Maulana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani 2000 Sohbats 1979-2013 (735/777)
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The owner of the palace will die, that means he will leave his physical body. When he has been dressed in light, there will be no more death, no more change, no more ageing and no more decreasing. Instead the lights will increase more and more. In this life we physically get more and more incomplete every day, but when we reach our heavenly stations we will find another world which belongs to heavens. There you will find much more perfect buildings, not built by bricks, stones, iron or by builders. No! In heavens everything is miraculous. You do not need tools, you do not need builders. You only have to say, 'Be!' and it will come into existence. The lights with which the human soul is dressed has been given by the Lord. He has given them a part of His Divine Attribute. That is the willpower. When the Lord wants anything to be in existence, He will say, 'Be!'. He ordered heavens into existence and it became. He said, 'Come into existence!' to the earth and it came. The Lord said to the sun, 'Shine!' and it is shining. He said to the night to come, and it came. He only says, 'Be, night! Be, day! Be, heavens! Be, earth! Be, winter! Be, summer!' His command is enough to make that which He is asking for to be in existence and it will come quickly. When our souls reach heavens, which is our original homeland, the spiritual world, the conditions will never be like on earth. Everything on earth needs rules for some reasons. If the reasons come together something will appear into existence. If man and woman do not come together, children will not come. But in heavens there is no need for that. Here if you do not plant, trees will not grow up. If you don't cook here, you cannot eat. But there without reason, only with the willpower of the Lord which we have been given, is enough for you to say, 'Be!' and it will come into existence." This is what they said to the King, and he was very happy. He said, "I am sorry, I am very sorry that I wasted my life uselessly. I wasted everything for a building which will be in ruins. I must ask for forgiveness from my Lord, even if my time here will only be for a short time, to grant me of His Blessings, so that my soul will rise to its station in heavens." He repented and was forgiven and blessed. Blessings give people refreshment, confidence, contentment, satisfaction and peace. If you get blessings from your Lord, you will find that you are in peace and in pleasure. If you are not blessed, it is so difficult. People cannot be in pleasure and in peace
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with something that is only around themselves. A King or a Queen can sit on their throne, but they will be unhappy. There is no contentment. On the other hand a person can be underground and still feel contentment in himself, he is pleased. Pleasure and peace is something which comes from heavens. No market can sell happiness or peace or contentment. Or do you think that any shop on Oxford Street or any night club or any cinemas or any discotheques really give contentment? No! People go inside with happiness because they are thirsty and when they come out they are dressed in sadness, because they are disappointed. Particularly in our days we need peace. This life with its difficult conditions takes away peace and happiness from people. It does not give them pleasure in their hearts. The King was happy when he was listening and accepting their advice. He became like a holy-man who leaves everything and comes to reach his heavenly station. Everything in this life comes down. The most important thing for him was to look for his heavenly station in Divine Presence. People are thirsty and run to the sea to drink. The more they drink, the more they realise that their thirst is not disappearing, but instead increasing. This is how people are nowadays. They run to reach a pleasure but they find it so difficult and become even more thirsty. One ocean is not enough to quench that thirst. In the Old Testament there are so many stories mentioned about the Prophet David. He was appointed King for the children of Israel. They were ordered to fight against Goliath. Allah Almighty ordered David, peace be upon him, to order his soldiers that when they after a long journey reached a river, they should not drink. Whoever would drink, would have to leave him because they would be useless. He only permitted his soldiers to drink a handful, even though the huge army was so thirsty. When they reached the running river, they fell into it and forgot. They were not able to control their egos. They drank and drank and drank until everyone fell down and couldn't move anymore. They told David, 'We cannot follow you, we are finished!' Only 313 people were listening. The rest were lying on the banks of the river like buffaloes. These Holy Books give best lessons to people, but people are not concerned to find out what really happened. Whoever takes more than they are in need of, will be useless. Only a handful of people followed the order of David and formed his new army to defeat Goliath. Which they did, because the Lord of Heavens was with them, they had listened and kept His Holy Command. Oh, listeners, we must try to follow Heavenly Commands. Even if it is only a little bit. Don't be like those
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people who became like buffaloes! Don't go through this world wanting to drink everything. No! You may be rich, richer or even the richest and still be thirsty. There is no meaning to it and that gives you to suffer. You must have less of everything. If you take less of the material world, you will reach much more pleasure in your spiritual being. That is a balance. If you take more from this material life, your spiritual life will get less and less and less and your life will be tasteless. Don't run after everything that this life has to offer. Take what is enough. More than enough is a burden on your physical body and it prevents you to improve in your soul. Finally you will find yourself being like a buffalo. Oh, people, don't be buffaloes, try to be human! Soon there will be change of life on earth. People will change from the material side and will start taking much more care of their spiritual lives. They will want to have meetings like these more often. We hope that this will be in near future. HOLLINGBOURNE - 04.04.1993
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10113 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: WhoForgetTheFriendsOfAllah
