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A Glimpse of the Life of the Eminent Scholar Mohammad Emin Sheikho His soul has been sanctified by Al’lah His Honourable Birthday: His full moon appeared over Damascus in the year 1890 on a blessed night when a Damascene tradesman had a newborn baby. The father loved his son very much because he resembled the full moon in its beauty and for his good clever presence. In his childhood, he was active, clever, full of motion and cheerfulness so as to create a serenity and happiness of life in the hearts of those surrounding him. Day by day he grew, he showed an increase in cleverness and strength of personality, something which made his position greater for his parents. So they venerated him and looked after him with love, affection and sympathy. But death soon snatched the affectionate father in his years of youth after an exhausting illness and tiring pain. The death of the father had a great effect in the heart of everyone who knew him for he left behind him a widow and two sons. Mr. Mohammad Emin did not complete seven years when he bore the responsibility towards his mother in protecting her, defending her and keeping her away from the evils which appeared around his family after the absence of his father from existence, and the travel of his older brother, Saleem, to Turkey. Even in his orphanage, Mohammad Emin was distinguished by his patience with the difficulties of life. He bore patience that mighty men could never bear, because he was an individual in a small respectable family that had faced many difficulties. The Sunrise of His Youth & A Glimpse of His Deeds Because of his honorable lineage that relates to the Great Messenger (cpth) he could approach the high responsible personalities of the ruling Turkish state at that time so that his family could reside in Sarouja Quarter which was called “Small Istanbul”, a dwelling place for the Turkish statesmen at that time. And he was able to study in the Royal Ottoman Faculty in Damascus, “Amber”. He completed his studies when he became eighteen years old. He graduated in the rank of security officer. He surpassed his colleagues in extreme courage, trust, truth, hard work and his perseverance for continuous work with distinction. He headed many police-stations in Damascus and became director of its counties. He was the example, for no sooner had he held his position than peace and safety prevailed in the region of his work. He was the sleepless eye and the unmistakable arrow in the state’s quiver. Whenever the state was confronted by a criminal or a crime, they used to ask for his help. And when fear, killing, corruption and criminality spread over a region, he was the saving hope, who he kept off danger and liberated people. When decay began to bite the body of the Turkish state, and the torch of Islam was quenched, corruption and chaos prevailed all over the country until crime reached an unbearable limit, living became difficult, and the days were encompassed by danger, and the darkness of the night was horrifying except in Damascus, its countryside and suburbs, for security was prevailing as a vigilant eye was watching and a merciful heart was dedicated to peace. He faced storms of criminals in his work with courage and boldness, and he besieged many guerrillas and arrested their leaders. All his works were crowned in victory and support until he was surnamed ‘Aslan’ meaning 'the lion', for his audacity in facing difficulties. By his reliance upon God, he was the only officer who stood in the face of injustice and terrorism so that the criminals and thieves used to surrender to him, fearing his bravery, to offer a plea to his justice, mercy and contentment. Thus he advanced in the ranks and was moved among the police-stations until he was appointed director of the citadel of Damascus, which contained the warehouses and the prisons. He remained in this position for a very long time during which he achieved glories and displayed bravery that Damascus had never seen before. He was very audacious in freeing thousands of prisoners with capital sentences and put them in the front lines to defend the country against the infidel enemy. His action was the cause for removing the gallows which were planted by Jamal Pasha, the butcher, in the marketplaces and quarters of the country and which used to swallow hundreds of young men everyday. For that reason he was exposed many times to death. Thus Al’lah saved him by His Greatness, His Mercy, and His Assistance. During the French mandate, as he was a civil security officer, he was returned to his position as the director of a district or the chief of a police-station until the Great Syrian Revolution took place. Due to his love for God and his noble wish to serve his country, he was the