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30 years ago, in Damascus. Every 15 days he was coming to Lebanon and making sohbat, Mawlana he was making sohbat one a day, sometime for 5 times sohbah he was making. When he was strong, like river coming, this strong - oceans, strong. He was every time speaking about: to not follow your ego, to not be with ego. Every time he was speaking about ego. One of these people, ignorant people, - this Sheikh not knowing anything else to teach us, only ego?"

Even when he said this, his ego was speaking. Because they are not there to take ego away. All the time he was speaking about ego. Maybe 5 days he was speaking about ego.

After this, tajalli is changing. Mawlana was making people can't explain this, was completely changed from 1 station to another 5 stations. If sometimes we see in this bigger... all before 20 years, cannot believe that this is Mawlana. age 20, and the last 2 years he was only like all holy, only his body, being no connection with dunya. Alhamdulillah this dunya it was all baraka coming for his followers. All the time he was praying for them. Alhamdulillah we have been insha'Allah his grave it will be more and more stronger. His spirituality is with us. what madad is coming, we believe in this 100%. This is real belief.

Who are not feeling spirituality in Islam, they are pity for them. For Islam, specially it is strong in spirituality. But Muslims they are not knowing this. Non Muslims, they try to be spiritual, but without Islam also they cannot find, only dry statue. They put, full of statues, people and speak with them. Like this No way! Yesterday one group in one church they were putting dogs on chairs. "What nobody hear?" Nobody. so, we would like to be people they said. Alhamdulillah, when you come to Islam you find quickly spiritual power. That is wealth. May we more understand and more value.

Wa min Allahi t-Tawfiq .Al Fatiha.

Thank you for letting us speaks here. Alhamdulillah.

11.Who Created Death and Life (67:2) Monday, June 30, 2014.

As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Wa s-salatu wa ssalamu ala Rasulina Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya Sadati As'habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, madad Ya Sh Abdullah Daghistani, madad Ya Sh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah wa l-khayru fi jam'iyya.

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim "Alladhi khalaqa l-mawta wa l-hayata liyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu 'amalan" (67:2). We read the Surah Tabarak just now. Allah Azza wa Jalla created life and death They are things that are created. It means they didn't come by themselves. Just like He created everyone, Allah created death - man has to take that road. The world is a place for trading and profit. Many people have opportunities. They say; "I won't do it today, I'm still young I will do it later." shaitan keeps them busy. You never know, sometimes death comes when you are young. Death reaches them, they pass away without doing anything. But Allah Azza wa Jalla said that the praying of a young person compared to an old person is much better. Our Master Prophet (sas) says; "(Decorated) with these young ones, I feel happy in the presence of Allah, that I look beautiful and majestic."

Among us, there are many people coming and going, young and old ones, rich and poor ones. Many say there were many rich people who were not able to do anything, they went to the other world. The things they did, the good deeds that's what remains for them. If a person enables the doing of something good - If Allah willed good for that person Allah makes him do charity. After that whatever you do, death shall come. When death comes, the medicine becomes a poison. It means medicines won't help. On the contrary it becomes poison for people. But if he still has time to live, Allah protects him. Even the snake passes by him without even biting him. The lion passes by but does not harm. The car looked like it will hit him just a minute ago, but in one second he is saved. Like this, it happens when Allah wants. But when death comes no matter what he does, it is futile. For this reason, the person who financed this building, mashaAllah may Allah bless him, yesterday evening passed away. Because of him we make this short sohbah. Our deceased brother Ahmet Tunca Effendi went through a lot of illnesses. It means there is a lesson to be learned in everything. MashaAllah Allah gave it to him. Allah gave him wealth, property but... thanks to Allah he didn't use it for bad intentions. He made continuous service. Also this place is a charity from him. It means the barakah goes to him. He might have made charity in other places, probably he did because he was

generous. He was a generous and a modest man. We ask mercy for him, with Allah's permission.

He could have done more but... of course people even if they are old, if they are sick, still they don't believe they are going to die. He could have done so much more. But still we say Shukur Allah, Allah willed this much. With the barakah of Sheikh Effendi, because. he was following Sheikh Effendi for almost 20-25 years. He achieved quite good adab. He was raised to high levels. Sheikh Effendi loved him. Also it is a wisdom of Allah. Almost 2 months after Sheikh Effendi, he also went to meet Sheikh Effendi inshallah.

This means, the ones, who take tariqa promise from Sheikh Effendi will definitely be together in the akhira because you are together with the one you love. He also loved Sheikh Effendi so much. He was determined, he even bought a house from this area. He used to come and go all the time, he had so much love. He had so much love for Sh Effendi and for us also.

His belief was strong, he prayed five times, he made a lot of charity too. May Allah give him a place in paradise Inshallah. May Allah give everyone the chance to make more charity. There is no end to doing charity and good deeds. What you give you shall find there (akhira). Don't think they'll give after you pass away. It's difficult. Not everyone has a destiny like that. Because your children, sometimes they're bad mannered, sometimes they are good mannered. If you leave behind a bad mannered child, don't hope any good will come after you pass away. You have to do charity, so that it becomes sadaqa jariya , and it follows you. We read an ayat: "Allah, He created death and life." (67:2) These are not coming from the eternal world. No, they are created like human beings are, like this world. Also death and life - they are created by Allah Azza wa Jalla. Many things people they cannot understand. Islam, the most Islam - the most perfect religion. For this, there are many things you cannot find in another. For they are coming slowly slowly. And the last one Qur'an is a heavenly religion, last one Islam teaching. Maybe from other, we cannot hear.

Death and life - it is created, creation from Allah. Even, time, also creation. Even light, dark - everything is creation from Allah. Many people, their thought, they will not die. Even until last minute, they still hoping they will not die. But it is for everybody, and you must appreciate this time, your time, to do every good thing, to not leave it to after. Don't say "tomorrow I can do this." Because you don't know if it is good or not good, you can live until tomorrow. Because it is creation from Allah - death. For everybody, they have time. When time coming, if he is young, if he is middle-aged, or if he is old. Every time can be pass away. If somebody die young but he is doing good thing and worshipping and believe, he is the most valuable for the Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, for Allah. Prophet is happy with them in front of Allah. Because Allah Azza wa Jalla, He is looking for young people - their worshipping the most precious. But for other people also every time can be. It is not surprise.

