MSN.14 OCT 2010.PREPOST.ENG

Divine Service Is Higher than Earthly Royalty
Sultan al-Awliya

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani

14 October 2010   Lefke, Cyprus

 

Yaa Rabbee shukr, Yaa Rabbee shukr, Yaa Rabbee shukr! Madad yaa Sayyidee (Mawlana Shaykh stands) Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadur Rasoolullah `alayhi salaatullah. As-salaamu mina 'l-azaal ila 'l-abad. Thumma salaamu 'alaykum yaa anbiyaaullah yaa `ibaadAllahi 's-saaliheen, yaa ashaabu 'n-nawba, yaa Saahib az-Zamaan, yaa Awtaad, yaa Aqtaab, yaa Budalaa, yaa Nujabaa, yaa Nuqabaa, yaa Akhyaar! Amidoonee bi madadikum, until we may reach blessings in this holy night!

 

We are saying a`oodhu billahi min ash-shaytani 'r-rajeem. Say! Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem! Don't worry! (Mawlana Shaykh sits) Don't think that the one who is saying Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem is going to be khaa'ib khaseer, losing. O People, our attenders, say Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem! And be hopeful, be in contentment in your heart; the one who says Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem (Mawlana Shaykh stands) is never going to the Fire! (Mawlana Shaykh sits) It is the biggest grant for the nation of the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s) (Mawlana Shaykh stands). Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem! (Mawlana Shaykh sits)

What is Allah saying? (Mawlana Shaykh stands)

إِنَّهُ مِن سُلَيْمَانَ وَإِنَّهُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

innahu min sulaymaan wa innahu Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem.

Verily it is from Sulayman and verily it begins with the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. (27:30)

 

O People! Say Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem, and don't worry! (Mawlana Shaykh sits) Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah. Yaa Rabbee, yaa Allah! Yaa Rabbee, yaa Allah! Qawwiyy d`afana li-ridaaka, bi barakati Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem. (Mawlana is absorbed in brief dhikr.)

 

O our Attenders! O Salafi `ulamas! Say that the biggest grant from the Lord of Heavens is Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem. (Mawlana Shaykh stands) One thousand times, stand up and sit down! (Mawlana Shaykh sits) O, weak servants, ask to be powerful by saying that holy Name of Allah Almighty. We are weak ones, but if we are asking to be honored and powerful, and to be forgiven and to be the best ones, say daily at least 100 times, Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sings) Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem! Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem! Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem! (Mawlana Shaykh sits) We are asking protection here and Hereafter and shelter, also. We are asking shelter here and Hereafter. For everything that weak servants think might touch them with trouble here or Hereafter, they must try to say Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem! Don't worry. 

 

O Salafi `ulamas! If you are speaking on the secret knowledges, secret powers, secret grants from the Heavens that are coming from Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem, you can't finish. O Salafi `ulamas, marhaban! Sit down and say Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem. Up to the end, say Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem. Yaa Rabbee, shukr! Whoever is eating or drinking, begin with Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem. By saying Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem, whatever that one is drinking or eating is going to be noor, light, and is quickly transforming, changing, changing. First blessings are coming on him. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem, from the beginning of this world up to the end, you never finish. Allahu Akbar! It is a grant for Mankind, but people are heedless and they are forgetting. And what is the reason for forgetting? Because when say, Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem, that is putting you in a safe position, and safety and pleasure are granted to you.

O Salafi `ulamas! Shaytan is never happy for Mankind to be in pleasure and happiness. Therefore, leave everything and only speak about the power of Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem. Then call me and say, "O Shaykh! We hope we finished what you are giving to 'abeedullah, the servants of Allah (swt). We are finished." That is the biggest ignorance. If we start at the beginning of Creation up to the end, we are never finishing those special grants coming to the nation of the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits) 

 

Do you know hudhud, the hoopoe bird? Holy Qur'an is teaching everything; every holy verse, word and letter in it give Mankind countless lessons that grant them countless honors of Heavens. Subhaan Allah! Allah Almighty is sending Holy Qur'an to Mankind to teach them such things according to their capacity or ability. Why is Allah Almighty speaking on the sultanate of King Solomon, peace be upon him? There are so many wisdoms in every word. He sat on his holy throne, but don't think that every throne is holy, no.

O Salafi `ulamas! Look and try to understand! Don't think that every throne is holy and honored and blessed. No. Each throne is going to be according to the person who is sitting on it and how he is taking care for his servanthood. For that throne to be the best throne, to be an enlightened throne, to be a glorified throne, or to be a majestic throne, it is according to that one who is sitting on it. Allah Almighty is teaching all mulook and sultans. He is teaching everyone from east to west, from north to south. The Lord of Heavens is asking to teach people something. Subhaan Allah! And people think that Allah Almighty has only one throne for Sulayman (a). If Sulayman (a) is sitting on a throne, what about the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)? (Mawlana Shaykh stands) Say, Salafi `ulamas! What is his throne? Say! Allah Almighty is saying:

  عَسَى أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُودًا

`asaa an yab`athaka rabbuka maqaaman mahmoodah.

(O Muhammad!) It maybe that your Lord will raise you to the Praised Station. (17:79)

 

It is only for the Seal of Prophets (s) and people are hasood, jealous of him because we are giving him so much honor! (Mawlana Shaykh sits) Yaa humaqa! "O idiots!" Allah Almighty is giving honor to His most glorified, honored, majestic servant. I am ashamed to say "servant," but he is Allah Almighty's deputy from pre-Eternal up to Eternal. And those no-mind Wahhabi people are getting so jealous and angry! Who are you to say this? If Allah Almighty is honoring him, why do you object to people honoring him? You say, "They are giving salaatu w 'as-salaam, standing up, giving `alaamat at-ta`zheem, a sign of glorification.” They are such jealous people, and jealousy is a sign of no faith!

O Salafi `ulamas! Teach your mulook, on what basis are they sitting on their thrones? Do they have rights to sit on it or not? If it is coming from the Heavens you have a right. Otherwise, you may put an ordinary chair next to it and say, "This throne is only for the Seal of Prophets (s)." That is adab for the most glorified and honored servant! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits)

 

There are so many things that if anyone could understand and apply, this world would be such a paradise, but they are not thinking about it. King Solomon (a) sat on his throne, a holy throne, not a throne from Mankind, which gives nothing to people but a big responsibility. King Solomon's throne was heavenly and, therefore, he was ordered to sit on it. His throne was such that a person looking at it would be mundhish `alayh, astonished and fall down when that heavenly appearance came on it. It was made of gold, but not earthly gold. `alayhi ar-ridwaan, jinns made it and brought it to him, and it was such a magnificent throne that no one could raise his head to look at it. That is how Allah Almighty (swt) dressed him, with such a heavenly glory. Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Some may ask, "Why wasn't the Seal of Prophets (s) granted with such a throne?" Because he was the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s), (Mawlana Shaykh stands) who preferred simpleness, saying: 

 اجلس كما يجلس العبد و اكل كما ياكل العبد

ajlis kamaa yajlis al-`abd wa aakul kama yaakul al-`abd.

