The great saint Sayyed Ibrahim Fasih Naksibendi (ks) said:

“The murid must not be deceived when his Murshid (spiritual guide) turns to him and gives him compliments, he must even desire this special treatment to stop, it means, the murid must not expect respect and high regards from his Murshid, because the respectful behaviors of the Murshid to the murid are actually a destructive situation for the murid, this kind of behaviour by the Murshid is caused by the murids disloyalty. If the Murshid sometimes behaves to the murid harshly it is to humiliate his nafs (ego), it is for the mercy of the murid because the Murshid has taken him under his training and is engaging with him.

In this case the murid has to be patient in this situation, everyone must not forget that everyone is in a different test”

-Ibrahim Fasih, Halidiyye Rasalesi 22

The great saint Imam Kusyeri said about the necessity of the Murshid thus:

“When the person who is looking for Haqq, cannot find a Murshid near his homeland, he must go to the Murshid of the time who is responisble for irshad (enlightenment, guiding) and he must emigrate there. He must stay there until he is trained and educated, he must not leave there unless the Murshid gives permission” - Kusheyri, Risale, II 742

Supporting and loving the Arif (saint) who is on a path of taqwa, is a part of Iman.

See the good news with in this hadith-i sherif

“Who goes near to a Imam who is on the path of Allah, for supporting and exalting him, that person is under Allah’s protection, Allah gives him the merit of difficulties which he will tolerate for the sake of it”

- Hakem, Mustedrek II 90 Zehebi for Hadith; said witness. Ibnu Hibban,, Sahih Num 372 Ahmed, Musned V 241

Performing Fajr namaz at Eyup Sultan is a very powerful experience, it is very packed with people. After Fajr and Tasbihat, everyone exits the Masjid and a special dua continues outsides facing Eyup Sultans (R) tomb.

Eyup Sultan (R) After Fajr Dua from Yursil on Vimeo.

Commentary on the verse of the Quran : “And raise the battle-cry against them with thy horsemen and men on foot” (Ayat 17:64)
)

When you earnestly resolve to be religious, the Devil in your
nature cries out at you,

“Go not in that direction! Bethink you, O misguided one;
for you will become captive to distress and poverty.

You will become destitute, you will be cut off from friends,
you will be despised, you will feel sorry.”

From fear of the outcry of that accursed Devil you flee away
from certain truth into error,

Saying, “Ho, to-morrow is mine and after tomorrow : I will
run in the Way of religion, I have (plenty of) time.”

Then again you see Death killing your neighbors on left and
right, so that the cry (of lamentation) is raised.

Now, in fear of (your) life, you resolve to be religious : for
a while, you make yourself a (true) man ;

So you put on the armour of knowledge and wisdom, saying,
“I will not shrink from any danger.”

Again he (the Devil ) deceitfully cries out at you - “Be afraid
and turn away from the sword of poverty!”

Once more you flee from the Way of Light and cast off that
armour of knowledge and virtue.”

(For many) years, you are a slave to him because of a cry : you
have laid down the blanket (have lain down to rest) in such darkness as this!

Dread of the cry of the devils has bound the people and taken
hold of their throats,

Till their souls have become as hopeless of the Light as the
spirits of the infidels who dwell in the tombs.

Such is the terror of the cry of that accursed one : how (great)
must be the dread of the Divine cry!

Dread of the falcon is (falling) upon the noble partridge : the
fly hath no portion of that dread,

Because the falcon is not a hunter of flies : only spiders catch
flies.

The spider, (which is) the Devil, hath dominion over flies
like you, not over the partridge and the eagle.

The cry of the devils is the drover of the damned; the cry of
the Lord is the guardian of the (blessed) saints,

To the end that, by reason of these two cries (being) far
distant (from each other), not a drop of the sweet sea may
mingle with the briny sea.

ref: Mathnawi, Book III pg 243 tr: Nicholson

from Foundation for Science Technology and Civilization - Jan 2007

However again during the reign of Sultan Ahmed III (1703-1750), which is during the Tulip Age, there is strong evidence both in the Surname (chronicle) of Mehmed Hazin and the Surname of Vehbi, as the witnesses of the era, that Ibrahim Effendi, the dockyard architect, had invented the submarine which was called “Tahtelbahir”. Seyyid Vehbi compared this submarine invented by the architect Ibrahim Effendi to an alligator, and tells in his Surname that during the circumcision ceremony that Sultan Ahmed III held for his sons, while the sultan, the viziers, and the sultan’s sons were watching the shows in the coastal palace in Aynali Kavak, the alligator-like submarine slowly emerged on the water and moved slowly to the sultan, and after staying on the sea for half an hour, submerged in the sea again to the great surprise of the public; then emerged one hour later, with five people walking outside the mouth of this alligator-like submarine with trays of rice and zerde (dish of sweetened rice) on their heads. The book Surname-i Humayun of Seyyid Vehbi, which explains the technical information concerning this sub-marine submerging in the sea and the crew being able to breathe through pipes while under the sea, demonstrates to us the first Ottoman trials of submarines were successful. The Surname of Mehmed Hazin, who told of the events of October 1, 1720, during the circumcision ceremony of the sons of Sultan Ahmed III, related that a fish-like submarine was present; however, his secrets were buried with him.

