29 November 2009 Lefke, Cyprus
(Mawlana Shaykh stands.) Stand up for our Lord, for His Glory! He is our Creator; only one Creator, no any one else. And we are asking His forgiveness and His blessing, for the honor of the most honored one in His Divine Presence, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! Yaa Rabbee sen bilirsen. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, la ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, wa lillahi ‘l-hamd! Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, la ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, wa lillahi ‘l-hamd! Allahumma salli wa sallim wa baarik `ala Sayyidina Muhammad Sayyidi ‘l-awwaleen wa ‘l-akhireen, habeeba rabbi ‘l-`alameen, zidhu yaa rabbee `izzan wa sharafan, nooran wa masroora, ridwaanan wa sultaana. (Mawlana Shaykh sits.)
O our Lord, we are Your weak servants. We are tiring. You know that we are going to finish and every finishing bringing a new beginning. We are saying, a`oodhu billahi min ash Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem. Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem. Holy words taking away the old being, bringing a new beginning. Therefore, use it.
O people! If you are asking (for) renewment, say, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem, and coming a new ‘newment’, because (reciting) a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem taking what is no good for you, what is a penalty on you, what is a heaviness on you, and what is a burden on you. Shaytan coming and making itself on everyone so that that one is never going to be able to stand up, feeling through himself a heaviness; he thinks that the whole world is on his shoulders, so heaviness. When you are saying, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem, Shaytan taking it back. You are getting free and a refreshing on you through whole organs. Inner or outer renewment coming because Shaytan’s heaviness taken up from you and you are feeling a refreshment from so heavy burden on you when you are saying, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem.
Therefore, one of the great favors from Allah Almighty is that He granted us to say, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem. That heaviness is taken from you and you are feeling so safe! No one can harm you, because harming is coming from Shaytan. Harming is Shaytanic work, asking to harm everyone! Shaytan is asking to give harm for every creature, even asking to give some harm to an ant and Shaytan angry at why the ant is also glorifying its Creator. It has a tasbeeh, glorifying; therefore, Shaytan is unhappy with everything. When unhappy, trying to give a harm for everything.
Therefore, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem is a powerful grant from Allah Almighty! When you are saying, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem, Shaytan is running away and everyone that belongs to Shaytan is running after Shaytan; Shaytan’s armies also escaping. Therefore, use it! Asta’idh billah! Seek refuge in Allah! Say, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem. O our Lord! We are running to You from every harming that is getting up, coming from Shaytan. When you are saying, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem, everything that belongs to Shaytan for harming people, just coming down. It can’t be up, can’t reach that person even if surrounding that one quickly; when hearing, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem, just running down, leaving that person.
Therefore, it is a very wonderful to say, a`oodhu billah, meaning, “O our Lord, I am running to You.” From which one? Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem. What is Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem? “When you are coming to Me and asking protection from Me, how that one can harm you? Impossible. Say, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem.” Allah Allah, Allah Allah.
Mostly people, lost their ways. Many, many people are not understanding what means, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem. If you can ask the pope, he can’t answer. If you can ask the bishops, cardinals or rabbis, they are not understanding such things. Also in Istanbul the Patriarchy is not understanding. If they were understanding, this world going to be quickly changed! But people never understanding and never keeping that holy word. Therefore, coming on Man a cursing and just riding on it another cursing, coming another cursing, coming another cursing, so that the life of Man in our days, going to be uncarryable. Finished, because one cursing carrying another cursing, because people are not saying, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem.
What is Shaytan doing? Shaytan is putting a heavy burden on Man that no one can by himself, herself or itself, be able to take it away. Holy command saying, asta`idh billah. O People! When you are coming on a difficult position because of Shaytan, say, a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem. Ask Divine help, and coming to you and kicking Shaytan from your shoulders, throwing it away as from east to west! Important point, but people now are living in a period that is `uhdu jaahiliya, second period of ignorance.
Before the Seal of Prophets (s), the whole world was in dark ignorance. When the Seal of Prophets (s) came, they ran away for a while. This was going on for a period or in a limit, and Shaytan was never putting it’s sultanate on people. The coming of the Seal of Prophets (s) was defending believers from Shaytan putting his heaviness and darkness on a person. When he is putting, that person going to be an ignorant one, forgetting. SubhaanAllahi ‘l-`Aliyyi ‘l-`Azheem, from the time of the Seal of Prophets (s) up to today is fifteen centuries, and going to be weaker and weaker. People’s beliefs or people’s trust coming down and down and down; now people are not on the same level as before.
Since 100 years, people lost trust on their prophets; before their trust was much more. Anyone trusting Prophet (s) is a lucky one, a happy one, a successful one, and an accepted one in the Divine Presence. Who is trusting Prophet (s) will be helped and supported, a heavenly support will come on him. Whom not trusting Prophet (s), can’t be any support for him from heavens, it is impossible. Therefore, just 100 years now, that people beginning to lose their trust on their prophets. Before that in 1789, big French Revolution happened. Do you know that? Most people are not knowing. That is the beginning for people losing their trust through their prophets. When they lost it, just changed, becoming a revolution.
