Maulana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani 2000 Sohbats 1979-2013 (585/777)
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om the oppressors. We are all oppressors, and we are hoping/begging for His forgiveness and His Pleasure, and His protection from the worst of wickedness/evil. O People! Our savior/ safety here and Hereafter depends on the Seal of Prophets (s)! Hadhihi naseeha li nafsee wa lakum ayyuha 'n-naas. Koonoo `ibaadAllahi 'l-mukhliseen. Ijtahidu an takoonoo ayyuha 'n-naas, koonoo Rabbaniyeen. Wa lillahi 'l-hamd awwalan wa akhiran. Azalan wa abadan li Rabbana Jallu wa `alaa. (Mawlana stands) O People! This is an advice for myself and for you! Be sincere servants of Allah. O People! Strive hard to be Rabbani. And to Allah is all praise/thanks, from the beginning to the end, from pre-Eternal up to Eternal, for our Lord Almighty, Most High! SubhaanAllah, Sultaan Allah. SubhaanAllah. SultaanAllah. Narju Rahmatak wa nakhsha `adhaabak amiddoona bi madadin min `indak bi jaahi nabiyika 'l-kareem Sayyid al-Awwaleen wa 'l-Akhireen. Hamdan Laka. Shukran Laka. Azalan wa abadan yaa Rabbana. (Mawlana sits) Fatihah. SubhanAllah, Sultaan Allah. SubhaanAllah. SultaanAllah. We seek Your mercy and fear Your punishment. Support us with Your divinely support for the honor of Your generous Prophet, Master of the Firsts and Lasts (before and after this life). Praise to You, thanks to You, from pre-Eternal up to Eternal, O our Lord! (Mawlana sits.) Fatihah. Lefke, 24.10.2010 (Translated from Turkish)
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SHEIKHS TEST YOU and of THE INSPECTORS OF SHEIKHS
The most difficult thing in the world is for a person to leave the pursuit of vain fancies and to break he ego’s ingrained bad habits; but it is a sign of a true way that it enables its followers to take such action against the ego. It is little wonder that materialistic people feel uneasy and their lower selves positively threatened by the Sufi Way, as it demands from its followers even more than mere adherence to the Divine Law. It demands that we leave our ego’s will behind by accepting the leadership of a guide. Satan worshipped Allah for thousands of years but fell from his station in one instant when asked to submit to another creature and to follow him as his guide. It is most difficult for the ego to obey anyone’s advice, especially when that advice contradicts its own ideas and prevents it from seeking fulfillment of its desires. Whoever is sincerely seeking his Lord’s Love must submit himself to one of his Lord’s beloved servants; he must stop being self-willed in order to do the Will of his Creator. How can he know what his Creator wants of him? The Creator’s Will is expressed through the will of those beloved servants. Don’t imagine that those servants are serving their egos – no! Saints can only be Saints when their lower selves have been
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defeated by their souls; then the way is open for the Holy Prophet Muhammed (sal) to impart the Secret of Sainthood. When a Sheikh orders his followers to do something or to abstain from it you must know that those orders come from the Holy Prophet Muhammed (sal), whose will is in total subservience to his Lord’s command. You must also know that the relationship between Sheikh and follower is a very delicate one that needs to be preserved with great care. It is a serious agreement between Sheikh and follower and involves responsibility on both sides. Yes, at the beginning it is easy to say: “Oh my Sheikh, I am accepting you and making my will subservient to yours.” Then the Sheikh says: “Yes, I accept you.” That is the easy part; but Grandsheikhs have been ordered to try their followers in order to ascertain whether they are trustworthy or not. For forty years I have been following the Way of my Grandsheikh, trying to submit my will to his but it was so difficult! So many times he tried me, but through his spiritual powers he extended insight to me and kept me from falling. I remember one of the biggest tests of all. One day, near the beginning of my training, I was with Grandsheikh when he said to me: “Oh Sheikh Nazim, if you notice in my actions anything that conflicts with the outward Law or established practices of Islam, please inform me of it in private as soon as you get the chance. This is necessary as I am an unlettered person and you are a learned religious scholar. Therefore, I would appreciate if you would do me this service, as I wish to conform completely to all the laws and practices.” Quickly Divine Help reached out to me to prevent me from failing this difficult test, and I said: “Oh my Master, I am asking Allah to forgive me. He knows best that I have come here to learn, not to teach. You are my Sheikh, I am not your Sheikh.” Grandsheikh was very pleased with this reply. That was his first trial of me, and an important one. Are you looking down at your Sheikh, thinking that you can judge his actions? Are you appointing yourself the role of “Inspector of Sheikhs”? As of yet you are all “Inspectors of Sheikhs”, “Guides of Sheikhs” and “Correctors of Sheikhs”. What is the result? You
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remain at your station and the Sheikh continues on towards his goal in the Divine Presence. This train is moving on: whoever has boarded it may be in connection with the Sheikh, may accompany him through every rank in the Divine Presence. But whoever objects to the train, or its engineer, its conductors, its passengers, its accommodations, etc., may get off and seek a different means of transportation, for this train carries no prisoners: no one is on it by force or against his will. Nor does the engineer permit the train to be hijacked and ordered to veer from its course or to stop on the tracks. The train arrives at a station. Some people climb aboard and others get off: then the train moves on without delay.
