99 Drops From Endless Mercy Oceans (7/25)
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Almighty creates and nurtures and does not forget. He certainly would not forget mankind as everything was created for the honour of Man. It is only that man forgets. The people of the 20th Century are trying not to remember their Lord so that they could be absolutely free.
18-AL-FATTAH: The Opener "He is the Opener and the Solver, the Easer of all that is locked, tied and hardened."
18-THE SECRETS OF SACRED KNOWLEDGE
In the Name of Allah Almighty, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent and the Most Munificent, the Lord of the Heavens and the Creator of all existences. He created everything in existence and at anytime that He wishes to do so, He can take it all away.
When a certain Saint was asked questions on Marifatullah by some people, he did not give any answers because he was able to see their level of understanding. He was saying “leave these questions to us and the answers are not for you.” He who has been given Hikmah (Wisdom) must before he speaks or addresses people know the general rule. Kalimannaasa Ala Kadaru Kooli. That is a command from Rasulullah (on whom be peace), that you must speak to people according to their understanding and the capacities of their minds.
You cannot speak more than this because then you will be held responsible. Those who speak to ordinary people carry a heavy responsibility and if they do not give this Hikmah (wisdom) properly, those people will become empty people. They will become empty because they do not know anything about Shariatallah or about Thazeem Shariat allah. There is Shariatallah (Laws) and there is Thazeem Shariatallah which is the order to respect Shariatallah.
Some of the Saints when they get into Jazbah develop a strong relationship to Alamul Malakooth. They can lose Alamul Mulk and speak of something that belongs to Alamul Malakooth. Some of them speak about their levels in Alamul Jabarooth and even Alamul Lahooth. When they speak from their levels it can be Muhatha, which is their addressing may be above the level of the people whom they speak to.
When one speaks about Alamul Lahooth, Alamul Jabarooth and Alamul Malakooth in such a manner it is a big mistake, because it can make much trouble amongst the Muslim community.
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It can make people to misunderstand and fight with each other. They might become separated from each other and even become enemies to one another. Thus the respect for Shariat will be taken away.
Therefore the person who speaks on such subjects openly, may not be doing a good thing. You cannot give such knowledge to ordinary people because these people may not be able to understand what the realities of these words are. There must be a Thahweel for ordinary people and sometimes ordinary people cannot understand even what Thahweel means.
For example, the Holy Quran says Waja’a Rabbuka Wal Malaku Saffa - it means that Allah Almighty who is your Lord is coming with His Angels with Lights. What does this mean? How can you see this? What is the meaning of this when Allah Almighty says that He is coming. But by these translated Arabic words it means that He is coming, and you may ask with base knowledge, from where to where does He come, for we know Allah Almighty is everywhere. Does He come with a form or without a form? Light is Saffa, but how is He coming? You cannot answer this because you can only believe and also because there are Secret Knowledge’s about this point. Not everyone can know about such a Thahweel.
Those who have been given Ilm ul Yakeen, Ayn ul Yakeen and Haqq ul Yakeen, (the Certainties of Knowledge), will not doubt because it is clear to them as to what is the meaning of Thahweel. Therefore when the Saints say something it is not always for ordinary people. It may be some form of code for the opening of Marifatullah (Divine Knowledge), like the combination lock in a briefcase with a digit code for opening the lock. Only the person who put in that code number may open it, and not another. In the same way if that Secret is not given to you, you may look but you cannot open it.
For example in the Holy Quran consider the letters at the beginning of a Surah like the letters Alif, Laam, Meem. Who can give their meanings? Even Angel Gibreel (alai) who brought these Surahs down did not know their meanings. Once when Gibreel (alai) came to reveal Surah Mariyam, he said khaaf, then the Prophet (on whom be peace), said, “I know”, he then said “Ha”, the Prophet (on whom be peace), said, “I know”, he said,” Ya,” again the Rasool (on
whom be peace), said, “I know, he said “Ayn”, the Rasool (on whom be peace), said, “I know”, Gibreel then said “Saadh”, and again the Prophet (on whom be peace), said, “I know. “ Gibreel wondered about this and asked the Prophet (on whom be peace), “Oh! Muhammed, I am bringing this Surah for the first time, but how is it that I do not know and you say, “I know, I know!” The Prophet (on whom be peace), replied that he, Gibreel, was only a transmitter of the Revelation and that it was Allah Almighty who was his teacher. This was Secret Knowledge that belonged to the Prophet (on whom be peace). Gibreel (alai), who brought this Revelation gave only five letters, and these five letters gave the meaning of this whole Surah.
