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say Marhaba to the Shah-e Mardan. May his love increase in our hearts. May we keep his way and our Lord and His Beloved be pleased with us. Al-Fatiha.

Chapter Summary
- Marhaba O our glorious son! May you give Nur to Islam. May your Nur increase. Let us trade. We need to trade. Let us say Marhaba. O Shah-e Mardan, Marhaban.
- We love our Prophet, the Master of the Crea- tion. Shah-e Mardan is who is the Shah of this way, Hadrat 'Ali ibn Abi Talib is Shah-e Mardan.
- The Maydan (field) belongs to Shah-e Mardan. Alhamdulillah. We have love for him. We hope that we have a nisbah (connection) with him.
- Oh foolish ones! When you wake up in the morning your assembly should open with Shah- e Mardan. Allahu Akbar.
- A lion came to our assembly today. Whatever they make us say with his barakah, we will say. It is not that we know and say these words, but the words open themselves. The honour of an assembly is according to the most honoured one present there. The assembly of the Prophet (sal- la 'llah 'alayhi wa Alihi wa sallam) is different. The assembly of the Companions, or the Nur of Khulafa-ir Rashideen assemblies is different. The assemblies of Sahabas are different, it is accord- ing to their levels.
- For us now, the most honoured one is Shah-e Mardan, after the Prophet alayhi Salatu was- Salam. Although the order goes Abu Baqr as- Siddiq, Sayyidina Umar and Sayyidina Uthman but the Seal is with Sayyidina 'Ali. He is the Shah-e Mardan!

- Shukur Allah that He (subhanahu wa ta'ala) gives our hearts the barakah, the love, the yearn- ing for Shah-e Mardan and we are able to speak.
- "And 'Ali is its gate". One can't enter inside without Hadrat 'Ali's love. Subhan Allah. It means the time is near, Mahdi ('alayhi salam) will come from his pure line, that because it is near, this (inspiration) comes to me so strongly.
- Shah-e Mardan, may you accept us. May our souls, our lives be sacrificed for you O beloved Companion of the Master of the Creation and the son of his uncle.
- Glorify the Prophet, and know and glorify the Shah-e Mardan who is the son of his uncle. Oth- er Sahabas would collect themselves when Sayyidina 'Ali entered an assembly. The Prophet (salla 'llah 'alayhi wa Alyhi wa sallam) would welcome him standing up, would kiss him. They don't write this in the books either. All Sahaba would stand up. Asadullahi Ghalib, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib! O Ahlu Sunnah wa-l Jama'at! If you re- spect him less than this, it means there is doubt in your iman.
- When he was fighting at the battle of Khaibar, in one hit with his sword, he cut the head of the strongest man of that castle. The edge of his sword touched the ground and where it touched the ground a water came out pouring. A water come out. Alhamdulillah I passed through Khai- bar and drank from that water of Shah-e Mardan too, with the permission of Allah!
- kings, O leaders, O chiefs! Islam is not a toy. The pure Shari'atu-l Muhammadiyya is not a toy. It requires high respect. If you show high respect

for it, a power, a majesty comes to you from a place you never expected.
- But it will appear; the magnificence of Islam will appear. Who will manifest the magnificence of Islam is Shah-e Mardan, Sayyidina 'Ali and who is from his grandsons, Sahibu-l Zaman Mahdi ('alayhi salam). He will be like the wind. Which plane, which cannon, what can stand against it?
- Be aware of the magnificence of Islam. Know, acknowledge our Sayyidina 'Ali who is the Shah- e Mardan and who are dressed with this magni- ficence.
- Today here there are from the men who are only a few on earth. There is the powerful one here that he is absorbing it like a hose; the one who is the Qutb, from the Ishraqiyyun
- May the tyrants who oppress the people finish each other.
- An army from the side of Sham will come. And in it, there will be Mahdi ('alayhi salam). He will come and conquer. Wait for him!
- Shah-e Mardan! Alfu Salat Alfu Salam ala Sayyi- di-l Awwalin wa-l akhirin. Thumma ala Sayyidina 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, Radi Allahu 'anhum wa Kar- ram Allahu wajhahu. I ask for their intercession.
- Let us send Salam, say Marhaba to the Shah-e Mardan. May his love increase in our hearts. May we keep his way and our Lord and His Be- loved be pleased with us.

