Suhbah 2023: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (375 suhbah, 886 pages, 15/50)
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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: “Innā ‘Arađnā Al-‘Amānata ‘Ala AsSamāwāti Wa Al-`Arđi Wa AlJibāli Fa’abayna ‘An Yaĥmilnahā Wa ‘Ashfaqna Minhā Wa Ĥamalahā Al-‘Insānu, ‘Innahu Kāna Žalūmāan Jahūlāan’’(Qur’ān 33:72).
“Indeed, we offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.’’ SadaqaLlāhu l‘Aẓīm.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, “We offered the heavens, mountains, earth and this and that to take the trust, but they didn’t accept it. They got scared”. They got scared of the responsibility. But mankind accepted it because they are both unjust and ignorant. They are very ignorant.
A trust is something important. And the trust is of course Iman and orders Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave to people. Even mountains didn’t accept that as the responsibility was big. But mankind accepted. Certainly, those who maintain the trust are very few. Many are those who don’t maintain it.Trustworthy is the attribute of our Holy Prophet. Muhammadu l-Amin sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam. The religion which is Haqq/true was passed to our Holy Prophet as a trust. And he passed it
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to his Ummah. Protecting this trust is the duty and obligation of people. Doing this raises people to high ranks.
The trust can be of any kind. People must guard what is given to them and return it to its owner. Passing the spiritual trust to others, if there is one, is the duty of people too. But unfortunately, people nowadays have little left of trust. There is betrayal of the trust now; may Allah protect us. Therefore, may we guard the trust properly Insha Allah.
May Allah give us strength. May we not obey our egos. The ego doesn’t know what a trust is. And shaytan is the enemy of the trust.
It is the way of our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. People say they love our Holy Prophet, but then they have nothing from being trustworthy. They are liars. May Allah make us from people who maintain the trust. May He not make us from those who betray the trust Insha Allah. People who maintain the trust are beautiful people.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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ATHEISM IS NOT CLEVERNESS Thurday, 31 August 2023 / 15 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: ”Afaĥasibtum ‘Annamā Khalaqnākum `Abathāan Wa ‘Annakum ‘Ilaynā LāTurja`ūn’’. ‘‘Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?’’ ṢadaqaLlāhu l-‘Aẓīm.(Qur’ān 23:115).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying in Qur’an ‘Azimush-Shan, “Did We create you for nothing?”
There are silly people now who say creation is something that happened by coincidence and confuse other people. Those with weak Iman lose their Iman. Their Iman is gone. They don’t know what to do and whom to believe. And then they lead many people to Kufr. They lead others to denying the Creator. Every time they let someone lose his faith, they will get their punishment for each of them.
Atheism is not a skill. It is not cleverness. It is never a good thing, because real life is as Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “You will return to us”. You are ranting and raving here. But there, you will be punished, and there is no coming back from it. As much as the sins Mu’mins who believe in Allah commit, they will be cleaned in hell and then go to paradise. But people in Kufr will stay in hell forever. There is no salvation for them.These people who newly came out have found comfort and are
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confused on what to do. “Should I follow this one, or should I follow that one?” Whereas, you have found the best way. Allah has granted it to you. No need to look for something else. Be steadfast on this way. Life is short anyway. Leave this life with belief in Allah in the end so that there is salvation for you in the real life.
Not everyone has Iman, of course. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla didn’t give it to everyone. So those who are given it must appreciate it. Because when there is comfort, it makes people wild. Comfort is not good. Therefore, our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says: Adapt to a tough life, as favors don’t last. Favors are not there all the time.”Comfort brings wildness to people. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying:’’Wa Law BasaţaAllāhuAr-RizqaLi`ibādihiLabaghawFī Al-`Arđ”. ‘‘And if Allah had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would surely rebel in the earth.’ (Qur’ān 42:27). ṢadaqaLlāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
This is Haqq (true) what He says. When people are given comfort, people go wild. This is our condition now. They are bringing up various things. Whereas in old times, people didn’t have the opportunity to think about such things in pursuit of earning a living.Now there is free time. They have this tool [phones] in their hands, and things are posted from everywhere. They think that is right, and they know the right as wrong. May Allah protect us from the evil of these people. They do the biggest evil. Faithlessness and what they call atheism is the biggest evil.But Shukr to Allah, many people are coming to their senses. When those who have been in such a condition for a period of time use their minds, they return to the right way. They see that people who are saying this know nothing. They do it only for their personal interest or as they are cheated by shaytan because of going after shaytan.