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Who forget the Friends of Allah Destur, ya Sayyidi, ya Sultanu-l Anbiya, Meded, ya Sultanu-l Awliya, Meded, ya Rijalallah…Allah, Allah… Allah, Allah…Destur, ya Rijalallah...Audhu bi-llahi mina shaitani rajim, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, la haula wa la quwatta illa bi-llahi-l ‘Aliyu-l ‘Azim… (Those) whom they are forgetting the Friends of Allah, they are going to be rubbish. Whom they are not taking care for Awliya-ullah, (the) Friends of Allah, no value for them, rubbish, to be put in dustbin! Now Islam (is) as it is, or as it was before the time, that Allah Almighty (was) dressing Islam a greatness and honour; who is dressing that dress, should be honoured and should be on the top level of honour and (they should be) respected on earth and on Heavens. Who (is) taking these clothes (off), that honoured dress that Allah Almighty (is) sending to nations, to all nations- that they are the nation of (the) most beloved, (the) most honoured one, S.Muhammad sws- who (is) accepting him, (they are) just granted an honour. Who (is) refusing to accept what the Seal of Prophets (is) bringing from Allah Almighty, they are rubbish people. Subhanallah! Glory be for Him Almighty! He is asking to grant us honour and glory, but those two-legs- animals (are) refusing, they are running away. Heavenly people (are) calling them: “Oh people, why you are running away?” All nations (are) escaping. And their example (is) just mentioned through the Holy Quran, from the time of the most honoured one’s time, S.Muhammad peace be upon him. His tribe first- Allah (is) giving their description, saying: “Those people look like donkeys when they are seeing a lion- (they are) running quickly away; they are not coming and approaching that honoured lion, but (they are) running away. And those people that are running away from the Seal of Prophets, (the) most honoured one in (the) divine Presence, they are on (the) same way, when the Prophet (was) calling them and saying: “Come to Me. Who (is) coming to me, (is) coming to Allah.” He is not saying ‘I am Allah’, (but): “Come! I am coming from Allah to you. I am not Allah, but I have been
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sent from His divine Presence to you as an honoured presence from His divine Presence to you. Oh people, come to me! I am not Allah, but I have been sent by Allah, and I am not saying that I am Allah, but (that I am) representing (Him). He dressed me that I should be on behalf of your Lord- (the) Lord of Heavens, the Lord of creation- Allah’s representative. I am representing Him Almighty. I am not coming to show to you that I am something, someone, no! I am only coming and saying to you about my mission. My mission is to be His representative through creation, particularly to you, oh mankind. Don’t run away! I am calling you to your Lord, to my Lord, the Lord of creation!” They are running away… “Come! I have been ordered to dress you heavenly Dress and also I have been ordered to crown you. I am calling you for coronation, that honoured crown to be put on your heads.” Anything Prophets (are) asking from you? Any Prophet (is) saying: “Pay me?” Which Prophet said to their nation to pay him? “Oh people! I am not coming to collect from you something, but I am coming to you ‘fi- llah’, ‘li-llah’, for His Honour. I am not asking (a) salary or something”, as foolish people from (the) time of ignorance (at the time of the) Seal of Prophets, (the) most honoured one, the honour of creation, (the) representative of (the) Lord of Heavens and creation from pre-eternal up to eternal. No one can come and say: ‘I am representative’, only that one, that he had been chosen to be Allah Almighty’s representative, caliph, caliphatullah, deputy, who (is) representing (the) Lord of Heavens. Everything created (was) just given to that one: “That is for you, oh My beloved one, oh My most honoured one, oh My most beloved one, oh My most respected one, oh My most praised one! Everything (is) for your honour!” Allahu akbar! Don’t think, don’t (even) try to think on Allah Almighty’s Glory! He has divine Dominions of Glory, granting, granting to that one. Don’t ask about His Glory, ‘Alamu-l Ghujub, (the) secret Dominions of Allah Almighty- no one knows, only Him Almighty. You can take something from that representative- Allahu akbar- Rasul- Allah! People are looking and saying: “Oh, you are like ourselves, eating, drinking, going up and down, marrying, you have children, you are doing this and that, like ourselves. We (are) never seeing on you something different from us.” Haha! Look! Just their looking is deepest ignorance; they are in that depthless ignorance oceans and Allah Almighty granted to that one. And they were coming and saying to his uncle: “Say to him, say to your brother’s son, Muhammad sws: if he is interested or if he likes or (if) his interest and care and the last point of his desires it is to reach to be our King, we are ready to make him King on us. If the last point of his desires is to reach to be (the) richest one,
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we are ready to give to him everything that we have from gold and silver and silk and everything from precious things. If his last desire or the limit or his last target is to reach to (the) most beautiful ones from our tribe or from others, we are ready to give to him (the) most beautiful girls, ladies, to be for him, to enjoy. Ask him, we are ready! Only we are putting one condition: he must stop to say (anything) against our idols and not to say to us:’ Come to the Lord of Heavens, to my Lord.’ He must leave that and we are ready to do everything, even ourselves (are) going to be his servants and slaves. Only we are asking (him) not to say: ‘Come to my Lord’.” And he had been ordered to call people and he was saying: “Oh people, come to Allah! I am not Allah, but I am only inviting to Allah. I am only calling you to Allah. I am not Allah.” And then, when his uncle was coming and saying this offer and what they offer to him, he said: “Oh my uncle, say to these people, that their understanding area (is) less than a mm square, square heads, but less than mm 1oo times, 1ooo times smaller”, only you can see that square under radioactive microscope, “Tell those people (that) they are imprisoned, their understanding (is) imprisoned in such a small square, we may say in (the) square of (an) atom. They are imprisoned. I am asking to break down their squares of understanding, because they are not created to be imprisoned in such a small area. The Lord of Heavens just granted to them a free field to run in it, a free field for understanding (so) that without hindrance and limits they may run through that understanding oceans. I am not asking anything! If they are putting (on) one (of my) hands (the) sun, (and in the) other (one the) moon and all treasures, I am never going to leave what I am calling them (to), because my mission, no one reached to that glory!” People (are) thinking that Prophets (are) asking something, no, Astaghfirullah! But their understanding (is) just closed on material. Therefore they are running away. They were imprisoning themselves through such tight point, therefore they were never getting to reach a satisfaction and all of those people- billions of people on (the) same position, on (the) same conditions- all of them may be entered on that smallest square as (the) square of (an) atom’s distance. And all of them (are) so (much) getting (into) troubles and problems and fighting, miseries and sufferings, eating each other there. And the Lord of Heavens is calling: “Come, leave your prison, come to an unlimited field of understanding, come to Me!” and (He is) sending His most beloved ones to call his people, his nation. People (are) running away; as donkeys (are) running from (a) lion they (are) running away. And (the) same position is now also in act. People (are) never asking to leave that prison that is only (a) square in (an) atomic distance; eating each other and not coming (out). (Allah is calling them): “Come out”,