CHAPTER 4

Man's Capital

Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani An- Naqshbandi, Sohbat of the 13th of March, 2013.

Yasin Sharif is the heart of the Quran. Al-Hamdu lillahi lladhi hadana li imanu wa-l Islam wa sharra- fana bi Nabiyyi Sayyidina Muhammad Sayyidi-l Awwalin wa-l Akhirin wa Alihi wa Sahbihi ajmain.
What a beautiful beginning is this. O beloved ones! Welcome to our assembly, O listeners. Let us see what will be granted to us today in the assembly of beloved ones.

Welcome to you. You came in goodness and may you return in goodness. Our day started with goodness, may it end with goodness. O beloved ones, O beloved friends. We are a weak servant. We receive support ac- cording to the level of our weakness. Just like how the parents of a child who can't walk yet, who is learning how to walk, hold his hands and make him walk slowly; we are like this also, we are weak ones. We need people who will hold our hand. The people who cannot under- stand this fact continue to bang their heads against the

walls. They keep falling down and then standing up, and hurting themselves. We need the one who will hold our hand. O beloved ones!

A person is written with the one who he is friends with, who he loves, Sayyidina Mehmet Effendi. May our day be good. May our glory be high. May our servanthood for our Lord get better. We should strive for this. For this, what is a Sohbat for? To hear, to know what is bet our Lord more beautifully. O beloved ones. Salamullahu alaikum, may Allah's Salam be upon you. Allah's Salam is to His Beloved, and from His Beloved comes to Shah- e Mardan. And from Shah-e Mardan, it comes to those who love him and keep his way. And we also, according to our situation from what is inspired to us, as old people call "sunuhat"; whatever it is that they inspire to our heart, we speak. It is not that we know and speak but it is an assembly of the beloved ones and it is with what they will grant us.

Shah-e Mardan! Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib is the Shah- e Mardan. With his love, we want to strengthen our faith, we want to learn the ways of respect. A person who does not have respect is trash. A person who has respect is valuable. These morning assemblies of ours are small assemblies we do after we finish the service, the awrad of the fajr prayer as much as we can do. Let us say as the first order, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Do not start anything without the Bismillah. Teach this first: "Kullu amrin dhi baalin lam yubda' fihi Bismillahi fa huwa abtar." This should be taught, people should be reminded of this. Whichever work does not start with the Bismillah is cut off. It is barren. They say it for who does not have a child. That one has no offspring. May Allah grant us good offspring. May we have beautiful

offspring. And whoever we are related to, we should be under his discipline.

The assembly of every Murshid, every holy one starts with Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. The Bismillah, Shaykh Muhammad Effendi, is an ocean. Whatever je- wel you seek, you can take from it. There is nothing which does not exist in it: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. We don't want the treasures of the worlds. What we want is a station in the heavens, that it is eternal. We want to prepare for it. The key of the seven heavens, what unlocks the Seven heavens is Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. There is permission to recite the Bismillah for dunya things but really what the believers should carry is the key of the Realm of Malakut. It is a shame to re- cite the Bismillah for dunya. The Bismillah should not be recited for dunya things. Why should we? There is no need. There is no need. There is a lock on the treasure, it has a guardian. No matter how much or how good the treasures of dunya are and how many men wait for it, they have no value. Let them take it! If you have trea- sure, leave it in the open so whoever likes may come and take. Only warn them: "If you take from this trea- sure, then you will be asked: "What did you do with it? Did you do it for your ego?" Shame on you if you did it for your ego. It is the same thing as taking a jewel and putting it under peoples' feet. Shame on you, shame on you. You should collect jewels in dunya. The treasures of these jewels are unlocked with the Bismillah.

