Suhbah 2023: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (375 suhbah, 886 pages, 14/50)
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Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying to our Holy Prophet, “Speak the words of truth. Whoever wants may believe and whoever wants may remain in Kufr.”
You must speak the truth. This is the way of our Holy Prophet and the way of Prophets from the beginning. It is necessary to tell people about the truth. We must describe the true and beautiful way to them. Whoever is meant will go on this way. Whoever is not meant will leave this way.
The second way is the way of Kafirs which leads to Kufr. It is the way of those who don’t recognize Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Their way is to hell, nowhere else. It is either to paradise or to hell. Therefore, may we be with the Haqq (truth) Insha Allah.
Whoever wants paradise must accept the truth. He must go on its way. The truth is clear. But when people follow their egos, they are not on the
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way of truth. Because the ego always joins the way which is easy or is liked by it, whereas it is neither easy, nor it will like it. The further someone goes, the deeper he drowns in it. The further he goes, the more he falls in darkness. There will be hardship and all kinds of things.
They say when someone follows a bad person, he can’t get out of troubles. There are many proverbs some of which are cruel and some of which are softer. There are many proverbs that describe the condition of the person who goes after a bad friend. No need to tell them in this assembly. But what’s important is the holy word of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He says in Qur’an‘Azimush-Shan: “Wa Man Shā`aFalyakfur, `Innā `A`tadnāLilžžālimīnaNārāan `AĥāţaBihimSurādiquhā”. “And whoever wills let him disbelieve.“ Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them.” (Qur’ān 18:29) “We sent such a fire to them that it has covered everything.”
And only by returning to the way of truth that there is salvation. Otherwise, it is impossible. There is still time. There is time to return to the way of truth. Whoever is not on the way of truth lives in vain and brings harm to others. May Allah give them guidance Insha Allah. May people see the truth.Shukr to Allah, what our Holy Prophet and all Prophets wish is goodness to people and their salvation. They don’t wish for anything else. But people harm them and go against them. Prophets say in Qur’an ‘Azimush-Shan, “We don’t ask for any payment. The only thing we ask for and our happiness is people reaching guidance. This is our greatest wish.”
Insha Allah Mu’mins should think the same way. We don’t wish badness to people. However, those who leave the way and go against Allah will see their own harm. May Allah protect us. May Allah give guidance Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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SEEK ONLY ALLAH’S PLEASURE Friday, 8 September 2023 / 23 Safar 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem.. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying that whoever asks for the pleasure of people and stays away from the pleasure of Allah stays away from the Mercy of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Staying away from the orders of Allah, from Allah for pleasing people is not a clever thing. Because whatever you do, you cannot make people happy. No matter how much you do, mankind is never happy. Mankind is ungrateful. Therefore, if you strive to make them happy and tire yourself, you strive in vain. Just like attempting to empty the sea by taking water from one side and pouring it out in the other side, you do a useless thing.
If you do for the pleasure of Allah, you will gain. As long as Allah is happy and pleased with you, the rest is not important at all. What’s important is the pleasure of Allah Azza wa-Jalla. And Allah is pleased with you even when you do the smallest thing. He rewards you ten-fold of what you do and gives you Thawab.
No matter how much you do for people, they are never happy. You can give people worlds, they still say, “No this and that. You did I don’t know what.” They swear at people and are never pleased. When there isn’t the pleasure of Allah, people get their punishment. But when you
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do for the pleasure of Allah and then people, whomever they are, don’t like it as much as they want, that is not important. What’s important is that Allah is pleased. You must make Shukr for that.
Whatever everyone is doing according to their capacity, they must do it all for the pleasure of Allah. But no, “This one has to like it.” There are many bizarre things now. As if their egos are not enough for people lately, they rather say “This one liked me” and play the fool. They talk nonsense, they swear and do I don’t know what. “This many people liked me and that many people disliked me”. There is a such trend now.
They don’t think about Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla at all. They roll over, play the fool and do strange things only to be liked by people. They never think of Allah being pleased with them or not. They don’t care about it. In order for some man or woman to like them, they do so many things. May Allah protect us. May Allah give mind and understanding to people and to us Insha Allah. May Allah protect us.
May Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla always be in our hearts and in our minds Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq,
Al-Fatiha.
There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Salawat, Tasbihat, Tahlilat. They passed everything recited for the pleasure of Allah by our brothers from all over the world to gift them firstly to our Holy Prophet, his Ahlu lBayt and Sahabah, the souls of all Anbiya, Awliya and Mashayikh, the souls of all our late relatives.
For goodness to come and evil to be gone.
Li-Llahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.
