You
cannot convince Türkmen people that Gorkut Ata is a man without saintly
miracles (karamat)!
(42.)
Like
the breath of Gorkut Ata, Hoja Ahmet İasawy, Bahaweddin Nagyºbendi,
Nejmeddin Kubra, Salar Baba, Mäne Baba, this fertile and powerful land
is a remedy for thousands of ailments and problems.
(78.)
Gorkut
Ata of the Baıat clan lived in the age shortly after the Prophet (peace
be upon him). Gorkut Ata was the wise man of the Oguz people. What he
said happened; he foretold the future. Allah inspired his heart.
Gorkut
Ata the spiritual leader of his nation was among the first to accept
Islam. He visited Mekka and Medina and performed his duty of pilgrimage
there.
(105-160.)
Reading
the book of Gorkut Ata raises the spirit, relieves the body, and calms
the soul. You will be exalted and close to your past.
What
is told in the book of Gorkut Ata is the religion and his wise ideas and
advice to people.
(109.)
The
ideas of Gorkut Ata ruled over the land of Türkmens for five hundred
years. After this, in the third period of our history, Seljuk Beg, from
the lineage of Gorkut Ata, became the ruler.
(109.)
The
soul of Gorkut Ata said:
“Write!
The things that the nation favours, and the things that are written on
the fate, mind, and heart of the nation are sacred.”
(148.)
"Allah
selected the four heroes of the Türkmens –Oguz Han, Gorkut Ata, Görogly
and Magtymguly- as the inheritors of the prophets".
(148.)
Today,
we have attained the understanding, the comprehension, and the unity
that Gorkut Ata desired.
(153.)
When
I considered my situation, I understood that I was not an orphan! How
can someone be an orphan if he has a father like Oguz Han, a teacher
like Gorkut Ata, an elder brother like Görogly, an advisor like
Magtymguly?
(156.)
The
directions of Gorkut Ata have remained in the memory of the people as
the way of Gorkut Ata.
(164.)
Gorkut
Ata, Oguz Han, Görogly and Magtymguly have transmitted many pieces of
advice and good counsel to us about considering the Türkmen way sacred
and the unity and integrity of the Türkmen nation. .
(165.)
As
Gorkut Ata said, we are leaving a developed, powerful, rich and stable
state to our children. There can be no happiness greater than this.
(251.)
Gorkut Ata advised that
there are three reasons for any possible calamity and misfortune, and
these are: disagreement, egoism and taking something which is unlawful
according to religion.
We should heed Gorkut Ata’s advice.
(269)
The
snow-capped Köpetdag has a lovely tune, they said,
Roars
from time to time like a young man burned inside, they said,
Has
rains coming with thunder and lightning, they said,
Wandering
the Türkmen land, there is a lot worth looting, they said,
There
is the wisdom of Gorkut-Ata on her mountains, they said.
(271.)
The old people are
as wise as Gorkut
The mothers are as
merciful as İunus
(273.)
Oguz is your
forefather, and Gorkut is your master,
Your memory is the
history of the sixty ages.
Your Garagum is your
table and treasure,
Your provision is
blessed, you are the prosperous Türkmen.
(274.)
The
spiritual leader of the Türkmen in this second age was Gorkut Ata. The
spirit of this era found expression in the tones of the kopuz.
Gorkut Ata converted to Islam of his own volition and discovered the new
comprehensive space unique to the Türkmen soul. Gorkut Ata established
new moral principles inspired by his personal faith and philosophy of
the afterlife. Life
was divided into three, and not two parts. People believed that in the
next world they would have to account for what they did in this world.
(290-191.)
I
wish to draw your attention specifically to three sayings by Gorkut Ata:
The
Soltan’s right is the same as Allah’s right.
The
father’s right is the same as Allah’s right.
The
mother’s right is the same as Allah’s right.
The
word haq, right, is synonymous
with the word justice, huquk.
They are indeed the same thing.
(311.)
Listen
to the advice of Gorkut Ata: “Gain your reputation while your father
is alive, and get ahead while you have your horse.”
(317.)
Our
fathers have spilled lots of blood on the way to independence. Oguz Han,
Gorkut Ata, Alp Arslan...the heroes in the Gökdepe Castle.. all made
the Türkmen known to the whole world.
(338.)
Gorkut Ata wished that one might be protected by Allah against the evils
of a bad spouse.
(373.)
Let
us have the ability to foresee the future, for the sake of brave men
like Gorkut Ata, for this ability should be our country’s foundation!
(404.)
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