MORAL QUALITY

 Moral qualities, “Huluk” which can be described as habit, nature, character; is the most important aim of the creation, the real dimension of compulsory nature and the disposal of human will on the truth of “ creation”-halk- directed towards divine ethics. For someone who uses this disposal and dress his nature with good morals, all good deeds become easier.

 The words “halk”-creation, nature- and “huluk”- moral qualities come from the same root and there are no basic differences between them. But while “halk”-creation- has a meaning which is seen outside and perceived with outer senses, connected with shape, form and statue; “huluk”-moral qualities- is an essence, meaning and content which is understood with heart, felt with interior senses and represented with soul

 Man which is an unknown secret in respect of his outer face displays his real identity only with habit, character and nature. Although people may seem different, their habits and character someday hand them over. This word of the poet of Pre- Islam is so expressive:
“If someone has a secret habit, let him think that his habit will remain hidden. Sooner or later this character appears and becomes known.”

 In other words, in the places where shape and features deceive people, habit corrects all mistakes and becomes an interpreter to the secrets in the essence of the man. Although when we talk about “huluk”, it reminds good morals, there are people who mention a division of “good morals” and “bad morals” in respect of both goodness and badness may become habitual on the basis of natural capability and being stable, still the sense which we want to express with the word “huluk” here is “ good morals”

 The most reliable criteria of Sufism are “huluk” good habit. Those who are a few steps ahead of others in good morals mean ahead in Sufism. Although the extraordinary states, dazzling degrees and superhuman disposals which are accepted in respect of being the fruits and flowers of the soil of good habit, unless they are together with good morals they have no value and it’s not worth to consider them.

 Essentially, didn’t Our Prophet answer the question of “Which believer is more virtuous in respect to faith” “The one whose habit is more beautiful”

 It is natural because while there are so many favors and endowments over him, as a consolation, assurance and praise for His most distinguished born servant , by saying “You are on the highest of morals of which comprehending is impossible and very difficult to understand in respect of deriving its dimensions from the Noble Quran and having a divine axis ” (1) Allah The Most High stresses the character , high morals and spiritual virtues of him , in other words his moral qualities-huluk- which is considered the aim of the creation, goal and the its real meaning. With the law-morals which has the dimensions derived from Quran that started with the first man and come with development until the Age of Light.

 The answer of Hadrat Aisha to the question of Said b Hisham about the moral qualities of Prophet , by saying “Don’t you read the Noble Quran” and when he said: ”Yes we do” and her saying “ His morals were the Noble Quran”, confirms that, the reality which we define as “huluk”-morals- has the meaning of the practice of religion deeply and the representing of the Noble Quran without defect.

 Besides, in the verse revealed on this subject, it is especially reminded with the words of the verse that this morals is divine, originated from Quran and above comprehension. And beyond considering its manifestation and appearance as peculiar to the honored person whom is addressed with the nunnation ?of understanding in the word of “huluk” it is indicated that his morals which has a depth comes from Quran and from divine openness is not compared to any of the systems of ethics and this high morals is out of comprehension.... this shows that he is most beautiful Prophet of morals who has no similar among all people came to this world.

 Yes, he was honored with a nature, character and capabilities which can attain all kinds of greatness and candidate to all kinds of virtue, and open to all kinds of piety with his body, spirit, outside and inside, nature and morals. Then he walked to the highest maturity -“a’la-i illiyin-i kemalat” -by appraising these gift with the best way, he was not contended only with walking he helped to the pure souls who were his contemporaries and who were awakened with the reality of “Chapter Ahzab,32/21 ” and lift them to the peaks which are above others that resulted from their obedience.
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(1) Chapter Kalem, 68/4.

 On his tongue the brilliant words like:

I. “The believers whose faith is the most mature is the ones who have the best morals”
II. “A person can make an advancement with good morals that he can not succeed with worship and obedience”
III. The first thing that will be put on the balance (On the Day of Judgment) is the good morals. In his hands the secret formula of being perfect man, the people who follow him always walk around in the valleys that the angels walk around.

 He summarized the sign of good morals as not to give pain to anybody whether with words or with actions, not to see the ones who did a harm to oneself or to forget even it is seen, to return badness with goodness that the Person who was honored with its truth is the most vivid and impressive example of this. He was not offended to anybody even to the person who stood next to him and said: “Be fair” and to the one who gave him pain by pulling his robe, to the ones who scattered dust over his head and insulted him even to ones who slandered to his exalted wife. Let alone being offended when they became ill he went to visit them and when they die he followed the funeral. He did so because the good moral is the color of his nature and a dimension of his existence.

 There are many people who seem as good natured, kind and humanist that in their life good morals and mildness is like a plasticized lie and a vulnerable crystal. A bit of anger, violence a slight irritation is enough to reveal their real faces and true thoughts.

 A heart which is not frozen against good morals possibly doesn’t change its attitude even if it would be thrown into gehenna/hell. He would live on the path of mildness and peace, would chat with monsters of gehenna and meet those things he experinced with an open heart.

 A heart which is open to good moral qualities resembles to wide space that it can find a place to bury its anger and violence even if it was filled with the troubles of world. Concerning the people whose character are bad and heart is tight, they are Cains more stupid than the crow that in all earth they can not find a grave to bury their bad feelings, rage and hatred.

 We say: “The maturity of man is with good morals; the order of the world is with good morals.”