29 May 2010 Lefke, Cyprus
Dastoor. (Mawlana Shaykh stands.) Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, Muhammadan Rasoolallah `alayhi salaatullah wa salaamu. O our Lord! Give much more glory and praising to Your most beloved, most praised and most glorified one in Your Divine Presence, only he, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh sits.) Madad yaa RijaalAllah. O praised ones, O holy ones! We are asking for your holy support for this planet. For what we are in need we are asking, and we are giving our salutes to you also! We are asking our humble association to be on strong pillars so that no one can be able to shake it! Al-Haqqu y`aaloo. Haqq is always going up and never goes down, but baatil is going to be down forever!
As-salaamu `alaykum to the ones responsible for us, particularly for Mankind. A summary: for whom is all Creation created? For Allah, Jallah Jalaaluh! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits.) But He created everything for the honor of Mankind, as they have been granted to be His deputies. And the main purpose, the 'ulamas must know, is that this is a show. What kind of show? The Lord of Heavens asks to make a show for His most glorified one, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits.) Everything was created for the showing of the Seal of Prophets, who is the main purpose of Creation, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits.)
They are saying, as-salaamu `alaykum our attenders. Look, listen and try to understand what is necessary, as a base on which is going to be built a hawaadith, what will come tomorrow. Today is a base for coming ahdaath, events. This word is not enough, but shu`oon, appearances, will be more clear. Today is pregnant for the coming of tomorrow. All events to come tomorrow are prepared from today, and these appearances, shu`oon, everything that is happening or not happening today, has a personality, a shaa'n. This goes on, beginning from sunrise to sunset. Every day is carrying two important missions: one brought from yesterday for today appears and gets pregnant today, and when it is sunset, every show that was prepared for tomorrow begins to appear. (Mawlana Shaykh stands.) Allah Allah, Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar! (Mawlana sits.)
O People! Try to understand something: every day is a show for someone! Allah Almighty (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits.) is not in need of a show and no one can do a show for Allah! Astaghfirullah. He is making a show on behalf of His khalifah, His deputy, al-khalifah `ala 'l-ittilaaq, the Absolute Deputy, who is only one, the Seal of Prophets (s)! Daily, Allah Almighty is making a show. Everything is making an appearance for the honor of His Absolute Deputy, Sayyidina Muhammad (s)! (Mawlana Shaykh stands and sits) Allah Allah, Allah Allah.
O `ulamas! What you are hearing is for addressing you first, as you are claiming, "We are understanding and we are learned." (Mawlana Shaykh stands.) First of all, Allah Almighty is saying:
كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ
Kulla yawmin huwa fee sh'aan.
Every day in (new) splendor does He shine! (Al-Rahman, 55:29)
Do you understand what it means, those who claim to be Salafi `ulamas, Azhari `ulamas, and doctors of Shari`ah, learned people, academic people? You cannot understand until you come in connection with heavenly ones; as long as you are on Earth you can't reach an understanding or know anything! What you are learning or saying, a Christian priest may look and see, so what is the difference between that one's understanding and yours? We are asking those who have a connection to heavenly ones, and you are not asking such persons who are truly reaching heavenly positions. Islam is not a material religion! Islam is not coming only for arranging your lives on this planet, but its highest purpose is to make people in connection with heavens! But you are happy to be on Earth and therefore, you are not asking someone who may take your hand (and lead you) up to heavens! What are you understanding about the Seal of Prophet's Night Journey? You know that he was not going by himself from the Earth to the heavens. Archangel Gabriel and Archangel Israfil (a) came. You must try and understand but you are not going to understand hatta tatalammazoo, “until you become students,” of those people whom, if you ask (may help) you find (the way).
It is not enough to look at a picture of Ka’aba to be at the Ka’aba; you must reach there and you can't reach there without moving! And if you think it is enough to look at a picture, you will remain at the level of the picture and a picture never gives you what the real Ka’aba gives you. If it was enough then no need to go to Meccatu 'l-Mukarramah or holy places. Here we are looking in pictures, going to be visitors, going to `Arafat, Muzdalifa, Mina, looking through so many instruments. No one says, "We are in Hajj," through moving pictures. Those that are there, are really taking the honors that dressed the Day of `Arafat. Therefore `ulamas must ask those who represent the Seal of Prophets, to see as the Ashaab (r), the Companions of the Seal of Prophets (s) who were Saw him and followed him. That is enough, but we are not going to become the Sahaaba (r) by looking at a picture. No, they were with the Prophet (s), and as much as they were with him, they were taking more. Those who gave some time were taking something and those who gave everything they had to the Prophet (s) were taking everything.