There are people who leave them and come to the right way. May Allah increase such people. May Allah give guidance to people.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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ISLAM CANNOT BE DESTROYED Friday, 1 September 2023 / 16 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: ”WaLlahu mutimmunūrihi walawkariha l-kāfirūn, ”Allah will perfect His light, even though the disbelievers dislike it.’’(Qur’ān 61:08).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says the religion will complete its light in this world. His promise is Haqq (true). Even if Kafirs don’t like it, this light will surely be complete. The whole world will be Muslim with the permission of Allah.
After Hadrat Sultan Abdul Hamid, may paradise be his abode, Muslims have become weaker. Islam did not become weaker. There had been attacks against Islam everywhere since old times. But afterwards, it has become more. There is a worse attack to end Islam.
The worst of them are the groups who look Muslim and strive to destroy Islam. They obey their egos. They follow their egos. And they have enmity against the religion for their personal interests. People who think they will attain something through this are people who are disliked by Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
They used to call such people unfortunate in old times. They are people with no luck, as they have gone astray. They are almost out of the reli-
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gion. Because they talk according to their own minds, the opposite of what Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and our Holy Prophet say. And they mislead others by claiming that is Islam. It means these people have no luck at all. They can earn as much money as they want and be famous as much as they want, they just resemble shaytan. Just like many people follow shaytan and do what he wants, it is the same with these people. They are wicked people on the wicked way. They are striving to destroy Islam now everywhere. They think it will be destroyed. Islam cannot be destroyed. There is the promise of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla; Qiyamah will not take place unless the light is complete with the permission of Allah. They are defaming Islam from all sides these days. They are going against Islam. They think they have attained something. Everything they do is as Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says:“Inna kayda l-shayṭāni kana dha‘īfā’’.“Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak.’’ (Qur’ān 04:76).
The plots and tricks of shaytan are weak. He thinks the whole world belongs to him. Everything he does will be destroyed in an instant. And Islam will manifest itself. Those who will remain under ruins will be the people who are happy with what he does and who brag about what he does. Those who follow him will be under the ruins of this destruction. And they will never have any second chance anymore. May Allah protect us. May Allah spread the light of Islam as soon as possible Insha Allah, because indeed we live in the worst and darkest time. From all aspects. Even people who call themselves human are aware of it. But they don’t know what to do.
Shukr to Allah, we have the promise of our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhiwasallam. And we are waiting for it. We don’t have hopelessness. Who have hopelessness? People who don’t see ahead and who don’t know what is coming.
May Allah give Iman to people Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Yasin, Ayat, Surahs, Tasbihat, Tahlilat and Salawat.
We gift everything recited passed to us for gifting firstly to our Holy Prophet his Ahlu l-Bayt and Sahabah, the souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya and Mashayikh, souls of all our late relatives, especially the souls of our Shaykh Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, Hala Sultan, Hajjah Anne Sultan, the souls of all of our late relatives, the souls of Muslims and Mu’mins.
For goodness to come and evil to be gone, Insha Allah may we have strength in our Iman.
Li-Llahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.
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EGO AND LOVE OF HEADSHIP Saturday, 2 September 2023 / 17 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 says that the bad characteristics of the ego are together with people throughout their lives. And the last one from bad characteristics of people that leaves before they die is Hubb-u Riyasah (Love of Headship). Leadership, promotion, being above people; that is the last thing that leaves.
What we mean is that people of the present time, all of them [have it] they were like this in old times too, but now it is more intense. In old times, there were Sultan and Pharaoh. So there was a limit up to which they could rise. But nowadays everyone wants to see himself in the highest rank. And those with high ranks strive to rise even higher.
That brings benefit if they are on the way of Allah. They can serve people and they can serve Muslims. But if they are on their own way and on the way of their egos, that is bad. And everything is messed up now. We are living in the end of times. It is everywhere. Wherever there are people, this disease is certainly there. People surely strive to rise higher.You are rising for this world. It has no benefit. Many people start their journey for the pleasure of Allah. But later, their egos mislead them. And that is big danger. Therefore, it is better not to start this thing. Not entering this path for people who cannot control their egos is more beneficial and better. Because there are various things that may
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distance them away from the pleasure of Allah. There are flatterers around who pamper people, and a person thinks he is an important one. But when they fall down, no one comes near them. They cheat themselves. They cheat themselves in the beginning. But later they start cheating others.