What good can be here? Dunya, what can one do with the treasures of dunya? What can the treasures of dunya give us? Let's say the rich ones who own treasures eat a lamb; they eat one lamb in the morning, one at noon and one in the evening. What else can they do? What they eat has no value. What is it that makes Man differ-

ent from the animals? What animals do and their ser- vice is known and clear. Man's service is also clear. "Man Tashabbaha bi Qawmin fa Huwa Minhum". Whoever emulates a people is from them. The dogs seek bones, they get happy when they find one. Their masters seek meat, they want kabab. When dogs find bones, they get very happy. Distinguish yourself from them. Therefore O beloved ones, the Sultan of our as- sembly is Shah-e Mardan. May Salatu Salam be upon the Master of the Creation. And after him, may the Sa- latu Salam be upon Shah-e Mardan. We should glorify them, we should learn this. We should learn adab. A person without adab has no value in dunya or in akhi- rah. And here, the beloved ones, the beloved friends want to listen to something after the fajr prayer.

In the old times people would gather in a "mehfil" after fajr prayer and drink some coffee. Wherever it is that they can find a holy one to honour their assembly; whether it is a dargah, or a takka, or a mosque they would sit and listen. They would get refreshed. They get refreshed, they are strengthened. They are filled with love. What is the capital of Man? It is love. Were you loved by someone? Did you love someone? This is your value. "Well, we love horses". Then you will be resur- rected with horses. And this is the new fashion, people carry dogs. What business do you have with dogs? "But we love them". "Yuhshar al-mar' ma` man ahabb". A person will be resurrected with what/ whom he loves. On the day of Judgement he will be asked "who did you love?" "I loved this dog". "Take away this one with the dogs. His mind is not more than this. His doings are not more than this".

Shame on him. He can't find what he should love in his
dunya life, puts a chain on its neck and carries a dog. He

becomes a servant to the dog. Be servant to Allah! You serve a dog? What good can come to you from a dog? Its saliva is dirty, the animal's itself is dirty. He keeps barking, he has nothing else other than this. He bites, or kicks, he has no other job. Why do you look after it? Why do you waste your time, finish your life going after this animal? If you ask him to do some charitable work, he does not do but there is a huge dog behind him. There are even some dogs who eat their Master when they get angry.

We seek refuge in Allah. Ego is also a dog. Who follows his ego; one day his ego bites him, tears him into pieces and makes him Shaytan. Whoever follows his ego be- comes Shaytan. Whoever follows the Wali of Allah, the Shah-e Mardan, he also becomes like Shah-e Mardan, a person who has dignity. I saw this in Europe. No one in Europe knows what is clean or what is dirty. We were touring around in a city, Shaykh Mehmet Effendi and I saw a man. There was a huge dog behind him, and there was a bag and a shovel on his shoulder. I asked "Why does he go out with such equipment like this?" They said "The municipality prohibits the dogs wandering around in the cities because of their dirt. Therefore these men are the servants of dogs: they carry this sho- vel and bag to make sure their dogs and to not break the order of the municipality. When these dogs poop on the streets, since the municipality prohibited it, they pick it up and put in the bag. Then he walks carrying it on his shoulder".

Is this humanity? Is this the civilization of Europe? It is becoming like dogs, turning into dogs! Shame on the great Muslim World that each one of them carry a dog, saying "it is new fashion". There are some small dogs and ladies carry them on their chests, make them sleep

in their beds. They do all kinds of dirty things. Shame on them. They have time to do this. "Al-mar'u ma`a man ahabb". A person will be resurrected with whom he loves. These ones are dog lovers. What do they call it, animal protectors? Protection of animals. Why do you protect? "What can we do?" they say, "it is our animal". So you became an animal too. You have an honour. You are Man. Do not you know what you should do? How come you become animal lovers? Especially the dogs, they are dirty. Najasun. One can't eat from the plate it licks, one can't touch the skin of a dog. Its saliva is dirty. But who listens? Adult men in Europe walk in the streets carrying bags on their back. And there are also dogs that wear muzzles because they attack. It is only a dog, you can't rely on a dog. You can't trust a dog, it can bite you all of a sudden. There are some that even eat their masters. This is the civilization of Europe, this is being Westernized, this is.