iron arm for the revolutionaries and the aorta of the revolution. Its seal was in his trustworthy hand. He disquieted the French forces with his wonderful experiments in changing retreat into victory and in giving the revolutionaries the greatest arms deal between France and the Great Syria. He handed these arms, which the French stored in Anjar castle in Lebanon, to the revolutionaries at night. General Catro, the governor of Syria at that time, lost his mind and ordered that Mr. Mohammad Emin be executed, but the Almighty God saved him and his assistant through His Complete Words, and he turned into a very trustworthy man for them despite their error of judgement. The Stage of Guidance & Invitation to Al'lah After he became forty years old, God revealed to him His Omniscience. He began to see the recitation of the Prophet (cpth) in his prayer (communication with God) for ‘Al-Fatiha (the Opening)’ fortress in sight and in hearing. After that he began to guide his disciples and he bore the banner of guidance in extreme strength and worthiness. He used to be called ‘Emin Bey’ for ‘Bey’ is a Turkish word meaning ‘The Pure’. His Salon used to embrace the flower of youths of Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq asking for irrigation from his Mohammadan spring, rich and generous in giving an atmosphere of haughtiness, majesty, and sanctity. If the noble deeds were mentioned… In our horizons… In you the example is given… For all of us… A Glimpse of His Invitation to Al'lah, His Revelation and His Great Guidance

His sanctified assemblies were distinguished by charming and unique revelation in perfect and plain meanings, and complete presence of reality. His words used to hit the target and fall cool and peaceful in the hearts of the listeners, and a light that bewitched them to free their spirits to soar very high. He drove away darkness, tore asunder contradictions, and finally obliterated the intriguing schools and barren argumentations which created a big gap in the minds of people between themselves and their God. He acquainted people with the reality of God, and the consummation of His qualities... a Merciful God, Compassionate, Wise, Fair, Conferrer of benefit, Donator, deserved to be worshipped for Himself for He is the Owner of Beauty and Consummation. It is He who is praised for any harm because this harm results in cure and donation. He is Needless of creation, and of our allegiance and our obedience because He is Rich and we are poor and our obedience is for our own good and benefit. We need to enter His luminous fort of faith, to be protected from misfortune and adversity. Why are we created? What is this universe for? What is the use of religious rituals? What is hunger for, followed by eating in Ramadan? What is the output and benefit of prayer? Why do pilgrimage to a waterless and treeless desert? Why were we brought into existence? Where were we? What is death for? And what is really after it? What is the spirit? What is the soul? What is the mind? What is Paradise? What is Hell? What about the problem of fate? What is the pre-material world (world of spirits)? Facts and questions have not come to people's minds because they were busy in the tempting world and its deceptions, and they forgot to search in the files of existence and know its secrets. The famous coeval English scientist, Sir John Bennett, in one of his meetings with western scientists, said: (All sciences that we have achieved are not equal to the sea of that great Eminent Scholar in the Orient). His invitation to God is based on a course that is never mistaken: “Say: this is my way: I invite to Al’lah with sure insight, I and whosoever follows me. Glorified and Exalted is Al’lah. And I am not of the polytheists.” The Holy Qur'an, Fortress (12) Yusuf (Joseph), verse (80). In the light of this honorable Ayeh (verse), he began to call to God for more than thirty years a call concentrated on the following points: 	Acquainting people with the consummation of the Almighty God, and showing His Mercy to His obedient people and His Justice with His Creation. He refuted all that remained in human minds and what was circulated that contradicted the Godly Justice, Clemency, and Mercy and (all) Godly Consummations, and his guide was the Word of God: “And all the most Beautiful Names (Attributes) belong to Al’lah, so call on Him by them, and leave the company of those who deny His Names. They will be requited for what they used to do.” The Holy Qur'an, Fortress (7) Al-A'raf (The Heights), verse (180). 	