“Revolution” means people losing their trust on their prophets; it means they are losing their beliefs towards their Creator. If a person is losing his belief towards his Lord, then coming that cursing on them. They are saying, “What are prophets? For what we are following prophets? Leave them, we must look after ourselves.” They lost their real faith towards their Creator and beginning to say, “What prophets? Why you are going to hear them, or for what we are following them, or for what we are trusting them? No need.” (Mawlana makes reference to “Ibn Buqa”.) This Arabic word means that time is coming of worst people, with no faith, no trust, and no honor for them. They will be on nations, making nations their donkeys, because nations going to lose their trust on their prophets and then after 100 years, at the beginning of 20th century, everything coming more clear.
People beginning to run after such a worst people who are saying, “Why you are believing or trusting on prophets; who are they?? We are not accepting them. They are like ourselves! Why you are trusting on their declarations or invitations? No, we are not accepting. We are not accepting!!” And beginning, beginning, beginning, coming day-by-day worst badness, and after, coming worst days. And now we are in it. People are not trusting their prophets. If no trust, no support. If a person not trusting their prophet, no support, finished: they are a carcass! As we are in it now, people never trusting to their prophets, never listening or hearing or following; they left it. When they left their trust on prophets, then as a punishment coming on them, that heavenly support never coming to them. Now they are on it. Now people they left their trust on holy ones and cursing coming on them. No any support and no one supporting another one now. Whole world, may be 6 billion or 7 billion people, everyone against the second one. Instead to give support to that one, they are doing their worst, everyone to second one, because no support from heavens.
O People! As-salaamu `alaykum. Hear and trust what Prophet (s) was saying. Trust what prophets said, then you will be supported by heavenly powers. Yes, the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s), was coming alone, and he was an orphan. His father passed away when his mother was pregnant with him (salawatullahi was-salaamu `alayk.) Then his mom passed away when he was six or seven years old. He was reaching to 40 years of age, then calling people, “O People! Come, come. I am going to say something to you. Come and listen.” People running for hearing what he was going to say. He was on Mt. Safa (in Mecca), calling people, “O People! I have been ordered by the Lord of Heavens to call you to say laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah (s).”
Some of the Quraysh, powerful ones of his tribe, were so angry. Some of them asking to rush on him; some of them were trying to run away from him, and they were coming, mixing with each other. They were not knowing what they will say and that one saying, “O you must say this, laa ilaaha illa-Llah. You must say.” There was no one with him, only the Lord of Heavens ordered him to say, “Call and say to them, la ilaha illa-Llah!” Yes, what happened? He was one and alone, but heavenly support was coming on him. His declaration and his calling whole nation, beginning to appear; appearing, appearing and appearing.
O People! Look and listen, and take wisdom and lesson. The Seal of Prophets (s) carried every heavy burden from his nation, but his Lord was with him. He never changed his direction to Allah, to Allah, to Allah. When he was saying, “O People! Come and listen to me. We are going to Allah, to Allah, to Allah! Trust me and Allah Almighty will support you.” Did Allah (swt) support that one or not? Yes, supported! People were trusting him and Allah supported them. So, so majestic being that the Seal of Prophets (s) just passed away. In the time of Sayyidina `Umar (Allah blesses him), through 25 years the Seal of Prophets’ (s) territory reaching from China to the Atlantic Ocean, up to Poitiers, because people trusted the Seal of Prophets (s) and Allah Almighty supported them and making so many empires to be under their feet!
O Listeners! What are you thinking? We are speaking the truth. I am looking and seeing the Islamic world is now under feet of unbelievers and their commanders and their leaders are following western leaders. Western leaders are making those no-mind leaders from the Islamic world to be their servants because they are not trusting the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)!
O Wahhabi people and Salafi people! Teach your people that they must trust on their Prophet (s). But if anyone trusting, you are saying, “they are making shirk!” From where you are bringing that foolishness? You must trust the Seal of Prophets (s) for everything, and you must step on his steps or you will be like dust under the feet of Shaytan and its armies! Okay? It is a really important point. Trust His Prophet (s) and you will reach what you are asking, because when heavenly support coming, you can do everything and anything!
O People! Muslims who are saying, “We are Arabs, we are Turks, we are `ajami, we are this one, that one,” why are you not saying, “We are our Lords’servants?” Why are you not saying this? Your being Turks or Iranians or Arabs is never giving you any support or any power! Say, “We are servants of the Lord of Heavens. We are believing His prophets, particularly the Seal of Prophets, the Last One, the most beloved one and the most glorified one, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)!”
May Allah forgive us. You must understand or you will be taken away! You are Iranian people saying, “We have such a nuclear power.” How you are Muslim? Why are you not trusting in Allah (swt), but trusting and saying, “We have nuclear bombs, we have such and such weapons.” One jinn may take the heads of your weapons and it is going to be nothing! Are you believing in jinns or not? If not believing, I may send one to you! We may send jinns to anyone whom they are trusting on nuclear weapons, to make them as dust! You must believe in the power of the Lord of Heavens that has been granted to Muslims, to mu’mins, to the followers of the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! Allah bizi affet, forgive us.
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O our Lord! Forgive us and give Your most high beloved one, what he said, “Give us to believe and to be up, not down.” Ameen!
Bi hurmati ‘l-habeeb, bi hurmati ‘l-Fatihah.
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Tawbah yaa Rabbee. Fatihah.
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