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EVERYTHING HAPPENS AS HE WANTS Saturday, 9 September 2023 / 24 Safar 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem.. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wakhayru fil jamiyya
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem:“O Opener of doors, open for us the best door.”
May Allah make every action of ours the means for goodness. May it be for the pleasure of Allah.
It is said,It is a beautiful saying. You want and I want, but Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla does whatever He wants. Everything is not like the people, servants want it. Whatever Allah wants happens. So may whatever you want be what Allah wants. May it be the way Allah loves it. May your everything be for the pleasure of Allah. Insha Allah you will win then.
Otherwise, not everything you want happens. When it doesn’t happen, you get upset. People without Iman are like this. They get upset when it doesn’t happen. People with Iman say, “This is the will of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. We will accept it. As the will of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is so, we will follow the will of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. There is nothing we can do. We do what we can. And the rest will happen however Allah ‘Azza waJalla wants it. It is always so”.
People are in stress and trouble. This is their main issue. They say they are doing something but then it doesn’t work out. It means Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla didn’t want it. If everything everyone wants happened, every-
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one would be successful and lived as they like. However, as this world is not paradise, this is a test. And in order to pass the test, you must know it is a test, you must know it is the will of Allah.
Don’t think you lost the things that didn’t happen according to your mind. There are rewards in all of this for believers. May Allah help us believe in things like this. May He help us always remember Him Insha Allah. When it is so, we will be in comfort in worldly matters and attain rewards for this. May Allah be pleased with all of us Insha Allah.
May every action of ours be beautiful and good Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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YOUR HEART MUST ALWAYS BE HAPPY Sunday, 10 September 2023 / 25 Safar 1445 Fajr Prayer, France.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem.. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wakhayru fil jamiyya
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: ”LāTaqnatū Min RaĥmatiAllāhi, `Inna Allāha Yaghfiru dhDhunūba Jamī’āan’’. “Do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.’’ ṢadaqaLlāhu l-‘Aẓīm. (Qur’ān 39:53)
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying don’t be hopeless. We are living in a time when the whole world is looking hopeless because they don’t have belief, they don’t have Iman. This is a problem for them: they don’t have hope. But for the Mu’min, for the believer hope is all the time there. Allah exists. The Only Real One in existence is Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, Allah Almighty ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
So what we have in this world, in our life: all of this is for us as a test. We are not in Paradise. We are in a place for Allah to examine us: what you do good, what you’re not doing good. And He gives His reward in this world, and the biggest reward in the other world. And He gives punishment also in this world and the biggest punishment in the next world. Who believes in Allah and is with Allah will be happy; nothing affects him.
Every time be hopeful. You must know this is not your business to manage Dunya, to make thinking that by your thinking you will make it better. This is what nonbelievers do: they try to make it better, but it
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becomes worse and worse and worse. But for the believer it is good and good and good; nothing bad.
May Allah make us to be with Him.
Don’t be hopeless. This is a very important thing. Be all the time happy. Your heart must be happy. You must be happy because everything is changing; nothing stays the same. Only Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is not changing. So all of this what happened is not abnormal. It is normal. So don’t be hopeless. This is very important for all human beings Insha Allah.
May Allah make us with His Prophet and with good people Insha Allah, and to be all the time happy Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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A HABIT TO SAVE OURSELVES Sunday, 10 September 2023 / 25 Safar 1445 Asr Prayer – Prarostino, Italy.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem.. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Welcome to you, all of you. It’s the first time we’re here. We are happy AlhamduliLlah. When people have happiness, we are happy also. For what we must be happy?
For the love of Allah “Qul bifaḍli Llahi wa biraḥmatihi fabidhālika falyafraḥūhu wa khayrun‘ mimmā yajma‘ūn’’. ‘Say, “In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy in that let them rejoice”; that is better than what they accumulate.’’ (Qur’ān 10:58).
Allah ‘Azza waJalla is saying in the Qur’an that you must be happy with what Allah gave you.
And this is better than what you are collecting. What you collect will not be with you; nothing goes with people when they die. They collect houses, cars, jewelry, gold. People collect everything thinking it will be for them forever, but not. Now we are coming here. Before maybe 50 years, there were other people here. Maybe some of them are still alive. But maybe a hundred years ago, many people also had a house, land, they had everything they’re not here anymore.
Other people if they wake up from death and look, “Oh who are these foreign people. They are living in our land, in our house, in our place. We don’t know them.” Nobody knows the other. The new ones don’t know who the old ones are. And they old ones don’t know who the new
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ones are. But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla said, about the thing you will get in the next life: it will be forever. For this “Huwa khayrun mimmā yajma‘ūn’’. “That is better than what they accumulate.’‘ (Qur’ān 10:58).
