12 April 2010 Lefke, Cyprus
Dastoor yaa RijaalAllah, madad. (Mawlana Shaykh stands.)
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, `Azeez Allah
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Subhaan Allah
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Sultan Allah
Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah `ala fadlillah wa kaaamillah. Alfu, alfu salaat, alfu, alfu salaam `ala Sayyidina Muhammad, Rasoolullah. Zidhu yaa Rabbee `izzan wa sharafan nooran wa surooran, sultaanan wa ridwaana. Hayy! (Mawlana Shaykh sits.)
Madad yaa Saahib al-Imdaad. Madad yaa RijaalAllah, amidoona bi madadikum. We are weak servants. We are asking for madad, heavenly support that takes away from east to west, from north to south, dirtiness of Shaytan. And we are saying, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajim. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem gives us ma laa ya`rifuhu ahad, “No one knows what Allah Almighty knows.” No one is knowing when we are saying bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem, what is happening. He knows. He knows what is happening for a servant when he is saying Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem. No one can imagine, and don't think that every time when you are saying bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem heavenly grants are going to be same, no. Allah Almighty is never using a photocopy machine, no. Everything is new. New appearances, new unexpected Blessing Oceans, unexpected Power Oceans, unexpected Glory Oceans. O our Lord! Laa shareeka la, there can never be any partner for You! La ilaaha illa Anta Subhaanak!
O Salafi `ulamas! How many times are you saying la ilaaha illa Anta Subhaanak, innee kuntu min adh-zhaalimeen, “There is no god except You! Glory be to You! truly I was one of the oppressors?" Are you accepting la ilaaha illa Anta Subhaanak, innee kuntu min azh-zhaalimeen? You are saying no, you are not zhaalim, but when we are following our ego’s desires they are going to be written on the table of zhaalimeen. Yes! Is it Holy Qur'an? Are you thinking it is a story book or history book? Everything in Holy Qur'an from beginning up to end is for teaching, and when He Almighty is teaching, He is asking, "What did you learn?" Who is the teacher for the ummah, Ummati 'l-Habeeb? (Mawlana Shaykh stands.) Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! Do you know that his name is mu`allimu 'n-naas ul-khayr, “The teacher of goodness to Mankind!” (Mawlana Shaykh sits.)
Yes, and he is saying that he is teaching all Mankind, including prophets, including their followers! Sayyidi 'l-awwaleen wa’l-akhireen, the Seal of Prophets (s) is a teacher; he is teaching. What did you learn today from his teachings, if anyone is asking you, and you are reciting so many pages and chapters from Holy Qur'an? Yes, you may reach some mukaafaat, grants, when you are reciting, but as much as you are trying to learn, understand, and follow holy orders in holy verses, you are taking something that no one was granted before.
O Salafi `ulamas! You know that Allah Almighty is saying, (Mawlana Shaykh stands.) وَلِكُلٍّ دَرَجَاتٌ wa li kullin darajaat, "To each there are levels." (6:132)
(Mawlana Shaykh sits). What do you think about that Holy Qur'an's verse? Are you ever finding in Holy Qur'an that it is said, wa li kullin darajaat? There are some downly stations in darkness. I never read such a verse, but just I am looking, as you are looking and reciting, wa li kullin darajaat. When Allah Almighty is saying wa li kullin--you are Arabic, afsaa minal a'jim you understand--when He is saying, kulli, “With no exception, all Creation.” So is anyone remaining outside, or (is that) collecting everything? Wa li kullin darajaat, means "everyone". Allah Almighty is addressing those who offered to be followers of heavenly orders. He is asking from everyone to follow heavenly orders and it is also according Holy Qur'an giving meanings, one verse with another verse. Allah Almighty is saying (Mawlana Shaykh stands.)
لاَ يُكَلِّفُ اللّهُ نَفْسًا إِلاَّ وُسْعَهَا
laa yukallifullahu nafsa illa wusa`ha,
Allah does not burden any soul more than it can bear. (2:286)
(Mawlana Shaykh sits). Saying or not? Yes.
When Allah Almighty offering to whole Mankind His heavenly orders, that heavenly orders going to be according to our weakness, our capacity. Allah Almighty never offering his heavenly orders, for example, loading on an elephant on an ant also. No. Therefore, Mankind, also their levels different. You can't find two of them to be on same scale or to be on same level. According to our ability and capacity, putting, ordering.
O Salafi 'ulamas! amaa sami’tum, “Haven’t you heard?” that Allah Almighty, laa yukallifullahu nafsan illah wusa'ha, “Allah does not burden any soul more than it can bear.”? According to a special level, that one must keep his scale, he must do that. According to an ant's obediency, just granted to that ant according its capacity. An elephant is carrying much more, much more, much more heavenly responsibility and he is going to be asked according to his capacity. And to Mankind also, each one has a special appearance, a special being, a special personality, a special identity.