Revealing the consummations of the Messengers (cpth), of whom God witnessed in His Glorious Book as to their spirits' purity, their impeccability, and made them supreme examples for the worlds to be guided by them as mentioned in his book: The Impeccability of the Prophets The book of which the like could never be written by his forerunners. He confuted every fabrication or exegesis that disagreed with their sublimity and their high rank adhering in that, to the Word of God “They are those whom Al’lah has guided. So follow their guidance...” The Holy Qur'an, Fortress (6) Al-An'am (Livestock), verse (90). 	Calling people to adhere to honorable jurisprudence and to attain piety of God truly (witnessing by Al’lah’s Light), besides warning Man not to let his spirit follow its capricious whims, and not to depend upon vane wishes but turning to the Word of God: “It will not be in accordance with your desires, nor those of the people of the Scripture, whosoever works evil, will have the recompense thereof, and he will not find any protector or helper besides God.” The Holy Qur'an, Fortress (4) An-Nisa' (Women), verse (123). And also calling to the Tradition of the Messenger (cpth): «The discerning person is that who accuses himself and works for what is behind death, and the disabled is that who follows his caprices and asks God for wishes». 	Guiding people to the steps of true faith as shown by the Messenger (cpth) to his noble companions, deriving them from the Book of God. No man has his heart mixed with delight of faith but he straightens for God's order and has a self-deterrent (from committing sins). God mentioned that in His Noble Saying: “... and whosoever believes in God, He guides his heart...” The Holy Qur'an, Fortress (64) At-Taghabun (The Apparent Loss), verse (11). 	Revering God's Messenger (cpth), glorifying him, and showing his high position with Al'lah, then guiding to the way of his love (cpth) and revealing what fruit comes out of loving that pure chaste spirit, from entering into Al'lah’s Presence through him, and dying with a believing spirit coupled by him to perfection from God, following the Almighty's saying: “... So those who believe in him, honour him, help him, and follow the light sent down with him, it is them who are gainers.” The Holy Qur'an, Fortress (7) Al-A'raf (The Heights), verse (157). It was a valuable age that this pure man had spent striving and seeking nearness to Al’lah... And by this nearness he acquired what he had acquired of high ranks and consummation... and realized glories and works charged with holy humane strife... and great humane sacrifices... so that his life was the highest example for the highest behavior, for supporting the right through matchless heroic deeds that defeated falsehood and made it perishable. He devoted his valuable life to the service of his Man brethren... He competed with the wheel of time in its running and matched the sun in its light... The jet black nights of Damascus were changed at his hands into bright days for the glittering light of his works and the blessing grace of his sacrifices. He joined his night to his day overcoming rest. His eyelids never closed except for little naps to save his Man brethren who are in swamps of sorrows and pains, not caring for the dangers of death or capital punishment or for what he had paid in money or concessions in the service of God. Many times he remained penniless despite his previous wealth. So, it is no wonder that God revealed him on a sacred night that manifest revelation to let him witness the realm of God and ascend by his spirit into the sacred lofty Mohammadan worlds which were prepared for him because of his truthfulness, effort and sacrifice. Similarly, anyone who strives to attain this and be truthful in his love and his quest for God and the Messenger (cpth) shall find the door open for him and for every truthfully desiring follower. Joining The Highest Comrade (His Death) In this wonderful way, he spent a valuable life full of knowledge of God, which the heart does not feel safe without, and which, without acquiring, mankind won’t achieve happiness. He was the lamp that gave light to generations on their way to happiness through the Book of God, and the cresset that guided mankind to felicity, consummation, virtue and good life from God until he joined The highest Comrade in the first days of Rabi' Thani in the year 1964. He was buried in the cemetery of God’s Prophet “Dhi Al-Kifl” in Al-Salhiyeh Quarter. God says: “And who is better in speech than him who invites to Al’lah, and works righteous deeds, and proclaims: “I am one of the Muslims.” The Holy Qur'an, Fortress (41) Fussilat (explained), verse (33).
 * His honorable life history was a high interpretation and a clear constitution for what he had brought of wonderful revelation that contained facts for which heads bowed. The reality was a light, the form was a proof and the true practical application was a guide His revelation was matchless in world civilizations, and the positive laws of present life.