Ar Rahman Allama’l Quran. Ordinary people cannot fathom the Secret Code because they cannot understand the value of the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran has Oceans of treasures, Oceans of pearls, Oceans of wisdom, Oceans of Knowledge and Oceans amongst Oceans. However much one may dive into it, an end cannot be reached.
The Saints may speak sometimes from the Secrets of the Holy Quran but there is no benefit without giving you the key to the code number. Therefore such an attitude by them is to give some openings to make people understand, but if such people cannot reach that level of Knowledge what will be the benefit? We have also been given the Secret Knowledge about this Secret Code but it is not for ordinary people. It may be for high level Saints and not even for the ordinary Saints. This knowledge is for the big Ulema and not for every Alim.
We can see this glass of water and the ice cubes that is in it. When you touch this ice cube it is hard as rock, if you apply pressure to it, it may crack and melt after sometime. Both are composites of water but the ice cube is not real water. If you put an ice cube into a pan and heat it, it will boil and evaporate very quickly. Ordinary water however needs a hundred degrees centigrade to boil. Likewise the Knowledge’s are the same, but there are different levels of understanding for different types of people.
The Saints may speak about Wahdat i Wujud. We Naqshbandi’s also have the Zikr - La Mowjooda Illallah which means that there is no existence but Allah. Only Allah Almighty was in existence and even now also there is none else in existence but Him. Every learned person
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knows that this World came into existence for some reason and also for some reason it will disappear and vanish. This is our belief. At one time there was nothing in existence and there will come a time when once again there will be nothing in existence. Mumkin ul Wujud means the possibility for reasons in existence.
What is the reason for this Universe to appear in existence? It is only Iradathullah. Inna Ma Amruhu Iza Aradha Shayyan Yakoolulahu Kunfayakoon. This is from Surah Yaseen. Above all reason the only reason is His Will. He just said, “BE” and the Universe came into existence. Everything in existence does not have any real existence. “Wahdat i Wujud”, means that only Allah Almighty is “Existence”.
It is an obligatory belief that His Existence does not need any reason. There cannot be any reason for His Being. He is in existence without reason but everything else, which is in existence, is with reasons. That means that with His Will, He brings everything into existence and this is “Iradah”.
How can you say that there is a shadow existence to Allah Almighty. It is only like an appearance on a mirror. Do you think that the one who is reflected in a mirror is real. No! it cannot be real. The reflection of His existence belongs also to Him when He is in front of a mirror, and when he turns away there is nothing in it. The whole existence of Mankind is like this image in a mirror.
Allah Almighty created a Universe so large that the minds of people cannot even fathom it. Even to speak of the distances of this “Seen Universe”, perhaps from one point to another is impossible. I am not speaking about the unseen Worlds that belong to the Heavens. I am only speaking of this Universe that is the World that you can touch and feel, and also what we call Space. You may reach for astronomical numbers and even then it is only a very limited area. Who knows where this Universe (Alamul Mulk) begins and where it ends. We only know a little dot of all this which makes us to wonder, and we can only wonder about the Endless Greatness and the Endless Power Oceans of the Lord.
Where is the Lord? How can you say that He is in the stones, the mountains and the trees. Allah Almighty is One and what is His position? Therefore we must keep Maa Al Ilm Adab , we must keep Adab (respect) with Ilm (knowledge). Allah Almighty is asking to show mankind His Endless Greatness. We have been only given small vision and we are looking through big telescopes. We talk about millions and billions of light years but that distance is really nothing for a Saint who has been given spiritual power and authority to reach up to millions or billions of light years in less than a minute or even a second. He is able to travel such distances and even place his foot on it.
This spiritual power is from the Authority of Muhammed (on whom be peace), and it is faster than the speed of light. If light needs more than ten million years to reach from one point of the Universe to another a Saint will take less than a second to do so and even one billion light years is nothing for him. Allah Almighty is asking to be known, and for us to know something of His Endless Greatness. When you say, Allahu Akbar through which scale and what measure can you measure His Greatness and Fame. Allah Almighty therefore created this Sama ad Dunya and filled it up with huge galaxies that you cannot even see through gigantic telescopes. You can only view the photographs that have been taken with electronic instruments and you cannot ever see them physically.