Somewhere many people, they are surprised at that. No, no surprise. Allah Azza wa Jalla, He giving certain time, and when time finishes, nobody can help him. Even if you take medicine, this medicine can turn into poison for you. Not working, no, opposite coming poison. But if he not die, Allah prevent everything from him. Even poisonous snake cannot come near you and go away. Or many thing can happen. Last minute, last second you can survive many thing. You must know this, you must not be afraid from. Somebody now... here many people, I hear, they have phobia from death. Many people now. I come - "I have something, I'm afraid to die." There is Turkish saying "afraid not useful for death". If you afraid your death, if you afraid or not afraid, when time coming, you will go, of course. For this, don't be afraid. You'll be ready. What afraid? To afraid - you didn't do anything good for akhirat. You didn't do; you don't worship, you don't believe. You are making bad thing for people. If you are afraid from this, ok. But if you are afraid from that, it's not useful for you. When time coming, we will go. If you afraid, you will not be 20 year, 30 year more. Because you are afraid from that, they will give you life? No. This is nonsense. But to afraid to whom? To go to death and you have something wrong with you.

We spoke this for - yesterday (the one) who built this mosque, he passed away, Ahmet Tunca. And he was nearly 25 years with Mawlana. And he was humble and he was rich man but he was very humble. In life he was loving Mawlana, Mawlana loving him. Alhamdulillah, he made this place, maybe he made other place maybe like this. Many place. But he can still, because he is rich, he can do more and more. But what happened? Even he was very ill and very... not very old. But it's Prophet (sas) said "Between 60 and 70 majority of my ummah, they are passing away". He was 69 year old. But he still, he was knowing all this.

But Allah only give him barakat of Mawlana to do this thing and many things. Even many thing that we didn't know what he done. He was generous man.

It's good to do by yourself. Don't leave this for your son or for your inheritor. Of course, what you, you must be for your son, for your family also. Prophet (sas) said "Don't give everything, look after your poor people". No. You must give, but what you do, you must do also for yourself. If you have capacity to do, you can do by yourself. Better to leave it behind you. Sometimes many people, their children, their sons; not everybody to be like that.

So better what you give, you by yourself, you find it in akhira. Allah make him, he is also loving Mawlana. And nearly after two months, he pass away. He will meet Mawlana In- sha’Allah . Because Mawlana and hadith shareef saying: "The men who love a man, he will be with him in akhira." And alhamdulillah, he 25 years with Mawlana and quickly after him, he will meet him In-sha’Allah . Allah make his maqam in Jannat In-sha’Allah .

Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

12.Ramadan Tuesday, July 1, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Tariqatuna s-sohba wa-l khairu fi-l jami'a. Ramadan mubarak In-sha’Allah .

We had no chance yesterday, we talked about something else. It's the 4th day of Ramadan today. MashaAllah it is a very good month; very holy, blessed, abundant month. Allah Azza wa Jalla has given His believing servants all goodness, beauties, blessings. Everything that is beautiful He has given to His believing servants, both apparent and hidden. Fasting is a beautiful worship. It is a worship to discipline your ego. However, as much as worship is difficult, as much peace comes to a man. It gives the peace of defeating the ego. A man feels very good - a Muslim, the one fasting in Ramadan, the one who believes. Who doesn't believe, it passes like normal days to him. But when Ramadan comes to a believer, no matter where he is on earth, Allah puts that beautiful feeling inside him. Fasting during the day, tarawih at night, sahur - each has its sawab (reward). Good deeds are written. Ranks are increased.

We were in London and returned just last week. You know, when Ramadan came, Sheikh Effendi used to go to London a few days before Ramadan. He would spend Ramadan there. He was there all the time. He stayed there even after Ramadan. Ramadan was like a holiday every day. It was like a holiday for people. At night he would come after iftar, lead taraweeh, give sohbat. They would talk, then it would be morning. At nights, mostly tahajjud. Until other prayers are made, it was sahur already. After sahur a prayer, a morning prayer, then work. So nearly more than 16 hours of the day all of them would spend in worship, in lovely talk and Allah's love. Everybody tells about it, nobody can forget those days. Then Sheikh Effendi was... There's no one who doesn't change except Allah. Everything else changes. Sheikh Effendi was young then. He would give 5-6 sohbas a day. Not a 5-minute sohba like ours. That time was the time full of abundance, blessing and light. That's why, many people became Muslim. Even unbelievers became Muslim. Who was on a wrong way found the way. Muslims. There are many Muslims. However, many people don't know about Islam. With that blessing, with that abundance, that miracle, all of them, most people came to the right way. This is the blessing of Ramadan, the blessing of Sheikh Effendi. So Ramadan is a gift given by Allah Azza wa Jalla to His believing servants. May Allah let all of us keep on this beautiful way with our families. May there be guidance for other Muslims as well. May there be guidance for Muslims. May they come to the right way. This is a beautiful way of Allah, the way of love.

May non-Muslim ones who have goodness in their hearts, who have mercy, come to Islam with the blessing of this month, In-sha’Allah . Because it is not easy to come to Islam. Who has no mercy, who has no cleanliness cannot come. Therefore, may good people become Muslim In-sha’Allah . Most people are not on the right way - says Allah Azza wa Jalla. May those who are good come with the blessing of this Ramadan In- sha’Allah . Because it is Allah's pleasure. He said He won't guide everyone. He let only some of the people be guided. He showed this beautiful way to them. May Allah not let us obey our egos. May He not let us fall from the right way. Don't give fatwa to do as you like by obeying your ego and say you're Muslim. Keep and protect the right way.

Today is the 4th day of Ramadan. Ramadan, it is a holy month, holy month - it is a gift from Allah. For whom? For believers. This month, it is month of rahmah - mercy, baraka, wideness and light, and hudhr -peace, wisdom. This month's special gift for believers who they believe in Allah, Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, for all prophets, sallAllahu alaihum wa sallam - not some of them. We accept all of them. And it is difficult, not easy. Because we are fasting, not eating anything until sunset, and in this hot. Even not hot in some European country, it is very long day. It is not easy, but it is... how much it is difficult, it is more sweet. Why? Because you are taking your ego under your feet. You control your ego. This is one of the wisdoms of fasting. Ramadan fasting month. 30 days or 29 days sometimes. And night time also we pray more, 20 rakat. We pray. Some of them they said they are not respecting sunnah. Some of them maybe praying 2 rakat, some of them 4 rakat, but the most of our brothers who is knowing everything - arabs - 8 rakat, they pray. You must pray 20 rakat to be... You are free, you can you can pray as much as you like but Allah, He give you present for you to take more baraka, to take more mercy from Him. Take for baraka - to pray 20. You pray 8 rakat and after you go and speak until sahur, or sometime before sahur and you sleep before sahur.

No. You must pray sunnah. It is also present from Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, to give you more reward and to be your higher position. After this, we pray, we sleep, we pray tahajjud also. After tahajjud, we make sahur.

