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99 Drops From Endless Mercy Oceans (2/25)


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ocean, it sees through the eye of the ocean that it is the ocean. The drop, of course, must be in contact with the river and the ocean in order to be absorbed in them. The remembrance (dhikr) given to the Sufi by the master is the only means of bringing the disciple into such contact that he or she may be snatched up by their attraction. If the drop merely settles on the bank of the river or the shore of the ocean, it will lose nothing of its 'drop-ness'. It must throw itself into the water if it wishes to give up its self- existence. This is why Sufism is said to entail 'becoming', and not simply hearing or reading.

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Only by the light of the Spiritual Path and the mystic way can the Truth be discovered. In order for one to truly witness the Perfection of the Absolute, one must see with one's inner being, which perceives the whole of Reality. This witnessing happens when one becomes perfect, losing one's (partial) existence in the Whole. If the Whole is likened to the Ocean, and the part to a drop, the sufi says that witnessing the Ocean with the eye of a drop is impossible. However, when the drop becomes one with the Ocean, it sees the Ocean with the eye of the Ocean Maulana Sheikh Nazim said: Sultan Al-Arifin, Abu Yazid Al-Bistami, once said: “Oh my Lord, You have Power over all things and You have absolute Power to do anything You wish to do; therefore, I am asking You now to make my body so big as to fill the seven Hells, so that no place remains for other people. Every punishment You would give to Your people, pour it on me instead.? Then came the Divine reply: “Oh My servant, are you trying to compete with Me in generosity and mercy whereas I am the Most Merciful of the Merciful (Arham-ur-Rahimeen), the Most Generous of the Generous (Akram-ul-Akrameen)? All your generosity and mercy is only like a drop in an endless ocean compared to My Mercy and Generosity that I am giving out to My servants every minute, and I demand of you no blood sacrifice.” Grandsheikh says: ”whenever I speak on this subject, I am always asking Divine Permission to bring out more and more good tidings of Allah’s endless Mercy and Generosity Now we are giving these good tidings, and if you are not receiving them with welcome, then you are only making yourselves suffer. If there is anyone objecting and saying that there must be eternal Hell, then he may go there. We are trying to pull them into our Lord’s Mercy Oceans, but they intend to put everyone in Hell, and they never think that they themselves will enter it; therefore they are agonized and outraged by our good tidings to the servants of our Lord.”

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The 99 Names of God Just as a person is in relation to you a father and in relation to another either son or brother — So the names of God in their number have relations: He is from the viewpoint of the infidel the Tyrant (qaher); from our viewpoint, the Merciful. Divan e-Kebir

In the eye of Moses, the name of his rod was “staff”; in the eye of the Creator, its name was “dragon.” In brief, that which we are in the end is our real name with God. Mathnawi I:1239-40, 1244

The Divine Attributes of Allah So that we may begin to have some understanding of Him Allah has set forth, in the Holy Quran, ninety-nine of His Divine Attributes. Allah Almighty is infinite and since we, as humans are limited in understanding, we can only just begin to grasp His All-encompassing, Allpervading and All-powerful nature.These attributes are called al-asma' al-husna (The Beautiful Names). The following explanations of each Divine Name are from the inspirations of Maulana Sheikh Nazim al Haqqani of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order and are given at the beginning of each of his 99 sohbets. Note: This book is realized thanks to the moderators of website www.sheiknazim2.com from Serendib / Srilanka and many others, May Allah bless them Eternally!

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1- AR-RAHMAN: The Beneficent "He is the one who wills mercy and good for all creation, at all times. He doesn't distinguish between the good and the bad one, the obedient and the disobedient, believer or unbeliever. Through His Divine Justice He gives a chance to everyone to reach everything through this life. He is Compassionate and Beneficent to all creatures."