I sit as a servant sits and I eat as a servant eats.

 

(Mawlana Shaykh sits) That heavenly appearance that was coming on Sayyidina Sulayman (a) was something else, showing the heavenly glory and might on him. What he was granted was meant for ins wa 'l-jinn, Mankind and jinn, to bring just one small spot from the greatness, might, and glory of the Lord of Heavens, Who did not accept this for Sayyidina Muhammad (s). He was saying, "Alright, teach people, because in your time people will try to climb up and show themselves as glorified, majestic, or mighty ones." Therefore, he taught his nation, "O People! Don't ask for glory and majesty and mightiness through your furniture, your thrones. That is something granted to some servants of the Lord through heavenly wisdoms."

 

Sayyidina Muhammad (s) taught the highest level for servanthood is to say, "I am only a servant." If people open beyond that horizon, they are going to be much more dirty, and they will never let anyone live; they will do their worst for Mankind, making its condition come down. The Seal of Prophets (s) said, "O my nation! I am teaching you that the last nation is my nation and the Last Day is coming on them. Therefore, I must teach you how to be acceptable in the Divine Presence." But Shaytan is now teaching everyone kibr, to be proud. Everyone is saying, "I am someone, now if I can just find a throne to sit on!" That can't be. That is their highest, egoistic, last demand and the main spring coming to people from east to west, from north to south, because everyone is asking to be a Nimrod, or a Pharaoh, or a tyrant.

The Seal of Prophets (s) said: (Mawlana Shaykh stands) 

دبني ربي فأحسن تأديبي 

adabanee Rabbee fa ahasana taadeebee.

My Lord has taught me excellent manners and perfected my manners.

 

(Mawlana Shaykh sits) O People! Don't make any level higher than the level of servanthood, as the Lord of Heavens is never happy with that, saying, "I am not granting that to you here, but for Eternal Life. I am not granting that you should be a king or tyrant for three days, no. I am offering that you should be humble servants, and then when you come to Me, I will grant you real, never-ending honor." 

 

O People! May Allah (swt) forgive us. They are making me begin with something that is most necessary for Mankind to reach: a peaceful, happy, sweet life here. But people of all nations, beginning with Arabs, Turks, Persians, Iranians, Pakistanis, Malaysians, and Afghanis, everywhere people are trying to reach the honor of being kings or queens, not the honor of being servants! The Seal of Prophets (s) was sent to teach Mankind how to be servants of the Lord of Heavens.

O Salafi `ulamas! Try it, and if anything is wrong tell me, "That one is speaking non-truth." Astaghfirullah, if I am speaking wrongly, I am asking forgiveness from our Lord, Allah Almighty. He is teaching us how to be in this life, in the positions for which we have been created. He wants to teach us and send us to Paradise, not to Hells. 

 

O People! You may understand more than Salafi `ulamas, and Wahhabi people are never understanding! Therefore, they are making me to say, come back, and leave the western countries. We don't like anyone from Muslim countries to be there, because you are going to be the worst example for Islam. The fundamentalists do not belong to Islam, they have cut their lines from Islam! Therefore, we are not happy with them that they should be in western countries. They must come back to their homelands to learn Islam and keep it so people can look at their examples and say, “Okay, that is Islam.”

May Allah forgive us, for the honor of the Seal of Prophets (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits)

 

Fatihah.

(41 minutes) Mashaa-Allah. (1,241 viewers) Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar! Mashaa-Allah, Allahu Akbar.

(Mawlana Shaykh speaks with Shaykh Hisham Effendi on the phone.)

(To Shaykh Hisham) May Allah bless you and open to you for your service, yaa Shaykh.

(Mawlana Shaykh prays two raka`at Salaat ash-Shukr.)

MSN.15 OCT 2010.PREPOST.ENG

People Are Different Like Roses In A Garden
Sultan al-Awliya
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani
15 October 2010    Lefke, Cyprus

As-salaamu `alaykum. As-salaamu `alaykum! Marhaban! Ahlan wa sahlan! Marhaban, good tidings for Muslims! Say, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem! (Mawlana Shaykh stands) Yaa Rabbana, Rabb ighfir w 'arham wa Anta khayru 'r-rahimeen. (Mawlana Shaykh sits) Thumma as-salaat wa 's-salaam `alaa Sayyidi 'l-aawwaleen wa ’l-aakhireen, (Mawlana Shaykh stands) Sayyidina Muhammad wa `alaa aalihi wa saahbihi wa `alaa jamee`i 'l-anbiyaa wa 'l-mursaleen wa khudamaa'i shara`ihim wa `alaa `ibaadAllahi 's-saaliheen. (Mawlana Shaykh sits)

O People! As-salaamu `alaykum, from east to west, from north to south. Listen and try to understand and obey the holy commands of Allah Almighty. As long as people are not obeying the holy orders of Heavens, they will always be in never-ending troubles, in their physical beings and in their works. Everything is going to be as a spear piercing them and no one is going to be happy. Therefore, we are calling all Mankind from east to west, from north to south, to try to be obedient servants. If not, they can't reach any pleasure here or Hereafter. If a person is not making his Lord, Almighty Allah, pleased with him, his life here and Hereafter is going to be in troubles and he will be thrown into Trouble Valleys.

O People! Come and listen; we must listen and obey. If you are asking for happiness and pleasure, pleasement and Paradise, a sweet life here and Paradise on the Day of Resurrection, endlessly up to Eternity, why are you not taking care? 21st century people are like drunk ones, never thinking, every 24 hours running after dunya, asking to be in pleasure here, but it is impossible. They are eating but not digesting, drinking but not tasting, and sleeping with tablets, which is not a sweet life. A sweet life is if he eats dry bread with salt and water, and his conscience is restful, or if he sleeps on a stone and he is happy. People are sleeping on such beds, but do not taste a good taste, and they are not in rest. They are always using drugs. When a person is using drugs, he is never tasting and he is like a dead person. For sleep there is a kind of rest granted from Paradise. Some people are sleeping and at the beginning of their sleep their spiritual being is taken by angels, going around. People take drugs to sleep, but they are like a dead body. The lives of believers and lovers of Allah and His most beloved servant, Sayyidina Muhammad (s) (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits) are sweet when they awaken, and when they are sleeping, their lives are also sweet, but people are not understanding spirituality that gives pleasure to people.

