Seeds of Reality

Seeds of Reality

[This consists of aphorisms taken from a collection published thirty-five years ago called Hakikat Çekirdekleri.]

PREFACE to the original edition:

For some time now, my uncle considers matters with the heart alone, rather than with the intellect. If something is imparted to his heart clearly, he gets me to write it down. He says: “Knowledge is that which settles in the heart. It is valueless if it is grasped with the intellect alone.” And he says: “These matters are not only scholarly rules; they are firm, heart-felt principles of mine that are rooted in my conscience.” He told me to choose those I wanted from these aphorisms, which are “inspirations of the heart,” and I have shown the works from which they are selected: Nokta min Nuri Ma‘rifeti’llah; Isharat al-I‘jaz; Sunûhat; Şua‘at Ma‘rifeti’n-Nebi; Rumûz; Tulu‘at; Muhâkemat; Münâzarat; İşârât; Qızıl İjaz. [^1]

[^1]: These works were all written in Turkish with the exception of Ishārāt al-I‘jāz and Qızıl Ījāz, which were written in Arabic. The former was translated into Turkish in the 1950’s by Bediuzzaman’s brother Abdülmecid. (Tr.)

Compiler, his nephew, Abdurrahman

(Istanbul 1336/1920)