Once an Astronomer was curious and wanted to look through the most powerful telescope although it was dangerous. He just had one look and the light was so powerful that he fainted. Even this gigantic telescope is only like a matchstick compared to the gigantic view of the Endless Greatness Oceans of Allah Almighty, and one day it is all going to disappear. How can one say that this is Allah Almighty and this is not. No one can give real value to His Greatness and of His being in existence.
None can know Allah Almighty?s Greatness and it is left for us only to say so much according to the Marifa or Divine Knowledge that we have been given. We can only say “Subhanallah”. Glory be to You. Oh Allah, we can never reach completely to know anything of Your Greatness. Alhamdulillah
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19-AL-ALIM: The Knower or All-Knowing "He is the one who knows all past, present and future, and there is no limit to His knowledge."
19-REMEMBERING AND RESPECTING THE DEAD Once there was a case of some foolish people who built a huge hotel next to a Mosque. On completion they consulted a Jewish expert for advice to run the hotel. They took to him photographs of the hotel and its location. The moment the expert saw the photographs he told his clients that it was not possible to run the hotel profitably as it was next to a Mosque. In his opinion both could not exist side by side, as a hotel must have three things to work profitably - gambling, drinking and adultery. The guests who would be engaged in committing these sins unmindful of their Lord would naturally hear the call to Prayer five times a day from the Masjid. They would remember their Lord and run away. They would not want to sin when the Masjid next-door remembers the Lord in its Azan. Unfortunately the craving of the twentieth century people is to forget their Lord. In the old cities cemeteries surrounded Mosques. Nowadays governments prevent burials around Mosques saying that it is a health hazard and that burials have to be done at least some one hundred kilometers away from the city. To say that it is a health hazard is a big lie as in the days of old the dead were buried in the front garden of houses. They used to say, “this grave is my father’s, that my aunt’s, and this grave is my mother’s.” This not only reminded them of their elders but also of their own death, their Lord and of Akhira, the hereafter. Later this practice was stopped and burials took place at the Mosques, but now it is done far away from habitation. The sight of graves in the cemetery reminded people of Allah Almighty, death and of the hereafter, something which people now dislike.
The Wahabi’s are a different type of Shaitans, they will bury nearby but would not leave any sign to show a grave. I went with a person to his father’s grave at the Dehiwela Mosque in Sri Lanka but he does not know where exactly his father is buried as there is no sign. He tells me that there are some satanic people preventing the putting up of a mark or a sign. These people are another type of deniers like those denying the hereafter. Our Imams who never wavered from the Sharia had Hikmah (wisdom) when they permitted the inscription of the deceased person’s name on stone . Visitors to the graveyard could recite a Fathiha at least for the dead. The inscriptions on the gravestones are a reminder of the dead. The Wahabi’s call it Shirk. May stones fall on their heads for saying so. How can inscribing the names of our parents on a gravestone for remembrance be Shirk or Bidaat. It is foolishness and those who say this are Shaitans. When there are unmarked graves as the ones that I saw at the Dehiwela Mosque cemetery, those visiting it could commit a Makruh act by stepping on graves. It is not only a form of disrespect for the buried but it also disturbs them. To walk over a grave is like walking on the stomach of a pregnant woman. Rasulullah (on whom be peace), has taught a recital for those who visit graves. It is, “Subboohun Quddoosun Rabbul Malaikathi Wa Rooh, Subboohun Quddoosun Rabbul Malaikathi Wa Rooh, Subboohun Quddoosun Rabbuna wa Rabbul Malaikathi Wa Rooh.” One must recite this Thasbeeh when he enters a graveyard as blessings would flow onto those whose graves they walk on. Those buried in the neighbouring graves too would wish that this person who recites this Thasbeeh would walk over their graves. Thousands of Sahabas are buried in Jennathul Baqi and Jennathul Mualla and people walk on them without respect. This decadence has been going on for the last fifty years in the Islamic World. May Allah Almighty take these bad ideas away from Hijaz. Those ignorant people think that they do good but what they do is the worst. May Allah Almighty take them away.