In past times when people were working, they would clap and sing, "Ilahee, ilahee," heavenly singing, like tasbeeh, glorifying their Lord, and angels were descended and moved with them in such pleasement and pleasure. Now they are on tractors and there is no singing. Their ears are like deaf ones and that poisonous smoke is coming on them. They changed and are saying, "We are living in the time of technology, which is making our lives easy, not like before when people plowed with an ox." They are happy on a tractor, but because of that poisoned smoke, all night their heads and hearts are suffering in pain. That is their technology!

O People! Come back to nature! The Lord of Heavens is making nature madad, help you, so you must come back to nature. People are fighting nature with so many poisonous things. O Mankind living on this planet! You must change your life. Technology is killing you and daily it is giving much more trouble for you! O Western People! Hear and obey! Leave technology. O our heedless Muslim world! Don't follow western foolishness! Leave technology and come to nature! That is important. From east to west, you must listen and hear if you want a sweet life here and Hereafter.

La hawla wa la quwatta illa billahi 'l-`Aliyyu 'l-`Adheem. Yaa Rabbee! Now Shaytan has established its kingdom and we must try to destroy it, to finish it! Allah Almighty made Mankind as brothers. (Mawlana Shaykh stands)

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ

Yaa ayyuha 'n-naas inna khalaqnaakum min dhakarin wa untha wa ja`alnaakum shu`ooban wa qabaa'il.
O Mankind! Verily We created you from male and female, and made you nations and tribes. (49:13)

(Mawlana Shaykh sits) Allah, Allah. Allah, Allah. And Allah Almighty granted people of every tribe or nation special characteristics. English people, German, Pakistani, Japanese, Turks, Kurdish, Azeri people, and everyone is granted something. The Lord of Heavens is asking to make this world in different colors, like a rose garden. You can't find a white rose fighting with a red rose. Countless other flowers are living altogether and not fighting, but what about Mankind, why do you fight and kill? It is not an honor! They say they reached the top point of civilization, but they are liars! What is their civilization, to send those missiles to destroy? They are burning everything, including so many creatures. Why? Have we been honored with that? Have we been ordered to kill, destroy, burn, and give trouble to each other? Is that "civilization"? Ptuuh (spit) on their civilization! But holy orders will take them away and a big cleaning is coming, because people are followers of Shaytan.

O People! Come, listen, obey, and follow the holy commands of Allah Almighty. (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits.) May Allah forgive us, for the honor of the Seal of Prophets (s). Huuuuuu.

Fatihah.

Enough. Good tidings for listeners of heavenly orders, and bad tidings will come to those who are not following heavenly orders and pleasures. May Allah forgive us. Tawbah, yaa Rabbee.

Fatihah.

MSN.24 OCT 2010.Du`a.PREPOST.ENG

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim’s Du`a

Sultan al-Awliya

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim all-Haqqani

24 October 2010    Lefke, Cyprus

 

(Translated from Turkish)

The kind of service here is different. For it to go on, it must be from the will of Sayyidi 'l-awwaleen wa 'l-akhireen. (Mawlana Shaykh Nazim stands) Yaa Sayyidi 'l-awwaleen wa 'l-akhireen! If there is khidhmah, service (to be done), I’m requesting from you through your shafa`ah (to give me long) life. I request permission! I request strength so that I may destroy these lousy ones, Shaytan’s sultanate! If you give no permission, then let me go! (Mawlana Shaykh sits)

Fatihah.

 

(Translated from Arabic)

As-salamu `alaykum yaa`ibaadAllahi 's-saaliheen. Inna lillah fi 'l-`alam lahu shu`oon. Wa lillaahi fee khaliqihi shu`oon. As-salamu `alaykum yaa `ibaadAllah. Koonoo `ibaad Allahi 'l-mukhliseen.

As-salamu `alaykum, pious servants of Allah! Verily Allah in this world has different plans and works, and in His Creation, Allah is the Planner of doing things. As-salamu `alaykum, servants of Allah! Be sincere servants of Allah!

Nateejat kullu khitaab da`wat al-khalq ila 'l-haqq. (inaudible) Law haadha ghadarta ma`nah kull mu`assassat al-anbiya yakoon baatil. li-anna 'l-Haqq jall wa `alaa arsal al-anbiya `alayhimu 's-salaam wa warathatahum awliyaai 'l-kiraam bas li ajal da`watu 'n-naas ila 'l-haqq. as-salam `alaykum. Hayaat wa 'l-mamaat bi yadi Rabbi 'l-`Izzah. Law yajtama`u kullu 'n-naas an ya`tee `umr ziyaada `an `umr ar-rajul laa yastatee`oon.

The result of all speeches is to invite Creation to Truth. If that purpose is betrayed that means the foundations that prophets established would be false, because the prophets, peace be upon them, were sent with the Truth and also their inheritors, the generous awliya came down only to invite people to Truth. As-salamu `alaykum. Life and death is by the Hand of our Lord Almighty. If all the people tried to give more life beyond the life of a man, they cannot.

Kadhaalik laa yumkin an yadurr kull an-naas li rajalin idhaa hamahu Rabbi 'l-`Izza Jalla w a`alaa. Du`aikum ba`duna li ba`d, laa budd minhu. Nahnu fi 's-sin al-`ajz wa ahyaanan akoono da`eefa.

Likewise, it is impossible for all people to harm a man if the Lord Almighty protects him. Your prayers to each other are necessary. We are in an old age and sometimes I feel weak.

wa innanee uhibb an akoon ma`kom fee hayaatikum fi kull sa`atin, fee hayaatikum wa an akoona ma`kom fee khidmatikum li-tafreehikum. Faraah. Uhibb an takoono fee faraahin wa suroor.

And I love to be with you, in every hour of your lives (all the time), and to be at your service to make you happy! Happiness. I love for you to be in happiness and elated!

Sabbihu Rabbakum! Qooloo laa ilaaha illa Anta subhaanak. Laa ilaaha illa Anta subhaanak. Laa ilaaha illa Anta subhaanak. Haadha himaayatan lanaa. Sayyidina Yunus.