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8092 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: ShelterOfBismillah
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The Shelter of Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem
(Mawlana Shaykh stands.) Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, la ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, wa lillahi ‘l-hamd! O our Lord! Forgive us and blessing us. We are weak servants, and we are needy as whole creatures are in need of Your blessings. O our Lord! Forgive us, and let us to try to make You pleased with us. We know that You are going to be pleased when we are giving our most respect and salutes on Your best and most honored one through Your Divine Presence; then may be Your beloved one’s blessings on the Children of Adam. Please forgive us! (Mawlana shaykh sits.) Allah, Allah. Whole praisings and glory first for our Lord, our Creator, and then on His most honored one through the Divine Presence. Then we are asking from Your endless Mercy Oceans for this holy month to run on Your weak servants. We are in need of heavenly support. Therefore, I am calling our master who is in charge for keeping this planet on its own final limit, yes. And we are saying a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani ‘r-rajeem. We are running from every wrong thinking and from every wrong understandings, not to make our Lord unhappy with us. Therefore, we are asking humbly a protection from Sadanas’ tricks and traps, not to fall through Sadanas’ sewage channels because Sadanas only calling people to those dirty channels.
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And we are saying a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani ‘r-rajeem. O our Lord! Give us Your heavenly protection through Your most beloved one through Your Divine Presence! Then heavenly announcement coming to people when they are saying a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani ‘r-rajeem, that we are running to You, O our Lord, from Sadanas and its tricks and traps. There is coming an announcement from heavens, so many announcements coming, but Man is not taking any care to keep that wasaya (advice) that our Lord granting us from His heavenly levels to protect His deputies on Earth. That announcement coming and saying bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem. Who is asking a protection from Sadanas and its tricks, trips and traps may use this heavenly sword that granted to you, O Nation of Muhammad (s)! Let them say bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem, that protects them. Therefore, everything that we are intending to do, or to make, and we are asking efforts to be granted to ourselves, we must say bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem. When you are saying bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem no any permission for Sadanas (Satan) and its followers to harm you. That is a heavenly shelter for Mankind. When they are fearing from anything, they may say bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem then they are going to be protected and sheltered. It is a big blame for believers to fear from a virus named by scientists and doctors as the “pig flu”. Big blame! They must be ashamed! They are fearing from the pig flu, from that virus that they can’t see it and never saying that virus, “I am pig virus, pig flu!” Never claiming that, “I can kill you!” The blame is to Mankind, to fear from pig flu! Where is Allah? Where is its Creator? Why you are not fearing from the Creator that created you, as well as created everything and through them that virus? You are not seeing, not touching, even you are not feeling, but you are giving such a name for that virus! Yes, even though may be that virus created by its Creator—because nothing can be in existence without the Creator’s creating—He must ask to be created such a virus as a punishment of Mankind, that their steps are wrong steps. Whole Mankind now living on this planet, they are on wrong steps. Allah Almighty is saying go in this direction, that is safety for you. They are saying, “No, we must go back.” That is our ego’s characteristic. When the Lord of Heavens created our egos, nafs, He said to the ego, “Come!” and he (ego) was going back and the Lord of Heavens was saying, “Go!” and he (ego) is coming back. That is the characteristic of our egos: always they are asking to be what they are saying, and not what the Lord of
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Heavens, our Creator, saying! Egos are fighting Allah. That means it is doing always what it is asking, never asking to follow its Creator’s command. When they are coming in existence, going to be enemies for their Creator (because) what He is saying, making contrary. Therefore, now peoples’ egos are saying to them, “Oh, this virus is very terrible and dangerous.” Put the Holy Qur’an and say bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem, and Fatihah as biggest disinfectant; finished! But you are bringing so many dirty principles you are inventing and putting in front of boys, and then you are fearing from virus flu and pig flu. If they are not taking care, taking their high respect for their Lord, may come dogs flu! Pigs living outside, but if coming dog flu that so many people may be kissing them, laying with them, eating with them, one (bite of food) for (their) dog, one for his owner’s mouth, very dangerous! If coming that flu, it is going to be seven times more terrible than pig flu! O People! Come and listen. Allah Almighty created you to be His servants and you are leaving that servanthood. Civilized Europeans, civilized western people, for what they are (called) civilization? They are servants of their dogs; 24 hours they are serving their dogs. Everything, every care (they are) taking for dogs and morning walking and once again evening walking for them. And they are speaking with their dogs, “O my darling, are you happy with me?” (Mawlana Shaykh stands, upset.) What is this foolishness!? What is this civilization?! Allah created those people to be dogs' servants or for His servanthood??! What is that??! What is that?! Allah is unhappy with those who are keeping dogs (in their homes)! (Mawlana Shaykh sits.) (He) may do, the Lord of Heavens, because dogs are from wild animals, running, hunting and eating meat. They are so wild, eating meat and bones also. Be fearful, whole Mankind! Particularly ...beware. Maybe one night that dogs are sleeping with you they may attack you on your throat, biting you, and killing you, may be! Because you are living a life that everything is possible and it is so possible, so easy, for the Creator to change dogs to be a jackal or a wolf and attacking its owner, biting and even killing (their owners). (Jackals, wolves and wild dogs may even) drink the blood; even eat the flesh, and even eat the bones. Beware! I am not speaking on behalf of me, but I am a warner to all nations! Don’t keep dogs (inside your homes)! Don’t be servants for dogs, but try to be your Lord’s servants, or divinely anger may come, so mighty, so strongly! Don’t waste your life to be servants of dogs! Your honor is to be your Lord’s servants. (This is a