The world we live in is like this. They call it fake world. Therefore, don’t be cheated by this world. Be like the Sultans. What did the Ottoman Sultans say? They said this beautiful thingSultanhood is a meaningless fight... It is a nice saying. We cannot remember it in full. But Sultans said this world is something meaningless. Yet, they did their duty for the pleasure of Allah. They lived for the benefit of Ummah, for the pleasure of our Holy Prophet in order to spread the orders of Allah ‘Azza waJalla everywhere and in order to do justice.
We should take them as an example. We should look at them in all aspects. In the end, the great Sultans passed away without taking anything. But Shukr to Allah, what they attained is enough for them. They attained the pleasure of Allah. They attained the pleasure of our Holy Prophet. We must be like them.
People nowadays don’t know what to do with each other in order to become an associate of a local authority. There is nothing they won’t do to each other; tricks, plots and all kinds of things. Whereas Sultans held the whole universe in their hands. But it wasn’t in their hearts. It was in their hands. They walked on the way of Allah. We live with their Barakah Shukr to Allah. There is so much Barakah.
May Allah be pleased with them Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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THE ONLY PRESERVED HOLY BOOK Sunday, 3 September 2023 / 18 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: “Wala Mubaddila li KalimatiAllah’’. “And none can alter the words of Allah.’’ (Qur’ān 06:34).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says that no one can change the Qur’an ‘AzimushShan, the words of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla Himself guards and protects it.
Many people who wanted to change it have come out after our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla doesn’t give them a chance. His word is Haqq (true). It is the true word of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla among people in this world. Other things apart from it have changed. Qur’an ‘Azimush-Shan is the only thing that didn’t change. By the wisdom of Allah it has to remain as benefit to humanity.
Tawrat, Injeel, Zabur, whatever there is; they’ve changed 99% of them. They are heavenly books of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla sent down to the Prophets. The wisdom is that their time is over. Step by step until the time of our Holy Prophet, as he sallaLlāhu‘alayhiwasallam is the last Prophet, it is the last book. It contains all of them. It contains everything.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “WaLā Raţbin WaLā YāBisin `Illā Fī Kitābin Mubīnin’’.“And no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in
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a clear record.’’ (Qur’ān 06:59).
Nothing is outside of it.We hold it in our hands as a great blessing. It is a blessing from all aspects. Reading and listening to each letter of it is of virtue, Barakah and Thawab. For each letter, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is writing down ranks and Thawab to the Muslims and Mu’mins who read it. Therefore, it is a great blessing to be in Islam, to live in Islam and to understand Islam. People who believe in others’ words and show disrespect obey their weak egos. They are at loss.
It is something amazing. As the only true book of Allah and true words of Allah among people, we can hold it in our hands. We are reading it with our mouths. We are listening to it. It is a great blessing. We are together with Allah then. We are together with Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
It is a beautiful blessing. We must know its value. Shukr to Allah, Muslims and Mu’mins know it. But there are many people who don’t know. There are many people who reach guidance through it. And there are people without Iman, non-Muslim people who joined Islam through it, through its Barakah. There are millions of such people. May Allah not decrease its Barakah upon us. May it be in our hearts insha’Allah. May Henot let us forget what we know Insha Allah.
Oftentimes children are brought up as Hafiz. Bringing up a Hafiz is easy. But it is difficult to keep it inside. We must pay attention to that as well. If someone is Hojja, he teaches children. But parents must take care of the rest and say, “You have learnt this. Read 2-3 Juz a day so that you don’t forget”. Or they should learn as much as they won’t forget.
May Allah protect us Insha Allah, because it is punishable to forget it.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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NO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE Monday, 4 September 2023 / 19 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: ”A’dilū Huwa ‘Aqrabu Li t-taqwa’’. ‘‘Be just; that is nearer to piety.’’(Qur’ān 05:08).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla advises and orders people and Muslims to always act upon justice.They call it a legal year and make judicial vacation. (The Ministry of) Justice goes on vacation in summer. And then they open around this time and go on working. Justice is the most important thing. Sayyidina Umar said: May Allah be pleased with him. “Justice Is The Foundation of Ruling.” Without justice, property and all of it will not have a proper foundation. There won’t be any law and rights.