He was saying Laa ilaaha illa Anta subhaanak innee kuntu min azh-zhaalimeen. Amaan yaa Rabbee. Our Lord. Yaa Rabbee. yaa Rabbee. Nahnu min azh-zhaalimeen laakin laa uhibb an ukarrir anna Rabbin Kareem. Rabbin Ghafoor. wa an aqool innee kuntu min azh-zhaalimeen.

Glorify your Lord! Say, laa ilaaha illa Anta! Subhaanak! "There is no god but You! Glory to You!" This is protection for us. Sayyidina Yunus saying, laa ilaaha illa Anta! Subhanaka innee kuntu min azh-zhaalimeen. "There is no god but You! Glory to You, for verily I was of the oppressors." Amaan, O my Lord! yaa Rabbee, yaa Rabbee. We are from the oppressors, but I like to repeat that verily, the Lord is Generous, the Lord is Forgiving! And I say that I was of the oppressors.

Huwa ya`lam nahnu min azh-zhaalimeen. Kulluna zhaalimeen. Wa nahnu narju `afwahu wa ridwaanahu wa himaayatuhu min sharri 'l-ashrar. Ayyuha 'n-naas najaatuna fi 'd- dunya wa 'l-akhira mutaba`at khaatam an-nabiyyeen.

He knows that we are from the oppressors. We are all oppressors, and we are hoping/begging for His forgiveness and His Pleasure, and His protection from the worst of wickedness/evil. O People! Our savior/safety here and Hereafter depends on the Seal of Prophets (s)!

Hadhihi naseeha li nafsee wa lakum ayyuha 'n-naas. Koonoo `ibaadAllahi 'l-mukhliseen. Ijtahidu an takoonoo ayyuha 'n-naas, koonoo Rabbaniyeen. Wa lillahi 'l-hamd awwalan wa akhiran. Azalan wa abadan li Rabbana Jallu wa `alaa.

(Mawlana stands) O People! This is an advice for myself and for you! Be sincere servants of Allah. O People! Strive hard to be Rabbani. And to Allah is all praise/thanks, from the beginning to the end, from pre-Eternal up to Eternal, for our Lord Almighty, Most High!

SubhaanAllah, Sultaan Allah. SubhaanAllah. SultaanAllah. Narju Rahmatak wa nakhsha `adhaabak amiddoona bi madadin min `indak bi jaahi Nabiyyika 'l-kareem Sayyid al-awwaleen wa 'l-aakhireen. Hamdan Laka. Shukran Laka. Azalan wa abadan yaa Rabbana. (Mawlana sits)

Fatihah.

SubhanAllah, Sultaan Allah. SubhaanAllah. SultaanAllah. We seek Your mercy and fear Your punishment. Support us with Your divinely support for the honor of Your generous Prophet, Master of the Firsts and Lasts (before and after this life). Praise to You, thanks to You, from pre-Eternal up to Eternal, O our Lord! (Mawlana sits.)

Fatihah.

MSN.16 OCT 2010.PREPOST.ENG

The Sultan is the Shadow of Allah on Earth
Sultan al-Awliya
Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani
16 October 2010   Lefke, Cyprus

(Mawlana Shaykh stands) Dastoor yaa Sayyidee, madad.
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, `Azeez Allah
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Kareem Allah
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Subhaan Allah
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Sultaan Allah

Allahumma salli wa sallim wa baarik `alaa habeebika, Sayyidi 'l-awwaleen wa 'l-akhireen, Sayyidina Muhammad. Zidhu yaa Rabbee....wa 's-salaat wa 's-salaam `alaa saahib al-anbiyaa wa 'l-mursaleen wa `alaa aalihi wa saahbihi wa sallim ij`alna tahta li qawina yaa Rabbee `alaa ta`atika. Sultan Sen, Subhaan Sen yaa Allah! And we are saying, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem! (Mawlana Shaykh sits) al-himna rushdana raghman `alaa anf jami` ash-shayaateen. Wa man tabi`ahum min insi wa 'l-jinn.

Those who are not happy with the glorification of Sayyidina Muhammad (s), (Mawlana Shaykh stands) you must stand up for the honor the most honored one, for whose honor we have been created! The most jealous one in all Creation is Shaytan, and next, those who are followers of Shaytan. They are never happy with the glorification of that one. Through the glorification of the Seal of Prophets (s) is granted happiness here and Hereafter. Who is hating that, the whole Creation is hating them. Amaan yaa Rabbee, tawbah, yaa Rabbee. We are repenting, to not follow Shaytan and its wrong ways. Thumma 's-salaat was salaam `alaa jamee` `ibaadAllah as-saaliheen. The names of saaliheen who belong to Heavens are written there, not on Earth. Peoples' names written on Earth give no heavenly honor to people. Who are they? They are those who are not honoring the one who is fully honored in the Divinely Presence, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits) There is no honor for them, here or Hereafter.

O Salafi `ulamas! Why are you not saying that important point, making it clear who are honored here and Hereafter? Say! Can anyone be honored without honoring the Seal of Prophets (s)? Say! What was the Seal of Prophets (s) granted? (Mawlana Shaykh stands) May Allah give us strength to stand up every moment; mulook must stand up also! (Mawlana Shaykh sits)

There is the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. Sultan Ahmed (r) built it and he was carrying stones in the pockets of his honored clothes, to build the foundation, working to build that huge mosque for the honor of the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits) Sultan Ahmed said, "He is really our Prophet." Allah Almighty granted to the Ottoman Sultans such honor and power, because through so many sultans, they never reached respect as they reached. Allah (swt) granted it to them and may Allah bless Sultan Ahmed. When he sat on his throne, any time the name of the Seal of Prophets (s) was mentioned he stood up! (Mawlana Shaykh stands) And he was commanded the same from all his ministers. (Mawlana Shaykh sits)

That is honor for mulook. Our mulook living now must follow the examples of such a big sultan, as Allah Almighty granted to him such honor. Now what are our mulook doing? They must give that high respect for the honor of the most respected one in the Divinely Presence. Any time his holy name is declared, we must stand up! When we stand for that honor, we are dressed in a holy dress. Don't think if any servant is respecting that one that he will lose something! Whoever respects the order of The Heavenly One, what do you think will happen? The Lord of Heavens is giving respect to His most beloved one, for whom He created all Creation for his honor! He exists and his holy flag is up, from pre-Eternal up to Eternal!

O mulook al-Hijaaz and Yemen! Why are you not carrying respect for his holy flag? There remain only a handful of Islamic countries' mulook; they are refusing to be mulook, but are happy to be presidents! What are those titles, "president," "prime minister", and "minister"? Such imitated titles are never mentioned in the Holy Qur'an!