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20-21-AL-QABID and ALL-BASIT: The Constrictor and The Expander "He is the one who constricts and He is the One who releases. At the times of constriction, your nafs and your flesh will suffer, but your essence should balance that state with patience, which is the companion of faith. That time may strengthen your faith and bring you closer to Him.
In periods of comfort and ease, when all is going well you should be thankful to Allah. Keep a balanced state with the knowledge that all good and bad comes from Allah and that a fine wisdom is in His judgment."
20-A DIFFERENT GIFT FOR EVERY NIGHT A Bayan, (a religious discourse) is a Sunnah and we are trying to be followers of the Sunnah. Even a short Bayan would attract Allah Almighty’s blessings. It would be useful both here and in the hereafter. Allahumma Rushdana Be Ayman Shuroora Anfusina. In the case of a car, for example, is it better to push it or for it to move by itself while you sit inside? Sometimes we see a car being pushed as it cannot move by being driven by a person sitting inside it. If a car is driven there is no external influence, and in the same manner Sayyidina Muhammed (on whom be peace), teaches his Umma to ask for something to be granted to them through their hearts without any external influence. Something by itself and by himself. This is the meaning of Allahumma Rushdana Be Ayman Shuroora Anfusina. Bayan enables us to move and control ourselves towards servant hood. We are all servants and need to know servant hood and to continue servant hood from the beginning to the end. We hope that our last breath would also be in His servant hood. We do not intend to go through this life without servant hood and keep our worship for the last moment to say, La Ilaha Illallah Muhammed ur Rasulullah (on whom be peace), and breathe our last.
It depends on one’s intention, if we live for Allah Almighty we would die for Allah Almighty. You would get up on the day of Resurrection and say “La Ilaha Illallah Muhammed ur Rasulullah (on
whom be peace).” Your end would depend on the life you lead and your portion in the Divine Presence depends on the way your last moments were spent in this World. Therefore it is necessary for every Muslim and Moomin to look after himself, if not every hour at least every day. He should see whether he is moving towards Allah Almighty or Shaitan. All of us who are sitting here now are following the Prophet (on whom be peace), but what would we do after we disperse? We shall rest before our night prayers. By sleeping early we could awaken at Waqt ut Tahajjad rather than missing it by sleeping late. When you leave this assembly you must intend to rise at Tahajjad time, not only tonight but every night. Although people are asleep Allah Almighty is awake looking at His servants particularly at dawn, Allah Almighty sends His Angels to look for those striving for servant hood at dawn, those who make Wulu or Ghuzul and engage themselves in worship. You must be one of them. You must try as Allah Almighty likes to see you awake at that time even if it be for only two Rakats of prayer. These two Rakats are much more valuable than all the treasures of this World. Allah Almighty looks at you and says. “My servant is worshipping Me, respecting Me and loving Me”. That is the most valuable time for prayers. After the Angels have taken the names of those awake at that time, another set of Angels descend with Divine Gifts for those awake. They are gifts from Allah Almighty not from Man. The treasures of all the Sultans and Kings put together would be nothing compared with the gifts Allah Almighty sends to His servants. We cannot take mundane gifts to our next abode but Divine Gifts are forever. If people knew about this most important worship no one would go to sleep (Subhanallah). If a night watchman guarding a factory, shop or house could stay awake for perhaps a fifty or a hundred rupees a night because it is his job or livelihood should we not be ashamed of refusing Endless Treasures as rewards from Allah Almighty by not praying our Tahajjad ? We must do much more servant hood after completing our five times of servant hood. The most important and the most lovely servant hood is that of night worshipping - Tahajjad. It was granted to the Umma of the Prophet (on whom be peace), as Sunnat ul Muakkada. If you are too sleepy you may do two Rakats of Tahajjad and go back to bed till Fajr, but to stay up till Ishraq is better as you could then reach to unimaginable Heavenly Treasures from the
Paradises. The gifts of one night are not repeated in another. There is a different Tajjalli for every night and it keeps increasing night after night. One must believe this with certainty, as belief without certainty cannot affect a person.