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divine) warning. And one word I was speaking on, I was saying as-salaamu `alaykum - peace be upon you - O our listeners! That salaam (greeting) is a main pillar for protecting people from evil and devils. Keep what is written through the Old Testament, New Testament and in the Holy Qur’an. Understanding? If not understanding, one day you can understand, but as English people saying, “It should be too late, too late.” Don’t wait to be said for you, “too late”! Because your Lord’s anger, if coming, no one can take it away, making you like earth or like dust. I am not taking a salary, no salary for Man. I am a weak servant that our Grand Ones, that they have Grand Ones, means holy ones, who they are trying to keep their oath with their Lord. O our Lord, we are accepting that You are our Creator and we are Your servants, never changing! O People! Leave dogs (to themselves). Leave dogs or they should bite you. If biting, no any medicine. (Transmission failed) Lefke, 19.11.2009
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8096 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: ShockingMeanings
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SHOCKING MEANINGS in the KNOWLEDGE OF THE SAINTS
That is the advice of the Prophet Muhammed (sal) to everyone in the world who is trying to communicate with another person. In trying to make someone understand what you are saying you must perceive on what level this is possible and meet him there. There is no benefit in trying to teach first-graders calculus nor in teaching university students addition and subtraction. During the Holy Prophet’s (sal) Night Journey and his Ascension through the seven heavens to the Divine Presence, Allah Almighty bestowed upon him Divine Knowledge, and He taught the Prophet (sal) that there are three distinct categories into which this knowledge is divided. The first category of knowledge taught to him was to be shared commonly with all mankind. None of this knowledge is going to shock or disturb people: it is clear and straightforward, can be easily understood by even the simple mind, and it is expressed in a way people’s minds can easily grasp. For example, when I tell you a tale I try to make sure that is contents corresponds to your own experiences so that you may benefit from it. It is one of the miracles of the Holy Qur’an that everyone who reads it may understand
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something from what he has read: it is not so cryptic or unclear that people should say: “I can’t understand”. But don’t imagine that the meaning of the Holy Qur’an is only what you have understood and no more! Even scholars must be careful not to make such an assumption, for the more we improve in our faith the sharper our minds become. The light of faith brightens our understanding. If we can understand that our understanding increases with our faith, then we will never raise objections if we find anything in the Holy Qur’an that seems to conflict with what we see to be our better judgment. We must not draw hasty conclusions, but wait until enough of the Holy Qur’an’s limitless meanings are revealed to our minds the Qur’an contains Meaning Oceans and we must undergo training to be able to extract pearls from them. Before we assume that we know better than the Qur’an, or even that we know better than any person, we must pay heed to our Lord’s declaration: “Above every knower there is one who knows more”, and understand that our perception may be clouded, and that surely there exist people who are more knowledgeable and wise than we are. If common people and scholars alike heed this Quranic observation and understand that others may see and know what they don’t and can’t, then they will keep an open mind, and, at least, not attack those whose knowledge is of a different realm. The second category of knowledge the Holy Prophet (sal) was instructed to reveal to initiates, to seekers of truth, in accordance with their thirst for deeper understanding. This knowledge was only for those who had become suitable recipients for extraordinary revelation that would only shock or confuse the uninitiated. One Great Grandsheikh, Sheikh Muhyuddin Ibn al Arabi, may Allah bless him, received huge grants of knowledge of this category from the Holy Prophet (sal). He was one of the first to put into writing knowledge that had previously been passed on only orally and spiritually. As a result of this he was widely persecuted. Scholars used to be scandalized by his writings and say: “From where is he bringing these things? We have looked through the Holy Qur’an and the Traditions of the Holy Prophet (sal) but find nothing in them to support such heretical views.” This they were saying in the spirit of