There are courts, Shukr to Allah. There is everything; there are judges and lawyers. But unfortunately, there is no justice. Not only here, but anywhere in the world there is nothing like justice. Even the most advanced countries of the world which see themselves as the most civilized ones don’t have any justice. They do whatever their egos want and what is in their benefit. It is the same here as well. May Allah help people.
It is a different issue whether they are doing right or wrong. However, the main issue is not to extend the case. Justice that comes late is useless justice. It is pointless justice. It is important to do immediately what is
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clear and seen there without delaying and to close the case at one sitting. If you couldn’t close it at one or two sittings, it must certainly be closed at the third sitting.
There are cases that last for years and decades. When you win it finally, the man is gone and nothing is there. To whom is this beneficial? To no one. They are both making the government busy and extending the useless things. They are extending the useless things and are not finishing the useful things.
Unfortunately, we must say the truth. It is fine if the truth annoys someone. The main thing is the ruling of Allah. Allah orders to do justice, to directly give the rights to their owners and to punish the wrongful ones. This is the order of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Unfortunately, as we said, the whole world is based on injustice. Don’t think that Switzerland, America or this and that are as they say they are the first world countries. Allah knows, what number we are. But we are all the same. There is unlawfulness and injustice all over the world. And the worst is that people who see themselves as civilized and laugh at us don’t recognize the main human rights and rights of Muslims. When it comes to their benefit, they stake a claim to everything and say, “We are this. We are that”. If you tell them “Come and show us how it is. The book is here, the law is here. Show us where your justice is. Where is what you call justice? How are you doing this? Tell us about it.” There is nothing. All of them are about oppression, oppression, oppression and nothing else.
May Allah help us. May Allah send the Sahib. May the lawfulness emerge Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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INTENTION BEHIND TAKING A DEBT Wednesday, 6 September 2023 / 21 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.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying when you borrow money, write it down between yourselves. How much you borrow and all; have a witness for it so that it is easy for you to pay it back. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim says debt pushes away Barakah. Why does it push it away? Because many people think it is their money when they borrow it and that they may or may not give it back. There is not such a thing. When it is so, Barakah goes away. And when there is no Barakah, things are done in vain. There is loss then.
Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that whoever has the intention of paying it back when he takes a debt, Allah gives him ease in returning it. Allah gives him Barakah, and he pays his debt easily. But the intention of many people is bad from the beginning, unfortunately.
That debt increases and they are not able to pay it back. They have more hardship. They have problems, arguments, courts and this and that. If they have paid something already, if they have written that down, that remains incomplete. They give half of the money to lawyers and half to I don’t know whom. There is no benefit.This beautiful saying of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is that your intention must be pure when you take a debt. And write it
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down so that you don’t deny it later by obeying your ego. There is nothing as a promise these days. No one, maybe one in a thousand or one in a ten thousand people keep their words. The rest is rubbish and useless things. They are doing so in order to cheat people. They promise so much and forget about giving their word saying, “I didn’t say such a thing”. People are capable of saying this. Why? Because they’ve given not only one but a thousand promises, and they kept none of them. Even if they have kept their promise, they forget about it.
Therefore, your intention must certainly be pure when you borrow money. “This is not mine. If I don’t pay it back, certainly, I will give its account later”. There certainly is the Day of Reckoning. Accounts will be taken on the Day of Reckoning. He is the Witness. He is the One who knows. Everything is in His hand. Nothing escapes from Him. They must know that they will give the account in front of Allah ‘Azza waJalla and act accordingly. People who know this are not in need of anything with the permission of Allah.
May Allah improve people. You hear bizarre things every day. Allah created them as humans, but they have left their humanity. May Allah improve us all Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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EITHER THE WAY OF TRUTH OR KUFR Thursday, 7 September 2023 / 22 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:”WaQuli Al-Ĥaqqu Min Rabbikum, Faman Shā`aFalyu`uminWa Man Shā`aFalyakfur’’. ‘‘And say, “The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills let him believe; and whoever wills let him disbelieve’’ SadaqaLlāhu l-‘Aẓīm.(Qur’ān 18:29).