21-GET CONNECTED Even if you feel strong, don’t use your knowledge and waste your energy on those who will never understand. Give them what they need and that with which they will be happy. Give the donkey straw and barley to the horse. Cats will never like barley. Grandsheikh, used to tell me th
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Almighty creates and nurtures and does not forget. He certainly would not forget mankind as everything was created for the honour of Man. It is only that man forgets. The people of the 20th Century are trying not to remember their Lord so that they could be absolutely free.
18-AL-FATTAH: The Opener "He is the Opener and the Solver, the Easer of all that is locked, tied and hardened."
18-THE SECRETS OF SACRED KNOWLEDGE
In the Name of Allah Almighty, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent and the Most Munificent, the Lord of the Heavens and the Creator of all existences. He created everything in existence and at anytime that He wishes to do so, He can take it all away.
When a certain Saint was asked questions on Marifatullah by some people, he did not give any answers because he was able to see their level of understanding. He was saying “leave these questions to us and the answers are not for you.” He who has been given Hikmah (Wisdom) must before he speaks or addresses people know the general rule. Kalimannaasa Ala Kadaru Kooli. That is a command from Rasulullah (on whom be peace), that you must speak to people according to their understanding and the capacities of their minds.
You cannot speak more than this because then you will be held responsible. Those who speak to ordinary people carry a heavy responsibility and if they do not give this Hikmah (wisdom) properly, those people will become empty people. They will become empty because they do not know anything about Shariatallah or about Thazeem Shariat allah. There is Shariatallah (Laws) and there is Thazeem Shariatallah which is the order to respect Shariatallah.
Some of the Saints when they get into Jazbah develop a strong relationship to Alamul Malakooth. They can lose Alamul Mulk and speak of something that belongs to Alamul Malakooth. Some of them speak about their levels in Alamul Jabarooth and even Alamul Lahooth. When they speak from their levels it can be Muhatha, which is their addressing may be above the level of the people whom they speak to.
When one speaks about Alamul Lahooth, Alamul Jabarooth and Alamul Malakooth in such a manner it is a big mistake, because it can make much trouble amongst the Muslim community.
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It can make people to misunderstand and fight with each other. They might become separated from each other and even become enemies to one another. Thus the respect for Shariat will be taken away.
Therefore the person who speaks on such subjects openly, may not be doing a good thing. You cannot give such knowledge to ordinary people because these people may not be able to understand what the realities of these words are. There must be a Thahweel for ordinary people and sometimes ordinary people cannot understand even what Thahweel means.
For example, the Holy Quran says Waja’a Rabbuka Wal Malaku Saffa - it means that Allah Almighty who is your Lord is coming with His Angels with Lights. What does this mean? How can you see this? What is the meaning of this when Allah Almighty says that He is coming. But by these translated Arabic words it means that He is coming, and you may ask with base knowledge, from where to where does He come, for we know Allah Almighty is everywhere. Does He come with a form or without a form? Light is Saffa, but how is He coming? You cannot answer this because you can only believe and also because there are Secret Knowledge’s about this point. Not everyone can know about such a Thahweel.
Those who have been given Ilm ul Yakeen, Ayn ul Yakeen and Haqq ul Yakeen, (the Certainties of Knowledge), will not doubt because it is clear to them as to what is the meaning of Thahweel. Therefore when the Saints say something it is not always for ordinary people. It may be some form of code for the opening of Marifatullah (Divine Knowledge), like the combination lock in a briefcase with a digit code for opening the lock. Only the person who put in that code number may open it, and not another. In the same way if that Secret is not given to you, you may look but you cannot open it.
For example in the Holy Quran consider the letters at the beginning of a Surah like the letters Alif, Laam, Meem. Who can give their meanings? Even Angel Gibreel (alai) who brought these Surahs down did not know their meanings. Once when Gibreel (alai) came to reveal Surah Mariyam, he said khaaf, then the Prophet (on whom be peace), said, “I know”, he then said “Ha”, the Prophet (on whom be peace), said, “I know”, he said,” Ya,” again the Rasool (on
whom be peace), said, “I know, he said “Ayn”, the Rasool (on whom be peace), said, “I know”, Gibreel then said “Saadh”, and again the Prophet (on whom be peace), said, “I know. “ Gibreel wondered about this and asked the Prophet (on whom be peace), “Oh! Muhammed, I am bringing this Surah for the first time, but how is it that I do not know and you say, “I know, I know!” The Prophet (on whom be peace), replied that he, Gibreel, was only a transmitter of the Revelation and that it was Allah Almighty who was his teacher. This was Secret Knowledge that belonged to the Prophet (on whom be peace). Gibreel (alai), who brought this Revelation gave only five letters, and these five letters gave the meaning of this whole Surah.