It is better from what they collect, what they earn, what they save.
We don’t know anything about Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s wisdom. The wisdom of Him creating people and each one not thinking he will die. And everybody, every day people are dying. Nobody is living forever here. But still, Allah ‘Azza waJalla made people in life to think that they will never die. We see many people who are even very sick, very ill. They come [to us] and they don’t believe they will die, [saying], “We are making this treatment, that treatment. Make Dua.” But they are already: not only one leg in the grave, their two legs are in the grave and they are still not believing that they will die.
This is the wisdom of Allah. He gave people this thinking to test them. He sends two angels every day to Dunya and they are shouting, saying, announcing:“Lidulil-Mawtwabnulil-Kharab”. “Be born only to be dead and build only to be ruined.”
Which means be born for death and build to be demolished, destroyed. When you are born, death is coming. This is what happened in Italy, Maa Sha Allah a very ancient place. Everywhere they were building very big [buildings] and then everything was finished [destroyed]. This again, every day they are building and they think it will be forever. No, it will also be finished.
So who has good thinking listens to this. “What must we do? We are listening, but what must we do? Okay we will die. What must we do?” We will die, what must you do. It is okay. Allah says you will die. How to save ourselves for the real life, for the life forever? It is not so difficult. Every day we are eating, we are drinking, we are walking, coming, going. This is our habit, the human beings’ habit or any creature’s habit. For our body, it is important to do this. But there is another habit also that you must put with this to be perfect. It is an important thing for spirituality and for our body also. To obey what Allah orders us and to
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not do what He doesn’t want. You can pray five times a day. When it becomes many people say it is difficult. Okay you can begin slowly slowly. When it becomes a habit, you cannot leave it. This gives your spirituality power, and for your body also. Because every time you pray and obey Allah, Allah is happy with you and your body is happy with you. Other thing also it is to fast. This is also from the orders of Allah. And this also gives you happiness and gives you power for your body and for your spirituality also.
When you do this, your life takes meaning. “Why am I here?” Many people don’t know why Allah created them. When you know the reason, you will be happy and you will be thankful for your Creator. If you don’t know, you’ll be unhappy and you won’t know what you’re doing all the time. You are doing many things that are of no benefit for you and no benefit for others also. But when you do this [His orders], around you also comes light, Nur Insha Allah. This light is from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Allah gives it only for believers. But who are not believers don’t have this light. Even here in many churches, cathedrals or something, in all pictures they put light on holy people. So this is not only imagination; it is true. Who are not believers can find darkness only.
And the third order of Allah: to make Zakat. This is also to make your money and what you have to be clean. It is mercy from Allah to give this. And if everybody now we are in a non-Muslim country, but if Muslim people give, it is enough for all the poor people in the world, but they are not giving. This is very few: only 2.5% each year for what you have that you must pay for Zakat. And if they give, it is enough for all poor people. They are making taxes in this country or in Europe or other, maybe 50%, 70%, and I heard in some place 80%. They take taxes and it doesn’t do benefit for anything. Why? Because it is not the order of Allah. The order is 2.5%. It is enough and it is Barakah for all people. This is asecret and wisdom from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla for human beings. “If you obey Me a very few thingis enough for you.” But because they are not believers, they are not listening at all to this.
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The fifth one is to make Hajj, pilgrimage. It is also a big favor from Allah for believers, to clean them. Everybody who goes there with sincerity, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “I forgive them as they are a newborn baby.” This is not a difficult thing. Maybe when you are doing it, shaytan makes it look difficult for you. But when you do it and finish, you feel the benefit of this. [...]
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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HOW CAN OUR LIFE BE PRECIOUS? Thursday, 14 September 2023 / 29 Safar 1445 Gorizia Dergah, Italy.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem.. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Alhamdulilahwe meet many. It’s also the first time that we are together. We are thanking Allah for this. Our gathering is Alhamdulilah for the sake of Allah, for the love of Prophet. This is the most important thing in our life.
Today Alhamdulilah we visited some – we’ve been in Italy since a few days – today we visited this city [Venice] which was built on water and they said it’s the (most) richest city in the world. People are coming there, those who don’t have any idea what they were created for, just to satisfy their ego. Each one making something funny and making people take photos of him or her. You see such people doing nonsense things thinking they will be happy by this. We visited Venice, we visited Milano, we visited here, there – they are not happy, they are proud. They think they’ll be happy when they say this to other people. This visit is not giving any benefit for themselves: not only for their spirituality, it’s not giving any benefit for everything.