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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: “Innā ‘Arađnā Al-‘Amānata ‘Ala AsSamāwāti Wa Al-`Arđi Wa AlJibāli Fa’abayna ‘An Yaĥmilnahā Wa ‘Ashfaqna Minhā Wa Ĥamalahā Al-‘Insānu, ‘Innahu Kāna Žalūmāan Jahūlāan’’(Qur’ān 33:72).
“Indeed, we offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.’’ SadaqaLlāhu l‘Aẓīm.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, “We offered the heavens, mountains, earth and this and that to take the trust, but they didn’t accept it. They got scared”. They got scared of the responsibility. But mankind accepted it because they are both unjust and ignorant. They are very ignorant.
A trust is something important. And the trust is of course Iman and orders Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla gave to people. Even mountains didn’t accept that as the responsibility was big. But mankind accepted. Certainly, those who maintain the trust are very few. Many are those who don’t maintain it.Trustworthy is the attribute of our Holy Prophet. Muhammadu l-Amin sallaLlāhu‘alayhi wa-sallam. The religion which is Haqq/true was passed to our Holy Prophet as a trust. And he passed it
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to his Ummah. Protecting this trust is the duty and obligation of people. Doing this raises people to high ranks.
The trust can be of any kind. People must guard what is given to them and return it to its owner. Passing the spiritual trust to others, if there is one, is the duty of people too. But unfortunately, people nowadays have little left of trust. There is betrayal of the trust now; may Allah protect us. Therefore, may we guard the trust properly Insha Allah.
May Allah give us strength. May we not obey our egos. The ego doesn’t know what a trust is. And shaytan is the enemy of the trust.
It is the way of our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. People say they love our Holy Prophet, but then they have nothing from being trustworthy. They are liars. May Allah make us from people who maintain the trust. May He not make us from those who betray the trust Insha Allah. People who maintain the trust are beautiful people.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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ATHEISM IS NOT CLEVERNESS Thurday, 31 August 2023 / 15 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: ”Afaĥasibtum ‘Annamā Khalaqnākum `Abathāan Wa ‘Annakum ‘Ilaynā LāTurja`ūn’’. ‘‘Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?’’ ṢadaqaLlāhu l-‘Aẓīm.(Qur’ān 23:115).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying in Qur’an ‘Azimush-Shan, “Did We create you for nothing?”
There are silly people now who say creation is something that happened by coincidence and confuse other people. Those with weak Iman lose their Iman. Their Iman is gone. They don’t know what to do and whom to believe. And then they lead many people to Kufr. They lead others to denying the Creator. Every time they let someone lose his faith, they will get their punishment for each of them.
Atheism is not a skill. It is not cleverness. It is never a good thing, because real life is as Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “You will return to us”. You are ranting and raving here. But there, you will be punished, and there is no coming back from it. As much as the sins Mu’mins who believe in Allah commit, they will be cleaned in hell and then go to paradise. But people in Kufr will stay in hell forever. There is no salvation for them.These people who newly came out have found comfort and are
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confused on what to do. “Should I follow this one, or should I follow that one?” Whereas, you have found the best way. Allah has granted it to you. No need to look for something else. Be steadfast on this way. Life is short anyway. Leave this life with belief in Allah in the end so that there is salvation for you in the real life.
Not everyone has Iman, of course. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla didn’t give it to everyone. So those who are given it must appreciate it. Because when there is comfort, it makes people wild. Comfort is not good. Therefore, our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says: Adapt to a tough life, as favors don’t last. Favors are not there all the time.”Comfort brings wildness to people. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying:’’Wa Law BasaţaAllāhuAr-RizqaLi`ibādihiLabaghawFī Al-`Arđ”. ‘‘And if Allah had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would surely rebel in the earth.’ (Qur’ān 42:27). ṢadaqaLlāhu l-‘Aẓīm.
This is Haqq (true) what He says. When people are given comfort, people go wild. This is our condition now. They are bringing up various things. Whereas in old times, people didn’t have the opportunity to think about such things in pursuit of earning a living.Now there is free time. They have this tool [phones] in their hands, and things are posted from everywhere. They think that is right, and they know the right as wrong. May Allah protect us from the evil of these people. They do the biggest evil. Faithlessness and what they call atheism is the biggest evil.But Shukr to Allah, many people are coming to their senses. When those who have been in such a condition for a period of time use their minds, they return to the right way. They see that people who are saying this know nothing. They do it only for their personal interest or as they are cheated by shaytan because of going after shaytan.