And what have we also turned into now? We have be- come a socialist society. How did this happen? Our na- tion is also socialist, it is a socialist nation. Therefore all our work should be compliant with the social laws, eve- ryone should. And I say "If all who go to the Turkish parliament carry a dog, what can we do? You can't leave the dog. If another person tries to take his dog when the Prime Minister is entering the dog starts fighting, shouting, barking. It has to come and stay with the Prime Minister no matter what! What is this? "What can we do?" he says. "Let the dog come in and I caress its head". So he caresses the huge wolf dog and then leaves. Or else it will scream. It is a dog. Can a dog be equal to a man? Here, this is the civilization of the West, may it collapse. Today people turned into dogs

and they are fighting each other. They say "socialist people, socialist nation". Here, take the nation!

You removed the monarchy and whole world is cor- rupted now. Because the Sultan would say Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim and would say "Madad Ya Shah-e Mardan". Because when Sultan mounts his horse he would call "Madad Ya Shah-e Mardan". When he drew his sword, Europe would tremble. Now we are running after Europe. Why? They made us forget the Bismillah. There are fires in this place, hurricanes in that place. This place is flooded, fire burned that place, hurricane blew away. I am asking, did they have the Bismillah in their homes? "Why should we? Is it a mosque here?" they say. Look, what a foolishness. Say Bismillahi Rah- mani Rahim! The Ism Al-Jalal of Allah Almighty is in it. The Bismillah is the Holy Name which has My Ism Al- Adham. When you hang My Name, no fire can reach you, or no floods or no hurricanes can reach you. You can't get stuck under snow either. But they removed it and now they are suffering. Whole country is flooded, under water. If it rains a little more, these buildings that they call skyscrapers will move from their foundations and collapse on their heads.

Allah Almighty says "Inna 'Ardi Wasi`atun Fa'iyaya Fa`buduni. 'Inna 'Ardi Wasi`atun Fa'iyaya Fa`buduuni" (29:56). I made the earth spacious so that you can live on it, He (subhanahu wa ta'ala) says. It is not narrow. "Wasi`atun". Tanwin is for emphasizing. The earth is very spacious, says Allah Almighty. "Fa'iyaya Fa`buduuni". Worship Me Alone. I made the earth spa- cious for you. If all of you gathered in one place you can't even fill an island. I granted you this huge world with its everything but you are not satisfied; you want more, you want more. A hurricane may come and blow

you away. The Nimrod buildings you built will collapse on your head. Their foundations will become loose and collapse on their heads. They don't speak these things.

O Shah-e Mardan. O beloved friends, O beloved ones. O who love Shah-e Mardan, listen for Allah! Pull your- selves together. The real talent is not trying to show yourselves beautiful to the people but it is to come to the Presence of Allah enlightened on the Day of Judg- ment. If you want your face to be enlightened, say Bis- millahir Rahmanir Rahim. The Bismillah is forgotten and the mizan (balance) of the earth has gotten cor- rupted. People are never satisfied. Now hunger will come too. Hunger is also coming: also a hunger will fol- low these protests. People will eat each other. Even there are news reaching Shaykh Mehmet Effendi, that hunger comes in the end of times and what do the people do? Hear this. They go around the graves and say "this one has just gotten buried. Let's open his grave, there is meat on him, he didn't rotten yet. Let's open it, take his meat and throw in here the bones". O people, this word is the word of Haqq, listen! Do not forget the Bismillah. If you do, all kinds of troubles come on you. Who wants to be saved from troubles should say Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim.

O Lord, we make sajda for You, we are upon Your ser- vanthood O Lord. O Shah-e Mardan! Consider us from your beloved ones. Consider us from your jama'at. He says "How can I? You didn't keep the adab I showed you. How can I consider you from myself? You may see the life I lived explained in the books. And how do you live? You sink into haram. And then you ask help from us! What can we do for you? You finished yourselves". O who consider themselves as 'Alawis! Or who consider themselves as Shi'ite, or who considers themselves as

Muslims from other sects, be careful! You are on the wrong way. You should straighten your way. If not you will deserve what comes on your heads. Allah Almighty said "'Inna 'Ardi Wasi`atun, My earth is spacious". And the ones ruling Turkey are piling people in Istanbul! How many bridges are there? Are they now building the fifth bridge? Why are they building these bridges? "There are more cars than the people, they are not enough" they say. Send everyone back to their places! "'Inna 'Ardi Wasi`atun". Allah Almighty said "The earth is very spacious". "Fa'iyaya Fa`buduuni, Worship Me alone and I grant you everything you need".