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those who, in his time, rejected the prophet hood of Muhammad, peace be upon him. From where did that understanding come to Sheikh Muhyuddin? The Holy Prophet (sal) once said: “Beware of the perception of the true believer, for he sees with the light of Allah”. It was the light of strong faith, and the resulting clarity of perception and sharpness of intellect that enabled Sheikh Muhyuddin to delve into that “restricted area”. So, if you consider yourself to be seeker of truth, don’t be lazy or timid in your quest, but seek to benefit from the clues provided by those who received initiation into this second category of knowledge. Don’t be surprised that Sheikh Muhyuddin, Mevlana Rumi, Abu Yazid al Bistami, Shah Naqshaband or Grandsheikh Daghistani reveal knowledge that is beyond the pale of the outward or apparent understand of Islam. But don’t try to force such an understanding on those who are not seeking it, for it is not intended for all. Even the companions of the Prophet (sal), who loved him intensely and were always ready to sacrifice everything for him were not all able to receive knowledge of this type, and among those who were, some could receive more than others. Sayyidina Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet (sal), was one of those who received the most in-depth knowledge; he once said to some of the other companions: “There are two categories of knowledge I received from the Holy Prophet (sal): one I reveal to you, and the other, were I to even intimate something of it, you would try to kill me.” Whoever encounters a jewel but knows not the distinguishing characteristic of gems may think it to be part of a fossilized coke – bottle and throw it away. There is a famous diamond in Istanbul, perhaps one of the biggest and most valuable diamonds in the world. The story of this diamond may help illustrate my point. That diamond was originally found in a dustbin by a street sweeper. He put it in his pocket and brought it to a spoon-maker he knew. The spoon-maker saw that it could be valuable, so he offered the street sweeper a wooden spoon in exchange for the diamond. The street- sweeper was very happy with the trade, as, in those days it was a sign of distinction to carry a spoon in one’s belt-just as a cowboy carries a gun in his holster – and to always
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be prepared in case rice or soup was served. Then the spoon-maker took the diamond to a jeweler, who paid him a lot of money for it. The jeweler polished it and notified the Vizier about the existence of an extraordinary diamond. The Vizier brought it for a fortune and presented it to the Sultan, who had never seen its like. But to the street-sweeper its worth was equivalent only to one wooden spoon. So, everyone receives what he needs on his level, and this was a Divine Order to the Prophet (sal): “Give to those who may receive”, and it is written in the Preserved Tablet who will be eligible for that knowledge. The third category of knowledge is that which is between Allah and His Prophet (sal) to the exclusion of all others. This is the realm of the private confidence bestowed upon the Prophet (sal) by his Lord, and it is a depth of knowledge that distinguished him from and sets him above all of the Saints and learned people of his Nation. Once we have understood this division of Islamic knowledge into three categories, and especially if we are faithful enough to develop penetrating vision and a share of esoteric knowledge, it should not be difficult for us to address people in accordance with their understanding. In his time the Holy Prophet (sal) was working mostly with a very coarse and unlearned class of people, and he addressed them, accordingly, in a manner suited to their mentality. He built their understanding, so to speak, from the bottom up, laying a strong base upon which to build; but for those of them whose hearts were receptive, their simple origins were no obstacle to their receiving grants of inner knowledge. In his time, the Holy Prophet (sal) also addressed more learned people: delegations of Christian clergy from Yemen and Jewish Rabbis and scholars residing in Medina. He addressed them on their respective levels too, discussing his mission in accordance with the contents of their Holy Books. But knowledge of religious scripture is neither a condition for, nor a disqualification as pride and envy. So those who came with
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sincerity and open hearts received amply, but those who came with prejudice could not be helped. Our time also has its particular conditions and peoples. Certain words or methods may be acceptable to you but difficult for others. When the Holy Prophet (sal) applied this wisdom to his manner of approaching people, Islam spread both in the East and West quickly. Therefore, don’t be oblivious to the reactions of those, whom you address, don’t run up against a wall, gaining nothing in the process – except a bump on the head. Find common ground, then build on it step by step. Islam derives its vitality from its inherent simplicity and universal principles. The basics may be practiced by all, irrespective of distinctions based on race, nationality, sex, age or cultural adherence, and it is in harmony with nature-with the nature of Man and with that of one Earth. But we must be worthy of understanding this and communicating it. In our time elderly people may often be hard on youth for the way they behave, saying: “We never behaved so badly even when we were young”. But they must remember what kinds of conditions and social norms those children are now being brought up in. Similarly, practicing Muslims who are scrupulously observing the Law of Islam may be impatient with those who are slowly approaching Islam or whose hearts are drawn to a circle of believers, expecting those people to conform quickly. If this is the case, it is a sign that you have not yet understood anything, and that your practices are only blinders. If you are wise, you will expect or demand only very little in the way of conformity from newcomers. Don’t try to load your burden on them – and if you are trying to shift your burden you must consider its causes. Don’t worry about bringing people “in line” but rather concern yourself with making sure that your own practices are becoming a means for attaining inner peace and are not becoming an end in themselves. If your practice brings you inner peace and wisdom others will emulate those practices voluntarily.
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The proper attitude is indicated in a saying of the Holy Prophet: “Make things easy for people, not difficult; give them good tidings and don’t drive them away”. Now, most Muslims are only driving Westerners farther away from Islam by ignoring the differences in the conditions they face. Such an attitude is a sign that they have deprived themselves of access to that second category of knowledge-wisdom-which brings with itself profound and penetrating vision; indeed, the blind are not even able to understand the first category of knowledge correctly. We ask our Lord to grant us understanding of the Way of Islam, and to help us know in which direction we must go.
