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HARUN YAHYA

In 1728, he returned to Siirt and continued attending lec-
tures by Ismail Faqirullah, eventually marrying his daughter and
thus becoming his teacher’s son-in-law. Returning from the
hajj in 1728, he wrote his book Lubb al-Qutb; this consisted of
extracts from the works of great Islamic scholars of the past.
Invited to court by Sultan Mahmud I in 1747, he enjoyed the
opportunity of making use of the palace library. On his return
from Istanbul to Erzurum, he began to write short treatises
(risalas). Following his second visit to Istanbul, he withdrew to
his home in Hasankale and devoted himself completely to
writing books.
On his second hajj, the holy pilgrimage to Makkah, he
engaged in exchanges of information by establishing contact
with famous Islamic scholars in Aleppo, Damascus, Makkah,
Madinah and Jerusalem.
On his return from his travels, he wrote his famous work
the Ma‘rifatname (Book of Gnosis). In addition to that, he
wrote 54 other important works. He died in Siirt in 1780, his
body being placed in the tomb built for his teacher Sheikh
Ismail Faqirullah.
Some extracts from the sayings of Sayyid Ibrahim Haqqi are
as follows:
“The best of good morality is to go to he who does not
come to you. It is for you to forgive he who oppresses you.
If you speak, tell the truth. If you make promises, keep
them. If you do good, keep it secret. If you see ill-nature in
anyone, avoid following his example.
Greeting everyone is the greatest moral quality. Modesty
yields increase. The greatest wisdom is to get on well with
people. Anyone who seeks fault among the people will
find his own faults the subject of discussion. Anyone

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