This is 3 things for Ramadan it is most important: to fasting, and when you break your fast also reward, you pray tarawih also reward with jamaat. After you pray night- praying, sahur. You must do sahur because Prophet, sallAllahu alaihu wa sallam, ordered it is baraka. All orders of Allah Azza wa Jalla and Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, it is baraka and for your benefit. They are not need for you. And they give you. Take this gold, take this diamond for you. You say - "No, I don't want this." And they are giving, and they are happy if you are taking. If you are not taking, also they will not lose anything. But they all to make this believer to take more and more from generosity of Allah Azza wa Jalla. Ramadan everywhere, it is nice for who believes and who knows Ramadan from believers. But many believers, they are not knowing

Ramadan. Ramadan also, he doesn't know them, not affecting them. But when you believe in Ramadan and for Allah you are fasting, even you are in middle of the worst unbeliever people but you believe, you also, you feel this nice feeling.

Mawlana, you know, when he was going to London, especially going before Ramadan and whole month of Ramadan he was there. It was like feast. People, they were sleeping in Peckham and other places, one on each other, so crowded, packed. And they were very happy. Everyday like feast for them. Mawlana, he was very strong, you know, that time. They were coming all around the world. People from England also, they coming from far distance staying 3 days, 4 days. Some of them staying all month with Mawlana. But it was real concentration of love of Allah, love of Prophet, love of Awliya. He was coming maybe making breakfast, another place coming for tarawih, after tarawih sohba or qasida or something. After going to house making tahajjud. After making sahur before praying fajr together. And for all days it was long sohbat. He was giving maybe 5-6 sohbat.

It was mashaAllah like river, not like me only 10 minute. But it was ocean of light, baraka, and mercy, and peace that people were coming. Non-Muslim, they become Muslim, many of them. Even from Muslim, because Muslim also say Muslim - they are worse than non-Muslim, some of them. Not believe at all. Because not teaching them from childhood or they was in Western country. They forget everything. They were coming again, and they became strong iman, belief.

It was many people when I was there. I was saying come to Ramadan but it come not like Mawlana. Mawlana is only once. Who was with him, it is his luck. But alhamdulillah we are following him. We are following. We are happy with Ramadan, with Allah, with Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam. This is from his teaching. He teached us to be, to know what are our good for us, (and what) it is not good for us. Good to follow them, Prophet and awliya. Not good to follow your ego. This month, it is month of patience and to put control on your ego. Don't make fatwa excuse for yourself. "I can do this, I can do that." No, you must follow what Allah Azza wa Jalla saying. It is very important. One of this good teaching Mawlana teaching us. If you follow this, you'll be high and be happy. You will be respected from people. And you will be loved for Allah, for Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam. Allah make us from these people.

Wa min Allahi t-tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.

13.Naqshbandi Tariqa Wednesday, July 2, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya Sadati As'habi RasulAllah, madad Ya Masha’ikhina, madad Ya Sheikh Abdullah Fa’iz Daghestani, madad Ya Muhammad Nazim al- Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohbah wa l-khayru fi jam'iyya.

May the blessings of Ramadan be upon us In-sha’Allah . As we said, Ramadan is a month of beauty. It is a month of peace, blessings, blessings and faith for Muslims. A Muslim should know what Allah orders. Muslims are mostly naive. Like our Prophet said, most of the people of paradise are naive. He says "Aktharu ahl-ul jannat bulh". "Bulh" meaning naive, almost stupid, easily deceived. Who can be deceived? The man who has no owner. The man who's not attached to anywhere. As soon as he hears something from someone, he says this man is speaking right.

Here they make assemblies of dhikr. Ladies recite tawhid. Hundreds of thousands of scholars have said it's nothing to recite tawhid in jamaat. One man, an imitation scholar came on television and said it's not acceptable. He stopped the assembly. He stopped the assembly from reciting tawhid. So without knowing, they believe one man and don't listen to so many scholars. That time the man perished because he prevented so many people getting reward. And he commits a sin by stopping the assembly of tawhid without understanding and without asking about it. Why is that? Because he's not from tariqa. People of tariqa, support from our Prophet comes to them. They receive guidance from him. When they receive that guidance, they don't do bad or wrong with the permission of Allah.

There are thousands of hadith, more than a hundred ayats which say - remember Allah. But they leave everything and listen to one ignorant man, a bad scholar who will enter hell twice. He prevents so many people from doing good. Shukr to Allah, we took from Sheikh Effendi and Masha'ikh. They gave us support. The sohbas, advice, and knowledge given by Sheikh Effendi will be enough for 100 years for all -both for dunya and akhira. He tells not to be deceived by such people. This is one kind. The second one is even worse - these people that say they'll make jihad. First of all, there is adab, proper way, conditions and methods of making jihad. You can't say you will make jihad all by yourself. You will commit a sin and remain in hell forever. Because for a Muslim... It is said in every hadith of our Prophet and in the last, the most famous Last Sermon which is the strongest of all hadith - they call it mutawatir. It is a khutba - hadith spoken in front of

124 thousand sahabas. Blood, goods, honor, everything belonging to a Muslim is a sin for other Muslims to touch. As much as to the living, there should be as much respect to the dead. We believe in this. This is the creed of ahlu s-sunnah wa l-jam'at. Those outside this are called "kharij". Kharij meaning they left. They say "rafida". These are the ones who don't accept sharia. These are crazy communities. We don't follow them. Naqshbandi Tariqa is Islamic Sharia itself, it is its core. The core itself. It's not even a tiny bit out of sharia.

If jihad is to be made, it can't be done by a single man. Or it can't be by saying "I'll make jihad". There is order, government above you. You are under their orders. If they say, of course you'll make. It can't work as you wish. How will it work? As you are, Allah sends such person to be your leader. If the time comes, it will happen. But by desolating all the nation and oppressing them in order to rescue them from oppression you become 1000 times worse than the (first) oppressor.

Such is the condition of rafida and khariji people. They are out of ahl-us-sunnah wa-l jam'a. People of tariqa are never out; all of them are in ahl-us sunnah wa-l jam'a. They believe in and respect the Prophet and all sahabas/companions. Because swearing at a sahaba leads to the Prophet turning his face away on the Day of Resurrection, and this leads to Allah cursing that man. Allah curses the one who swears at sahaba. This is an advice of Ramadan, and it is very important. You will harm him a lot. A servant's right is very important. As we say: someone harming a Muslim or killing him on purpose, will fall into eternal hell. Let him boast and swear as much as he wants in this world. Wild people. It is said in Qur'an "Wa'idha l-wuhushu hushirat"(81:5) We have read this ayat many times. We read this ayat hundreds of times but we didn't understand it. May Allah increase his maqam, our father said it 3-5 months before his death. "Wuhushu hushirat", wild ones became many. We thought "wuhoosh" are wild animals. No, wild animals are like kitty cats next to wild people. Even the worst snake, as soon as it hears the voice of a man, it crawls away. It won't stay close, it won't follow after you to hunt you. There's nothing like this. But these wild ones go after men; live ones and even dead ones can't escape from them. We are never together with them.