1-A DROP FROM THE ENDLESS OCEANS IS ALL THAT YOU CAN TAKE Everyone and everything is powerless in relation to Allah Almighty, and no one has any power without his Lord’s giving it to him. If the Lord Almighty gives power to servants, they may become powerful, but their original state is one of total powerlessness. If a servant declares his powerlessness in front of his Lord, it is an honour for that servant, and as a result of his humility his Lord will grant him power and support in every situation. The Prophet Muhammad (sal), was the first to declare his powerlessness in the Divine presence; therefore, Allah Almighty has granted him more power than He ever gave to anyone. This is a very good lesson for mankind: if we are seeking more Divine Support and spiritual power, we should first admit our own powerlessness. Now Grandsheikh is explaining more upon this point: Allah Almighty gives of His Power to His beloved servants so that they may swim in those Oceans of Knowledge and Wisdom. What they take, they take eternally; they ask endlessly and are endlessly bestowed upon by their Lord. Neither servant nor Lord is ever going to say “enough”; rather, the Lord will say, “My servant, ask for as much as you can because I am always giving more and more. Ask ten and I will give a hundred, ask a hundred and I will give a thousand, etc.; if you don’t ask, I shall become angry with you.” It is one of Allah Almighty’s attributes that He always wants to give more to His servants , if you can recognize this attribute, it will give you satisfaction. If Allah were to say, “That is enough, don’t ask more,” it would mean that He doesn’t have any more to give to His servants, and if it were so the hearts of mankind would explode. But Allah Almighty says, “Oh My servants, ask

more and more, and I will bestow more than you can possibly imagine.” We must thank Allah for this and be happy that we have such a Creator, such a Lord. Our Grandsheikh says that although you may take more and more from Allah’s Wisdom and Knowledge oceans, don’t think that you can take all, for in reality you can take but one drop, not a bit more. Perhaps that drop may even be a huge drop, but it is still only a drop, and no matter how large it is, it still has bounds, whereas His Oceans know no boundaries. In this is real pleasure for us: Everything that Allah Almighty is giving us grows within bounds. If we could go beyond the realm of boundaries we would become partners to Allah, and that is an impossibility. Now my Grandsheikh was saying that there are two kinds of knowledge. One kind belongs only to the Almighty Himself, and the other kind Allah Almighty gives to His servants. We are speaking about that second kind only, for the first kind, the knowledge belonging to His Essence (Dhat), is impossible to behold, even for the Angels, Prophets and Saints , off limits. The endless oceans which He bestows upon His servants are nothing compared to His Essential Knowledge, which He is keeping to Himself. Look at this point also: When Allah Almighty called His Prophet on the Night of the Ascension (Laylatul-mi’raj) and spoke to him without intermediary; He imparted unto Muhammed three types, or areas of knowledge. One part of this Knowledge, He ordered the Prophet Muhammad (sal) to keep for himself only: “No one can know that; it is private between Me and you.” The second part, He allowed the Prophet Muhammad (sal), to share with a selected elite (Khawas) of the Nation (Ummah), and the third part He ordered to be opened to everyone. The accounts we read in books about the mi’raj are from the third part of this knowledge, and further knowledge of it is given to people according to their individual ranks. The palm tree has knowledge that it may produce dates; the orange tree has a different knowledge, as it learned from its Lord to make oranges. Apple trees produce apples, olive trees olives, and just so everything in the universe is producing according to its rank and position.

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You have also been taught knowledge from your Lord, but now in our position it is covered. You are yet like a seed which hasn’t even been planted. You must plant yourself in seclusion (Khalwa). As the seed must be covered from this world , then you can know yourself. When a seed is in the ground for ten days, it will sprout, but our seed has not yet been planted and thus we cannot yet see whether we are orange trees or olive trees. This is the reason why the Prophet relates from Allah Almighty: “As long as you don’t know yourself you can’t know your Lord.”

2-AR-RAHIM: The Merciful "He is the one who rewards the good servants, the obedient ones,the believers. That is also signing His justice, because the ones putting their ego under their feet are not like those dominated by their ego.” “RAHMAN is mercy upon the nafs, the worldly being, giving sustenance in this world. RAHIM is mercy upon the heart, giving eternal salvation in the Hereafter."

2-- LIMITLESS INTENTIONS People ask me as to who I am. I say that I am nothing and that I am also asking to be nothing, I am asking to be a very humble servant of Sayyidina Mahdi (alai), if he will accept me. If he does not accept me even then my heart shall be with him. My heart and all of myself I wish to give Mahdi (alai). I would like to support him one hundred percent because I am fed up one hundred percent with the situation in the World today. I am fed up of the ideas and actions of people today. Therefore, from morning to evening and then from evening to morning, I am asking to be able to meet Sayyidina Mahdi (alai), and to be able to support him in every way. What can my support be to Mahdi (alai), it is like the Black Ant trying to dowse the fire that was meant to burn Ibrahim (alai). Nimrod made a big fire so that he could throw Ibrahim Khalilul Rahman into it. Although the fire was in Damascus, the brightness of the flames could be seen in Mesopotamia. So huge was this fire. There was at least forty days traveling distance between these two places, yet this fire was so huge that it could be seen from Mesopotamia. Ibrahim (alai) was very young and at that time he was only sixteen years old. This ant was hurrying towards the fire when someone asked it, “Where are you running in such haste?”. This ant then indicated by pointing towards its mouth that it could not speak, because its mouth was full of water. It was carrying this water to extinguish the huge fire of Nimrod. This is why Allah Almighty honoured this nameless ant in the Holy Quran. Just think what could the mouthful of water inside the mouth of this ant do to extinguish such a huge fire as that of the