Therefore, everyone is working, doing something. And the Lord of Heavens granting to them a heavenly prize. Because we are on this planet, dunya, and everyone is carrying a heavy burden. No one here is going to be without a responsibility. There are some exceptions; we are not speaking on it. But everyone has been offered something, and they are carrying that heavy burden in their lives, and the Lord of Heaven is accepting from everyone what they are doing. But there is a level up. Some creatures are under that level. But the Lord of Heavens is granting to His honored people that they are by birth, through their creation, their levels are over this planet. And He Almighty, according to what we are carrying of responsibility in this life, is granting from His endless Mercy Oceans, some levels over others.
O Salafi `ulamas! Are you understanding what does it mean, wa li kullin darajaat, “There are different levels to each and every Creation.” Because they are working something, it is a heavy burden on them and because they are carrying, Allah Almighty is going to reward them according to their works or efforts on this planet. And the Lord of Heavens is giving honor on those who are making their best for their Creator.
And that is reason we are saying:
لَّا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
laa ilaha illa Anta Subhaanak! Innee kuntu min azh-zhaalimeen.
"There is no god save You, Exalted and Glorified! I am of the oppressors!" (21:87)
No one on the Day of Resurrection can be without saying, laa ilaha illa Anta Subhaanak, innee kuntu min azh-zhaalimeen, that he is on the level of zhaalimeen, oppressors, because everything you are doing, something from our egos is coming in it and making it unclean. Only prophets and their real representatives are clean ones.
One wali from this ummati 'l-Habeeb was saying to his mureeds, "O my sons, O my followers! I am saying to you something that you may take a lesson, you may learn how you should be obedient to the Lord of Heavens. O my students, O my followers! I am looking from 37 years up to today, and I am not remembering if I am putting my foot on a dirtiness or jumping on it." That means he is never leaving in his heart something that is not acceptable in the Divinely Presence. Everything that is not acceptable, is dirtiness and he is saying, "I am not jumping on it or stepping on it. I am trying in such a way to be clean, because I am going to His Divinely Presence." You must be always with your Lord. Don't be alone. Don't think that you are alone or that you are left alone, no! You must know that your Creator is with you and you must remember that, "My Lord is with me. Am I going to put my step on a dirtiness? That is not honor for me!"
Therefore, those people who reached cleanliness through the Seal of Prophet's teachings (are aware that) Allahu nadhiree, Allahu ma'ee, “Allah is watching over me, Allah is with me.” That is the way of cleanliness; they are saying, Allahu Rabbee, Allahu nadhiree, Allahu ma`ee. He is with me, or I am with Him. Allahu nadhiree. You must remember that He is looking to you. What are you doing? Where you are putting your foot, on dirtiness or on cleanliness? Allahu nadhiree, He is looking, I am not alone because I can't be in existence if He is not going to be with me. I am with Him in existence. Allahu ma'ee, He is Present with me. He is looking to me. And what about Allah Almighty looking to you? Why you are not keeping yourself from forbidden things? Look where your eyes look, look where your tongues speak, look where your heart is occupied and He is looking to your heart!
Yes, Islam is bringing heavenly addressings to Mankind, to take them up from the dirtiness of this dirty life. But people are not knowing. If they are not knowing, O Salafi `ulamas, why you are not going to be teachers? The Seal of Prophets (s) was mu’allimu annasa al-khayr. The real mission of Prophet, peace be upon him, is to teach people what is good, what is better, what is best, and what is most beloved in the Divinely Presence.
O Salafi `ulamas! Why you are always accusing? Take people and teach them how it must be. Is it not true? Teach them to say, Allahu hadhiri (Allah is Present), Allahu nasiree (Allah is looking), Allahu ma`ee (Allah is with me). You must teach people!
O People! When you are looking, He is looking with you:
يَعْلَمُ خَائِنَةَ الْأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِي الصُّدُورُ
ya'lamu khaainatu' l-'uyun, wa maa tukhfi s-sudur,
He (Allah) knows what eyes are looking at and what breasts are hiding. (40:19)
O Salafi `ulamas! Why you are not cleaning your eyes and your hearts? Why you are not trying to teach people such an important points? You must try to do this, to make people clean, to go to their appointment on the Day of Resurrection so they can say, "I was with my Lord, and I was keeping high respect, and I was making my actions not to be in a bad position." Why are you not teaching people not to make arguments? No, you must teach people to become insaan kaamil, a perfect human being. You must teach people for excellent dressings.
May Allah forgive us.
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, `Azeez Allah
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah
Yawma tublaa assaraa’ir. On the Day of Resurrection, everything we are trying to hide is going to be open and we will try not to be ashamed in the Divinely Presence. May Allah forgive me and you also, for the honor of the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s). (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits.)
Fatihah.
(Mawlana Shaykh speaks with Shaykh Hisham Effendi and Hajjah Naziha on the phone)