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they are not coming. That is biggest problem for mankind and Allah Almighty (is) calling them: ”Come out” through His most glorified servant, most praised servant, giving to him unlimited power and authority to take them out and to grant to them what they can ask, but people (are) saying: “No, we can’t leave our position here, we must be here.” That is (the) source of troubles, problems, suffering, miseries on earth now and people (are) fighting for that, because they are in such a small distance, they are saying: “Go away. I must have little bit more.” That one (is) saying: “No, you go!” And saying: “We are going to make a group of our people to be all together against that ones.” And they are coming and making for each other a pact: “You must take our hand, hand in hand to defeat those foolish ones, to be all (of that) area only under our authority.” And they (are) saying: “Why you (are) saying that? We must be! On that distance we must be first ones, and glorious and victorious.” Now they eating each other. That is real panorama of world that we are living in it, because people are running away from Allah Almighty’s deputy, Allah Almighty’s representative. When he is calling them, they are getting away, running away. Whom they are running away, (they are) finding other lions; if (they are) save from one, other lions are going to eat them. That is (the) history of 21st century’s civilized nations. All are trying on that point: to eat one group another group, so that (they are) asking not to remain except their group only. They are asking to take away, to take off other nations and to be, to say: “We are now on that prison, we are prisoners.” May Allah forgive us and send us what we are expecting and believing, that He promised us to send us from His divine Presence power and also supported by heavenly powers, supported by miraculous powers that making that miraculous powers material world under their feet to save the servants of (the) Lord and to give them their honour in His divine Presence. May Allah forgive me and bless you. For the honour of the most honoured one in His divine Presence, S. Muhammad sws, Fatiha Lefke, 03.07.2004, transcribed by Khairiyah Siegel
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10117 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: Who Grazes His Ego All Day Wont Get Far
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(A follower asked Sheikh Nazim): "Could you tell me a little bit about the development of the soul?” The Sheikh answered: Wait and see... Blindfolding is a tactic sometimes used by those who lead people along terrifying mountain paths, a technique which insures the safe arrival of that traveller. Those guides know the areas they are leading their people through to be so high and dangerous that, were their eyes not blindfolded, they would be overcome with fear and fall down. The mountain guides, however, are so skilled and experienced that it is no trouble for them to cross those precipices and to lead others as well. After those dangerous paths have been successfully traversed in this condition, the guide removes the blindfold, and the traveller looks back in amazement, saying: "Did I really cross that?" We have such terrifying crossings to make on our way. Therefore, it is also a tactic of the Guides of this Path – the Naqshbandi Path – to keep the follower's eyes closed until he reaches "safety step". Only when that point has been reached the full reality becomes clear to him. But, as of yet, there is no need of letting you see extraordinary things, indeed it would be dangerous to your continued development. Grandsheikh knows when you have made your "safety step" and removes the blindfold. "Is there something more I can do in order to progress toward the point of unveiling more quickly?" Sheikh: You can do nothing except to follow. Follow your Guide: his orders, his example, his manners. If you concentrate on following him you will proceed along the Path with him: to follow is important, nothing else.
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Even if you can only manage to connect to and remember your Sheikh once a day, that will be enough for you to be written as his follower; it means that you have boarded that "train" and are still riding on it. As long as the train continues on towards its destination you will move towards yours as well. Even if you are not working as hard as you should for your spiritual life, it doesn't matter so much, for you are still aboard the train – and be you asleep on the floor of the third-class car: the train is moving and you are on it. What is important is to take a train. Yes, even if you are asleep day and night you may progress, if you just keep up your connection with your Sheikh. Pointing to this fact is the saying of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, that on the Last Day everyone will be raised up with his loved ones. So, the more you love your Sheikh, the more you should be able to follow his orders and his example in obedience to Allah Almighty and His Prophet. But even the laziest follower will not be left behind until he reaches his station. For if he is asleep the conductor will come and wake him up, saying: "Wake up, wake up, we have arrived at your station." Then he will groggily reply: "What? Have we really arrived?" "Yes, take your baggage and go." "Is there any way for us to know what our destination is?" Sheikh: He Almighty knows, and He leads you there by means of His beloved servants, servants who have been dispatched for your guidance and who must, therefore, know your destination as well. Allah's Prophet knows, Grandsheikh knows, the chief inspector knows and the conductor knows as well. (Another follower): "Many people who join Sufi Tariqahs expect that by following the Path they will very quickly experience many strange and wonderful states, that the whole journey will be made more exciting for them by their extraordinary visions and inspirations. And actually many followers of other Sufi Paths do relate that they are constantly experiencing amazing states, such as 'Ecstasy' and 'Union with the Divine', and all manner of visions and mystical powers." "But as for myself, I feel just like a normal person. Yes, I do feel much better and more at peace with my- self than I did before – quieter inside and happier. And although I may occasionally see some extraordinary dreams, they are not all that frequent. Certainly, all of what I experience is nothing at all like the marvelous things followers of other ways describe. If I am going somewhere I only know it by some subtle changes, not by dramatic signs; and to tell you the truth, it is alright with me this way; I don't really feel any desire right now to see or do all those things." Sheikh: In our way we are not seeking to see some- thing, but we are pursuing real servanthood of our Lord Almighty: to be His eternal humble servants. We are not looking after anything else, neither here nor hereafter. "But many spiritual seekers hope to gain mystical powers."
