He both trembled before everything and begged from everything. He was abased and became an object of scorn.&lt;br /&gt;And so, my proud soul! You are the traveller, and this world is a desert. Your impotence and poverty have no limit, and your enemies and needs are endless. Since it is thus, take the name of the Pre-Eternal Ruler and Post-Eternal Lord of the desert and be saved from begging before the whole universe and trembling before every event.&lt;br /&gt;Indeed, this phrase is a treasury so blessed that your infinite impotence and want bind you to an infinite power and mercy; it makes that impotence and want a most acceptable intercessor at the Court of One All-Powerful and Compassionate. The person who acts saying, "In the Name of God," resembles someone who enrolls in the army. He acts in the name of the government; he has fear of no one; he speaks, performs every matter, and withstands everything in the name of the law and the name of the government.&lt;br /&gt;At the beginning we said that all beings say, "In the Name of God" through the tongue of disposition. Is that so?&lt;br /&gt;Indeed, it is so. If you were to see that a single person had come and had driven all the inhabitants of a town to a place by force and compelled them to work, you would be certain that he had not acted in his own name and through his own power, but that he was a soldier, acting in the name of the government and relying on the power of a king.&lt;br /&gt;In the same way, all things act in the name of Almighty God, for minute things like seeds and grains bear huge trees on their heads; they raise loads like mountains. That means all trees say: "In the Name of God," fill their hands from the treasury of Mercy, and offer them to us. All gardens say: "In the Name of God," and become cauldrons from the kitchens of Divine Power in which are cooked numerous varieties of different foods. All blessed animals like cows, camels, sheep, and goats, say: "In the Name of God," and become fountains of milk from the abundance of Mercy, offering us a most delicate and pure food like the water of life in the name of the Provider. The roots and rootlets, soft as silk, of all plants, trees, and grasses, say: "In the Name of God," and pierce and pass through hard rock and earth. Mentioning the name of God, the name of the Most Merciful, everything becomes subjected to them.""&lt;br /&gt;Indeed, the roots spreading through hard rock and earth and producing fruits as easily as the branches spread through the air and produce fruits, and the delicate green leaves retaining their moisture for months in the face of extreme heat, deal a slap in the mouths of Naturalists and jab a finger in their blind eyes, saying: "Even heat and hardness, in which you most trust, are under a command. For, like the Staff of Moses, each of those silken rootlets conform to the command of, &lt;em&gt;And We said, O Moses, strike the rock with your staff&lt;/em&gt;, and split the rock. And the delicate leaves fine as cigarette paper recite the verse, &lt;em&gt;O fire be coolness and peace&lt;/em&gt; against the heat of the fire, each like the members of Abraham (UWP).&lt;br /&gt;Since all things say, "In the Name of God," and bearing God's bounties in God's name, give them to us, we too should say, "In the Name of God." We should give in the name of God, and take in the name of God. And we should not take from heedless people who neglect to give in God's name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt; We give a price to people, who are like tray-bearers. So what price does God want, Who is the true owner? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Answer:&lt;/strong&gt; Yes, the price the True Bestower of Bounties wants in return for those valuable bounties and goods is three things: one is remembrance, one is thanks, and one is reflection. Saying, "In the Name of God" at the start is remembrance, and, "All praise be to God" at the end is thanks. And perceiving and thinking of those bounties, which are valuable wonders of art, being miracles of power of the Unique and Eternally Besought One and gifts of His mercy, is reflection. However foolish it is to kiss the foot of a lowly man who conveys to you the valuable gift of a king and not to recognize the gift's owner, to praise and love the apparent source of bounties and forget the True Bestower of Bounties is a thousand times more foolish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;O my soul! If you do not wish to be foolish in that way, give in God's name, take in God's name, begin in God's name, and act in God's name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Words&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30719791-115217254136731130?l=terennum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://terennum.blogspot.com/feeds/115217254136731130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30719791&amp;postID=115217254136731130&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30719791/posts/default/115217254136731130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30719791/posts/default/115217254136731130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://terennum.blogspot.com/2006/07/bismillah-in-name-of-god-is-start-of.html' title='Bismillah, In the Name of God, is the start of all things good'/><author><name>terennum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719791.post-115216689333371473</id><published>2006-07-06T09:06:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-06T17:00:20.793+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Bismillah Her Hayrın Başıdır</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Birinci Söz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bismillâh her hayrın başıdır. Biz dahi başta ona başlarız. Bil ey nefsim! Şu mübârek kelime İslâm nişanı olduğu gibi, bütün mevcudâtın lisân-ı haliyle vird-i zebânıdır. Bismillâh ne büyük tükenmez bir kuvvet, ne çok bitmez bir bereket olduğunu anlamak istersen, şu temsilî hikâyeciğe bak, dinle. Şöyle ki: Bedevî Arab çöllerinde seyahat eden adama gerektir ki, bir kabîle reisinin ismini alsın ve himâyesine girsin -tâ şakîlerin şerrinden kurtulup, hâcâtını tedârik edebilsin. Yoksa, tek başıyla, hadsiz düşman ve ihtiyacâtına karşı perişan olacaktır.