Our life is a gift from our Creator Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He created us as human beings. And He showed us and gave us thinking to know everything. We are not like animals: not knowing anything. We know everything. For this, Allah is not happy with people when – when you give some precious thing to somebody and he doesn’t appreciate it, you be-
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come angry, “I gave him such a precious thing and he didn’t take care of it.” So they lose it. How must our life be precious? How can we keep it as a good gift without losing it? How can we do this? Your life becomes precious and there becomes meaning for your life with the love of Allah, love of Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam.
This life is only a very short thing. It is as you open and close your eyes. It is just like this in the time of – even in your time it’s like this. So this time must be well kept and well done with. And it’s not difficult for human beings: they must just accept their Lord, they must accept the Creator and accept what He orders. He created us – here in Italy there are many factories for machinery, and for each machine they give instructions on how to use it. Allah created us and gave us instructions on how we must do to be a good machine. Not like what they said yesterday: Leonardo Da Vinci was trying to fly but he was afraid so he put some people to fly and everyone came falling down on their heads and passed away, they were finished. [Leonardo would tell them,] “Sorry. Come! Another one!”
But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla knows. He knows everything. We cannot compare His Knowledge with our knowledge. We cannot say ‘compare’; this is a bad word. Sorry, Astaghfirullah that we said this. The whole universe’s knowledge is not one drop but one atom from knowledge. If you say this it means He has a limit. But He doesn’t have a limit. And with His Mercy He gave you this value and told you to do what’s good for you and you are refusing and saying, “No, I will do this. It will be better for me.” For this, the whole world is in a big mess, big unhappiness, big crisis. Everything is bad in this world because this thinking of people is controlling the whole world. The lucky one is the one who finds the way to be a good servant for Allah, a lover of Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam. They are lucky people.
Because these people are really affecting other people and the other people think they are something. For this, we are asking protection from Allah ‘Azza waJalla for every one of us, for children especially. Be-
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cause now they’re aiming for children, they are attacking them wildly. And if they’re saying anything, they say, “You are not good parents.” So they can even take them from them.
Insha Allah we must teach the love of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam for our children, for our relatives, for anyone from Muslims. And non-Muslims also must know because they are teaching them very bad thing about Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Because he is the most merciful for his nation, for his Ummah. In every occasion, he was asking for forgiveness for his Ummah from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Alhamdulilah tomorrow is the last day of Safar. Saturday is the first day of Rabih Al-Awwal, the month of the birth of our Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhiwasallam. This month, we must make more Salawat on Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam, ask him for Shafa’ah (intercession) for us, for our ancestors and children, for protection, for love towards him for us and for our children.
May Allah for the sake of this holy month help Muslims everywhere, help human beings everywhere, to show them the way, the right way, the way of happiness.Because human beings tried everything like communism, socialism, capitalism, -ism, -ism, many things; they tried them all but nothing helped them. The only way for human beings to be safe is to follow Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And in the end, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s promise is that the whole world will be Insha Allah accepting Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. That time, there will be peace for the whole world. Otherwise, there cannot be any peace in this world.
The only way: Salam Islam. (The only way for Salam (peace) is Islam.) May Allah make these days to come quickly to save the whole world from this.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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IMAN IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVERYTHING Friday, 15 September 2023 / 30 Safar 1445 Gabbice, Italy.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem.. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Alhamdulilah tonight our gathering, all of our Murids, beloved ones for Allah and Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam. We meet on the first night of Rabih Al-Awwal. It is a blessing from Allah for us Insha Allah. He plans everything, and we follow His plan. So it is a good plan to meet in this night here with our beloved people.
Alhamdulilah this month of Safar is finished because it was a heavy month. This year, it was more heavy than other years. Insha’Allah for the Barakah of the month of the Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, it will change for goodness and take this heaviness off people insha’Allah. Our gathering here is for the love of Allah and love of Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam. Insha Allah you’re coming from far places, far distances just for this purpose, to be more near to Him Insha Allah.
Sometimes people think that when they’re going to see some important thing that they can go anywhere, but for the sake of Allah it becomes difficult for people. But Alhamdulilah our people are here with love and with happiness Insha Allah. Because to do a good thing or to be with good people, many things prevent you. Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah was every time saying we have “The Four Enemies.” These enemies are: Dunya, shaytan, Hawa (desires), Nafs (ego). These four enemies: first shaytan, Nafs, Dunya, Hawa which means following desires. When a
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person wants to do a good thing, these four enemies come against him attacking him.
So people say, “These people are bad people, they’re doing bad thing, but they [four enemies] don’t make it difficult for them. When we want to do something, it is difficult for us.” Many people are asking this. This is because all these enemies are against us. But when they’re doing a bad thing, they’re with them, not enemies for them, they’re even pushing them [to do it].
