Thursday Night Suhbah at CSCA
First event of Ramadan Retreat
Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem. Dastoor Sayyidee, yaa Sultan al-Awliyaullah. Madad, yaa Sayyidee Kareem.
Nawaytu 'l-arba`een, nawaytu 'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu 'l-khalwah, nawaytu 'l-`uzlah,
nawaytu 'r-riyaada, nawaytu 's-salook, lillahi ta'ala al-`Azheem fee hadha 'l-masjid.
Allah (swt) says:
فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُواْ لِي وَلاَ تَكْفُرُونِ
Remember Me, I will remember you. Give thanks to Me and do not be ungrateful towards Me. (2:152)
“Mention Me, I mention you.” So we are sitting here to mention our Lord and by Him mentioning us, He elevates us into His Presence.
In a Hadith Qudsiyy, the Prophet (s) said that Allah (swt) said:
أَنَا جَلِيْسُ مَنْ ذَكَرَنِي
Anaa jaleesu man dhakaranee.
I sit with him who remembers Me. (Hadith Qudsi. Ahmad, Bayhaqi)
As Allah knows [who sits for dhikrullah], “I am sitting with the one that is making dhikr.” So, inshaa-Allah we will make good dhikr and let’s have awareness in our hearts that we are in that Divine Presence to where Allah (swt) elevated us by mentioning us in His Presence and by us sitting with Him, so we can be on our best adab and give ourselves to dhikrullah, inshaa-Allah.
[Khatm Khwajagan.]
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