We never approve what they do. What is approval for? It's not for our egos. It is a command of Allah. If you see a bad man, change him with your hand, if you can. Of course, we can't. How to change? You should change with your tongue. If you can't at least you should dislike. You don't do it for them to relax. Let them suffer their punishment by themselves.

Today we are speak about also Ramadan. It is the most nice, most peaceful month, most baraka and full of light month. Allah give us understanding for it, to be happy with Ramadan. Allah give us everything for benefit of Muslim for happiness, to be happy, but people they are cheated by wrong people. Who are these people? Because Muslim people, they are very pure, very pure, naive people. Simple, simple people. And

Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam he was saying one hadith: most of Paradise people from these simple people. So Muslim people it is even coming to be like idiot. Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, most of Ahlu l-Jannah, al bulh. Bulh that meaning, it means - simple, and to be like a no-mind. So many of Muslim people, you can cheat them very easily.

How have, we can keep ourself from not to be cheated, to follow 'alim, mashsha'ikh from Tariqa, because Tariqa connecting to Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Who is not in Tariqa, they're not connecting to Prophet sallahu alaihi wa sallam, so they make by their ego, following ego, and what they understand is from what they read and most of them they not read the right book. They not accepting many of Sahaba, not accepting. Ulama, only they have what they, very few ulama and these scholars, their description, Prophet described them as bad scholars. Bad scholar, Prophet sallahu alaihi wa sallam was saying, he will be punished twice in Jahannum. Double in Hell, because one, he is knowing what he do & other one because he is not following.

There was people they were reading La ilaha illa'Llah together, every time for Ramadan or for other things. Once one of them hear from television 'this is bid'a, don't do this', and when they tell these people, they all stop to do this. This is very small example from these bad people, what they can do. And this making people to not have reward from what they were doing. And there is thousands of ulama they are not saying anything, and they are telling people to do this (not do dhikr). They are not doing this. Only one idiot coming from TV, saying this, all these people they are not doing anymore dhikr. And there is thousands of hadith, hundreds of ayah, Allah said, say - La ilaha illa 'Llah; say, remember Allah. Who doing this, they have much reward from Allah but people only from one, hearing, they are believing. How to keep yourself away from this thing? To follow Tariqa.

Alhamdulillah, we are following Naqshbandi Tariqa. It is the most distinguished Tariqa, (the one) most following Sharia, even, it is heart of Sharia. No different, not at all different. What is to follow your sheikh? Your murshid tell you what to do what is right, what is wrong and they are by order of Prophet and Allah Azza wa Jalla.

We are looking around and we are seeing many people they are saying we must make jihad, we must make this. First, you must, if you must make jihad, you make jihad (against) your ego. Who are making jihad, you are making jihad for your ego - you cannot do this for your ego. For Allah you can make jihad but jihad you cannot make by yourself. You take something and go to kill people? No. Hadith from the last khutbah of Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam he was saying that you cannot kill your brother, Muslim brother, you cannot touch his property, you cannot touch his wife or children. You must leave exact and this is very strong hadith because Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was saying this in front of more than 100,000 Sahaba in Hajju l-Wada. So nobody can say this wrong, this is weak, this is not true. How they deny this? I don't know.

So if they are (making) jihad, they must be following your, who are Muslim, Sultan/Khalifa. Now we don't have khalifa, we cannot do. Just what we can do is to keep ourself in peace

with people. As-sulhu khairun (4:128) to this, but first to fight your ego. Because everywhere who is fighting now they were claiming they will take people from oppressor to freedom from these people and, they will bring better. But they were thousand times worse than this oppressor. People they ask, why, what we do, about this? We wish if nothing happened we are happy with this oppressor. Eh, how you are saying this? You are doing good, this? No. And there was ayat, wa idha l-wuhushu hushirat (81:5). I read more than thousand times this. Since childhood we are reading this. We not understanding what meaning, just we thought for Day of Judgment wild animals they will come and (be) together. Maulana Sheikh he was teaching before 4,5 months ago, he was saying "wa idha l-wuhushu hushirat", that wild wahshi/beast to come together. This he said, this is people- beast, not what we was thinking. But really, now these people, they are beast, not only in some places in world, everywhere. These beasts coming together. The wild animal it is not so dangerous like this.

Even the most terrible, poison snake, also if it see you he run away. He not following to eat you. These people they are following not even alive people, dead people also, they not survive from what they done. How we can accept this? We are not accepting this. There's two - or we are Naqshbandi Tariqa, Ahl as-Sunnah wa l Jama'a, Alhamdulillah, and this is big favour from Allah. Who is out of Ahl as-Sunnah wa l-Jama'a they are most.. they are not respecting Islam, they are not respecting Prophet, they are not respecting Sahaba. They calling them many thing, they have name. Who is outside Ahl as-Sunnah wa l-Jama'a, we are not accepting them. We cannot do anything, but by tongue we are saying we are not accepting. If you cannot say by your tongue, even by your heart you must say - 'this is not good, we are not accept this, not for our ego, this is for Allah Azza wa Jalla'.

Allah keep us safe from this fitna, big fitna this. Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, he was mentioning this it will happen, last days of dunya. Alhamdulillah the last days of dunya coming, In-sha’Allah . We are believing for Mahdi alaihi salam, and other, what Maulana say. Slowly, slowly coming. It is boiling now. War, it will be what Maulana Sheikh said. And just what we will do? We keep away from fitna and don't interfere with anything. Keep your family, your Tariqa brother together. And who like advice, you can give them advice to be with Tariqa. Because In-sha’Allah , Allah save us here and Hereafter. And most important Akhirah, here also not. We are going to Allah. Just we are changing from door- to-door. It's not important, but important thing to be, to not go, if you do something wrong to give your Muslim brother, you are forever in Hell. If you take something from them, you also be in Hell, because Allah warning you.

So be very careful, very aware from doing bad things against Allah's Order, Prophet's, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, order.

Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq Al Fatiha.

14.Don’t Smoke Thursday, July 3, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya Sadati As'habi Rasulullah, madad Ya Mashayikhina, madad Ya Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohbah, wa l-khayru fil jam'iyya.

Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. "Kulu Wa Ashrabu Wa La Tusrifu" (7:31) "Eat, drink and don't be excessive." (7:31) Aayatul Karima. He says: Eat, drink, and don’t be excessive.