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Sheikh: It doesn't matter. We have such spiritual powers, and are keeping them hidden. They are of no use to us, and instead of expending that energy in such outward manifestations we are using it to strengthen ourselves in worship and obedience. There is no need for us to look around – that is a way for weak people. If I say to our brother Sheikh Sindbad: "Go and do such-and-such an errand," I needn't offer him a red candy to get him to do it; no, he gets up and hops to it. But if I ask a small boy to run the same errand, I will offer him a red sugar candy: then he will run, otherwise maybe he won't. That is the level of those who are still childish; the level of those who obey without awaiting reward is higher – theirs is the level of adult- hood. Grandsheikhs don't seek to use such extraordinary powers. They are ashamed to perform miraculous acts, ashamed in front of their Lord, because there can be no doubt that the ego is also pleased with such miraculous feats, and takes its share in them as well, which is, of course, counter-productive to our aims. We seek to abase the lower self, not to blow it up all out of proportion by giving it the satisfaction of our performance of miracles. Therefore, the Grandsheikhs of Naqshbandiyya never do anything miraculous unless they are ordered to do so by the Holy Prophet. They are very simple and humble people: you can't distinguish them from ordinary people. They may have nuclear power, but they are so humble that they see themselves as being nothing. If someone urges them to perform a miracle, they may reply: "Oh my son, what are you saying? I am but an ordinary person, an empty case, so how can you expect me to do something like that?" Yes, it is true that they are empty, empty until power comes through them. When that power is sent to them they may do anything, but without it they can do nothing. By means of spiritual purification they have become like unalloyed copper wires which allow power to pass through them without resistance, but if they are disconnected from the source of energy they have no power of their own. So many seekers believe that it is important to be able to read people's mind, foretell the future, fly in the air and walk on the sea: they think that these are the signs of a real Master. But they must keep in mind the fact that houseflies and mosquitoes can also fly in the air, and water-bugs walk on the water. So many evil people also – not only Prophets and Saints – have attained supernatural powers to deceive people: Allah leaves them to misguide those who seek misguidance, those who seek something other than His Divine Countenance. The Anti-Christ (Dajjal) who will appear at the end of time will possess some of the greatest mystical powers ever heard of. No, to perform extraordinary feats is certainly not our goal. Our goal is to become sincere servants of our Lord, to be constant in our worship and good actions – to please our Lord with our steadfastness in obedience and love of Him. To be steadfast on the path of faith in our times is a miracle in
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itself. Many weak-willed people are being pulled into unbelief, unable to resist the onslaught that is virtually sweeping belief from the hearts of men in our times. To follow the Path from beginning to end, surmounting its obstacles, and to move steadily forward towards our goal: that is miraculous. To dabble, to make no sacrifice, no commitment – to be on this way one day and on another the next – that is not the way of the sincere seeker, it is the way of those lacking sincerity and seriousness.* The Naqshbandi Way is clear: its Masters seek nothing but their Lord's Countenance. If any thought of heavenly reward or pleasures should cross their minds, they consider themselves to have broken their state of ritual purity and in need of repeating their ablution. And if any of this world's enjoyments should captivate their thoughts, they consider it necessary to take a total ablution, a complete bath. (Follower): "We would have to live in a swimming pool!" Sheikh: Yes, but we are still little boys, not yet having attained to that station. It doesn't matter yet, you are not responsible in the full sense of the term in the Divine Presence. The Naqshbandi Masters are occupied in the Divine Presence and look no more to what this or the next life have to offer. The main spiritual exercise of the other Sufi Orders centers around the repetition of the phrase: "La ilaha il1a- llah" (There is no God except the One True God, Allah). This is the sword with which the attachments to all "gods" beside the One True God, Allah, are cut. It is the negation of partners to Him Almighty. With the repetition of this phrase one affirms that He Alone deserves to be worshipped, renouncing the worship of all other than He. Be those idols of metal and wood, our own egoism and self-worship, worship of money, power, lust or other people, worship of the intellect, body or whatever else – far exalted be He above all we imagine about Him! The main Naqshbandi formula is the repetition of the Holy Name: "Allah". For after the "operation" of cutting all those lower attachments has been completed the servant calls on his Lord and approaches the Divine Presence. When he really says "La ilaha illa-llah" he negates all else – even himself, and accepts to be nothing in the Unity Oceans of his Lord Almighty. He will never reappear, nor will he want to emerge from that ocean. Then there is only: "Allah, Allah, Allah..." Whoever is seeking this station is welcome; who is looking around for something may find many ways to make himself into "something". *The Sheikh is, of course, not referring to changes in Way and teacher for true spiritual reasons, like Abu
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The owner of the palace will die, that means he will leave his physical body. When he has been dressed in light, there will be no more death, no more change, no more ageing and no more decreasing. Instead the lights will increase more and more. In this life we physically get more and more incomplete every day, but when we reach our heavenly stations we will find another world which belongs to heavens. There you will find much more perfect buildings, not built by bricks, stones, iron or by builders. No! In heavens everything is miraculous. You do not need tools, you do not need builders. You only have to say, 'Be!' and it will come into existence. The lights with which the human soul is dressed has been given by the Lord. He has given them a part of His Divine Attribute. That is the willpower. When the Lord wants anything to be in existence, He will say, 'Be!'