&lt;br /&gt;İşte böyle bir seyahat için iki adam sahrâya çıkıp gidiyorlar. Onlardan birisi mütevâzi idi; diğeri mağrur. Mütevâzii, bir reisin ismini aldı; mağrur almadı. Alanı her yerde selâmetle gezdi. Bir kàtıü’t-tarîka rast gelse, der: "Ben filân reisin ismiyle gezerim." Şakî def’ olur, ilişemez. Bir çadıra girse, o nâm ile hürmet görür. Öteki mağrur, bütün seyahatinde öyle belâlar çeker ki, tarif edilmez. Dâimâ titrer, dâimâ dilencilik ederdi. Hem zelîl, hem rezil oldu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;İşte, ey mağrur nefsim, sen o seyyahsın. Şu dünya ise bir çöldür. Aczin ve fakrın hadsizdir. Düşmanın, hâcâtın nihayetsizdir. Mâdem öyledir, şu sahrânın Mâlik-i Ebedîsi ve Hâkim-i Ezelîsinin ismini al. Tâ bütün kâinatın dilenciliğinden ve her hâdisâtın karşısında titremeden kurtulasın. Evet, bu kelime öyle mübârek bir defînedir ki, senin nihayetsiz aczin ve fakrın, seni nihayetsiz kudrete, rahmete rabt edip, Kadîr-i Rahîmin dergâhında aczi, fakrı en makbul bir şefaatçi yapar. Evet, bu kelime ile hareket eden, o adama benzer ki: Askere kaydolur. Devlet nâmına hareket eder. Hiçbir kimseden pervâsı kalmaz. Kanun nâmına, devlet nâmına der. Her işi yapar, her şeye karşı dayanır. Başta demiştik: "Bütün mevcudât lisân-ı hal ile, ’Bismillâh’ der." Öyle mi? Evet. Nasıl ki, görsen; bir tek adam geldi, bütün şehir ahalisini cebren bir yere sevk etti ve cebren işlerde çalıştırdı. Yakînen bilirsin, o adam kendi nâmiyle, kendi kuvvetiyle hareket etmiyor. Belki o bir askerdir, devlet nâmına hareket eder, bir padişah kuvvetine istinad eder. Öyle de, her şey Cenâb-ı Hakkın nâmına hareket eder ki, zerrecikler gibi tohumlar, çekirdekler, başlarında koca ağaçları taşıyor, dağ gibi yükleri kaldırıyorlar. Demek her bir ağaç "Bismillâh" der; hazîne-i rahmet meyvelerinden ellerini dolduruyor, bizlere tablacılık ediyor. Her bir bostan, "Bismillâh" der, matbaha-i kudretten bir kazan olur ki, çeşit çeşit pek çok muhtelif leziz taamlar, içinde beraber pişiriliyor. Her bir inek, deve, koyun, keçi gibi mübârek hayvanlar "Bismillâh" der, rahmet feyzinden bir süt çeşmesi olur. Bizlere Rezzâk nâmına en latîf, en nazîf, âb-ı hayat gibi bir gıdâyı takdim ediyorlar. Her bir nebat ve ağaç ve otların ipek gibi yumuşak kök ve damarları "Bismillâh" der, sert olan taş ve toprağı deler, geçer. "Allah nâmına, Rahmân nâmına" der; her şey ona musahhar olur. Evet, havada dalların intişârı ve meyve vermesi gibi, o sert taş ve topraktaki köklerin kemâl-i sühûletle intişâr etmesi ve yer altında yemiş vermesi; hem şiddet-i hararete karşı aylarca nâzik, yeşil yaprakların yaş kalması, tabiiyyunun ağzına şiddetle tokat vuruyor. Kör olası gözüne parmağını sokuyor. Ve diyor ki: "En güvendiğin salâbet ve hararet dahi emir tahtında hareket ediyorlar ki, o ipek gibi yumuşak damarlar, birer asâ-i Mûsâ (a.s.) gibi, &lt;img src="http://www.risaleinurenstitusu.org/tr/kulliyat/images/books/sozl1/b427.gif" /&gt; emrine imtisâl ederek taşları şakk eder. Ve o sigara kâğıdı gibi ince nâzenin yapraklar, birer âzâ-yı İbrâhim (a.s.) gibi, ateş saçan hararete karşı, &lt;img src="http://www.risaleinurenstitusu.org/tr/kulliyat/images/books/sozl1/b428.gif" /&gt; âyetini okuyorlar." Mâdem herşey mânen, "Bismillâh" der, Allah nâmına Allah’ın ni’metlerini getirip bizlere veriyorlar. Biz dahi, "Bismillâh" demeliyiz. Allah nâmına vermeliyiz. Allah nâmına almalıyız. Öyle ise, Allah nâmına vermeyen gàfil insanlardan almamalıyız. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suâl:&lt;/strong&gt; Tablacı hükmünde olan insanlara bir fiyat veriyoruz. Acaba, asıl mal sahibi olan Allah ne fiat istiyor? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Elcevap:&lt;/strong&gt; Evet, o Mün’im-i Hakiki, bizden o kıymettar ni’metlere, mallara bedel istediği fiat ise, üç şeydir: Biri zikir, biri şükür, biri fikirdir. Başta "Bismillâh" zikirdir. Ahirde "Elhamdülillâh" şükürdür. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ortada, bu kıymettar hârika-i san’at olan ni’metler Ehad, Samed’in mu’cize-i kudreti ve hediye-i rahmeti olduğunu düşünmek ve derk etmek fikirdir. Bir padişahın kıymettar bir hediyesini sana getiren bir miskin adamın ayağını öpüp hediye sahibini tanımamak ne derece belâhet ise, öyle de, zâhirî mün’imleri medih ve muhabbet edip Mün’im-i Hakikiyi unutmak, ondan bin derece daha belâhettir.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Ey nefis! Böyle ebleh olmamak istersen; Allah nâmına ver, Allah nâmına al, Allah nâmına başla, Allah nâmına işle, vesselâm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Sözler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30719791-115216689333371473?l=terennum.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://terennum.blogspot.com/feeds/115216689333371473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30719791&amp;postID=115216689333371473&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30719791/posts/default/115216689333371473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30719791/posts/default/115216689333371473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://terennum.blogspot.com/2006/07/bismillah-her-hayrn-badr.html' title='Bismillah Her Hayrın Başıdır'/><author><name>terennum</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