This is the order of Ramadan, Islam's order. To control the ego fasting is a must. It is a nice worship, The ego can only be controlled by fasting. When Allah Azza wa Jall, created the ego, He said; "Who are you, Who am I?" The ego said "You are You, I am me." He (awj) threw him to suffer. After 3 months, the ego said the same thing. Finally He (awj) left the ego hungry. Then when He asked "Who are you, Who am I?" the ego said, You are Allah Azza wa Jalla.

Fasting is a beautiful blessing that Allah gives to control the ego. Eat, drink, don't be excessive. When you eat, eat properly, within limits. Leave space for breath, for water and for food. Allah gave everything a measure. There is nothing without a reckoning/calculation and a measure. "Calculation" He says. "Allah created days, months and calculation" He says again. If you only eat food without drinking, without leaving space for breathing. It is harmful for the body. If you eat and drink too much, then you cannot breathe, no space for breath. It is also a need. But breath is not just from the lungs. When the stomach gets bigger it represses the breath also, you cannot breathe.

People are ambitious. They are also greedy. Because of his ambition, nothing can fulfill him. Even if he fills his stomach, because of greed sometimes people eat until they explode. They don't care. Actually after you are full - our Master (sas) says; even before you are full, stop eating. After we are full... we are eating the same amount as if we are still hungry. Keeping the middle path is the best. Don't stay too hungry either. In old times it was good to stay hungry, especially dervishes. Now nobody is able to do this. But do not eat too much, it harms the body - not only the body, but it harms the spirituality even more, if you eat too much.

This month of Ramadan is a beautiful month; an opportunity to get rid of bad habits. In the old times when the 3 holy months started alcoholics stopped drinking. At least

they could stop during Ramadan. Nobody does that now. Nobody respects that. They complain about it. You have to complain to your own nafs. Complain about yourself. Everybody is responsible for their own deeds. You get what you deserve. Most people are addicted to smoking. These summer months are Mashallah 17-18 hours of fasting. They can stop (smoking) a few hours more. If you are able to make 18 hours without smoking, the rest of the time you can sleep. If you don't smoke, you can easily complete your fasting. You will be protected from a big trouble. For this reason, if there are people who did not intend to stop smoking - this Ramadan, even from now on - if they make intention, Allah will help them. It will feel easy.

This way you get rid of a bad habit. Also you gain your health. Because they say smoking is not haram, but ... if you think about it well, it is a haram. Someone, who is clever should not say: " Smoking is not haram."

If for nothing else - that smell, dirty smell disturbs the people around you. Secondly it is a waste of money. I mean with that money, a poor person spends at least 10 lira daily for cigarettes, if he spends that 10 lira for something else, if he bought bread it is enough for his family. It is bad for your health. It causes all kinds of illnesses, It contains all kinds of poisons. It is not right to say it is not a sin. If you smoke poison you die. It is a sin. To smoke poison is not halal. Nobody can say poison is halal. You cannot smoke and say it is halal for poison that kills people. Because it is bad. It kills people. You are committing suicide which is a sin. It is one of the biggest sins. The month of Ramadan is a good, big opportunity to get rid of bad habits. We all make mistakes, wrong doings. Nobody is perfect. Inshallah in this month we get rid of this at least. Ayatul karima, saying Allah "Kulu Wa shrabu Wa La Tusrifu" (7:31) "eat and drink and do not waste". Before Ramadan this is good Ayah, for everything good, but specially for Ramadan to control your ego. Because ego only by hunger you can control it. When Allah created ego He was saying "who are you, who I Am?" Ego every time saying "I am I" until Allah making many difficulties for ego. Nothing can affect for ego until for 3 months in hunger, after when coming saying "ok You are my Lord I am Your servant." Ramadan is good for these things. When you eat in Ramadan even, you must leave place for food, place for water, place for air also. So if you only put food you need water also. Without water you cannot, it will be bad for your body. If you put only water and food, you are full. No place for air. It is also bad for your breathing. You must leave some place, for this. Even your breath from lungs but also this affect.

What Allah (awj) everything He make it by measure, by counting everything. Have special measurement you must follow this. If you follow this, you'll be happy. Because your body rest and when your body rest you can make more worshipping; you can make ibada more. But if something bad in your stomach full, you cannot only, you want to get rid of this food. Food, if you eat more it is not good for mankind. Mankind they must eat enough for them, until to be full up. But now many people they are eating more than full up. They eat once, maybe one spoon, one plate more after they finish eating. All the time in every advice and Hadith and other, they say you must eat very small, but nowadays people they cannot do this.

Even for this we are saying if you are finished, don't take more. Eat enough for you, leave place for water and for air also. And Ramadan it is a month to get rid of many bad habits. Old time people they were more respecting each other and more respect for these holy days, holy months. Since 40-50 years they forget this also. Because before when the 3 holy months coming, there was... if anyone had a bad habit like drink, or doing bad things, even steal or... When there were the 3 months they were not doing anything until finish. But these days even in Ramadan we saw them drinking and alcohol and others not fasting. They have no respect. And after they are complaining every time, for government, they complain for family. This is from your hand, what you've done. Allah is not oppressor but what you deserve Allah gives you. You make by yourself. Don't complain for this and that. Only complain for yourself.

But other people also from who are praying or Muslim people... in Ramadan there is big opportunity for leaving smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes or another thing also. Many people and Muslims also they have this bad habit. It is not good. Don't say... No excuse for this. You are coming. Allah gives you all these good things and you are not happy. You must smoke cigarettes or another thing? Phuh aleykum! Like Mawlana spitting on these people. It is big shame. In Ramadan it is time to get rid of this bad habit. I don't want to hear from anybody you are doing this bad things. Ramadan you are fasting now here, nearly 18 hours and maybe 7 hours you are sleeping. Only 1 hour you can for smoking. If you forget this 1 hour, you will get rid of smoking also.

No excuse for you. You must even if you do not have the intention to make it from 1st Ramadan, now and all until end of Ramadan you get rid of this bad habit and you can feel better for everything, spiritually and physically also. Because this cigarette they said, haram or not haram. But I think it is haram because it has many things - not only one thing to be haram - many things. First of all without anything if somebody smokes near you, you feel very bad headache. Very bad smelling. Even he is not smoking, when he is coming, everything coming from him smelling smoke - very ugly smell. You say this for these people who some of them they don't realize themselves. But from smoking once Mawlana telling some brother, he was driving him in his car, telling him "What is this? You put here a goat?" It was smelling very bad, like urine of goat. After this, when this man heard this, he was 3 packet, 60 cigarettes a day he was smoking, he throw it out and not smoking anymore. And from here I tell these people also there is worse than cigarettes also. They are doing it I am hearing in Europe or other countries. It is no excuse for you! Allah give you everything. Don't follow your ego. Don't follow who is giving you fatwa to do this. This is haram and bad behaviour for Allah, for Prophet (saws) for Awliya'. Because Allah made you in very good condition, everything good. Many people they cannot find even one piece of bread to eat. You have everything but still you are complaining you are not happy, so you must smoke to be happy. What is this? Allah by sake of Allah and Prophet (saws), Mawlana and Ramadan take this bad habit from us insha'Allah.

Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq . Al-Fatiha.

15.Come To the Right Way Friday, July 4, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya Sadati As'habi RasulAllah, madad Ya Mashaikhina fi t-Tariqati n-Naqshibandiyya, madad Ya Sheikh Abdullah Faiz ad-Daghestani, madad Ya Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohbah, wa l-khairu fi l-jam'iyya.

Today is holy Friday. It's the first Friday of Ramadan. A holiday. Allah Azza wa Jalla has made Friday a holiday for Muslims. There is an hour of acceptance in this day. It's the hour when prayers are accepted. We will pray here today as well In-sha’Allah . We will pray for the Nation of Muhammad to come to the right way In-sha’Allah . It is not according to our wishes, not according to our desires, but according to the wish of Allah. If our wishes are according to His wish, that brings happiness to people.

If you see a man on the right way, if you see a perfect man, he has achieved the mercy of Allah. Who preserves himself from sins, he is given the mercy of Allah. Allah is merciful to that man. Because some people... most people, not some people, they commit sins with a big appetite. Fasting is the most difficult thing for them. However, beloved servants of Allah... Leave fasting aside... Based on what Hz. Ali said in winter. Our Master said one thing, and everyone else then told their 3 good things. Everyone said different things. When it was Hz. Ali's turn, "Serving the guests" - he said first he loved to serve guests. And nowadays, most people don't like to serve guests. They don't like guests, not to mention serving them.

Secondly, he loved to fast in summer. Fasting is difficult and it is more difficult in summer. It is hot here, there it's twice as hot. Hz. Ali, a beloved servant of Allah, he loved it too. Our normal sinful people don't like it, none of them like fasting. And thirdly, he said darb-ul saif, making jihad on the way of Allah, sacrificing his ego. He never ran away from jihad. Hz. Ali made jihad when it was time. When it wasn't, he stepped aside. When there was permission, it was made. When there was no permission, it wasn't made. But all these 3 things are difficult things.

As we said, these are favours of Allah for men to avoid sins and do good things. People of this time want to sin. Our Prophet says "If you stop fasting one day on purpose, even if you fast until the end of your life, you won't reach its virtue". "Wa tahsabunahu hayyinan wa huwa 'inda Allahi adhimun"(24:15)ayatul karima (to you it's as nothing but to Allah it's great) Allah Azza wa Jalla says in Quran. People think it's a very simple thing. They stop fasting, don't pray, don't do anything. It seems very easy to them. But

it is very big and great for Allah Azza wa Jalla. It is not good to underestimate the command of Allah. Certainly, a man will get both physical and spiritual harm for it. Allah never oppresses anyone. Everyone suffers from their own deeds.

It is the month of Ramadan. If you commit sins, don't show your sins to people. If you can't fast, eat at home. Don't eat outside in the street, everywhere. This is a big manifestation. To underestimate these beautiful things given by Allah is a big mistake. People who do this bad thing will regret a lot afterwards. When they enter the presence of Allah, they will be with Allah. Nowhere to run away. As we say, if you can't do, at least show respect, show adab to this virtuous month, to the orders of Allah. If you can't fast, don't oppose it. People are afraid of people, but not afraid of Allah. And Allah is the Eternal One. You won't be able to escape. There's no other God. Only Allah. He is present when you are alive, and after you pass away, Allah will be present, the Everlasting. Therefore, be cautious. Don't miss His beautiful favours. Allah Azza wa Jalla is favouring you. Go ahead, take this beauty. But you say you don't want it and oppose it. You are doing a bad thing. You know yourselves. That's why we said in the beginning of Juma that we want the hour of acceptance so that these people, the Nation of Muhammad, to receive guidance, see the right way. May they do at least as much as they can. Today Juma, Friday, and it is first Friday of Ramadan, the holy month. Ramadan, it is very holy month for Ummatu Muhammad and Friday also the holy day for Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, for his Ummah. And Friday, there is one hour, it is hidden between the 24 hours (when) Allah accept your dua, your praying, what you want. He give you. We pray to Allah to give Ummati Muhammad, to lead them to right way because Islam is not what they doing this, who they claiming they are Muslim. It is not like this, Islam.

Islam, the purest religion and who following Islam he (will) be happy here and Hereafter also. Allah give His Mercy for us, to avoid us to make sins. In Quran there is ayah: wa man taqi s-sayyi'ati yawma'idhin faqad rahimtahu (40:9). When You make us to avoid sin You make it blessed and mercy for these people. But most people they are happy with what they are doing. (It) is sin. Many of them not fasting, not praying, or some of them they said we are praying but they are doing wrong thing for other people, for Muslim, for non-Muslim, for everything not ordered by Islam. Many wrong ways, very few people they are following right way. Right way it is difficult but it is blessed way. When you happy with this you are not happy to do sins. Even, the most what they don't like, these people, (is) fasting. But the holy people they liking to be fasting. Some of them fasting whole year, some of them twice a week or one day fasting, one day not fasting. And Hazrat Ali, karamallahu wajh, he was saying 'I like 3 things from this dunya, this life,' because Prophet, sallallau alaihi wa sallam, was saying 'I love 3 things' so every Sahaba was saying - Hz Abu Bakr saying, 3 things, Hz Umar he was also saying, after Hz Uthman and coming to Hz Ali, karamallahu wajh - that 'I like from this life, from this world, 3 things. I like to be generous with guests, to make them happy

with every good thing for them'. These days people they even don't like guests, not to even serve good things. Very few people they like guests. Second one, he said, 'I like to be fasting in summer'. Summer you see now, here very hot but in Mecca, Madina, twice, double hot from here. But he was saying 'I like to fast in summer'. And third one to, darb us-sayf, to throw, cut with sword. Three things, it is very difficult but he was liking this, not for his ego, for Allah; to be happy with Allah. We read in the hadith sharif, Allah He is happy with these people who praying and fasting and He say to angel, 'Look these people, they are doing this'. Prophet in khutbah, we were saying, he said, 'You must do this good thing to be happy with Allah'. So Hazrat Ali, karamAllahu wajh, he was doing this for Allah, for sake of Allah. And for fasting, if you didn't fast one day in Ramadan, not other day. Ramadan you must fast. If you don't fast without any excuse, you must make (up) one day. But before you do one day, if you don't have any excuse, you must make 60 days for kaffarah (penance). But Prophet sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam said, 'Even if you do this, you fast with your knowing this is haram, this is not good. If you fast not only sixty days, until end of life you cannot take reward for one day of Ramadan. People they think it is easy. The Ayatu l-karima, "watahabunahu hayyinan wa huwa 'inda Allahi adhim" (24:15). People they thought it is very easy, very simple to not do this, and it is okay, you can do this but in front of Allah it is very huge things - not easy, not simple as you think. Allah give you all this and you are making very, 'I don't care' you said. It is not right, this. You will be judged for this in Akhirah and Allah, He know what He do with you. Even you cannot do praying or you cannot fast it is not good to go in front of people and do drinking and eating in Ramadan. People now they are making worse than this, they drink alcohol even, in Ramadan. So we cannot do anything. But Allah - they cannot escape from Allah Azza wa Jalla, here or Hereafter, no place to escape.