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Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying to our Holy Prophet, “Speak the words of truth. Whoever wants may believe and whoever wants may remain in Kufr.”
You must speak the truth. This is the way of our Holy Prophet and the way of Prophets from the beginning. It is necessary to tell people about the truth. We must describe the true and beautiful way to them. Whoever is meant will go on this way. Whoever is not meant will leave this way.
The second way is the way of Kafirs which leads to Kufr. It is the way of those who don’t recognize Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Their way is to hell, nowhere else. It is either to paradise or to hell. Therefore, may we be with the Haqq (truth) Insha Allah.
Whoever wants paradise must accept the truth. He must go on its way. The truth is clear. But when people follow their egos, they are not on the
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way of truth. Because the ego always joins the way which is easy or is liked by it, whereas it is neither easy, nor it will like it. The further someone goes, the deeper he drowns in it. The further he goes, the more he falls in darkness. There will be hardship and all kinds of things.
They say when someone follows a bad person, he can’t get out of troubles. There are many proverbs some of which are cruel and some of which are softer. There are many proverbs that describe the condition of the person who goes after a bad friend. No need to tell them in this assembly. But what’s important is the holy word of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, He says in Qur’an‘Azimush-Shan: “Wa Man Shā`aFalyakfur, `Innā `A`tadnāLilžžālimīnaNārāan `AĥāţaBihimSurādiquhā”. “And whoever wills let him disbelieve.“ Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them.” (Qur’ān 18:29) “We sent such a fire to them that it has covered everything.”
And only by returning to the way of truth that there is salvation. Otherwise, it is impossible. There is still time. There is time to return to the way of truth. Whoever is not on the way of truth lives in vain and brings harm to others. May Allah give them guidance Insha Allah. May people see the truth.Shukr to Allah, what our Holy Prophet and all Prophets wish is goodness to people and their salvation. They don’t wish for anything else. But people harm them and go against them. Prophets say in Qur’an ‘Azimush-Shan, “We don’t ask for any payment. The only thing we ask for and our happiness is people reaching guidance. This is our greatest wish.”
Insha Allah Mu’mins should think the same way. We don’t wish badness to people. However, those who leave the way and go against Allah will see their own harm. May Allah protect us. May Allah give guidance Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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SEEK ONLY ALLAH’S PLEASURE Friday, 8 September 2023 / 23 Safar 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem.. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is saying that whoever asks for the pleasure of people and stays away from the pleasure of Allah stays away from the Mercy of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Staying away from the orders of Allah, from Allah for pleasing people is not a clever thing. Because whatever you do, you cannot make people happy. No matter how much you do, mankind is never happy. Mankind is ungrateful. Therefore, if you strive to make them happy and tire yourself, you strive in vain. Just like attempting to empty the sea by taking water from one side and pouring it out in the other side, you do a useless thing.
If you do for the pleasure of Allah, you will gain. As long as Allah is happy and pleased with you, the rest is not important at all. What’s important is the pleasure of Allah Azza wa-Jalla. And Allah is pleased with you even when you do the smallest thing. He rewards you ten-fold of what you do and gives you Thawab.
No matter how much you do for people, they are never happy. You can give people worlds, they still say, “No this and that. You did I don’t know what.” They swear at people and are never pleased. When there isn’t the pleasure of Allah, people get their punishment. But when you
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do for the pleasure of Allah and then people, whomever they are, don’t like it as much as they want, that is not important. What’s important is that Allah is pleased. You must make Shukr for that.
Whatever everyone is doing according to their capacity, they must do it all for the pleasure of Allah. But no, “This one has to like it.” There are many bizarre things now. As if their egos are not enough for people lately, they rather say “This one liked me” and play the fool. They talk nonsense, they swear and do I don’t know what. “This many people liked me and that many people disliked me”. There is a such trend now.
They don’t think about Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla at all. They roll over, play the fool and do strange things only to be liked by people. They never think of Allah being pleased with them or not. They don’t care about it. In order for some man or woman to like them, they do so many things. May Allah protect us. May Allah give mind and understanding to people and to us Insha Allah. May Allah protect us.
May Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla always be in our hearts and in our minds Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq,
Al-Fatiha.
There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Salawat, Tasbihat, Tahlilat. They passed everything recited for the pleasure of Allah by our brothers from all over the world to gift them firstly to our Holy Prophet, his Ahlu lBayt and Sahabah, the souls of all Anbiya, Awliya and Mashayikh, the souls of all our late relatives.
For goodness to come and evil to be gone.
Li-Llahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.
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EVERYTHING HAPPENS AS HE WANTS Saturday, 9 September 2023 / 24 Safar 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem.. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wakhayru fil jamiyya
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem:“O Opener of doors, open for us the best door.”