O Salafi `ulamas! Why are you not saying to your mulook that Allah accepts for rulers of Muslim countries the title mulook, "kings"? Where are you, sleeping? Take that cotton from your ears and listen to what the Holy Qur'an is saying, as everyday you are reciting. What is the best form of governing? It is mentioned in the Holy Qur'an, asta`eedhu billah:

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الْمَلَإ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مُوسَى إِذْ قَالُوا لِنَبِيّ ٍ لَهُمْ ابْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكا ً نُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ

Alam tara ila 'l-mala'i min banee israa'eela min ba`di Musa idh qaaloo li-nabiyyin lahumu ib`ath lanaa malikan nuqaatil fee sabeelillah.
Have you not thought about the group of the Children of Israel after (the time of) Moses, when they said to a prophet of theirs, "Appoint for us a king and we will fight in Allah's Way." (al-Baqarah, 2:246)

Yes, you know ayatu 'l-kareemah. Allah Almighty is not making the Holy Qur'an a story book, no. Bani Isra'eel said to their prophet, "Make us a king so that we may fight in the way of Allah." Qur'an `azheemu 'sh-shaan. You can find everything for making Muslims happy here and Hereafter, honored after this life, and if they are keeping the holy order of Allah Almighty, they will always be up! But now ....is under the feet of unbelievers. Why? idh qaalu li-nabiyyin lahumu ib`ath lanaa malikan. He is not saying "president," He is saying, "O our Lord's Rasool! Ask from your Lord to send us a malik, king." If malakiyyah, the rule of kings, returns, everything will be under control, and if it is abandoned, everything is going to be out of control! Now we are in the worst position, for all Mankind and the Muslim world. Look at Turkey, Iran, Baghdad, Sham, Yemen, Egypt, Libya, and other Islamic countries; look at Afghanistan, where they sent away their kings, mulook, sultans, then heavenly cursing came on them!

O Salafi `ulamas! Why are you not reminding people that until Man follows Holy Qur'an, there cannot be a parliament; the world must be ruled by chosen people and the real sultans! Sultan's haybat;

السلطان ظل الله في الأرض

as-sultaan dhillullah fi 'l-ard
the Sultan is the Shadow of Allah on His Earth.

Do you know that hadith? Say! Is it true, or not? as-sultaan dhillullah fi 'l-ard. Why are you not reminding people in Turkey, Iran, Bagdhad, Palestine, Libya? Why are you not saying this hadeeth shareef? When they remove their sultans, who is coming? as-sultaan dhillullah fi 'l-ard. "Presidents" are dhillu 'sh-Shaytan, "Shadows of Shaytan on Earth." (Mawlana Shaykh laughs.) That is true. Is anything wrong with this; say, as you are `ulamas! If Shaytan going dhillullah appearing, that means he is symbolizing… they are under the hegemony of shaytans. Now everything is wrong, against Shari`atullah, the holy orders of Allah Almighty, so those who do wrong have been cursed, and now people are in the worst position!

You are Salafi `ulamas, so speak news that is related to us! You are `ulamas (whose duty it is to remind and guide the people)! When the holy order came and the Seal of Prophets (s) prayed the first Salaat al-Jumu`ah, he said, “O People! From today up to the end of the world, by heavenly command, Jumu`ah prayer is ordered for the believers.” What are you saying? I am not claiming I know something, but they are sending to me to speak. Those who are praying and respecting that holy command of the Lord of Heavens, Allah Almighty grants them from His endless treasures whatever they need, in this life and after, forever, up to Eternity! Those who fulfill that order will be granted endless treasure and pleasure from the Lord of Heavens, by His Order!

Who keeps this holy order, Allah is promising for him a happy and sweet life here and and Eternal Life after this life. If anyone is not praying and has no (valid) excuse, let Allah Almighty not to keep (them in that way. His mercy is always open. That means, cursing comes on those who are not praying, who leave the Jumu`ah prayer! They are never going to be in happiness and pleasure here, or when they are passing in to the Next Life, because they left that one order! Allah Almighty is giving for His servant endless pleasure in paradises and if they are leaving one order, He is cursing them here and Hereafter! What about the Muslim world? How are you taking away the sultanate that Allah Almighty is ordering, as-sultaan dhillullah fi 'l-ard, making elections and installing elected leaders? Are you not ashaming? For this reason, the whole world now is under heavenly cursing. May Allah forgive us.

O People! Hear and obey. We must bring a sultan for Islam, and that sultan will rule all Muslims of the world. We are asking for that. We are unhappy with presidents, parliaments, and parliament members, but we can't do anything. We are only looking for heavenly support for real Muslims, to bring Sultan ash-Shari`ah who will rule the Islamic world from east to west, from north to south. May Allah forgive us and allow us to live to see that sultan, who is Sayyidina Mahdi (a) !!!!

Fatihah.

It is such an association according to Shaykh al-Mashaykh, Shaykh Hisham Effendi, bombarding. Welcome to you! May Allah forgive us.

Fatihah.

If anyone is unhappy, don't send me a salary! (Mawlana Shaykh laughs) If you are happy, send it to me; it doesn't matter, but I may give from it for the sake of Allah.

Welcome to you, Shaykh Hisham!

(Mawlana Shaykh speaks to Hajjah Naziha on the phone.)

MSH.21 OCT 2010.PREPOST.ENG

Explanation of Sultan al-Awliya's (q) Order

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani

21 October 2010   Lefke, Cyprus

Suhbah before Dhikr

 

 

A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem.

Nawaytu 'l-arba`een, nawaytu 'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu 'l-khalwah, nawaytu 'l-`uzlah,

nawaytu 'r-riyaadah, nawaytu 's-sulook, lillahi ta`ala fee haadha 'l-masjid.

As-salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Allah (swt) said:

Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem,

كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ

kullu yawmin wa huwa fee shaan.
every day in (new) Splendour doth He (shine)! (ar-Rahman, 55:29)

Every day there is a different message, there are different orders, different issues that come, and Allah (swt) looks at them from every direction. First we say, Ati`oollaha wa ati`oo 'r-Rasoola wa uli 'l-amri minkum. As Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, may Allah give him long life and good health, and as Grandshaykh `AbdAllah al-Fa'iz ad-Daghestani (q) used to say, “Obey Allah, obey the Prophet, and obey those who are in authority.” (an-Nisaa, 4:59)

First of all, I would like to say that Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) is sending salaams to all of you, those who are here and those who are viewing us from all around the globe. He is sending salaams and saying, “As-salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh.” As you know, we are all students of our shaykh, we are disciples, and all of us are on the same level in his eyes. He wants us to always be united and to work together as much as we can, in order to keep his name up so he can be happy when presenting every one of us every night to the presence of the Prophet (s). Awliyaullah have a time with Prophet (s) in the spiritual realm. They present their mureeds to the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) and they have a connection. We can say that some of them have an audio connection, and we can say that some of them have a video connection, and some of them are always in his presence. And tonight, the message is clear and carries many meanings that he made yesterday. I am thanking everyone who heard it. 