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fire of Nimrod. But still Allah Almighty has honoured this ant by making mention of this in the Holy Quran. Allah Almighty praised and rewarded this ant because of its intention. The intention of the ant being to try as much as it could to save the life of Ibrahim (alai) from the gigantic fire of Nimrod. Yes, I, Sheikh Nazim, shall in the same manner try to do everything to support Mahdi (alai). I am so weak to be able to support him. Mahdi (alai) shall come and order the fire that burns on the Earth at that time to stop burning and to be cool, just as Allah Almighty ordered the fire during the time of Ibrahim (alai), to stop burning and be cool. No one has the power to stop the fire that burns on this Earth now. I am intending like the black ant to try to extinguish this fire that is burning on this Earth, the fire of the Mafia, the rebels and the unbelievers. To take all of them away from north to south and from east to west and to clean up the whole World. My aim is only that. I am living for that purpose. At any moment the World can be ablaze with fire. At that time there was only one Nimrod, one King sized Nimrod. But today, the whole World is full of Nimrods, King sized Nimrods, medium sized Nimrods, small sized Nimrods and all sized Nimrods like Gog and Magog (Aajooj Majooj). The Saints today are looking with their Divine Vision and seeing this World to be full of these gigantic Nimrods. These Nimrods, billions of Nimrods, are trying to extinguish Thowheed. All of them are shouting that there is no God. They are saying La ilaha. They want everyone to accept this. How can I agree with such people. They are not saying Illallah. How can we agree with them. How can we be happy during these times, and our time is the most difficult and the most dangerous time on Earth. The Earth is such a dirty place today. It is difficult to find a clean place, to even do Sajda on this Earth now. The Prophet Muhammed (on whom be peace), has said that our intentions are better than our actions. This is because our capacity for action is very small. It is like the action of the black ant trying to extinguish the fire of Nimrod. But the intention of that ant was big and glorious. Like this ant my intentions are very big and therefore my functions are also big and yet so simple. You may imitate my intentions. The most important function for the Muslim World today is to intend the like of what I am intending. We should try not to leave good functions and good

actions however difficult they might be. Therefore we must prepare ourselves with our intentions. Everyone must intend that he shall carry away every Batil and falsehood from east to west and from north to south, and not to leave anyone on Earth with wrong ideas and wrong intentions so much so that we must try not to leave anyone to be against the orders of the Lord. That is my mission and the mission of everyone.

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3-AL-MALIK: The Supreme Ruler or The Sovereign Lord "He is the absolute Owner and Ruler of the universe. Absolute greatness for Him. He is not in need of anything or anyone. No one reaches to understand His divine essence."

3-LOVE THAT IS FOREVER In Islam, as a rule, if someone does something for the sake of Allah Almighty he should not be getting tired. This is because when you work for Allah Almighty, He supports you. Look at the Angels, they never get tired. Perhaps they have been glorifying Allah Almighty for billions and trillions of years without getting tired. The more they glorify Allah Almighty, the more Divine Love they get. Therefore they glorify Allah Almighty even more. We are very weak. There are many good thoughts that come to our minds but most of our thoughts make us busy and takes us away from the way of Allah. If we are not interested in using our hearts for Allah Almighty, we are useless people. Therefore, the Prophet (on whom be peace) gave importance to the heart when he said to them: “Oh people, look after that part of your body which is known as the heart. It is very important. Don’t leave it in the hands of Shaitan”. Allah Almighty is telling us: “Oh my servants, the whole body is for you and only your heart is for Me, keep it for Me”. Are we keeping it for Him, even when we are in prayer? No, we are not. Who is keeping his heart for Him? Allah Almighty praises those servants who keep their hearts for him while in prayer and while immersed in Worldly affairs. Therefore it is important for His servants to keep their hearts for their Lord and glorify him with Zikr in their hearts. Anyone who does Zikr even if it be for the duration of his whole life should not get tired. We are now only beginners and we are trying to be such servants. We must make it our main aim to be such servants. Those people who are with Allah Almighty never forget Him. Even while they are with their loved ones they remember Allah Almighty day and night and their thoughts are always with him. Do you think that the love of Allah Almighty is going to be the same as material love? Material love is temporary. Why don’t you ask for the love of Allah Almighty? Why are you running after imitative love? Permanent love is granted only to those who remember Allah Almighty.