Ar Rahman Allama’l Quran. Ordinary people cannot fathom the Secret Code because they cannot understand the value of the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran has Oceans of treasures, Oceans of pearls, Oceans of wisdom, Oceans of Knowledge and Oceans amongst Oceans. However much one may dive into it, an end cannot be reached.
The Saints may speak sometimes from the Secrets of the Holy Quran but there is no benefit without giving you the key to the code number. Therefore such an attitude by them is to give some openings to make people understand, but if such people cannot reach that level of Knowledge what will be the benefit? We have also been given the Secret Knowledge about this Secret Code but it is not for ordinary people. It may be for high level Saints and not even for the ordinary Saints. This knowledge is for the big Ulema and not for every Alim.
We can see this glass of water and the ice cubes that is in it. When you touch this ice cube it is hard as rock, if you apply pressure to it, it may crack and melt after sometime. Both are composites of water but the ice cube is not real water. If you put an ice cube into a pan and heat it, it will boil and evaporate very quickly. Ordinary water however needs a hundred degrees centigrade to boil. Likewise the Knowledge’s are the same, but there are different levels of understanding for different types of people.
The Saints may speak about Wahdat i Wujud. We Naqshbandi’s also have the Zikr - La Mowjooda Illallah which means that there is no existence but Allah. Only Allah Almighty was in existence and even now also there is none else in existence but Him. Every learned person
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knows that this World came into existence for some reason and also for some reason it will disappear and vanish. This is our belief. At one time there was nothing in existence and there will come a time when once again there will be nothing in existence. Mumkin ul Wujud means the possibility for reasons in existence.
What is the reason for this Universe to appear in existence? It is only Iradathullah. Inna Ma Amruhu Iza Aradha Shayyan Yakoolulahu Kunfayakoon. This is from Surah Yaseen. Above all reason the only reason is His Will. He just said, “BE” and the Universe came into existence. Everything in existence does not have any real existence. “Wahdat i Wujud”, means that only Allah Almighty is “Existence”.
It is an obligatory belief that His Existence does not need any reason. There cannot be any reason for His Being. He is in existence without reason but everything else, which is in existence, is with reasons. That means that with His Will, He brings everything into existence and this is “Iradah”.
How can you say that there is a shadow existence to Allah Almighty. It is only like an appearance on a mirror. Do you think that the one who is reflected in a mirror is real. No! it cannot be real. The reflection of His existence belongs also to Him when He is in front of a mirror, and when he turns away there is nothing in it. The whole existence of Mankind is like this image in a mirror.
Allah Almighty created a Universe so large that the minds of people cannot even fathom it. Even to speak of the distances of this “Seen Universe”, perhaps from one point to another is impossible. I am not speaking about the unseen Worlds that belong to the Heavens. I am only speaking of this Universe that is the World that you can touch and feel, and also what we call Space. You may reach for astronomical numbers and even then it is only a very limited area. Who knows where this Universe (Alamul Mulk) begins and where it ends. We only know a little dot of all this which makes us to wonder, and we can only wonder about the Endless Greatness and the Endless Power Oceans of the Lord.
Where is the Lord? How can you say that He is in the stones, the mountains and the trees. Allah Almighty is One and what is His position? Therefore we must keep Maa Al Ilm Adab , we must keep Adab (respect) with Ilm (knowledge). Allah Almighty is asking to show mankind His Endless Greatness. We have been only given small vision and we are looking through big telescopes. We talk about millions and billions of light years but that distance is really nothing for a Saint who has been given spiritual power and authority to reach up to millions or billions of light years in less than a minute or even a second. He is able to travel such distances and even place his foot on it.
This spiritual power is from the Authority of Muhammed (on whom be peace), and it is faster than the speed of light. If light needs more than ten million years to reach from one point of the Universe to another a Saint will take less than a second to do so and even one billion light years is nothing for him. Allah Almighty is asking to be known, and for us to know something of His Endless Greatness. When you say, Allahu Akbar through which scale and what measure can you measure His Greatness and Fame. Allah Almighty therefore created this Sama ad Dunya and filled it up with huge galaxies that you cannot even see through gigantic telescopes. You can only view the photographs that have been taken with electronic instruments and you cannot ever see them physically.