. He ordered heavens into existence and it became. He said, 'Come into existence!' to the earth and it came. The Lord said to the sun, 'Shine!' and it is shining. He said to the night to come, and it came. He only says, 'Be, night! Be, day! Be, heavens! Be, earth! Be, winter! Be, summer!' His command is enough to make that which He is asking for to be in existence and it will come quickly. When our souls reach heavens, which is our original homeland, the spiritual world, the conditions will never be like on earth. Everything on earth needs rules for some reasons. If the reasons come together something will appear into existence. If man and woman do not come together, children will not come. But in heavens there is no need for that. Here if you do not plant, trees will not grow up. If you don't cook here, you cannot eat. But there without reason, only with the willpower of the Lord which we have been given, is enough for you to say, 'Be!' and it will come into existence." This is what they said to the King, and he was very happy. He said, "I am sorry, I am very sorry that I wasted my life uselessly. I wasted everything for a building which will be in ruins. I must ask for forgiveness from my Lord, even if my time here will only be for a short time, to grant me of His Blessings, so that my soul will rise to its station in heavens." He repented and was forgiven and blessed. Blessings give people refreshment, confidence, contentment, satisfaction and peace. If you get blessings from your Lord, you will find that you are in peace and in pleasure. If you are not blessed, it is so difficult. People cannot be in pleasure and in peace
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10111 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: Whoever Does Not Consider Final Point
with something that is only around themselves. A King or a Queen can sit on their throne, but they will be unhappy. There is no contentment. On the other hand a person can be underground and still feel contentment in himself, he is pleased. Pleasure and peace is something which comes from heavens. No market can sell happiness or peace or contentment. Or do you think that any shop on Oxford Street or any night club or any cinemas or any discotheques really give contentment? No! People go inside with happiness because they are thirsty and when they come out they are dressed in sadness, because they are disappointed. Particularly in our days we need peace. This life with its difficult conditions takes away peace and happiness from people. It does not give them pleasure in their hearts. The King was happy when he was listening and accepting their advice. He became like a holy-man who leaves everything and comes to reach his heavenly station. Everything in this life comes down. The most important thing for him was to look for his heavenly station in Divine Presence. People are thirsty and run to the sea to drink. The more they drink, the more they realise that their thirst is not disappearing, but instead increasing. This is how people are nowadays. They run to reach a pleasure but they find it so difficult and become even more thirsty. One ocean is not enough to quench that thirst. In the Old Testament there are so many stories mentioned about the Prophet David. He was appointed King for the children of Israel. They were ordered to fight against Goliath. Allah Almighty ordered David, peace be upon him, to order his soldiers that when they after a long journey reached a river, they should not drink. Whoever would drink, would have to leave him because they would be useless. He only permitted his soldiers to drink a handful, even though the huge army was so thirsty. When they reached the running river, they fell into it and forgot. They were not able to control their egos. They drank and drank and drank until everyone fell down and couldn't move anymore. They told David, 'We cannot follow you, we are finished!' Only 313 people were listening. The rest were lying on the banks of the river like buffaloes. These Holy Books give best lessons to people, but people are not concerned to find out what really happened. Whoever takes more than they are in need of, will be useless. Only a handful of people followed the order of David and formed his new army to defeat Goliath. Which they did, because the Lord of Heavens was with them, they had listened and kept His Holy Command. Oh, listeners, we must try to follow Heavenly Commands. Even if it is only a little bit. Don't be like those
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people who became like buffaloes! Don't go through this world wanting to drink everything. No! You may be rich, richer or even the richest and still be thirsty. There is no meaning to it and that gives you to suffer. You must have less of everything. If you take less of the material world, you will reach much more pleasure in your spiritual being. That is a balance. If you take more from this material life, your spiritual life will get less and less and less and your life will be tasteless. Don't run after everything that this life has to offer. Take what is enough. More than enough is a burden on your physical body and it prevents you to improve in your soul. Finally you will find yourself being like a buffalo. Oh, people, don't be buffaloes, try to be human! Soon there will be change of life on earth. People will change from the material side and will start taking much more care of their spiritual lives. They will want to have meetings like these more often. We hope that this will be in near future. HOLLINGBOURNE - 04.04.1993
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10113 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: WhoForgetTheFriendsOfAllah
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Who forget the Friends of Allah Destur, ya Sayyidi, ya Sultanu-l Anbiya, Meded, ya Sultanu-l Awliya, Meded, ya Rijalallah…Allah, Allah… Allah, Allah…Destur, ya Rijalallah...Audhu bi-llahi mina shaitani rajim, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, la haula wa la quwatta illa bi-llahi-l ‘Aliyu-l ‘Azim… (Those) whom they are forgetting the Friends of Allah, they are going to be rubbish. Whom they are not taking care for Awliya-ullah, (the) Friends of Allah, no value for them, rubbish, to be put in dustbin! Now Islam (is) as it is, or as it was before the time, that Allah Almighty (was) dressing Islam a greatness and honour; who is dressing that dress, should be honoured and should be on the top level of honour and (they should be) respected on earth and on Heavens. Who (is) taking these clothes (off), that honoured dress that Allah Almighty (is) sending to nations, to all nations- that they are the nation of (the) most beloved, (the) most honoured one, S.Muhammad sws- who (is) accepting him, (they are) just granted an honour. Who (is) refusing to accept what the Seal of Prophets (is) bringing from Allah Almighty, they are rubbish people. Subhanallah! Glory be for Him Almighty! He is asking to grant us honour and glory, but those two-legs- animals (are) refusing, they are running away. Heavenly people (are) calling them: “Oh people, why you are running away?” All nations (are) escaping. And their example (is) just mentioned through the Holy Quran, from the time of the most honoured one’s time, S.Muhammad peace be upon him. His tribe first- Allah (is) giving their description, saying: “Those people look like donkeys when they are seeing a lion- (they are) running quickly away; they are not coming and approaching that honoured lion, but (they are) running away. And those people that are running away from the Seal of Prophets, (the) most honoured one in (the) divine Presence, they are on (the) same way, when the Prophet (was) calling them and saying: “Come to Me. Who (is) coming to me, (is) coming to Allah.” He is not saying ‘I am Allah’, (but): “Come! I am coming from Allah to you. I am not Allah, but I have been