May Allah make every action of ours the means for goodness. May it be for the pleasure of Allah.
It is said,It is a beautiful saying. You want and I want, but Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla does whatever He wants. Everything is not like the people, servants want it. Whatever Allah wants happens. So may whatever you want be what Allah wants. May it be the way Allah loves it. May your everything be for the pleasure of Allah. Insha Allah you will win then.
Otherwise, not everything you want happens. When it doesn’t happen, you get upset. People without Iman are like this. They get upset when it doesn’t happen. People with Iman say, “This is the will of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. We will accept it. As the will of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is so, we will follow the will of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. There is nothing we can do. We do what we can. And the rest will happen however Allah ‘Azza waJalla wants it. It is always so”.
People are in stress and trouble. This is their main issue. They say they are doing something but then it doesn’t work out. It means Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla didn’t want it. If everything everyone wants happened, every-
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one would be successful and lived as they like. However, as this world is not paradise, this is a test. And in order to pass the test, you must know it is a test, you must know it is the will of Allah.
Don’t think you lost the things that didn’t happen according to your mind. There are rewards in all of this for believers. May Allah help us believe in things like this. May He help us always remember Him Insha Allah. When it is so, we will be in comfort in worldly matters and attain rewards for this. May Allah be pleased with all of us Insha Allah.
May every action of ours be beautiful and good Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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YOUR HEART MUST ALWAYS BE HAPPY Sunday, 10 September 2023 / 25 Safar 1445 Fajr Prayer, France.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem.. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wakhayru fil jamiyya
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: ”LāTaqnatū Min RaĥmatiAllāhi, `Inna Allāha Yaghfiru dhDhunūba Jamī’āan’’. “Do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.’’ ṢadaqaLlāhu l-‘Aẓīm. (Qur’ān 39:53)
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying don’t be hopeless. We are living in a time when the whole world is looking hopeless because they don’t have belief, they don’t have Iman. This is a problem for them: they don’t have hope. But for the Mu’min, for the believer hope is all the time there. Allah exists. The Only Real One in existence is Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, Allah Almighty ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
So what we have in this world, in our life: all of this is for us as a test. We are not in Paradise. We are in a place for Allah to examine us: what you do good, what you’re not doing good. And He gives His reward in this world, and the biggest reward in the other world. And He gives punishment also in this world and the biggest punishment in the next world. Who believes in Allah and is with Allah will be happy; nothing affects him.
Every time be hopeful. You must know this is not your business to manage Dunya, to make thinking that by your thinking you will make it better. This is what nonbelievers do: they try to make it better, but it
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becomes worse and worse and worse. But for the believer it is good and good and good; nothing bad.
May Allah make us to be with Him.
Don’t be hopeless. This is a very important thing. Be all the time happy. Your heart must be happy. You must be happy because everything is changing; nothing stays the same. Only Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is not changing. So all of this what happened is not abnormal. It is normal. So don’t be hopeless. This is very important for all human beings Insha Allah.
May Allah make us with His Prophet and with good people Insha Allah, and to be all the time happy Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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A HABIT TO SAVE OURSELVES Sunday, 10 September 2023 / 25 Safar 1445 Asr Prayer – Prarostino, Italy.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem.. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Welcome to you, all of you. It’s the first time we’re here. We are happy AlhamduliLlah. When people have happiness, we are happy also. For what we must be happy?
For the love of Allah “Qul bifaḍli Llahi wa biraḥmatihi fabidhālika falyafraḥūhu wa khayrun‘ mimmā yajma‘ūn’’. ‘Say, “In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy in that let them rejoice”; that is better than what they accumulate.’’ (Qur’ān 10:58).
Allah ‘Azza waJalla is saying in the Qur’an that you must be happy with what Allah gave you.
And this is better than what you are collecting. What you collect will not be with you; nothing goes with people when they die. They collect houses, cars, jewelry, gold. People collect everything thinking it will be for them forever, but not. Now we are coming here. Before maybe 50 years, there were other people here. Maybe some of them are still alive. But maybe a hundred years ago, many people also had a house, land, they had everything they’re not here anymore.
Other people if they wake up from death and look, “Oh who are these foreign people. They are living in our land, in our house, in our place. We don’t know them.” Nobody knows the other. The new ones don’t know who the old ones are. And they old ones don’t know who the new
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ones are. But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla said, about the thing you will get in the next life: it will be forever. For this “Huwa khayrun mimmā yajma‘ūn’’. “That is better than what they accumulate.’‘ (Qur’ān 10:58).
It is better from what they collect, what they earn, what they save.