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8102 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: ShoreOfOceanOfUniverses
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On the Shore of an Ocean of Universes
(Mawlana Shaykh stands) Fatiha. Dastur, madad. Subhan Allah, Sultan Allah! You are Sultan, You are Subhan, You are our Lord, our Creator. Allahu Akbar! Give us through this holy month Your blessings, O our Lord, to be clean ones. O our Lord! Give us from Your endless blessing oceans and grant us, and we are saying our countless praisings to Your most beloved one, Sayyidina Muhammad (s), to make down everyone who is following Shaytan, and those who are not giving praising and glory to Your
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om the oppressors. We are all oppressors, and we are hoping/begging for His forgiveness and His Pleasure, and His protection from the worst of wickedness/evil. O People! Our savior/ safety here and Hereafter depends on the Seal of Prophets (s)! Hadhihi naseeha li nafsee wa lakum ayyuha 'n-naas. Koonoo `ibaadAllahi 'l-mukhliseen. Ijtahidu an takoonoo ayyuha 'n-naas, koonoo Rabbaniyeen. Wa lillahi 'l-hamd awwalan wa akhiran. Azalan wa abadan li Rabbana Jallu wa `alaa. (Mawlana stands) O People! This is an advice for myself and for you! Be sincere servants of Allah. O People! Strive hard to be Rabbani. And to Allah is all praise/thanks, from the beginning to the end, from pre-Eternal up to Eternal, for our Lord Almighty, Most High! SubhaanAllah, Sultaan Allah. SubhaanAllah. SultaanAllah. Narju Rahmatak wa nakhsha `adhaabak amiddoona bi madadin min `indak bi jaahi nabiyika 'l-kareem Sayyid al-Awwaleen wa 'l-Akhireen. Hamdan Laka. Shukran Laka. Azalan wa abadan yaa Rabbana. (Mawlana sits) Fatihah. SubhanAllah, Sultaan Allah. SubhaanAllah. SultaanAllah. We seek Your mercy and fear Your punishment. Support us with Your divinely support for the honor of Your generous Prophet, Master of the Firsts and Lasts (before and after this life). Praise to You, thanks to You, from pre-Eternal up to Eternal, O our Lord! (Mawlana sits.) Fatihah. Lefke, 24.10.2010 (Translated from Turkish)
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8089 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: SheikhTestsYou
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SHEIKHS TEST YOU and of THE INSPECTORS OF SHEIKHS
The most difficult thing in the world is for a person to leave the pursuit of vain fancies and to break he ego’s ingrained bad habits; but it is a sign of a true way that it enables its followers to take such action against the ego. It is little wonder that materialistic people feel uneasy and their lower selves positively threatened by the Sufi Way, as it demands from its followers even more than mere adherence to the Divine Law. It demands that we leave our ego’s will behind by accepting the leadership of a guide. Satan worshipped Allah for thousands of years but fell from his station in one instant when asked to submit to another creature and to follow him as his guide. It is most difficult for the ego to obey anyone’s advice, especially when that advice contradicts its own ideas and prevents it from seeking fulfillment of its desires. Whoever is sincerely seeking his Lord’s Love must submit himself to one of his Lord’s beloved servants; he must stop being self-willed in order to do the Will of his Creator. How can he know what his Creator wants of him? The Creator’s Will is expressed through the will of those beloved servants. Don’t imagine that those servants are serving their egos – no! Saints can only be Saints when their lower selves have been
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defeated by their souls; then the way is open for the Holy Prophet Muhammed (sal) to impart the Secret of Sainthood. When a Sheikh orders his followers to do something or to abstain from it you must know that those orders come from the Holy Prophet Muhammed (sal), whose will is in total subservience to his Lord’s command. You must also know that the relationship between Sheikh and follower is a very delicate one that needs to be preserved with great care. It is a serious agreement between Sheikh and follower and involves responsibility on both sides. Yes, at the beginning it is easy to say: “Oh my Sheikh, I am accepting you and making my will subservient to yours.” Then the Sheikh says: “Yes, I accept you.” That is the easy part; but Grandsheikhs have been ordered to try their followers in order to ascertain whether they are trustworthy or not. For forty years I have been following the Way of my Grandsheikh, trying to submit my will to his but it was so difficult! So many times he tried me, but through his spiritual powers he extended insight to me and kept me from falling. I remember one of the biggest tests of all. One day, near the beginning of my training, I was with Grandsheikh when he said to me: “Oh Sheikh Nazim, if you notice in my actions anything that conflicts with the outward Law or established practices of Islam, please inform me of it in private as soon as you get the chance. This is necessary as I am an unlettered person and you are a learned religious scholar. Therefore, I would appreciate if you would do me this service, as I wish to conform completely to all the laws and practices.” Quickly Divine Help reached out to me to prevent me from failing this difficult test, and I said: “Oh my Master, I am asking Allah to forgive me. He knows best that I have come here to learn, not to teach. You are my Sheikh, I am not your Sheikh.” Grandsheikh was very pleased with this reply. That was his first trial of me, and an important one. Are you looking down at your Sheikh, thinking that you can judge his actions? Are you appointing yourself the role of “Inspector of Sheikhs”? As of yet you are all “Inspectors of Sheikhs”, “Guides of Sheikhs” and “Correctors of Sheikhs”. What is the result? You
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remain at your station and the Sheikh continues on towards his goal in the Divine Presence. This train is moving on: whoever has boarded it may be in connection with the Sheikh, may accompany him through every rank in the Divine Presence. But whoever objects to the train, or its engineer, its conductors, its passengers, its accommodations, etc., may get off and seek a different means of transportation, for this train carries no prisoners: no one is on it by force or against his will. Nor does the engineer permit the train to be hijacked and ordered to veer from its course or to stop on the tracks. The train arrives at a station. Some people climb aboard and others get off: then the train moves on without delay.