For this we are from beginning of sohbah we pray: In-sha’Allah today to be time of accepting du'a to make Ummati Muhammad to come to right way, In-sha’Allah . We are not happy to see people they are out of right way. no. It is really hurting people. You cannot say, 'go to hell' to these people. No. We want them all to be in Paradise, In-sha’Allah , to come to right way. Allah give them guidance, and Allah give all our people also good understanding, long life, happy life, with health and wealth and not to be in need to anybody. And to be in thabbitna ala l-haqq (steadfast on Truth),

Ya Allah. bi hurmati l-surat Al Fatiha.

16.Generosity Monday, July 7, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.. Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya Sadati As'habi RasulAllah, madad Ya Mashaikhina fi Tariqati Naqshbandiyya, madad Ya Abdullah Daghestani, madad Ya Sheikh Muhammad Nazim alHaqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyya.

Allah loves generous people. Worship consists of two parts, which mean the requirements of faith, requirements of Islam: saying shahada, praying, giving zakat. Zakat is an important worship. Giving it has nothing to do with generosity, in fact - it is obligatory for people, obligatory to give. That's why, when you give, you should do it with joy. Don't give with your hand shaking. It is like when there is a bad illness in your body or a tumor, when it is taken out of your body, you become healthy; that zakat money is like this among your possessions, it is bad. If you keep it, just like an illness poisons the body, it is a poison for you in your possessions, because it's not your money. Bad. It is bad. You won't see any goodness in what you eat as well. If you give it, your possessions will increase. They won't decrease.

As we said, it doesn’t belong to you. If you keep it among your possessions and wealth, you will have committed theft. Evil will come to you from all sides. You commit a sin. But a generous person can give more when his zakat is little by adding more to it. He can give as much as he wants. He should give with the intention of zakat. He can give more than 2,5% as his zakat. Allah knows. Allah knows its calculation. Allah will accept with the intention of zakat. If you give all your possessions with the intention of sadaqa, it won't substitute for zakat. It won't remove your obligation. You should give as zakat. If it becomes more when you give zakat, it will become sadaqa with intention of zakat. But you will have received the virtues of that obligation. If you are generous, Allah Azza wa Jalla is the Most Generous, He will certainly give you from His neverending never-finishing treasures. But the ego doesn't want this for man and it loves greediness. Allah and the Prophet love generosity. The ego, shaitan, desires, loves greediness. They want everything for themselves so that others can't have it. These beautiful rules exist in Islam too. It warns people so that they don't obey their ego and perish, so that they don't let the poison in.

Then people have this story of this happening, that happening; "I did this, I did that. Why did I become like this?" No one sees his mistake and no one addresses the mistake. We are in such time, when you can

say "You made such mistake" only to a few people, not to everyone; if you say "You're mistaken" to others, you won't see that man again. That's why we manage by saying "You're fine. Allah knows why it happened." We can't tell anyone their mistakes. We're in such a time - no one accepts advice. That's why we manage somehow. But people should see their mistakes. We mention various things in these sohbahs.

In-sha’Allah all of us... we speak to our own egos before yours. As we said, it is in everyone's ego. "Shuhhun muta'an" - A man is greedy. He doesn't want to give. But you should overcome your ego.

You should give to good places. You should give to an appropriate place. Because people of this time, even if you give money to the poorest man he will go out and buy useless things while his children are stay hungry. He will take care of his ego's desires, such as cigarettes, and other useless things, which exist now.

In old times, a man in the countryside could live with 2 goats. Now even with 200 goats, a man can't survive. That's why, when you give to these people, pay attention that it goes to a proper place. Paying for gambling debts or other debts of someone is neither zakat nor sadaqa. It is not even humanity. You should pay attention to this. When you are generous and distribute money everywhere possible, it's not generosity anymore. It is profligacy. It should be in its proper place. Everything is good in its place.

Today we speak about generosity. Generosity, it is the best attribute for mankind. Allah is The Most Generous, Allah - Prophet also, the most in this universe. Awliya Allah, Sultan, mashsha'ikh, all of them, they are generous people. We speak for generosity because Islam main 5 things, two of them, it is to be generous. One of them to give zakat. Zakat it is order, fard/obligatory. First to be Muslim you must say: Ash- hadu an la ilaha illa'Llah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh.

Second, to pray. Prayer also, it is main for Islam. Third, to give zakat. What is zakat? This is to clean your money. To clean what you have from money or from animal, or land; land for only growing, not with housing, or house, no need also. You can look for this in book, or ask after. But main thing, to give zakat. To give zakat, it is not generosity from you. Don't think, 'I am very generous, I give zakat'. For you to be proud, no. Zakat, it is obligatory for you. And what Allah only said. For gold or other same, similar quantities from money, you must give zakat for this, 2.5% for this money. For sheep and other also, they have another counting. But when you give this you clean your money, what you have. Like if you have any bad thing in your body, how when it goes away, you be happy and you be at rest. This money, 2.5 % in what you own, when you give this you clean your money. And when you make this, money growing more, Allah give baraka for this money. And if you don't give, it is like poison. Like poisoning your money even if you thought "Oh, it is good, I didn't give it. Why I will give? Maybe I have 100,000. I give 2,500 -

what is this? This is too much. I am thanking myself, not Allah - because you cannot thank Allah for doing wrong thing - I keep this money with me. If I give these people, why I will give?" No, Allah not give baraka for you. Maybe you put if you thought you are winning 2,500, "I win this, if I give it was gone." But no, it is wrong, you make many wrong things. First, you didn't give - this is not yours. Now you are thief because this for Allah, to give for other people, not you. One year after one year, every year you must give 2.5%. If you give, Allah give baraka and it will be more and more and more. And this is for normal people. But for other people they can give like Mawlana was saying, as much as you like for zakat, for intention of zakat. To give zakat, if you give for 100,000 50,000 sadaqa, you cannot cover for zakat, you must say this is intention for zakat. But if you say for zakat, you give 20%, or 10%, or 5% for zakat, all it will be Allah rewarding you like zakat. Because reward of obligatory is more and more than non-obligatory - like sadaqa or other things - because zakat, fard. So you can give without being afraid it will become less. And Allah Azza wa Jalla, if everybody giving this it will be enough for all Muslims. Muslims all around, it is enough for them. And it is only 2.5%. The last government in this world they take VAT (value added tax), maybe less than 5%and it is taken every day. This only for one year. It is nothing, but people they are giving VAT, for tax. But when you give for charity for poor people, for order of Allah, they are not giving this. They are making wrong. And when you give you must force yourself, your ego. Never ego likes to be generous. They are greedy, stingy. Everybody they have this. What can you do? You must give without being afraid. You must force yourself, especially for zakat but after zakat, for sadaqa, for every thing. You must give.