We don’t know anything about Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s wisdom. The wisdom of Him creating people and each one not thinking he will die. And everybody, every day people are dying. Nobody is living forever here. But still, Allah ‘Azza waJalla made people in life to think that they will never die. We see many people who are even very sick, very ill. They come [to us] and they don’t believe they will die, [saying], “We are making this treatment, that treatment. Make Dua.” But they are already: not only one leg in the grave, their two legs are in the grave and they are still not believing that they will die.
This is the wisdom of Allah. He gave people this thinking to test them. He sends two angels every day to Dunya and they are shouting, saying, announcing:“Lidulil-Mawtwabnulil-Kharab”. “Be born only to be dead and build only to be ruined.”
Which means be born for death and build to be demolished, destroyed. When you are born, death is coming. This is what happened in Italy, Maa Sha Allah a very ancient place. Everywhere they were building very big [buildings] and then everything was finished [destroyed]. This again, every day they are building and they think it will be forever. No, it will also be finished.
So who has good thinking listens to this. “What must we do? We are listening, but what must we do? Okay we will die. What must we do?” We will die, what must you do. It is okay. Allah says you will die. How to save ourselves for the real life, for the life forever? It is not so difficult. Every day we are eating, we are drinking, we are walking, coming, going. This is our habit, the human beings’ habit or any creature’s habit. For our body, it is important to do this. But there is another habit also that you must put with this to be perfect. It is an important thing for spirituality and for our body also. To obey what Allah orders us and to
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not do what He doesn’t want. You can pray five times a day. When it becomes many people say it is difficult. Okay you can begin slowly slowly. When it becomes a habit, you cannot leave it. This gives your spirituality power, and for your body also. Because every time you pray and obey Allah, Allah is happy with you and your body is happy with you. Other thing also it is to fast. This is also from the orders of Allah. And this also gives you happiness and gives you power for your body and for your spirituality also.
When you do this, your life takes meaning. “Why am I here?” Many people don’t know why Allah created them. When you know the reason, you will be happy and you will be thankful for your Creator. If you don’t know, you’ll be unhappy and you won’t know what you’re doing all the time. You are doing many things that are of no benefit for you and no benefit for others also. But when you do this [His orders], around you also comes light, Nur Insha Allah. This light is from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Allah gives it only for believers. But who are not believers don’t have this light. Even here in many churches, cathedrals or something, in all pictures they put light on holy people. So this is not only imagination; it is true. Who are not believers can find darkness only.
And the third order of Allah: to make Zakat. This is also to make your money and what you have to be clean. It is mercy from Allah to give this. And if everybody now we are in a non-Muslim country, but if Muslim people give, it is enough for all the poor people in the world, but they are not giving. This is very few: only 2.5% each year for what you have that you must pay for Zakat. And if they give, it is enough for all poor people. They are making taxes in this country or in Europe or other, maybe 50%, 70%, and I heard in some place 80%. They take taxes and it doesn’t do benefit for anything. Why? Because it is not the order of Allah. The order is 2.5%. It is enough and it is Barakah for all people. This is asecret and wisdom from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla for human beings. “If you obey Me a very few thingis enough for you.” But because they are not believers, they are not listening at all to this.
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The fifth one is to make Hajj, pilgrimage. It is also a big favor from Allah for believers, to clean them. Everybody who goes there with sincerity, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “I forgive them as they are a newborn baby.” This is not a difficult thing. Maybe when you are doing it, shaytan makes it look difficult for you. But when you do it and finish, you feel the benefit of this. [...]
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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HOW CAN OUR LIFE BE PRECIOUS? Thursday, 14 September 2023 / 29 Safar 1445 Gorizia Dergah, Italy.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem.. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Alhamdulilahwe meet many. It’s also the first time that we are together. We are thanking Allah for this. Our gathering is Alhamdulilah for the sake of Allah, for the love of Prophet. This is the most important thing in our life.
Today Alhamdulilah we visited some – we’ve been in Italy since a few days – today we visited this city [Venice] which was built on water and they said it’s the (most) richest city in the world. People are coming there, those who don’t have any idea what they were created for, just to satisfy their ego. Each one making something funny and making people take photos of him or her. You see such people doing nonsense things thinking they will be happy by this. We visited Venice, we visited Milano, we visited here, there – they are not happy, they are proud. They think they’ll be happy when they say this to other people. This visit is not giving any benefit for themselves: not only for their spirituality, it’s not giving any benefit for everything.