There are people who leave them and come to the right way. May Allah increase such people. May Allah give guidance to people.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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ISLAM CANNOT BE DESTROYED Friday, 1 September 2023 / 16 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: ”WaLlahu mutimmunūrihi walawkariha l-kāfirūn, ”Allah will perfect His light, even though the disbelievers dislike it.’’(Qur’ān 61:08).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says the religion will complete its light in this world. His promise is Haqq (true). Even if Kafirs don’t like it, this light will surely be complete. The whole world will be Muslim with the permission of Allah.
After Hadrat Sultan Abdul Hamid, may paradise be his abode, Muslims have become weaker. Islam did not become weaker. There had been attacks against Islam everywhere since old times. But afterwards, it has become more. There is a worse attack to end Islam.
The worst of them are the groups who look Muslim and strive to destroy Islam. They obey their egos. They follow their egos. And they have enmity against the religion for their personal interests. People who think they will attain something through this are people who are disliked by Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
They used to call such people unfortunate in old times. They are people with no luck, as they have gone astray. They are almost out of the reli-
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gion. Because they talk according to their own minds, the opposite of what Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and our Holy Prophet say. And they mislead others by claiming that is Islam. It means these people have no luck at all. They can earn as much money as they want and be famous as much as they want, they just resemble shaytan. Just like many people follow shaytan and do what he wants, it is the same with these people. They are wicked people on the wicked way. They are striving to destroy Islam now everywhere. They think it will be destroyed. Islam cannot be destroyed. There is the promise of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla; Qiyamah will not take place unless the light is complete with the permission of Allah. They are defaming Islam from all sides these days. They are going against Islam. They think they have attained something. Everything they do is as Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says:“Inna kayda l-shayṭāni kana dha‘īfā’’.“Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak.’’ (Qur’ān 04:76).
The plots and tricks of shaytan are weak. He thinks the whole world belongs to him. Everything he does will be destroyed in an instant. And Islam will manifest itself. Those who will remain under ruins will be the people who are happy with what he does and who brag about what he does. Those who follow him will be under the ruins of this destruction. And they will never have any second chance anymore. May Allah protect us. May Allah spread the light of Islam as soon as possible Insha Allah, because indeed we live in the worst and darkest time. From all aspects. Even people who call themselves human are aware of it. But they don’t know what to do.
Shukr to Allah, we have the promise of our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu‘alayhiwasallam. And we are waiting for it. We don’t have hopelessness. Who have hopelessness? People who don’t see ahead and who don’t know what is coming.
May Allah give Iman to people Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Yasin, Ayat, Surahs, Tasbihat, Tahlilat and Salawat.
We gift everything recited passed to us for gifting firstly to our Holy Prophet his Ahlu l-Bayt and Sahabah, the souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya and Mashayikh, souls of all our late relatives, especially the souls of our Shaykh Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, Hala Sultan, Hajjah Anne Sultan, the souls of all of our late relatives, the souls of Muslims and Mu’mins.
For goodness to come and evil to be gone, Insha Allah may we have strength in our Iman.
Li-Llahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.
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EGO AND LOVE OF HEADSHIP Saturday, 2 September 2023 / 17 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 says that the bad characteristics of the ego are together with people throughout their lives. And the last one from bad characteristics of people that leaves before they die is Hubb-u Riyasah (Love of Headship). Leadership, promotion, being above people; that is the last thing that leaves.
What we mean is that people of the present time, all of them [have it] they were like this in old times too, but now it is more intense. In old times, there were Sultan and Pharaoh. So there was a limit up to which they could rise. But nowadays everyone wants to see himself in the highest rank. And those with high ranks strive to rise even higher.
That brings benefit if they are on the way of Allah. They can serve people and they can serve Muslims. But if they are on their own way and on the way of their egos, that is bad. And everything is messed up now. We are living in the end of times. It is everywhere. Wherever there are people, this disease is certainly there. People surely strive to rise higher.You are rising for this world. It has no benefit. Many people start their journey for the pleasure of Allah. But later, their egos mislead them. And that is big danger. Therefore, it is better not to start this thing. Not entering this path for people who cannot control their egos is more beneficial and better. Because there are various things that may
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distance them away from the pleasure of Allah. There are flatterers around who pamper people, and a person thinks he is an important one. But when they fall down, no one comes near them. They cheat themselves. They cheat themselves in the beginning. But later they start cheating others.