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8092 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: ShelterOfBismillah
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The Shelter of Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem
(Mawlana Shaykh stands.) Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, la ilaaha illa-Llah, Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, wa lillahi ‘l-hamd! O our Lord! Forgive us and blessing us. We are weak servants, and we are needy as whole creatures are in need of Your blessings. O our Lord! Forgive us, and let us to try to make You pleased with us. We know that You are going to be pleased when we are giving our most respect and salutes on Your best and most honored one through Your Divine Presence; then may be Your beloved one’s blessings on the Children of Adam. Please forgive us! (Mawlana shaykh sits.) Allah, Allah. Whole praisings and glory first for our Lord, our Creator, and then on His most honored one through the Divine Presence. Then we are asking from Your endless Mercy Oceans for this holy month to run on Your weak servants. We are in need of heavenly support. Therefore, I am calling our master who is in charge for keeping this planet on its own final limit, yes. And we are saying a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani ‘r-rajeem. We are running from every wrong thinking and from every wrong understandings, not to make our Lord unhappy with us. Therefore, we are asking humbly a protection from Sadanas’ tricks and traps, not to fall through Sadanas’ sewage channels because Sadanas only calling people to those dirty channels.
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And we are saying a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani ‘r-rajeem. O our Lord! Give us Your heavenly protection through Your most beloved one through Your Divine Presence! Then heavenly announcement coming to people when they are saying a`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani ‘r-rajeem, that we are running to You, O our Lord, from Sadanas and its tricks and traps. There is coming an announcement from heavens, so many announcements coming, but Man is not taking any care to keep that wasaya (advice) that our Lord granting us from His heavenly levels to protect His deputies on Earth. That announcement coming and saying bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem. Who is asking a protection from Sadanas and its tricks, trips and traps may use this heavenly sword that granted to you, O Nation of Muhammad (s)! Let them say bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem, that protects them. Therefore, everything that we are intending to do, or to make, and we are asking efforts to be granted to ourselves, we must say bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem. When you are saying bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem no any permission for Sadanas (Satan) and its followers to harm you. That is a heavenly shelter for Mankind. When they are fearing from anything, they may say bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem then they are going to be protected and sheltered. It is a big blame for believers to fear from a virus named by scientists and doctors as the “pig flu”. Big blame! They must be ashamed! They are fearing from the pig flu, from that virus that they can’t see it and never saying that virus, “I am pig virus, pig flu!” Never claiming that, “I can kill you!” The blame is to Mankind, to fear from pig flu! Where is Allah? Where is its Creator? Why you are not fearing from the Creator that created you, as well as created everything and through them that virus? You are not seeing, not touching, even you are not feeling, but you are giving such a name for that virus! Yes, even though may be that virus created by its Creator—because nothing can be in existence without the Creator’s creating—He must ask to be created such a virus as a punishment of Mankind, that their steps are wrong steps. Whole Mankind now living on this planet, they are on wrong steps. Allah Almighty is saying go in this direction, that is safety for you. They are saying, “No, we must go back.” That is our ego’s characteristic. When the Lord of Heavens created our egos, nafs, He said to the ego, “Come!” and he (ego) was going back and the Lord of Heavens was saying, “Go!” and he (ego) is coming back. That is the characteristic of our egos: always they are asking to be what they are saying, and not what the Lord of
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Heavens, our Creator, saying! Egos are fighting Allah. That means it is doing always what it is asking, never asking to follow its Creator’s command. When they are coming in existence, going to be enemies for their Creator (because) what He is saying, making contrary. Therefore, now peoples’ egos are saying to them, “Oh, this virus is very terrible and dangerous.” Put the Holy Qur’an and say bismillahi ‘r-Rahmaani ‘r-Raheem, and Fatihah as biggest disinfectant; finished! But you are bringing so many dirty principles you are inventing and putting in front of boys, and then you are fearing from virus flu and pig flu. If they are not taking care, taking their high respect for their Lord, may come dogs flu! Pigs living outside, but if coming dog flu that so many people may be kissing them, laying with them, eating with them, one (bite of food) for (their) dog, one for his owner’s mouth, very dangerous! If coming that flu, it is going to be seven times more terrible than pig flu! O People! Come and listen. Allah Almighty created you to be His servants and you are leaving that servanthood. Civilized Europeans, civilized western people, for what they are (called) civilization? They are servants of their dogs; 24 hours they are serving their dogs. Everything, every care (they are) taking for dogs and morning walking and once again evening walking for them. And they are speaking with their dogs, “O my darling, are you happy with me?” (Mawlana Shaykh stands, upset.) What is this foolishness!? What is this civilization?! Allah created those people to be dogs' servants or for His servanthood??! What is that??! What is that?! Allah is unhappy with those who are keeping dogs (in their homes)! (Mawlana Shaykh sits.) (He) may do, the Lord of Heavens, because dogs are from wild animals, running, hunting and eating meat. They are so wild, eating meat and bones also. Be fearful, whole Mankind! Particularly ...beware. Maybe one night that dogs are sleeping with you they may attack you on your throat, biting you, and killing you, may be! Because you are living a life that everything is possible and it is so possible, so easy, for the Creator to change dogs to be a jackal or a wolf and attacking its owner, biting and even killing (their owners). (Jackals, wolves and wild dogs may even) drink the blood; even eat the flesh, and even eat the bones. Beware! I am not speaking on behalf of me, but I am a warner to all nations! Don’t keep dogs (inside your homes)! Don’t be servants for dogs, but try to be your Lord’s servants, or divinely anger may come, so mighty, so strongly! Don’t waste your life to be servants of dogs! Your honor is to be your Lord’s servants. (This is a