Say Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. How beautiful, how beautiful. May Allah not deprive us, deprive our child- ren, our brothers from the Nur of the Bismillah. Do not emulate the unbelievers! "Man Tashabbaha bi Qawmin fa Huwa Minhum". Whoever emulates a people is from them. Carry the outlook, the majesty of Islam. Do not say "I studied Ilahiyhyat, I am a scholar". A man came to the mosque on Jum'ah, before the Jum'ah prayer and saw the man cleaning the mosque. He saw that there is no one around. He asked him "What are you doing here?" "I clean the mosques. Today is Friday". "Is this your job?" "Yes, and what is your job? Can you please help me a little bit? The mosque is big, help me a little bit and we clean". He said "Ya Hu, what a bad man are you! I am a scholar who studied Ilahiyyat". "If you stu- died Ilahiyyat, is it forbidden in Ilahiyyat to sweep the mosques?" "Shut up. I am a man of such rank! Men like you do the sweeping!"

Al 'Azamatu lillah, Wa-l Kibraya'u lillah; Allahu Dhul Jalal. He says "I studied Ilahiyyat, I don't sweep the mosques". He said "O son, if you studied Ilahiyyat, how did you become a scholar without sweeping a mosque?"

"Keep quiet, you ignorant one!" "You are the ignorant one, O son. Allah Almighty said to the great Prophet Ibrahim "Wa Tahhir Baytiya Litta'ifina Wal-Qa'imina" (22:26). Allah Almighty said to the Great Prophet Ibra- him: "Clean My House for the coming visitors, for who make tawaf, for the pilgrims, for the mu'tamirs, for who will pray there, "Wa Tahhir Baytiya Litta'ifina Wa l- Qa'imina". How can you say "I can't do it?" You and your knowledge gives you nothing other than the claim of greatness Shaytan gives you an affliction. You aren't anything but full of claims of greatness and arrogance. Go and do whatever you like, I clean!" They teach them like this, the knowledgeable ones of this time all have their noses stuck up in the air. If you say "Come and sweep here, "I can't sweep, I have a diploma". May your diploma be torn apart.

O beloved ones, come on in to the assembly of Shah-e Mardan. Learn adab from Shah-e Mardan. Allahu Akba- rul Akbar. Allahu Akbarul Akbar. Allahu Akbarul Akbar. May You send us Your servants who will teach us adab. People are imitating Shaytan. They are not imitating the Prophets. They left Islam and want the fashion of Eu- rope. I heard that the wives of very rich ones say "Give us permission to drive". The king of that place said "I won't give!" And they inflict on him saying "Give us this permission no matter what and we drive our own cars". He said "Can't be". I said Bravo for that king. We have many sins but He (subhanahu wa ta'ala) can erase them. This order of the king is good. They want to drive around. No! Allah Almighty said, what did He (subha- nahu wa ta'ala) say Sayyidina Mehmet Effendi? "Wa Qarna Fi Buyutikunna". Stay in your homes. "Wa dhkur- na Ma Yutla ƒ´ Buyutikunna Min 'Ayati llahi" Meet in your homes to talk over things. Gather in your homes

and think on the wisdoms of the Holy Quran. "How can you be good servants for Allah, look to this" the Verse orders. Where are you in this? He (subhanahu wa ta'ala) is warning: "Wa La Tabarrajna Tabarruja l-Jahiliyati l- 'Ula".