He said, and I am not repeating it, this is what he said just now, “This is one chapter that passed and we are moving to the next chapter. For that first chapter that passed, people must learn what I have said.” And this is what I am quoting, “For one year and a half on the Internet, with about 500 suhbahs, associations on the Internet, people must understand our way and know what we say. And they have to think about every word that I have mentioned. And every word I have mentioned, people have to meditate on it.”

This does not mean listening to his suhbah, with the words going in one ear and coming out the other; that is not a real, perfect hearing. Hearing must be with two ears and be kept inside, to digest and to study what he has said.

There was one `alim in Beirut, who was the head of all scholars in Lebanon and some Middle Eastern countries. In the Middle Eastern countries, whenever they needed a fatwah for a very heavy issue but were unable to put one out, they went to that `alim so he could give them a fatwah. We were at a young age and we were begging that `alim to come and visit Grandshaykh `AbdAllah al-Faiz ad-Daghestani (q) and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q). But he was an `alim, although not an ordinary `alim; his knowledge was above everyone.

Allah (swt) said:

وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِي عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌ

wa fawqa kull dhi `ilmin `aleem.

Above every knower is a (higher) knower. (12:76)

Above every `alim there is a (higher) `alim. In his mind, he knew everything. Finally he came with us, entering into the presence of Grandshaykh (q) and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q). He came in and shook hands with both of them, but nothing more because he was an `alim. And Grandshaykh (q) opened the suhbah in the presence of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q), that `alim, me, and Shaykh Adnan for three hours, non-stop. As the time passed, that `alim began to melt from sweat. He realized there was a big difference between his knowledge and the knowledge that Grandshaykh (q) was giving and Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) was translating. So, I’m not going to enter into what they discussed, but at the end, and you know in Islam it is not acceptable in Shari`ah to go on the feet and kiss the feet, but people do that out of their love, which is forgiven. It is not the niyyah of a sajdah (of worship) since sajdah is exclusively for Allah (swt), but it is the niyyah of expressing the love and the humbleness towards your shaykh. That is it, and it is acceptable. 

So that `alim, with his study and his memorization of Qur’an, when he was seven years of age he was a walking encyclopedia! When the suhbah finished, he kissed the feet of Grandshaykh (q). He said to us in the car when we were going back to Beirut, “If I am going to put out books from every word that Grandshaykh (q) mentioned, each word would give a book of not one-hundred, but in one-thousand pages I can give an explanation of every word he spoke! And about these issues, I had seven issues I had put in my heart before I came to see him, and he answered my seven questions without me having to ask him!" One of them I will mention, that `ismAllahi 'l-`Azham, one of the greatest Names of Allah (swt), about which Sayyidina Musa (a) asked, “Yaa Rabbee! Show me that Name!” So, in any case, what we want to say is when awliyaullah say something, they know that our physicality cannot take it, but the heart can. Therefore, they filled our souls and our spirituality with all these different knowledges that they were pouring.

Recently Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) said, referring to the 500 suhbas he gave (on Sufilive) within one year and a half,  “I want them to understand that what I have said, they have to learn it by themselves.” Go back and check his suhbahs. Write notes, put questions and answers to yourself, and learn what he gave or else we are considered lazy! If we only want to sit and hear what he is saying, without thinking and learning what he is saying, how can we deliver his message; what are you going to say to people? We have to learn!

Allah (swt) said to Prophet (s):

 اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ

Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem. Iqra bismi rabbik alladhee khalaq.

Read in the Name of your Lord, Who created. (Surat al-`Alaq, 96:1)

 

If Mawlana Shaykh Nazim would ask us a question, what are we going to answer? “We don’t know.” He would say, “What kind of mureed do I have?” But, in any case, we are not going to be too long. For me, I can understand two meanings here from his suhbah of yesterday, because now he said, “Tell them that the first chapter is finished, now there is a second chapter.” Allahu Akbar. What is that next chapter? And then he said, “There will be a third chapter.” Allah knows best. It means there will be, according to what I can understand, after this first chapter there will be two other chapters and these two other chapters are going to be full of suspense, if you want to say, action.

“Time is approaching,” Mawlana said. He said yesterday, “There is no more Sufism,” this means he wants to address those who criticize tasawwuf. That is the literal meaning, the meaning that everyone can see. It is like saying to your opponent, “Alright, cancel Sufism, but cancel Salafism and Wahhabism as well.” Because Salafism does not exist; it exists only in Salaaf as-Saalih, the three centuries after Prophet (s). That is what is considered in Islamic history the "Salaaf as-Saalih", real Salaaf. It means they followed in the footsteps of Prophet (s), where all the imaams came in that time. So it means, "Alright, we will not say there is tasawwuf, and you don’t say there is Salafism.”

 

Although these are not Mawlana’s words but an explanation, if we go to the highest level of the Salafi school of thought, the top leader of that school is Ibn Taymiyyah, a scholar that came in 8th century Hijri. And what we see of his teachings is going through the Salaf today, or those who call themselves “Wahhabis” or “Salafis.” Even Ibn Taymiyyah was accepting tasawwuf in his time. He was following Abu Yazid al-Bistami (q), he was following Sirri Saqafi (q), Sulayman ad-Dirani (q), Rabia al-Adawiyya (q), Junayd al-Baghdadi (q), and according to history, he took baya’ from Shaykh `Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (q). He was accepting the real Sufis, but not the "business" or the "professional" Sufis. These are those who used tasawwuf for their own benefit. But he respected the real sufis who dedicated their lives to Ummat an-Nabee (s), and their teachings did not go beyond and could not oppose Shari`ah. Because you see many Sufis today who may do something against Shari`ah, which we do not accept.

 

Yesterday Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) said, “Although Sufism is accepted, let’s say that we have no more Sufism or Salafism. Then what do we have? We want to be Rabbaaniyoon, we want to be servants of Allah (swt)!"

Allah (swt) said:

يا عبدي اطعني اجعلك ربانيا تقول لشي كن فيكون

Yaa `abdee ati`anee aj`aluka rabbaaniyyan taqoolu li shayyin kun fayakoon.