From time to time we must try to be alone, to take count of what we have done and to see what we have achieved and look into ourselves to see whether we have in any way improved. This is the advice of Sayyidina Omar (ral). Once a month or once a week at least or better if it could be every day, we must look at ourselves and ask whether we have improved from the day we took the previous count. This is necessary even if it may be just for a moment, because in a moment Allah Almighty may give to us a Power. It could be in that moment that Allah Almighty is looking at you to give an opening to your heart so that a connection maybe made between heavenly stations and you. Only seconds are necessary to reach to blessings from Allah Almighty. His servants should therefore ask their Lord thus: “Oh! My Lord I am looking to You, so that You may grant to me from Your Divine Love”. There is an Australian in this gathering who has come here asking for Zikurullah. Having heard about the Naqshbandi Tariqat and about me from some brothers in Australia, he has come to Islam. He wants Bayyat and wants to perform Zikr. He knows that there is a Secret Power in Zikurullah. The Power of Zikurullah connects the hearts of Moomins to each other. Shaitan does not like this. There are some people listening to Shaitan and fighting against this. Therefore I am coming down like a hammer on their heads. I am not an easy one. The one who is against me is against the Holy Prophet (on whom be peace) and he who is against the Prophet (on whom be peace) is against Allah Almighty and Allah shall cut them off. There shall be no power for them anymore. This Australian person is coming to do Zikurullah and asking for Bayyat from me. He knows there is a Secret Power (Sirr) in touching my hand because this Secret Power comes to my hand from the Prophet (on whom be peace) and from all the Grandsheikh's of the Naqshbandi Tariqat. i.e.: Abu Bakr Siddique, Salman, Qassim, Jaffar, Taifur, Abdul Hassen, Abu Ali, Yoosuf, Abu Abbas, Abdul Khaliq, Arif, Mahmood, Ali Muhammed, Baba Samaasi, Seyyid Emir Kulali, Kwaja Bahau’ddin Naqshbandi, Ala’uddin, Yaqub, Ubaidullah, Muhammed Zahid, Derwish Muhammed, Hajakil Emkeneki, Muhammed’ul Baqi, Ahamad’ul Farook, Muhammed Ma’sum Saiff’uddin, Noor Muhammed Habeebullah, Abdullah Sheikh Khalid, Sheikh Ismail, Khas Muhammed, Sheikh Muhammed, Seyyedi Jamal’uddin Ghumuki Husseini, Abu Ahamed Sughuri, Muhammed’ul Madani, Sheikh Sharaff’uddin Dhagistani, Seyyidina Sheikh Abdullah Dhagistani, and I am connecting from these hands to the hand of the Prophet Muhammed (on whom be peace).

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People today are under the control of Shaitan but their time is up and over now. There will soon be punishment descending on this World. Very soon Mahdi (alai) will come. Insha Allah. First there will be the third World war, then Mahdi (alai) should come. We pray to Almighty Allah to send Mahdi (alai) soon and to make Haqq and Batil (truth & false) open and clear for all of us to understand.

4-AL-QUDDUS: The Holy "He is absolute pure, devoid of blemish, shortcoming, weakness, heedlessness or error. His essence, attributes, names, words, actions and justice are pure. He is not resembling His creation in anything and free from anything anyone may imagine about Him."

4-ALIVE IS THE HEART THAT LOVES THE DIVINE Grandsheikh Abdulla Faiz Dhagistani (May Allah be pleased with him) said that everyday nearly about a thousand people are coming to Tariqqat-Ul-Naqshabandiyat-Ul-Aliya. That everyday almost a thousand people were taking Bayyat and coming to practice the Naqshbandi order. Don’t leave the way of Allah and don’t leave the way of the Prophet Sayyidina Muhammed (on whom be peace). This is only a short life and our lives must end someday. Try to make every breath say Hu, Hu, Hu. Every time you make Zikr it gives happiness and peace to your heart and Allah Almighty becomes pleased with you. This is the way of the Seal of Prophets. Our way is the easy way. The Naqshbandi Tariqat is easy. Our way is asking you for only little. When you make Zikr it does not have to be a large Zikr, but whatever small Zikr that you make i
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