Do not be like the women of the times of ignorance, be like the ladies of Islam. May Allah forgive us. O Shah-e Mardan! May Salatu Salam be upon the Prophet., and then upon the four Great Companions ('Ali, Fatima, al- Hasan, al-Husayn), and then upon the Companions and then upon those who follow their ways. O Lord, may You not deprive us of the treasures of the Bismillah, not deprive us of its power and majesty and Nur, O Allah. We are helpless. Send us a Sultan, send us the Sultan who will collect Islam, who will show the magnificence of Islam to whole world and who is from the line of Shah e Mardan. Marhaba O beloved ones. These are the few words said after the fajr prayer. Who pray the fajr prayer and wait; make a sohbat even if they are three people, upon the method of our Tariqah: Tariqatuna sohbah wa l-khayri fi jamia'.

Allah sends you inspirations through the great holy ones. Your inspiration is true and you find relief. Set off with the Bismillah and may your way be open. All the open doors of who don't say the Bismillah close. And all closed doors of who say the Bismillah open. O our Lord, tubna wa raja'na ilayk. Tawba Ya Rabbi, tawba Ya Rabbi. Let all of us say Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. O Shah-e Mardan, Salatu Salam may be upon you and your great ancestors. Salatu Salam may be upon the Companions, upon the pure line of Shah-e Mardan. May Allah not separate us from their assemblies. Allah Almighty granted us honour with His service. May Allah not make us servants to dogs.

Let us say "Amin" O beloved ones. For the honour of the Beloved, Al-Fatiha.

Chapter Summary
- Salamullahu alaikum, may Allah's Salam be upon you. Allah's Salam is to His Beloved, and from His Beloved comes to Shah-e Mar- dan. And from Shah-e Mardan, it comes to those who love him and keep his way.
- Shah-e Mardan! Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib is the Shah-e Mardan. With his love, we want to strengthen our faith, we want to learn the ways of respect
- Let us say as the first order, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Do not start anything without the Bismillah. Teach this first
- Whichever work does not start with the
Bismillah is cut off. It is barren.
- The assembly of every Murshid, every holy one starts with Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.
- The key of the seven heavens, what unlocks the Seven heavens is Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. There is permission to recite the Bismillah for dunya things but really what the believers should carry is the key of the Realm of Malakut
- When dogs find bones, they get very happy. Distinguish yourself from them. Therefore O beloved ones, the Sultan of our assembly is Shah-e Mardan.
- In the old times people would gather in a "mehfil" after fajr prayer and drink some cof- fee. Wherever it is that they can find a holy one to honour their assembly; whether it is a dargah, or a takka, or a mosque they would sit and listen.

- What is the capital of Man? It is love. Were you loved by someone? Did you love some- one? This is your value. "Well, we love horses". Then you will be resurrected with horses.
- Whoever follows his ego becomes Shaytan. Whoever follows the Wali of Allah, the Shah-e Mardan, he also becomes like Shah-e Mardan, a person who has dignity.
- Can a dog be equal to a man? Here, this is the civilization of the West, may it collapse.
- You removed the monarchy and whole world is corrupted now. Because the Sultan would say Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim and would say "Madad Ya Shah-e Mardan". Be- cause when Sultan mounts his horse he would call "Madad Ya Shah-e Mardan". When he drew his sword, Europe would tremble. Now we are running after Europe. Why? They made us forget the Bismillah.
- Say Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim! The Ism Al- Jalal of Allah Almighty is in it. The Bismillah is the Holy Name which has My Ism Al- Adham. When you hang My Name, no fire can reach you, or no floods or no hurricanes can reach you. You can't get stuck under snow either. But they removed it and now they are suffering.
- "Fa'iyaya Fa`buduuni". Worship Me Alone. I made the earth spacious for you. If all of you gathered in one place you can't even fill an island. I granted you this huge world with its everything but you are not satisfied; you want more, you want more.