I will make you Rabbaani, you say to a thing "Be!" and it will be.

 

So he said, “We want to be Rabbaaniyoon.” That is why he said a new chapter is coming, according to my understanding. He didn’t explain what is the new chapter, but he said, “There will be too much changes in the world and we are near akhirah now.” According to his inspirations, the first chapter has been closed. If I go back 40 years ago in my life and recall what Grandshaykh (q) said after making du`a, "Yaa Rabbee! Open the tajalli of rahmah on Ummat an-Nabi (s)," that had been accepted and Ummat an-Nabi (s) is under that rahmah. And he said, "The Naqshbandi Order is going all the way until the time of Mahdi (a)." And before he left this dunya he said, “Whatever Allah gave me of secrets and authority, I am dressing them to Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q), I am giving him that authority that he will deliver at that time.”

 

Therefore, to my understanding, it means that the time is so near that he was asked to open our eyes. When a patient is sick, you give him an injection to shake him. So they want to shake us, to wake us up. Not everything depends on the shaykh, and nothing comes from the mureed, no. They want something reciprocal between the shaykh and the mureed; something must come from the mureed, then the shaykh can help more. But if the mureed is lazy (sleeping), the shaykh gets frustrated because he is going to present that mureed every night; all his mureeds have to be presented to the presence of the Prophet (s) spiritually. How is he going to present us if we are going to be lazy? He will feel shy from Prophet (s). So that is an injection of awareness to awaken us, especially his followers, and the rest of the ummah. Wake up!

And he is waking us up to reach the third level of Islam. What is the third level of Islam? It is Maqaam al-Ihsaan, about which Prophet (s) said:

An ta`bud-Allah ka-annaka taraah fa in lam takun taraah fa-innahu yaraak.

To worship Allah as if you are seeing Him and if you cannot see Him, know that He is seeing you.

 

When Jibreel (a) asked Prophet (s), “Yaa Rasoolullah! What is the status of Maqam al-Ihsaan, the level of moral excellence?" Prophet (s) answered, "To worship Allah as if you are seeing Him.” It means Rabbaaniyoon, that is the era of now opening that maqaam on every mureed that was previously closed. You have to achieve it, you have to run for it! Now, there is tajalli for them, they know what they say, that has been opened for their petitions and their du’as, that they come to Prophet (s) every day. They are asking, begging, and requesting that Allah (swt) will open something from that tajalli! So that is coming for everyone who is connected to Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q).

 

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) is carrying the difficulty of his followers on his shoulders and he knows that we are weak, he knows we are lazy. So they try to wake us up, and they say, "Look, if you are not doing (your obligations) we will still do it for you, but you have to not to make us be ashamed in the presence of Prophet (s)." That’s why Prophet (s) said:

 تفكر ساعة خير من عبادة سبعين سنة

Tafakkaru sa`atin khayrum min `ibadati saba`eena sannah.

To think or to meditate for one hour, it will be rewarded as if you worshipped for 70 years.

 

It means, "O Muslims! O Mureeds, followers of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q)! We have to think, to audit ourselves daily on what we have done, if not for one hour at least for five minutes. Don’t say, “I did this good and that good," no. Sayyidina Adam (a) said, "What is good is from Allah, what is bad is from us." Check what is bad and say, “Yaa Rabbee! Forgive me for that.” Allah will be happy because you remembered your mistakes.

Allah (swt) said in Holy Qur'an:

قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

Qul yaa `ibadeeya 'Lladheena asrafoo `alaa anfusihim laa taqnatoo min rahmatillahi innallaha yaghfuru 'dh-dhunooba jamee`an, innahu huwa al-ghafooru 'r-raheem.

Say (yaa Muhammad), "O you servants of mine who have harmed themselves! Don't despair of Allah's mercy. Ask forgiveness, and Allah will forgive you. (39:53)

 

وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ اللّهِ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ جَآؤُوكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُواْ اللّهَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُواْ اللّهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا

Wa law annahum idh dhalamu anfusahum jaa’ooka f 'astaghfarullaha w 'astaghfara lahumu 'r-rasoolu la-wajadoollaha tawwaaban raheema.

If only, when they had been oppressors to themselves, they had come to you (O Prophet) and asked Allah's forgiveness, and if the Prophet had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah oft-Returning, Merciful. (4:64)

 

No one from Wahhabis or Salafis can say that you cannot go to Prophet (s), as Allah (swt) mentioned it in Holy Qur'an! You have to go to him! From your place, you ask. Wa law annahum idh dhalamu anfusahum jaa’uka yaa Muhammad, "They come to you, yaa Muhammad (s), directly from here." Fastaghfarullah, "They ask in your presence forgiveness for themselves and you ask for forgiveness on them. Allah (swt) will forgive them."

Allah said in Holy Qur'an: 

قُلِ اللّهُ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِي خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

qul Allah wa dharhum fee khawdihim yal`aboon.

Say "Allah," then leave them to plunge in vain discourse and trifling. ( Surat al-An`am, 6:91)

 

“Say, ‘Allah!’"This is not making dhikr to Allah (swt); Allah says in Holy Qur’an to Prophet (s), “Say ‘Allah!’ Then leave them to play whatever they like to play or deny whatever they like to deny, but say, ‘Allah!’” So dhikr of "Allah" is accepted, not what they are saying, “Not accepted.” That door of the second chapter is opening up now, to say, Allah, Allah, Allah, then leave them, don't bother them. That is what Mawlana said yesterday in the suhbah. “Don’t bother! Don’t say, 'I’m sufi,' but, 'Rabbaani.' Don’t say, 'I am Salafi,' say, 'Allah!'" Qul Allah! He didn’t say, "Qul Sufi or Salafi." He said, Qul Allah, thumma dharhum fi khawdhihi yal`aboon. Say first to them, “Yaa Allah!” and then, “Yaa Muhammad!” Let them say that.

 

May Allah (swt) give our shaykh long life, give him health, and give us to be with him always and to be with Mahdi (a).

 

Wa min Allahi tawfeeq wa salaamu `alaykum wa rahmtullahi wa barakatuh. bi hurmati 'l-barakaatuh, wa bi hurmati ‘l-habeeb, bi hurmati ‘l-Fatihah.

 

(Mawlana Shaykh Hisham recites khatm.)

 

After khatm:

 

Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (q) said yesterday that this is the last suhbah he is giving and from now on there will be no suhbah. So we begged him yesterday, “You are full of mercy and we hope that you will change what you said.”
He said, “They closed from up.”
We said, “Yaa Sayyidee! You are the one up and you can open it back again!”
He said, “Tell them,” and this is today, just now, this last part, “we will see.”