Once an Astronomer was curious and wanted to look through the most powerful telescope although it was dangerous. He just had one look and the light was so powerful that he fainted. Even this gigantic telescope is only like a matchstick compared to the gigantic view of the Endless Greatness Oceans of Allah Almighty, and one day it is all going to disappear. How can one say that this is Allah Almighty and this is not. No one can give real value to His Greatness and of His being in existence.
None can know Allah Almighty?s Greatness and it is left for us only to say so much according to the Marifa or Divine Knowledge that we have been given. We can only say “Subhanallah”. Glory be to You. Oh Allah, we can never reach completely to know anything of Your Greatness. Alhamdulillah
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19-AL-ALIM: The Knower or All-Knowing "He is the one who knows all past, present and future, and there is no limit to His knowledge."
19-REMEMBERING AND RESPECTING THE DEAD Once there was a case of some foolish people who built a huge hotel next to a Mosque. On completion they consulted a Jewish expert for advice to run the hotel. They took to him photographs of the hotel and its location. The moment the expert saw the photographs he told his clients that it was not possible to run the hotel profitably as it was next to a Mosque. In his opinion both could not exist side by side, as a hotel must have three things to work profitably - gambling, drinking and adultery. The guests who would be engaged in committing these sins unmindful of their Lord would naturally hear the call to Prayer five times a day from the Masjid. They would remember their Lord and run away. They would not want to sin when the Masjid next-door remembers the Lord in its Azan. Unfortunately the craving of the twentieth century people is to forget their Lord. In the old cities cemeteries surrounded Mosques. Nowadays governments prevent burials around Mosques saying that it is a health hazard and that burials have to be done at least some one hundred kilometers away from the city. To say that it is a health hazard is a big lie as in the days of old the dead were buried in the front garden of houses. They used to say, “this grave is my father’s, that my aunt’s, and this grave is my mother’s.” This not only reminded them of their elders but also of their own death, their Lord and of Akhira, the hereafter. Later this practice was stopped and burials took place at the Mosques, but now it is done far away from habitation. The sight of graves in the cemetery reminded people of Allah Almighty, death and of the hereafter, something which people now dislike.
The Wahabi’s are a different type of Shaitans, they will bury nearby but would not leave any sign to show a grave. I went with a person to his father’s grave at the Dehiwela Mosque in Sri Lanka but he does not know where exactly his father is buried as there is no sign. He tells me that there are some satanic people preventing the putting up of a mark or a sign. These people are another type of deniers like those denying the hereafter. Our Imams who never wavered from the Sharia had Hikmah (wisdom) when they permitted the inscription of the deceased person’s name on stone . Visitors to the graveyard could recite a Fathiha at least for the dead. The inscriptions on the gravestones are a reminder of the dead. The Wahabi’s call it Shirk. May stones fall on their heads for saying so. How can inscribing the names of our parents on a gravestone for remembrance be Shirk or Bidaat. It is foolishness and those who say this are Shaitans. When there are unmarked graves as the ones that I saw at the Dehiwela Mosque cemetery, those visiting it could commit a Makruh act by stepping on graves. It is not only a form of disrespect for the buried but it also disturbs them. To walk over a grave is like walking on the stomach of a pregnant woman. Rasulullah (on whom be peace), has taught a recital for those who visit graves. It is, “Subboohun Quddoosun Rabbul Malaikathi Wa Rooh, Subboohun Quddoosun Rabbul Malaikathi Wa Rooh, Subboohun Quddoosun Rabbuna wa Rabbul Malaikathi Wa Rooh.” One must recite this Thasbeeh when he enters a graveyard as blessings would flow onto those whose graves they walk on. Those buried in the neighbouring graves too would wish that this person who recites this Thasbeeh would walk over their graves. Thousands of Sahabas are buried in Jennathul Baqi and Jennathul Mualla and people walk on them without respect. This decadence has been going on for the last fifty years in the Islamic World. May Allah Almighty take these bad ideas away from Hijaz. Those ignorant people think that they do good but what they do is the worst. May Allah Almighty take them away.