Our life is a gift from our Creator Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He created us as human beings. And He showed us and gave us thinking to know everything. We are not like animals: not knowing anything. We know everything. For this, Allah is not happy with people when – when you give some precious thing to somebody and he doesn’t appreciate it, you be-
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come angry, “I gave him such a precious thing and he didn’t take care of it.” So they lose it. How must our life be precious? How can we keep it as a good gift without losing it? How can we do this? Your life becomes precious and there becomes meaning for your life with the love of Allah, love of Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam.
This life is only a very short thing. It is as you open and close your eyes. It is just like this in the time of – even in your time it’s like this. So this time must be well kept and well done with. And it’s not difficult for human beings: they must just accept their Lord, they must accept the Creator and accept what He orders. He created us – here in Italy there are many factories for machinery, and for each machine they give instructions on how to use it. Allah created us and gave us instructions on how we must do to be a good machine. Not like what they said yesterday: Leonardo Da Vinci was trying to fly but he was afraid so he put some people to fly and everyone came falling down on their heads and passed away, they were finished. [Leonardo would tell them,] “Sorry. Come! Another one!”
But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla knows. He knows everything. We cannot compare His Knowledge with our knowledge. We cannot say ‘compare’; this is a bad word. Sorry, Astaghfirullah that we said this. The whole universe’s knowledge is not one drop but one atom from knowledge. If you say this it means He has a limit. But He doesn’t have a limit. And with His Mercy He gave you this value and told you to do what’s good for you and you are refusing and saying, “No, I will do this. It will be better for me.” For this, the whole world is in a big mess, big unhappiness, big crisis. Everything is bad in this world because this thinking of people is controlling the whole world. The lucky one is the one who finds the way to be a good servant for Allah, a lover of Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam. They are lucky people.
Because these people are really affecting other people and the other people think they are something. For this, we are asking protection from Allah ‘Azza waJalla for every one of us, for children especially. Be-
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cause now they’re aiming for children, they are attacking them wildly. And if they’re saying anything, they say, “You are not good parents.” So they can even take them from them.
Insha Allah we must teach the love of Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wasallam for our children, for our relatives, for anyone from Muslims. And non-Muslims also must know because they are teaching them very bad thing about Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Because he is the most merciful for his nation, for his Ummah. In every occasion, he was asking for forgiveness for his Ummah from Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Alhamdulilah tomorrow is the last day of Safar. Saturday is the first day of Rabih Al-Awwal, the month of the birth of our Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhiwasallam. This month, we must make more Salawat on Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam, ask him for Shafa’ah (intercession) for us, for our ancestors and children, for protection, for love towards him for us and for our children.
May Allah for the sake of this holy month help Muslims everywhere, help human beings everywhere, to show them the way, the right way, the way of happiness.Because human beings tried everything like communism, socialism, capitalism, -ism, -ism, many things; they tried them all but nothing helped them. The only way for human beings to be safe is to follow Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And in the end, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla’s promise is that the whole world will be Insha Allah accepting Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. That time, there will be peace for the whole world. Otherwise, there cannot be any peace in this world.
The only way: Salam Islam. (The only way for Salam (peace) is Islam.) May Allah make these days to come quickly to save the whole world from this.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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IMAN IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVERYTHING Friday, 15 September 2023 / 30 Safar 1445 Gabbice, Italy.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem.. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wakhayru fil jamiyya.
Alhamdulilah tonight our gathering, all of our Murids, beloved ones for Allah and Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam. We meet on the first night of Rabih Al-Awwal. It is a blessing from Allah for us Insha Allah. He plans everything, and we follow His plan. So it is a good plan to meet in this night here with our beloved people.
Alhamdulilah this month of Safar is finished because it was a heavy month. This year, it was more heavy than other years. Insha’Allah for the Barakah of the month of the Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, it will change for goodness and take this heaviness off people insha’Allah. Our gathering here is for the love of Allah and love of Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam. Insha Allah you’re coming from far places, far distances just for this purpose, to be more near to Him Insha Allah.
Sometimes people think that when they’re going to see some important thing that they can go anywhere, but for the sake of Allah it becomes difficult for people. But Alhamdulilah our people are here with love and with happiness Insha Allah. Because to do a good thing or to be with good people, many things prevent you. Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah was every time saying we have “The Four Enemies.” These enemies are: Dunya, shaytan, Hawa (desires), Nafs (ego). These four enemies: first shaytan, Nafs, Dunya, Hawa which means following desires. When a
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person wants to do a good thing, these four enemies come against him attacking him.
So people say, “These people are bad people, they’re doing bad thing, but they [four enemies] don’t make it difficult for them. When we want to do something, it is difficult for us.” Many people are asking this. This is because all these enemies are against us. But when they’re doing a bad thing, they’re with them, not enemies for them, they’re even pushing them [to do it].
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