Although it is mentioned by Bahaeddin, the historian, that the first submarine was used during the Seljuk period against the Crusader knights in the siege of Akkah in 1150, it is understood that the submarine built by Ibrahim, the architect, in the Ottoman era during the reign of Ahmed III was more developed and could stay under water for one hour. Considering that the British tried to build a small submarine half a century after Ibrahim and failed, it is obvious that the Ottoman success in this field is most notable. However in 1776, the submarine developed by the American scientist David Bushnell was a success. The sketches of a submarine project in the archives of the Stockholm Military Organization are interesting for the assessment of all the technical developments of the era.

References:
Seyyid Vehbi : Surname. Suleymaniye Library, Hamidiye 952, foliea 171 b
Mehmed Hazin: Surman, Bayezid Library, Nureddin Pasa, 10267, folio 132 b
Saban Dogen, Musulman ilim onculeri ansiklopedisi, Istanbul 1984, s. 205
Flack, N.D. Diving vessel by the Ms. Day London 1775
Fledhaus, F. M.: Die Technik Ein Lexikon der Vorzeit, der geschichtlichen Zeit und der Naturvolker. Munchen 1970 sp. 1122.

Below is the text as found in the translation:
–

Concerning the qualities of the Pir (Spiritual Guide) and (the duty of) obedience to him.

O Splendour of the Truth, Husamuddin, take one or two
sheets of paper and add (them to the poem) in description
of the Pir.

Although thy slender body hath no strength, yet without the
sun (of thy spirit) we have no light.

Although thou hast become the lighted wick and the glass
(lamp), yet though art the heart’s leader (the Spiritual Guide);
thou art the end of the thread (which serves as a clue).

Inasmuch as the end of the thread is in thy hand and will,
the beads of spiritual knowledge on the heart’s necklace are
(derived) from thy bounty.

Write down what appertains to the Pir (Guide) who knows
the Way :- Choose the Pir and regard him as the essence
of the Way.

The Pir is (like) summer, and (other) people are (like) the
autumn month; (other) people are like night, and the Pir is
the moon.

I have bestowed on (my) young Fortune (Husamuddin) the
name of Pir (old), because he is (made) old by the Truth, not
(made) old by Time.

So old is he that he hath no beginning : there is no rival to
such a unique Pearl.

Verily, old wine grows more potent; verily, old gold is more
highly prized.

Choose a Pir, for without a Pir this journey is exceeding full
of woe and affright and danger.

Without an escort you are bewildered (even) on a road you
have travelled many times (before):

Do not, then, travel alone on a Way that you have no seen
at all, do not turn your head away from the Guide.

Fool, if his shadow (protection) be not over you, then the cry
of the ghoul will keep you (wandering about) with your head
in a whirl.

The ghoul will (entice you) from the Way (and) cast you into
destruction: there have been in this Way many craftier than
you (who have perished miserably).

Hear (learn) from the Quran the perdition of the wayfarers,
what the evil-souled Iblis did unto them.

He carried them far - a journey of hundreds of thousands of
years - from the Highway, and made them backsliders and
naked (devoid of good works).

Behold their bones and their hair! Take warning, and drive
not your ass towards them !

Seize the neck of your ass (the flesh) and lead him towards
the Way, towards the good keepers and knowers of the Way.

Beware! do not let your ass go, and do not remove your hand
from him, because his love is for the place where green herbs
are plentiful.

If you carelessly leave him free for one moment, he will go
(many) leagues in the direction of the herbage.

The ass is an enemy to the Way, (he is) madly in love with
fodder : oh, many is the attendant on him that he has brought
to ruin !

If you know not the Way, whatsoever the ass desires, do the
contrary thereof : that, surely, will be the right Way.

(The Prophet said), “Consult them (women), and then oppose
(them in what they advise) : he that disobeys them not will be
ruined.”

Be not a friend to (sensual) passion and desire, since it leads
you astray from the Way of God.

Nothing in the world will break (mortify) this passion like
the shadow (protection) of fellow-travelers.

ref: Mathnawi, tr: Nicholson, pg 161

The purpose of this (severe) discipline and this rough treatment is that the furnace may extract the dross from the silver.

The testing of good and bad is in order that the gold may boil and bring the scum to the top.

Mathnawi - Book I - tr: Nicholson