The world we live in is like this. They call it fake world. Therefore, don’t be cheated by this world. Be like the Sultans. What did the Ottoman Sultans say? They said this beautiful thingSultanhood is a meaningless fight... It is a nice saying. We cannot remember it in full. But Sultans said this world is something meaningless. Yet, they did their duty for the pleasure of Allah. They lived for the benefit of Ummah, for the pleasure of our Holy Prophet in order to spread the orders of Allah ‘Azza waJalla everywhere and in order to do justice.
We should take them as an example. We should look at them in all aspects. In the end, the great Sultans passed away without taking anything. But Shukr to Allah, what they attained is enough for them. They attained the pleasure of Allah. They attained the pleasure of our Holy Prophet. We must be like them.
People nowadays don’t know what to do with each other in order to become an associate of a local authority. There is nothing they won’t do to each other; tricks, plots and all kinds of things. Whereas Sultans held the whole universe in their hands. But it wasn’t in their hearts. It was in their hands. They walked on the way of Allah. We live with their Barakah Shukr to Allah. There is so much Barakah.
May Allah be pleased with them Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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THE ONLY PRESERVED HOLY BOOK Sunday, 3 September 2023 / 18 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: “Wala Mubaddila li KalimatiAllah’’. “And none can alter the words of Allah.’’ (Qur’ān 06:34).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says that no one can change the Qur’an ‘AzimushShan, the words of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla Himself guards and protects it.
Many people who wanted to change it have come out after our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. But Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla doesn’t give them a chance. His word is Haqq (true). It is the true word of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla among people in this world. Other things apart from it have changed. Qur’an ‘Azimush-Shan is the only thing that didn’t change. By the wisdom of Allah it has to remain as benefit to humanity.
Tawrat, Injeel, Zabur, whatever there is; they’ve changed 99% of them. They are heavenly books of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla sent down to the Prophets. The wisdom is that their time is over. Step by step until the time of our Holy Prophet, as he sallaLlāhu‘alayhiwasallam is the last Prophet, it is the last book. It contains all of them. It contains everything.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “WaLā Raţbin WaLā YāBisin `Illā Fī Kitābin Mubīnin’’.“And no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in
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a clear record.’’ (Qur’ān 06:59).
Nothing is outside of it.We hold it in our hands as a great blessing. It is a blessing from all aspects. Reading and listening to each letter of it is of virtue, Barakah and Thawab. For each letter, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is writing down ranks and Thawab to the Muslims and Mu’mins who read it. Therefore, it is a great blessing to be in Islam, to live in Islam and to understand Islam. People who believe in others’ words and show disrespect obey their weak egos. They are at loss.
It is something amazing. As the only true book of Allah and true words of Allah among people, we can hold it in our hands. We are reading it with our mouths. We are listening to it. It is a great blessing. We are together with Allah then. We are together with Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
It is a beautiful blessing. We must know its value. Shukr to Allah, Muslims and Mu’mins know it. But there are many people who don’t know. There are many people who reach guidance through it. And there are people without Iman, non-Muslim people who joined Islam through it, through its Barakah. There are millions of such people. May Allah not decrease its Barakah upon us. May it be in our hearts insha’Allah. May Henot let us forget what we know Insha Allah.
Oftentimes children are brought up as Hafiz. Bringing up a Hafiz is easy. But it is difficult to keep it inside. We must pay attention to that as well. If someone is Hojja, he teaches children. But parents must take care of the rest and say, “You have learnt this. Read 2-3 Juz a day so that you don’t forget”. Or they should learn as much as they won’t forget.
May Allah protect us Insha Allah, because it is punishable to forget it.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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NO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE Monday, 4 September 2023 / 19 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: ”A’dilū Huwa ‘Aqrabu Li t-taqwa’’. ‘‘Be just; that is nearer to piety.’’(Qur’ān 05:08).
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla advises and orders people and Muslims to always act upon justice.They call it a legal year and make judicial vacation. (The Ministry of) Justice goes on vacation in summer. And then they open around this time and go on working. Justice is the most important thing. Sayyidina Umar said: May Allah be pleased with him. “Justice Is The Foundation of Ruling.” Without justice, property and all of it will not have a proper foundation. There won’t be any law and rights.