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sent from His divine Presence to you as an honoured presence from His divine Presence to you. Oh people, come to me! I am not Allah, but I have been sent by Allah, and I am not saying that I am Allah, but (that I am) representing (Him). He dressed me that I should be on behalf of your Lord- (the) Lord of Heavens, the Lord of creation- Allah’s representative. I am representing Him Almighty. I am not coming to show to you that I am something, someone, no! I am only coming and saying to you about my mission. My mission is to be His representative through creation, particularly to you, oh mankind. Don’t run away! I am calling you to your Lord, to my Lord, the Lord of creation!” They are running away… “Come! I have been ordered to dress you heavenly Dress and also I have been ordered to crown you. I am calling you for coronation, that honoured crown to be put on your heads.” Anything Prophets (are) asking from you? Any Prophet (is) saying: “Pay me?” Which Prophet said to their nation to pay him? “Oh people! I am not coming to collect from you something, but I am coming to you ‘fi- llah’, ‘li-llah’, for His Honour. I am not asking (a) salary or something”, as foolish people from (the) time of ignorance (at the time of the) Seal of Prophets, (the) most honoured one, the honour of creation, (the) representative of (the) Lord of Heavens and creation from pre-eternal up to eternal. No one can come and say: ‘I am representative’, only that one, that he had been chosen to be Allah Almighty’s representative, caliph, caliphatullah, deputy, who (is) representing (the) Lord of Heavens. Everything created (was) just given to that one: “That is for you, oh My beloved one, oh My most honoured one, oh My most beloved one, oh My most respected one, oh My most praised one! Everything (is) for your honour!” Allahu akbar! Don’t think, don’t (even) try to think on Allah Almighty’s Glory! He has divine Dominions of Glory, granting, granting to that one. Don’t ask about His Glory, ‘Alamu-l Ghujub, (the) secret Dominions of Allah Almighty- no one knows, only Him Almighty. You can take something from that representative- Allahu akbar- Rasul- Allah! People are looking and saying: “Oh, you are like ourselves, eating, drinking, going up and down, marrying, you have children, you are doing this and that, like ourselves. We (are) never seeing on you something different from us.” Haha! Look! Just their looking is deepest ignorance; they are in that depthless ignorance oceans and Allah Almighty granted to that one. And they were coming and saying to his uncle: “Say to him, say to your brother’s son, Muhammad sws: if he is interested or if he likes or (if) his interest and care and the last point of his desires it is to reach to be our King, we are ready to make him King on us. If the last point of his desires is to reach to be (the) richest one,
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we are ready to give to him everything that we have from gold and silver and silk and everything from precious things. If his last desire or the limit or his last target is to reach to (the) most beautiful ones from our tribe or from others, we are ready to give to him (the) most beautiful girls, ladies, to be for him, to enjoy. Ask him, we are ready! Only we are putting one condition: he must stop to say (anything) against our idols and not to say to us:’ Come to the Lord of Heavens, to my Lord.’ He must leave that and we are ready to do everything, even ourselves (are) going to be his servants and slaves. Only we are asking (him) not to say: ‘Come to my Lord’.” And he had been ordered to call people and he was saying: “Oh people, come to Allah! I am not Allah, but I am only inviting to Allah. I am only calling you to Allah. I am not Allah.” And then, when his uncle was coming and saying this offer and what they offer to him, he said: “Oh my uncle, say to these people, that their understanding area (is) less than a mm square, square heads, but less than mm 1oo times, 1ooo times smaller”, only you can see that square under radioactive microscope, “Tell those people (that) they are imprisoned, their understanding (is) imprisoned in such a small square, we may say in (the) square of (an) atom. They are imprisoned. I am asking to break down their squares of understanding, because they are not created to be imprisoned in such a small area. The Lord of Heavens just granted to them a free field to run in it, a free field for understanding (so) that without hindrance and limits they may run through that understanding oceans. I am not asking anything! If they are putting (on) one (of my) hands (the) sun, (and in the) other (one the) moon and all treasures, I am never going to leave what I am calling them (to), because my mission, no one reached to that glory!” People (are) thinking that Prophets (are) asking something, no, Astaghfirullah! But their understanding (is) just closed on material. Therefore they are running away. They were imprisoning themselves through such tight point, therefore they were never getting to reach a satisfaction and all of those people- billions of people on (the) same position, on (the) same conditions- all of them may be entered on that smallest square as (the) square of (an) atom’s distance. And all of them (are) so (much) getting (into) troubles and problems and fighting, miseries and sufferings, eating each other there. And the Lord of Heavens is calling: “Come, leave your prison, come to an unlimited field of understanding, come to Me!” and (He is) sending His most beloved ones to call his people, his nation. People (are) running away; as donkeys (are) running from (a) lion they (are) running away. And (the) same position is now also in act. People (are) never asking to leave that prison that is only (a) square in (an) atomic distance; eating each other and not coming (out). (Allah is calling them): “Come out”,