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20-21-AL-QABID and ALL-BASIT: The Constrictor and The Expander "He is the one who constricts and He is the One who releases. At the times of constriction, your nafs and your flesh will suffer, but your essence should balance that state with patience, which is the companion of faith. That time may strengthen your faith and bring you closer to Him.
In periods of comfort and ease, when all is going well you should be thankful to Allah. Keep a balanced state with the knowledge that all good and bad comes from Allah and that a fine wisdom is in His judgment."
20-A DIFFERENT GIFT FOR EVERY NIGHT A Bayan, (a religious discourse) is a Sunnah and we are trying to be followers of the Sunnah. Even a short Bayan would attract Allah Almighty’s blessings. It would be useful both here and in the hereafter. Allahumma Rushdana Be Ayman Shuroora Anfusina. In the case of a car, for example, is it better to push it or for it to move by itself while you sit inside? Sometimes we see a car being pushed as it cannot move by being driven by a person sitting inside it. If a car is driven there is no external influence, and in the same manner Sayyidina Muhammed (on whom be peace), teaches his Umma to ask for something to be granted to them through their hearts without any external influence. Something by itself and by himself. This is the meaning of Allahumma Rushdana Be Ayman Shuroora Anfusina. Bayan enables us to move and control ourselves towards servant hood. We are all servants and need to know servant hood and to continue servant hood from the beginning to the end. We hope that our last breath would also be in His servant hood. We do not intend to go through this life without servant hood and keep our worship for the last moment to say, La Ilaha Illallah Muhammed ur Rasulullah (on whom be peace), and breathe our last.
It depends on one’s intention, if we live for Allah Almighty we would die for Allah Almighty. You would get up on the day of Resurrection and say “La Ilaha Illallah Muhammed ur Rasulullah (on
whom be peace).” Your end would depend on the life you lead and your portion in the Divine Presence depends on the way your last moments were spent in this World. Therefore it is necessary for every Muslim and Moomin to look after himself, if not every hour at least every day. He should see whether he is moving towards Allah Almighty or Shaitan. All of us who are sitting here now are following the Prophet (on whom be peace), but what would we do after we disperse? We shall rest before our night prayers. By sleeping early we could awaken at Waqt ut Tahajjad rather than missing it by sleeping late. When you leave this assembly you must intend to rise at Tahajjad time, not only tonight but every night. Although people are asleep Allah Almighty is awake looking at His servants particularly at dawn, Allah Almighty sends His Angels to look for those striving for servant hood at dawn, those who make Wulu or Ghuzul and engage themselves in worship. You must be one of them. You must try as Allah Almighty likes to see you awake at that time even if it be for only two Rakats of prayer. These two Rakats are much more valuable than all the treasures of this World. Allah Almighty looks at you and says. “My servant is worshipping Me, respecting Me and loving Me”. That is the most valuable time for prayers. After the Angels have taken the names of those awake at that time, another set of Angels descend with Divine Gifts for those awake. They are gifts from Allah Almighty not from Man. The treasures of all the Sultans and Kings put together would be nothing compared with the gifts Allah Almighty sends to His servants. We cannot take mundane gifts to our next abode but Divine Gifts are forever. If people knew about this most important worship no one would go to sleep (Subhanallah). If a night watchman guarding a factory, shop or house could stay awake for perhaps a fifty or a hundred rupees a night because it is his job or livelihood should we not be ashamed of refusing Endless Treasures as rewards from Allah Almighty by not praying our Tahajjad ? We must do much more servant hood after completing our five times of servant hood. The most important and the most lovely servant hood is that of night worshipping - Tahajjad. It was granted to the Umma of the Prophet (on whom be peace), as Sunnat ul Muakkada. If you are too sleepy you may do two Rakats of Tahajjad and go back to bed till Fajr, but to stay up till Ishraq is better as you could then reach to unimaginable Heavenly Treasures from the
Paradises. The gifts of one night are not repeated in another. There is a different Tajjalli for every night and it keeps increasing night after night. One must believe this with certainty, as belief without certainty cannot affect a person.
21-GET CONNECTED Even if you feel strong, don’t use your knowledge and waste your energy on those who will never understand. Give them what they need and that with which they will be happy. Give the donkey straw and barley to the horse. Cats will never like barley. Grandsheikh, used to tell me th
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