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divine) warning. And one word I was speaking on, I was saying as-salaamu `alaykum - peace be upon you - O our listeners! That salaam (greeting) is a main pillar for protecting people from evil and devils. Keep what is written through the Old Testament, New Testament and in the Holy Qur’an. Understanding? If not understanding, one day you can understand, but as English people saying, “It should be too late, too late.” Don’t wait to be said for you, “too late”! Because your Lord’s anger, if coming, no one can take it away, making you like earth or like dust. I am not taking a salary, no salary for Man. I am a weak servant that our Grand Ones, that they have Grand Ones, means holy ones, who they are trying to keep their oath with their Lord. O our Lord, we are accepting that You are our Creator and we are Your servants, never changing! O People! Leave dogs (to themselves). Leave dogs or they should bite you. If biting, no any medicine. (Transmission failed) Lefke, 19.11.2009
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8096 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: ShockingMeanings
Maulana Sheikh Nazim : ShockingMeanings
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SHOCKING MEANINGS in the KNOWLEDGE OF THE SAINTS
That is the advice of the Prophet Muhammed (sal) to everyone in the world who is trying to communicate with another person. In trying to make someone understand what you are saying you must perceive on what level this is possible and meet him there. There is no benefit in trying to teach first-graders calculus nor in teaching university students addition and subtraction. During the Holy Prophet’s (sal) Night Journey and his Ascension through the seven heavens to the Divine Presence, Allah Almighty bestowed upon him Divine Knowledge, and He taught the Prophet (sal) that there are three distinct categories into which this knowledge is divided. The first category of knowledge taught to him was to be shared commonly with all mankind. None of this knowledge is going to shock or disturb people: it is clear and straightforward, can be easily understood by even the simple mind, and it is expressed in a way people’s minds can easily grasp. For example, when I tell you a tale I try to make sure that is contents corresponds to your own experiences so that you may benefit from it. It is one of the miracles of the Holy Qur’an that everyone who reads it may understand
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something from what he has read: it is not so cryptic or unclear that people should say: “I can’t understand”. But don’t imagine that the meaning of the Holy Qur’an is only what you have understood and no more! Even scholars must be careful not to make such an assumption, for the more we improve in our faith the sharper our minds become. The light of faith brightens our understanding. If we can understand that our understanding increases with our faith, then we will never raise objections if we find anything in the Holy Qur’an that seems to conflict with what we see to be our better judgment. We must not draw hasty conclusions, but wait until enough of the Holy Qur’an’s limitless meanings are revealed to our minds the Qur’an contains Meaning Oceans and we must undergo training to be able to extract pearls from them. Before we assume that we know better than the Qur’an, or even that we know better than any person, we must pay heed to our Lord’s declaration: “Above every knower there is one who knows more”, and understand that our perception may be clouded, and that surely there exist people who are more knowledgeable and wise than we are. If common people and scholars alike heed this Quranic observation and understand that others may see and know what they don’t and can’t, then they will keep an open mind, and, at least, not attack those whose knowledge is of a different realm. The second category of knowledge the Holy Prophet (sal) was instructed to reveal to initiates, to seekers of truth, in accordance with their thirst for deeper understanding. This knowledge was only for those who had become suitable recipients for extraordinary revelation that would only shock or confuse the uninitiated. One Great Grandsheikh, Sheikh Muhyuddin Ibn al Arabi, may Allah bless him, received huge grants of knowledge of this category from the Holy Prophet (sal). He was one of the first to put into writing knowledge that had previously been passed on only orally and spiritually. As a result of this he was widely persecuted. Scholars used to be scandalized by his writings and say: “From where is he bringing these things? We have looked through the Holy Qur’an and the Traditions of the Holy Prophet (sal) but find nothing in them to support such heretical views.” This they were saying in the spirit of
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those who, in his time, rejected the prophet hood of Muhammad, peace be upon him. From where did that understanding come to Sheikh Muhyuddin? The Holy Prophet (sal) once said: “Beware of the perception of the true believer, for he sees with the light of Allah”. It was the light of strong faith, and the resulting clarity of perception and sharpness of intellect that enabled Sheikh Muhyuddin to delve into that “restricted area”. So, if you consider yourself to be seeker of truth, don’t be lazy or timid in your quest, but seek to benefit from the clues provided by those who received initiation into this second category of knowledge. Don’t be surprised that Sheikh Muhyuddin, Mevlana Rumi, Abu Yazid al Bistami, Shah Naqshaband or Grandsheikh Daghistani reveal knowledge that is beyond the pale of the outward or apparent understand of Islam. But don’t try to force such an understanding on those who are not seeking it, for it is not intended for all. Even the companions of the Prophet (sal), who loved him intensely and were always ready to sacrifice everything for him were not all able to receive knowledge of this type, and among those who were, some could receive more than others. Sayyidina Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet (sal), was one of those who received the most in-depth knowledge; he once said to some of the other companions: “There are two categories of knowledge I received from the Holy Prophet (sal): one I reveal to you, and the other, were I to even intimate something of it, you would try to kill me.” Whoever encounters a jewel but knows not the distinguishing characteristic of gems may think it to be part of a fossilized coke – bottle and throw it away. There is a famous diamond in Istanbul, perhaps one of the biggest and most valuable diamonds in the world. The story of this diamond may help illustrate my point. That diamond was originally found in a dustbin by a street sweeper. He put it in his pocket and brought it to a spoon-maker he knew. The spoon-maker saw that it could be valuable, so he offered the street sweeper a wooden spoon in exchange for the diamond. The street- sweeper was very happy with the trade, as, in those days it was a sign of distinction to carry a spoon in one’s belt-just as a cowboy carries a gun in his holster – and to always