- If you want your face to be enlightened, say Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. The Bismillah is forgotten and the mizan (balance) of the earth has gotten corrupted.
- O people, this word is the word of Haqq, lis- ten! Do not forget the Bismillah. If you do, all kinds of troubles come on you. Who wants to be saved from troubles should say Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim.
- Shah-e Mardan! Consider us from your be- loved ones. Consider us from your jama'at. He says "How can I? You didn't keep the adab I showed you. How can I consider you from myself? You may see the life I lived ex- plained in the books. And how do you live? You sink into haram. And then you ask help from us! What can we do for you? You fi- nished yourselves". O who consider them- selves as 'Alawis! Or who consider themselves as Shi'ite, or who considers themselves as Muslims from other sects, be careful! You are on the wrong way. You should straighten your way. If not you will deserve what comes on your heads.
- People are imitating Shaytan. They are not imitating the Prophets. They left Islam and want the fashion of Europe.
- Lord, may You not deprive us of the trea- sures of the Bismillah, not deprive us of its power and majesty and Nur, O Allah. We are helpless. Send us a Sultan, send us the Sul- tan who will collect Islam, who will show the magnificence of Islam to whole world and who is from the line of Shah-e Mardan.

CHAPTER 5

Dhakkir

Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani An- Naqshbandi, Sohbat of the 14th of March, 2013.

As Salamu alaikum. How are you Haji Mehmet? Leave if you're tired. He's not. In the way of Al- lah, inshaAllah we won't get tired. The way of Allah won't get us tired. Way of Shaytan ex-
hausts, crushes. This is a sohbah assembly, a friendly chat. Friendly chat. What can we do?

Our Shaykh Sultanul Awliya used to say like that Shaykh 'Abd Allah Daghestani, "When two believers come together, they should make sohbah." Like what? Even if he does not know anything "Oh our believing follower believing brother, how are you? Shukur Alham- dulillah, we're fine. We live with the beneficence. We thank our Lord, send Salat and Salam to His Messenger. We send also Salam to Shah-e Mardan he should say. If there's enough time to milk two sheep if they talk, it bring closeness. Even the trees lean towards each other. So even though our meeting is short and small we hope that our Lord Jalla wa Ala for the honor of His Beloved

and Shah-e Mardan may forgive us and bring us togeth- er with His clean servants. "Al mar'u ma'a man ahabba." A person is with the ones he loves. On the day of judg- ment who do you find? The one you love.

Today is Thursday the day before the holy Friday. The eve of Friday. Let's start our meeting. Let us say "Bismil- lahir Rahmanir Rahim". He says, " Anything without the Basmala is infertile" - meaning without solution or ben- efit. Like a weed it grows, it has a festival for one month or two months, in the third month dries, turns into straw, disappears. There are also the trees. When you plant a tree, the tree grows, grows. There's a command for it to reach a certain target.

May our meeting be Shah-e Mardan's honorable meet- ing. Shah-e Mardan made sohbah for Ashabi Kiram so that his honor may reach us. Because Shah-e Mardan, Hadrat 'Ali Karram Allahu wajhahu Asadullahil Ghalib. Our Master Hadrat 'Ali is the undefeated lion. We re- member his name because our Prophet (salla 'llah 'alayhi wa Alihi wa sallam) said, "everything has a door. I am the City of Knowledge. 'Ali is the Door." All wisdom, that comes from the Prophet, comes from Shah-e Mar- dan. We say as much as we receive from Shah-e Mar- dan. For this reason, the honorable Ashab of the Honorable Nabi, the fourth of Khulafa-i Rashidin Shah-e Mardan Hadrat 'Ali ibn Abi Talib were undefeated. Al- ways victorious. Our Master Hadrat 'Ali Shah-e Mardan. Wherever he goes, he shakes, roars. He is victorious with his Dhul Fiqar. So, we are saying let's follow the way of the great ones. Our Shaykh is Sultanul Awliya. He also used to say this. If there's enough time to milk make a meeting" he said. Milking two cows; five mi- nutes or three minutes or seven minutes it takes that

much time. Even this much, a believer should give and take with another believer. How nice!

This is good manners Shaykh Mehmet. When two be- lievers meet, there may come a benefit. Marhaba Shah-e Mardan. 'Ali ibn Abi Talib. Shah-e Mardan, who shakes the ground Hadrat 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, Radi Allahu 'anhu. Karram Allahu wajhahu Hadrat. Remember his name. He is the Door of City of Knowledge. The City of Know- ledge is the Prophet(salla 'llah 'alayhi wa Alihi wa sal- lam) Nobo
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