There are courts, Shukr to Allah. There is everything; there are judges and lawyers. But unfortunately, there is no justice. Not only here, but anywhere in the world there is nothing like justice. Even the most advanced countries of the world which see themselves as the most civilized ones don’t have any justice. They do whatever their egos want and what is in their benefit. It is the same here as well. May Allah help people.
It is a different issue whether they are doing right or wrong. However, the main issue is not to extend the case. Justice that comes late is useless justice. It is pointless justice. It is important to do immediately what is
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clear and seen there without delaying and to close the case at one sitting. If you couldn’t close it at one or two sittings, it must certainly be closed at the third sitting.
There are cases that last for years and decades. When you win it finally, the man is gone and nothing is there. To whom is this beneficial? To no one. They are both making the government busy and extending the useless things. They are extending the useless things and are not finishing the useful things.
Unfortunately, we must say the truth. It is fine if the truth annoys someone. The main thing is the ruling of Allah. Allah orders to do justice, to directly give the rights to their owners and to punish the wrongful ones. This is the order of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla.
Unfortunately, as we said, the whole world is based on injustice. Don’t think that Switzerland, America or this and that are as they say they are the first world countries. Allah knows, what number we are. But we are all the same. There is unlawfulness and injustice all over the world. And the worst is that people who see themselves as civilized and laugh at us don’t recognize the main human rights and rights of Muslims. When it comes to their benefit, they stake a claim to everything and say, “We are this. We are that”. If you tell them “Come and show us how it is. The book is here, the law is here. Show us where your justice is. Where is what you call justice? How are you doing this? Tell us about it.” There is nothing. All of them are about oppression, oppression, oppression and nothing else.
May Allah help us. May Allah send the Sahib. May the lawfulness emerge Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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INTENTION BEHIND TAKING A DEBT Wednesday, 6 September 2023 / 21 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.
Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying when you borrow money, write it down between yourselves. How much you borrow and all; have a witness for it so that it is easy for you to pay it back. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim says debt pushes away Barakah. Why does it push it away? Because many people think it is their money when they borrow it and that they may or may not give it back. There is not such a thing. When it is so, Barakah goes away. And when there is no Barakah, things are done in vain. There is loss then.
Our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that whoever has the intention of paying it back when he takes a debt, Allah gives him ease in returning it. Allah gives him Barakah, and he pays his debt easily. But the intention of many people is bad from the beginning, unfortunately.
That debt increases and they are not able to pay it back. They have more hardship. They have problems, arguments, courts and this and that. If they have paid something already, if they have written that down, that remains incomplete. They give half of the money to lawyers and half to I don’t know whom. There is no benefit.This beautiful saying of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and our Holy Prophet sallaLlāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is that your intention must be pure when you take a debt. And write it
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down so that you don’t deny it later by obeying your ego. There is nothing as a promise these days. No one, maybe one in a thousand or one in a ten thousand people keep their words. The rest is rubbish and useless things. They are doing so in order to cheat people. They promise so much and forget about giving their word saying, “I didn’t say such a thing”. People are capable of saying this. Why? Because they’ve given not only one but a thousand promises, and they kept none of them. Even if they have kept their promise, they forget about it.
Therefore, your intention must certainly be pure when you borrow money. “This is not mine. If I don’t pay it back, certainly, I will give its account later”. There certainly is the Day of Reckoning. Accounts will be taken on the Day of Reckoning. He is the Witness. He is the One who knows. Everything is in His hand. Nothing escapes from Him. They must know that they will give the account in front of Allah ‘Azza waJalla and act accordingly. People who know this are not in need of anything with the permission of Allah.
May Allah improve people. You hear bizarre things every day. Allah created them as humans, but they have left their humanity. May Allah improve us all Insha Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
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EITHER THE WAY OF TRUTH OR KUFR Thursday, 7 September 2023 / 22 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:”WaQuli Al-Ĥaqqu Min Rabbikum, Faman Shā`aFalyu`uminWa Man Shā`aFalyakfur’’. ‘‘And say, “The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills let him believe; and whoever wills let him disbelieve’’ SadaqaLlāhu l-‘Aẓīm.(Qur’ān 18:29).
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