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be prepared in case rice or soup was served. Then the spoon-maker took the diamond to a jeweler, who paid him a lot of money for it. The jeweler polished it and notified the Vizier about the existence of an extraordinary diamond. The Vizier brought it for a fortune and presented it to the Sultan, who had never seen its like. But to the street-sweeper its worth was equivalent only to one wooden spoon. So, everyone receives what he needs on his level, and this was a Divine Order to the Prophet (sal): “Give to those who may receive”, and it is written in the Preserved Tablet who will be eligible for that knowledge. The third category of knowledge is that which is between Allah and His Prophet (sal) to the exclusion of all others. This is the realm of the private confidence bestowed upon the Prophet (sal) by his Lord, and it is a depth of knowledge that distinguished him from and sets him above all of the Saints and learned people of his Nation. Once we have understood this division of Islamic knowledge into three categories, and especially if we are faithful enough to develop penetrating vision and a share of esoteric knowledge, it should not be difficult for us to address people in accordance with their understanding. In his time the Holy Prophet (sal) was working mostly with a very coarse and unlearned class of people, and he addressed them, accordingly, in a manner suited to their mentality. He built their understanding, so to speak, from the bottom up, laying a strong base upon which to build; but for those of them whose hearts were receptive, their simple origins were no obstacle to their receiving grants of inner knowledge. In his time, the Holy Prophet (sal) also addressed more learned people: delegations of Christian clergy from Yemen and Jewish Rabbis and scholars residing in Medina. He addressed them on their respective levels too, discussing his mission in accordance with the contents of their Holy Books. But knowledge of religious scripture is neither a condition for, nor a disqualification as pride and envy. So those who came with
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sincerity and open hearts received amply, but those who came with prejudice could not be helped. Our time also has its particular conditions and peoples. Certain words or methods may be acceptable to you but difficult for others. When the Holy Prophet (sal) applied this wisdom to his manner of approaching people, Islam spread both in the East and West quickly. Therefore, don’t be oblivious to the reactions of those, whom you address, don’t run up against a wall, gaining nothing in the process – except a bump on the head. Find common ground, then build on it step by step. Islam derives its vitality from its inherent simplicity and universal principles. The basics may be practiced by all, irrespective of distinctions based on race, nationality, sex, age or cultural adherence, and it is in harmony with nature-with the nature of Man and with that of one Earth. But we must be worthy of understanding this and communicating it. In our time elderly people may often be hard on youth for the way they behave, saying: “We never behaved so badly even when we were young”. But they must remember what kinds of conditions and social norms those children are now being brought up in. Similarly, practicing Muslims who are scrupulously observing the Law of Islam may be impatient with those who are slowly approaching Islam or whose hearts are drawn to a circle of believers, expecting those people to conform quickly. If this is the case, it is a sign that you have not yet understood anything, and that your practices are only blinders. If you are wise, you will expect or demand only very little in the way of conformity from newcomers. Don’t try to load your burden on them – and if you are trying to shift your burden you must consider its causes. Don’t worry about bringing people “in line” but rather concern yourself with making sure that your own practices are becoming a means for attaining inner peace and are not becoming an end in themselves. If your practice brings you inner peace and wisdom others will emulate those practices voluntarily.
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The proper attitude is indicated in a saying of the Holy Prophet: “Make things easy for people, not difficult; give them good tidings and don’t drive them away”. Now, most Muslims are only driving Westerners farther away from Islam by ignoring the differences in the conditions they face. Such an attitude is a sign that they have deprived themselves of access to that second category of knowledge-wisdom-which brings with itself profound and penetrating vision; indeed, the blind are not even able to understand the first category of knowledge correctly. We ask our Lord to grant us understanding of the Way of Islam, and to help us know in which direction we must go.
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8102 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: ShoreOfOceanOfUniverses
Maulana Sheikh Nazim : ShoreOfOceanOfUniverses
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On the Shore of an Ocean of Universes
(Mawlana Shaykh stands) Fatiha. Dastur, madad. Subhan Allah, Sultan Allah! You are Sultan, You are Subhan, You are our Lord, our Creator. Allahu Akbar! Give us through this holy month Your blessings, O our Lord, to be clean ones. O our Lord! Give us from Your endless blessing oceans and grant us, and we are saying our countless praisings to Your most beloved one, Sayyidina Muhammad (s), to make down everyone who is following Shaytan, and those who are not giving praising and glory to Your
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