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they are not coming. That is biggest problem for mankind and Allah Almighty (is) calling them: ”Come out” through His most glorified servant, most praised servant, giving to him unlimited power and authority to take them out and to grant to them what they can ask, but people (are) saying: “No, we can’t leave our position here, we must be here.” That is (the) source of troubles, problems, suffering, miseries on earth now and people (are) fighting for that, because they are in such a small distance, they are saying: “Go away. I must have little bit more.” That one (is) saying: “No, you go!” And saying: “We are going to make a group of our people to be all together against that ones.” And they are coming and making for each other a pact: “You must take our hand, hand in hand to defeat those foolish ones, to be all (of that) area only under our authority.” And they (are) saying: “Why you (are) saying that? We must be! On that distance we must be first ones, and glorious and victorious.” Now they eating each other. That is real panorama of world that we are living in it, because people are running away from Allah Almighty’s deputy, Allah Almighty’s representative. When he is calling them, they are getting away, running away. Whom they are running away, (they are) finding other lions; if (they are) save from one, other lions are going to eat them. That is (the) history of 21st century’s civilized nations. All are trying on that point: to eat one group another group, so that (they are) asking not to remain except their group only. They are asking to take away, to take off other nations and to be, to say: “We are now on that prison, we are prisoners.” May Allah forgive us and send us what we are expecting and believing, that He promised us to send us from His divine Presence power and also supported by heavenly powers, supported by miraculous powers that making that miraculous powers material world under their feet to save the servants of (the) Lord and to give them their honour in His divine Presence. May Allah forgive me and bless you. For the honour of the most honoured one in His divine Presence, S. Muhammad sws, Fatiha Lefke, 03.07.2004, transcribed by Khairiyah Siegel
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10117 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: Who Grazes His Ego All Day Wont Get Far
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(A follower asked Sheikh Nazim): "Could you tell me a little bit about the development of the soul?” The Sheikh answered: Wait and see... Blindfolding is a tactic sometimes used by those who lead people along terrifying mountain paths, a technique which insures the safe arrival of that traveller. Those guides know the areas they are leading their people through to be so high and dangerous that, were their eyes not blindfolded, they would be overcome with fear and fall down. The mountain guides, however, are so skilled and experienced that it is no trouble for them to cross those precipices and to lead others as well. After those dangerous paths have been successfully traversed in this condition, the guide removes the blindfold, and the traveller looks back in amazement, saying: "Did I really cross that?" We have such terrifying crossings to make on our way. Therefore, it is also a tactic of the Guides of this Path – the Naqshbandi Path – to keep the follower's eyes closed until he reaches "safety step". Only when that point has been reached the full reality becomes clear to him. But, as of yet, there is no need of letting you see extraordinary things, indeed it would be dangerous to your continued development. Grandsheikh knows when you have made your "safety step" and removes the blindfold. "Is there something more I can do in order to progress toward the point of unveiling more quickly?" Sheikh: You can do nothing except to follow. Follow your Guide: his orders, his example, his manners. If you concentrate on following him you will proceed along the Path with him: to follow is important, nothing else.
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10118 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: Who Grazes His Ego All Day Wont Get Far
Even if you can only manage to connect to and remember your Sheikh once a day, that will be enough for you to be written as his follower; it means that you have boarded that "train" and are still riding on it. As long as the train continues on towards its destination you will move towards yours as well. Even if you are not working as hard as you should for your spiritual life, it doesn't matter so much, for you are still aboard the train – and be you asleep on the floor of the third-class car: the train is moving and you are on it. What is important is to take a train. Yes, even if you are asleep day and night you may progress, if you just keep up your connection with your Sheikh. Pointing to this fact is the saying of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, that on the Last Day everyone will be raised up with his loved ones. So, the more you love your Sheikh, the more you should be able to follow his orders and his example in obedience to Allah Almighty and His Prophet. But even the laziest follower will not be left behind until he reaches his station. For if he is asleep the conductor will come and wake him up, saying: "Wake up, wake up, we have arrived at your station." Then he will groggily reply: "What? Have we really arrived?" "Yes, take your baggage and go." "Is there any way for us to know what our destination is?" Sheikh: He Almighty knows, and He leads you there by means of His beloved servants, servants who have been dispatched for your guidance and who must, therefore, know your destination as well. Allah's Prophet knows, Grandsheikh knows, the chief inspector knows and the conductor knows as well. (Another follower): "Many people who join Sufi Tariqahs expect that by following the Path they will very quickly experience many strange and wonderful states, that the whole journey will be made more exciting for them by their extraordinary visions and inspirations. And actually many followers of other Sufi Paths do relate that they are constantly experiencing amazing states, such as 'Ecstasy' and 'Union with the Divine', and all manner of visions and mystical powers." "But as for myself, I feel just like a normal person. Yes, I do feel much better and more at peace with my- self than I did before – quieter inside and happier. And although I may occasionally see some extraordinary dreams, they are not all that frequent. Certainly, all of what I experience is nothing at all like the marvelous things followers of other ways describe. If I am going somewhere I only know it by some subtle changes, not by dramatic signs; and to tell you the truth, it is alright with me this way; I don't really feel any desire right now to see or do all those things." Sheikh: In our way we are not seeking to see some- thing, but we are pursuing real servanthood of our Lord Almighty: to be His eternal humble servants. We are not looking after anything else, neither here nor hereafter. "But many spiritual seekers hope to gain mystical powers."
