Indroduction to
Booklet for Way to Paradise
Allâhu ta’âlâ sent Prophets ‘’alaihim-us-salâm’ to His born
slaves so that they should attain happiness, comfort and peace in
the world and in the Hereafter and lead a brotherly life by
attaching their hearts to one another, and for the purpose of
teaching them how to perform their duties as His slaves. Through
those select people, the highest of mankind in all respects, He let
His born slaves know the best way of living. He announced that
Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’, the highest and the aftermost of His
Prophets ‘’alaihim-us-salawât-u-wa-t-teslîmât’ is the Prophet of all
people that will be living all the world over until the end of the
world. In His grand heavenly book named the Qur’ân al-kerîm and
which He revealed to this most beloved Prophet of His through an
angel piecemeal in a proces of twenty-three years, He declared His
commandments and prohibitions. Because the Qur’ân al-kerîm is
in the Arabic language and provides extremely subtle teachings
and ultramundane pieces of knowledge beyond the grasp of
human mind, Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’ explained the entire
book, from the beginning to the end, to his Sahâba ‘’alaihim-urridwân’.
He said: “Anyone who explains the Qur’ân al-kerîm in a
way at variance with my explanations will become an unbeliever.”
Islamic scholars, who heard from the Ashâb-i-kirâm the
explanations made by our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’,
made them clear and plain enough to be understood by everybody
and wrote them in books of Tafsîr. These scholars are called the
scholars of Ahl as-Sunnat (or Sunnî scholars). Books which the
scholars of Ahl as-Sunnat wrote by compiling semplars of
explanations from the Qur’ân al-kerîm and our Prophet’s ‘sall-
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Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ utterances, which are called hadîthi-
sherîfs, are called books of ’Ilm-i-hâl. People who want to acquire
true and tenable knowledge of the Islamic religion which Allâhu
ta’âlâ teaches in the Qur’ân al-kerîm have to read these books of
’ilm-i-hâl.
The original title of the book, Booklet for Way to Paradise,
which we are currently presenting, is Miftâh-ul-Janna, which
means The Key of the Gate to Paradise. It was written by
Muhammad bin Qutb-ud-dîn Iznikî ‘rahima-hullâhu ta’âlâ’, who
passed away in Edirne in the hegiral lunar year 885 [1480 A.D.].
Profound Islamic scholar Sayyid ’Abd-ul-Hakîm Efendi
‘rahima-hullâhu ta’âlâ’ (1281 [1865 A.D.], Bashkal’a, Van – 1362
[1943 A.D.], Ankara, Turkey) stated: “The author of the book
entitled Miftâh-ul-Janna is said to have been a pious person. It will
be useful to read it.” Therefore, we have published the book. The
explanations here and there in the book and which have been
added within brackets are citations borrowed from other books.
They are by no means expressions of personal views and
comments. May Allâhu ta’âlâ protect us all against separatism and
disunion, which are the inescapable consequences of falling into
the traps set by Islam’s enemies lying in ambush and their
treacherous, heretical, lâ-madhhabî, reformist-minded
accomplices under Muslim names, some of whom pass for men of
religion! May He unite us all within the Madh-hab of Ahl as-
Sunnat, the one and only way of following and adapting ourselves
to His beloved Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’! May
He bless us all with a way of life wherein we love and help one
another! Âmîn.
[When a person is about to do something, first a khatara (idea,
thought) comes to their heart, so that they intend to do that thing.
This intention of theirs is called niyya(t). This person then orders
their limbs to do that thing. The person’s ordering the limbs is
called qasd or teshebbus (attempt). The limbs’ doing the work is
called kesb. The heart’s work is called akhlâq (conduct,
behaviour). There are six places whence the khatara comes to the
heart: Khatara that comes from Allâhu ta’âlâ is called Wahy. The
Wahy comes only to Prophets’ hearts. Khatara brought by angels
is called ilhâm (inspiration). The ilhâm comes to Prophets’
‘’alaihim-us-salawât-u-wa-t-teslîmât’ and sâlih (pious) Muslims’
hearts. Khatara given by sâlih Muslims is called nasîhat (counsel,
advice). The Wahy, the ilhâm, and the nasîhat are always good and
useful. Khatara coming from the devil is called vasvasa (doubt,
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misgiving); khatara that comes from one’s own nafs[1] is called
hewâ (carnal passion, sensual fancy); and khatara imbued by evil
company is called ighfâl (seduction, deception). Nasîhat (counsel,
advice) is given to anybody. The vasvasa and the hewâ come to
disbelievers’ and fâsiq[2] Muslims’ hearts. Both of them are evil and
harmful. Things that Allâhu ta’âlâ likes and approves of are called
good things, and those which He dislikes are called fenâ (bad, evil)
things. Because Allâhu ta’âlâ is very compassionate, He has
declared good and bad things in the Qur’ân al-kerîm. He has
commanded to do the good things and prohibited the evils. His
commandments and prohibitions are called, collectively, the
Ahkâm-i-islâmiyya. If a heart follows the counsel provided by
good company and reason and thereby adapts itself to the Ahkâmi-
islâmiyya, it will become pure and full of nûr. It will attain
happiness and peace both in this world and in the Hereafter. A
heart that disobeys the Ahkâm-i-islâmiyye by following the nafs
and the devil, which in turn is the result of believing the misguiding
oral and written statements made by evil people and zindiqs, will
become dark and rotten. A pure heart full of nûr will relish
obeying the Ahkâm-i-islâmiyya. A heart that has become dark will
enjoy following evil company, the nafs, and the devil. Allâhu
ta’âlâ, being very compassionate, creates a pure heart for each and
every newly-born baby all the world over. Afterwards, parents and
evil company make their hearts dark like their own hearts.]