So all of you, it is our duty here and those who are hearing and watching us (on Sufilive), to request to Allah (swt) that he will give back what he used to give in suhbahs. And truly, his tajalli was very strong yesterday! Awliyaullah have sealed something and they are not saying what it is. That means a permission came from Prophet (s) to Sayyidina Mahdi (a), because he is waiting for a permission to say Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Something has been passed to the hearts of awliyaullah, because I know that Mawlana never stopped suhbah in all his life, he can speak all night and all day, but there have been some changes. So tonight in the sajdah of Salaat an-Najaat, ask for Mawlana Shaykh to resume what he said he would stop, and we ask for that from all of us!

 

Bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah.

 

 

MSH.22 OCT 2010.Khutbah.PREPOST.ENG

Wake Up and Prepare for What Is Coming!
Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
22 October 2010   Lefke, Cyprus
Jumu`ah Khutbah

Ayyuha 'l-muminoon al-haadiroon ittaqullah wa atee`ooh inna Allah ma` alladheena 'ttaqaw w 'alladheena hum muhsinoon. wa qaala Allahu ta`alaa yaseen wa 'l-qurani 'l-hakeem. wa qaala wa 'n-najm idhaa hawaa maa dalla saahibakum wa ghawaa in huwa illa wahyun yoohaa `allamahu shadeedu'l-qiwwa. wa qaala an-nabiy (s) innamal-`amaalu bi 'n-niyyaat. wa inamaa li-kulli 'mrin maa nawaa.

O Followers of Prophet! O Family of Prophet! O Sahaabah! It is on us to always remember the honor of the Prophet! The Prophet (s) said, "I am not asking any favor of you except to be kind to my family." Kindness to the family of Prophet is an obligation on every Muslim and Muslimah. To Ahlu ’l-Bayt we must give the highest level of respect if we love the Prophet. And similarly, those who are inheritors of Prophet (s), they are awliya, they are open-hearted, as described in Holy Qur'an,

أَلا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاء اللّهِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

alaa inna awliyaaullahi laa khawfun `alayhim wa laa hum yahzanooon.
Behold! verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve;  (al-Anbiyaa, 10:62)

Awliyaaullah must not fear anything and they must not be sad. The Prophet is with them; Sahaabah are with them, and awliya are with them. Those inheritors of Prophet (s) are going to be with Mahdi (as) and deliver what is in their hands to Mahdi (as)!

We are in the mosque that belongs to Sultan al-Awliya, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim `Adil al-Haqqani (q). As he said (Wednesday), chapter one has finished and the second chapter is coming. We are thankful to Allah that He gave us life, to see a second chapter in our life!

O Believers around the world! It is time of waking up, to be ready for what is coming. There might be coming new messages, new methods and interpretations that awliya might open at any moment. Keep your heart ready! Keep your connection ready! Keep your plug ready! Be careful in every moment in your life; make tafakkur, as Sayyidina Muhammad (s) said:

 

تفكر ساعة أفضل من عبادة سبعين سنة

tafakkaru sa`atin khayrun min `ibaadati saba`een sannah.
To think (contemplate) for one hour is better than 70 years worship.

Human life is 70 years and you are praying, fasting, giving zakaat and making hajj throughout that 70 years, but Prophet (s) said that to think and contemplate is better than 70 years worship. Let us use our hearts, let us use our minds, let us think what we are doing!

When Sayyidina Ibrahim was thrown in the fire of Nimrud, what he said? hasbee Allahu wa ni`mal-wakeel, hasbee Allahu wa ni`mal-wakeel, hasbee Allahu wa ni`mal-wakeel, and then the support of Allah swt came to him. Are we saying, hasbee Allahu wa ni`mal-wakeel,on every tyrant, kullu man tajjabar wa takabar. We have place in our hearts where Shaytan enters and we must say, hasbee Allahu wa ni`mal-wakeel, because we don't know what is coming, or what may suddenly come. And that is coming to the heart of Mawlana Shaykh from heart of Prophet (s)! That is why he said we are coming to new chapter. We ask to be in that chapter and we ask Allah give to our shaykh health and mercy and support!

And let us remember what Sayyidina `Ali said:

رأيت ربي بعين قلبي

فقلت لا شك أنت أنت

Ra’āitu rabbī bi ‘aini qalbī
Fa-qultu la shakka anta anta
I saw my Lord with the eye of my heart
I said no doubt it’s You! It’s You!

أنت الذي حزت كل أين
بحيث لا أين ثَمّ أنت

Anta-ladhī hizta kula aynin
Bi haythu lā ayna thamma anta
You are the One who encompassed every “where”
so that there is no “where,” except You are there

فليس للأين منك أين
فيعلم الأين أين أنت

Fa laysa li ’l-ayni minka aynun

Fa y‘alamu al-aynu ayna anta
“Where” has no “where” in regards to You
for “where” to know where You are

وليس للوهم فيك وهم
فيعلم الوهم أين أنت‎

Wa laysa li ‘l-wahmi fīka wahmun
Fa y‘alamul wahmu ayna anta
nor can imagination, imagine You
for imagination to know where You are

أحطت علما بكل شيء
فكل شيء اراه أنت

Ahatta ‘ilman bi kulli shayin

Fa kullu shayin arāhu anta
Your knowledge encompasses everything
so that everything I see is You

وفي فنائي فنا فنائي
وفي فنائي وجدت أنت

Wa fī fanā-iī fanā fanā’ī
Wa fī fanā’ī wajadtu anta
and in my annihilation, is the annihilation of my annihilation

Look at the balaagha, eloquence. That is when Mawlana Shaykh speaks, he gives from his heart what we need to be learning! wa laysa lak al-ayn... "We don't know where the 'where' is, for You are there."

Awliya are inheriting from Prophet to look for their Lord. That is why our Sultan said yesterday, we dropped everything; we don't want to be called anything! We want to be called Rabbaniyoon, as Allah is everywhere and He knows everything, 

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ

wa nahnu aqrabu ilayhi min habli 'l-wareed.
We are closer to you than your jugular vein. (Qaf, 50:16)

May Allah give long life and support to our Sultan al-Awliya, istaghfirullah, salloo `alayhi wa sallimoo tasleemah. Allahuma ayyid hadha ad-deen bi muayyad ad-deen. O Allah! Give support to this religion by the 'Support of the Religion' (Sultan al-Awliya, Mawlana Shaykh) and to his family and supporters and followers!

Ameen.