Therefore, Islam it is not known well, even among Muslims. The Muslim world is not taking care to reach the reality of Islam, because no one can take its reality unless they find someone who has reached the reality of Islam. It is not enough to claim you are a doctor. Right now are you on Earth thinking you are on a plane? No, that is never moving. We are asking for moving ones. Archangel Gabriel (a) brought Buraaq (a), which the Lord of Heavens sent to His most beloved one, to bring him to His Divine Presence. And the Prophet (s) was asking him, “O Gabriel! Is this Buraaq, this special ride, only for me or is it also for my ummah?” The Seal of Prophets (s) knew this, but wanted for his nation to know also. Therefore he was asking, “For me only or also for my nation,” meaning the nation of the most beloved one in the Divine Presence. On the Night Journey, Prophet (s) saw a plain filled with Buraaq ash-Shareef (a). One was crying, as it had been given good tidings that the Seal of Prophets (s) was going to ride on it. And Gabriel (a) was saying, according to Allah Almighty's declaration, "Others, countless Buraaqs, are also for your nation. If they prepare themselves to ride on them, there should come to each one a Buraaq to take them from their positions on Earth to their heavenly positions." But people never take an interest in such things, saying instead, “No need, these are fairy tales and we are not interested. We are interested in the material world.” That is very wrong!
Therefore, the representative of the Seal of Prophets (s) who is responsible for a whole ummah on Earth sometimes sends a sign indicating that Buraaq's (a) heavenly creation is waiting for anyone prepared to ride it. But no one is interested; only a handful of people have been granted, and no one knows who they are. If you meet one of them you say, “He is speaking fairy tales; leave it, he is not learned. If he is not learning about Islam in a European university, leave him." And that one is carrying the secret of that journey to take people from Earth up to heavenly positions!! Therefore, Salafi `ulamas and Azhari 'sh-Shareef `ulamas, you know that now is the time for which the Seal of Prophets (s) was saying:
يوشك أن يأتي على الناس زمان لا يبقى من الإسلام إلا اسمه ولا يبقى من القرآن إلا رسمه
Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem, sayaatee `ala an-naasi zamaanun laa yabqaa min al-Islaamu illa ismuh wa laa yabqaa min ad-deen [al-Qur'an] illa rasmuh.
There will come a time when nothing remains of Islam except its name, and nothing remains of the religion [the Qur'an] except its picture.
Is it true, or not? What are you saying? No, it is not from my imagination, it is well known. We are living now and saying, "It is enough to be through this time and its deeds." No one is asking to reach real Islam and the real deen (religion)!!! They are happy to be known as "Salafi `ulamas" or "doctors" or "`ulamas Azhari." And they are coming to bombard those people who are asking to reach after the Seal of Prophets (s), how he was going up, trying to find the way to go up.
O People! Try and find the way to your ride in heavens, so that you can ride and go up. If not, no one understands what you are saying, no one gets contentment with what you are calling them to. You know that your chiefs, presidents or others in authority never ask about what Islam says, because they are never reaching a contentment in themselves through it! They are saying, "Democracy," (which is) hypocrisy, ptuu (spit on that)! Dirty nizaam, a dirty system, and they are running after it and not asking for the purity of Islam! They say, “We are making parliaments and elections.” What is that?! Os Allah (swt) asking you to make elections??! They are making corruption on top of corruption!! What is that? Therefore, Islam is falling down for those people who are not understanding it, and the responsibility is on those `ulamas who are not teaching or giving a real understanding of it to the leaders of their countries and states. May Allah forgive us.
Tawbah yaa Rabbee, tawbah yaa Rabbee, astaghfirullah!
Fatihah.
(Mawlana Shaykh prays two rak`ats shukr.)
Fatihah.
(Mawlana Shaykh speaks with Shaykh Hisham Effendi and Hajjah Naziha on the phone.)