But when you give don't give for nonsense thing. Many people these day they are not, they don't have any responsibility. People nowadays, they don't have any satisfaction. Those days, 2,3 goat, it was enough for one village man - he living whole life. Now, 200 not enough for man. When you give sadaqa for somebody, if you give money, quickly going, taking nonsense things, not taking bread for children. He take cigarette for himself, he take nonsense, maybe he play gambling. Be careful when you give sadaqa to reach right, to be for charity, exactly. Don't be cheated by people. If they are in any doubt, that doing wrong thing, it is not sadaqa for them, no zakat for them. Allah keep us away from our ego's bad desire, In-sha’Allah .

Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

17.The Life of Dunya Tuesday, July 8, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya Sadati As'habi Rasulillah, madad Ya Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani dastur. Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyya. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Allahu Ta'ala said in his Book: "The life of this world is but play, diversion, adornment and boasting to one another, competition in increase of wealth and children" (57:20) Ayatul karima, it shows how Allah presents this world, how He describes it, how He shows it to humanity. It is shown briefly in Quran. Our lives in this world are like a game. It's like a theatre, a play.

Games, entertainment, collecting money having more children, showing off to people - worldly life is like this. At the beginning it is very fresh, beautiful. The crops spring fresh, then in the end they dry, they harvest it and finish. It becomes straw and flies away. Really when you look years are going one by one. Year 2014 began, we are already in the seventh month. We were saying, winter will pass, it already passed. Spring came, spring passes also. Now its summer. You see suddenly it is over. Holy three months passed. Ramadan came. It shall pass too. Life is passing quickly. People are not aware of it. How does it end? There are two kinds of end to this. For the ones who don't know Allah, there is torment and hell in the end. There is forgiveness for the ones who obey Allah's orders, and do what Allah tells them to do. There is mercy from Allah for them. There is Allah's consent. It means there are two kinds.

I mean really this world, suddenly comes to an end. Bitter, sweet, good, bad, illness - nothing is stable for human beings. The only one, who doesn't change is Allah Azza wa Jalla. Because He is the Creator. He creates everything. The one who creates you, gives you life, beauty, ugliness, illnesses, giving everything... is Allah Azza wa Jalla. Except Him, everybody changes. According to their age, their condition, there is a constant change. He says this openly in Quranul Karim Allah Azza wa Jalla is never afraid or shy from anyone. He shows people the right way. But people do not want it. He says in the following verse: "Sabiqu ila maghfiratin min rabbikum wa jannatin 'arduha"(57:21) Run to the heavens. Try. The vastness of the heaven, is like the space between heaven and earth.

When we say heaven and earth this world has no value. It is not even a piece of dust. There are such big heavens, Allah Azza wa Jalla promises to people who follow the

right path. But the ones, who don't come to the right way, who are rebellious against Allah, who do not show respect to the Prophet (sas), who make fun of the Awliya, say bad things about them, He promises them a strong torment and hell. Allah is inviting. If you do not accept, it is your fault. In addition to this if you have bad manners and if you say -Allah did not want me on this path, you get hit two times stronger. Do not dare to bargain Allah. If you try, you will be sorry. Allah Azza wa Jalla is the right above all the righteous.

Don't speak like philosophers. Don't say it's not in our hands, it's not in our feet. Allah said: Allah's promise and His word is Haqq. Whoever wants it, if they show effort, Allah helps them. Today we speak about this life. For what we are living for? How we are living in this world? Allah sent us for this world. Allah He is in Quran saying what it is, this life. He explains. He said it is like play, like theatre. "Wa Lahwun" (57:20) Play and joy and to collect money, to collect property, to have many children - Enjoyment of this life. It is like this – life - for Muslims, for believers or non believers. At the end all together it is like wheat, first coming green. After it becomes big. After it becomes yellow. After they cut it and make it small, small and it will be finished. Life is like this. Only "mata'u l-ghururi" (illusion) (57:20).

Like something to be proud, and it is not worth to be proud. And it is really like this - life. Now when you become more older and older you feel this. Before it was to be from one year to second year, very slowly you feel. But when you coming you are sad, sometimes you wondering if last year it was like this or before last year. Because you said, the year or 2014 it was before, nearly 7 months. And it was, people they were saying "we are coming spring, winter it will be finished." It finished quickly. Spring also it went quickly.

Now summer also it will be. Years, very fast they're going. And people, even Allah not saying bad thing for people, just warning them. It is quickly, your life, going, but you are not feeling. Only you are proud to collect money, to enjoy yourself. No! But this is true life, I said, for mu'min or believer and for non believer. He explain the Ayat.

There are 2 ends for these people. One of them to be bad, because not believing and Allah will punish them. Other one will give them forgiveness and to be happy with them, Ridwan. Allah when He is happy with you, it is the most, the top of what believers want - to be Allah happy with them. And Allah saying "O people run, I open for you, I open forgiveness."Maghfiratin min Rabbikum wa jannatin" (57:21). 'And paradise - the width of this paradise like between earth and Heavens.' It is meaning this world it is like dust, even not like dust compared to Paradise. And Allah He is promising this. People who are believing in Allah and obeying His order and loving Prophet (saws) and respecting him. And they love Awliya' Allah, the beloved servants of Allah, and also respect them - Allah gives them this good reward. And Allah He is promising, who is doing this, He will give. So, everybody can do this. Many people they

are making philosophy. They are saying "everything Allah He is giving, He not let us to do this." This is like not good behaviour, bad behaviour for people. This is not true, this is not respectful saying; bad manners. Because Allah He is not like anybody. Allah not changing. Allah He is the only Truth. Who below Allah. Only truth Allah. The real One. So He said, "go do this, you can do." Don't say Allah He didn't give permission. Not permit you, me, to do this. No, when Allah He said in Quran, His words. So everybody they can be believers. But from their ego, shaytan, they
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