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10119 Maulana Sheikh Nazim: Who Grazes His Ego All Day Wont Get Far
Sheikh: It doesn't matter. We have such spiritual powers, and are keeping them hidden. They are of no use to us, and instead of expending that energy in such outward manifestations we are using it to strengthen ourselves in worship and obedience. There is no need for us to look around – that is a way for weak people. If I say to our brother Sheikh Sindbad: "Go and do such-and-such an errand," I needn't offer him a red candy to get him to do it; no, he gets up and hops to it. But if I ask a small boy to run the same errand, I will offer him a red sugar candy: then he will run, otherwise maybe he won't. That is the level of those who are still childish; the level of those who obey without awaiting reward is higher – theirs is the level of adult- hood. Grandsheikhs don't seek to use such extraordinary powers. They are ashamed to perform miraculous acts, ashamed in front of their Lord, because there can be no doubt that the ego is also pleased with such miraculous feats, and takes its share in them as well, which is, of course, counter-productive to our aims. We seek to abase the lower self, not to blow it up all out of proportion by giving it the satisfaction of our performance of miracles. Therefore, the Grandsheikhs of Naqshbandiyya never do anything miraculous unless they are ordered to do so by the Holy Prophet. They are very simple and humble people: you can't distinguish them from ordinary people. They may have nuclear power, but they are so humble that they see themselves as being nothing. If someone urges them to perform a miracle, they may reply: "Oh my son, what are you saying? I am but an ordinary person, an empty case, so how can you expect me to do something like that?" Yes, it is true that they are empty, empty until power comes through them. When that power is sent to them they may do anything, but without it they can do nothing. By means of spiritual purification they have become like unalloyed copper wires which allow power to pass through them without resistance, but if they are disconnected from the source of energy they have no power of their own. So many seekers believe that it is important to be able to read people's mind, foretell the future, fly in the air and walk on the sea: they think that these are the signs of a real Master. But they must keep in mind the fact that houseflies and mosquitoes can also fly in the air, and water-bugs walk on the water. So many evil people also – not only Prophets and Saints – have attained supernatural powers to deceive people: Allah leaves them to misguide those who seek misguidance, those who seek something other than His Divine Countenance. The Anti-Christ (Dajjal) who will appear at the end of time will possess some of the greatest mystical powers ever heard of. No, to perform extraordinary feats is certainly not our goal. Our goal is to become sincere servants of our Lord, to be constant in our worship and good actions – to please our Lord with our steadfastness in obedience and love of Him. To be steadfast on the path of faith in our times is a miracle in
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itself. Many weak-willed people are being pulled into unbelief, unable to resist the onslaught that is virtually sweeping belief from the hearts of men in our times. To follow the Path from beginning to end, surmounting its obstacles, and to move steadily forward towards our goal: that is miraculous. To dabble, to make no sacrifice, no commitment – to be on this way one day and on another the next – that is not the way of the sincere seeker, it is the way of those lacking sincerity and seriousness.* The Naqshbandi Way is clear: its Masters seek nothing but their Lord's Countenance. If any thought of heavenly reward or pleasures should cross their minds, they consider themselves to have broken their state of ritual purity and in need of repeating their ablution. And if any of this world's enjoyments should captivate their thoughts, they consider it necessary to take a total ablution, a complete bath. (Follower): "We would have to live in a swimming pool!" Sheikh: Yes, but we are still little boys, not yet having attained to that station. It doesn't matter yet, you are not responsible in the full sense of the term in the Divine Presence. The Naqshbandi Masters are occupied in the Divine Presence and look no more to what this or the next life have to offer. The main spiritual exercise of the other Sufi Orders centers around the repetition of the phrase: "La ilaha il1a- llah" (There is no God except the One True God, Allah). This is the sword with which the attachments to all "gods" beside the One True God, Allah, are cut. It is the negation of partners to Him Almighty. With the repetition of this phrase one affirms that He Alone deserves to be worshipped, renouncing the worship of all other than He. Be those idols of metal and wood, our own egoism and self-worship, worship of money, power, lust or other people, worship of the intellect, body or whatever else – far exalted be He above all we imagine about Him! The main Naqshbandi formula is the repetition of the Holy Name: "Allah". For after the "operation" of cutting all those lower attachments has been completed the servant calls on his Lord and approaches the Divine Presence. When he really says "La ilaha illa-llah" he negates all else – even himself, and accepts to be nothing in the Unity Oceans of his Lord Almighty. He will never reappear, nor will he want to emerge from that ocean. Then there is only: "Allah, Allah, Allah..." Whoever is seeking this station is welcome; who is looking around for something may find many ways to make himself into "something". *The Sheikh is, of course, not referring to changes in Way and teacher for true spiritual reasons, like Abu
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