Bridge To Eternity (Shaykh Nazim, 104 pages, 10/10)
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the guidance of Allah. Niyat is the breeze of the soul, coming from the unseen world, not from the material.”
On the way of Truth, Tarig-i-Haqg, two methods are being used: Tariqats follow either the Tarig-i-Nafsani, the way on which first of all the Nafs, the ego, is educated in order for the soul to be saved, or they follow the Tarig-i-Ruhani, the way on which first of all the Ruh, the spirit or soul is purified. The Tarig-i-Nafsani is heavy. Always you have to do the opposite of what your ego wants from you. It is a big fight. The Tariq-i-Ruhani is easy. Sheikh says that on our way you can use the best of everything under the condition that you also do your best in worshipping Allah. On this way first of all the spirit or soul is purified, with no regard to the ego. After the Ruh has found its original attributes the ego, willingly or unwillingly, must follow the Ruh and obey its orders.
The Shaykh opens from his heart to the heart of the Murid a spring of Faiz, Divine Blessings, from the Divine Oceans of Faiz. He increases the love for Allah in the heart of the Murid and in this fire of Divine Love all worldliness is burnt. Through the Faiz the heart is cleaned. Then the state of the Murid changes. It is through the Baraka and the spiritual power of the Sheikh that the Murid progresses from the lowest level or state of his soul to the highest. There is two beings in the Children of Adam which are always fighting: The Ruh-u- Hayvaniya, which is always against Allah and rebellious, and the Ruh-u-Sultaniya, which is always obedient to Allah and finds its pleasure in worshipping Allah. If the lower self is absolutely in control, one’s characteristics can be worse than a wild animal. If the higher Self is absolutely in control, one’s characteristics can be better than those of the Angels. To become an Insan Kamil, a perfected human being, one must undergo a training at the hands of a perfect Master, because the Nafs (soul, self, ego) must develop. There is seven levels:
83|Bridge to Eternity 1. Nafs-i-Ammara: On this level the ego is in full power. The lower self always prompts one to disobediency to Allah and to evil, bad actions and the gratification of animal lust. One is pleased with oneself and full of bad characteristics.
2. Nafs-i-Lavvama: On this level the conscience is awakened and the self accuses one for listening to one’s ego. One repents and asks for forgiveness, but falls back into bad behaviour.
3. Nafs-i-Mulhimma: On this level one becomes more firm in listening to one’s conscience, but is not yet surrendered.
4. Nafs-i-Mutma’inna: On this level one is firm in one’s faith and leaves bad manners. The soul becomes tranquil, at peace.
5. Nafs-i-Radhiya: On this level one is pleased with whatever comes from Allah and doesn’t live in the past or future, but in the moment. One thinks always: ‘Ilahi Anta Maqsudi wa ridhaka matludi’. One always sees oneself as weak and in need of Allah.
6. Nafs-i-Mardiya: On this level the two Ruhs in man have made peace. One is soft and tolerant with people and has good Ahlak, good manners.
7. Nafs-i-Safiya: On this level one is dressed in the attributes of the Insan Kamil, the perfected man, who is completely surrendered and inspired by Allah. One is in full agreement with the Will of Allah.
Then there is five stations of the heart: ‘Qalb’, ‘Sirr’, ‘Sirr-u-Sirr’, ‘Khafi’, ‘Akhfa’. The first station Shaitan can enter. The second station belongs to the Sheikhs of the 4o Tariqats, the third only to the Sheikhs of the NAQSHBANDI Tarigat, the fourth to Rasulu’llah and the fifth to Allah Almighty.
‘Khalwat’ and ‘Itikaf’ — Seclusion and Retreat
The real seclusion means to empty the heart of everything except Allah and to be alone with the One you love. It means to leave one’s own self behind like a snake sheds its skin. Shah-u- Naqshiband said that it is impossible to reach the love of the ‘Ahlu’llah’, the People of God, until you come out of yourself. In seclusion one isolates and secludes oneself from anyone other than Allah and disconnects from the materialistic life for the sake of being able to remember Allah all the time and be with Him. It is a period of training in the Sufi Tariqat during which the lower self is deprived of even the permitted enjoyments of normal Muslim life; it involves fasting, absolute seclusion, increased prayer and remembrance of Allah and reduced sleep. The Murid must fight his ego with great courage and determination, because the ego will give him intense difficulties.
According to Abu’l Hasan ash-Shadhili there are ten benefits from seclusion:
-Safety from all misconduct of the tongue, because there is no one to talk to in seclusion,
-Safety from all misconduct of the eyes, because there are no human beings to see, -Safety of the heart from all kinds of show, and other like illnesses,
-Safety from the accompanying of evil people,
-Safety of the ego from falling into bad manners,
-It will lift you to a state of ascetism,
-It will give you free time to do Dhikr,
84| Bridge to Eternity -It will give you free time to meditate, to take account of yourself and to make your goal the Divine Presence,
-It will give you the sweet taste of worship, prayers and supplication to the Divine Presence,
-It will give peace and satisfaction to the heart.
Our GrandShaykh Abdullah ad-Daghestani said that to enter seclusion is like putting a seed into the ground. It vanishes from the materialistic side of this life for the love of Allah and the benefit of other human beings, and it begets fruit. Like this you must cut yourself off from the materialistic life, forsake your ego, and vanish into nothingness to exist only in the Presence of Allah. Being alone with your Lord you make a connection to your ultimate reality, by fitting that image you wear here to its original in the Divine Presence. It is in seclusion that the eyes of the heart open and the heart finds the satisfaction and happiness it seeks.
The Main Rules of the Naqshbandi Order
Sheikh Abdu’l Khaliq Ghujdawani (1-8) and Shah Baha’ud-Din Naqshbandi (9-11)
“ILAH| ANTA MAQSOUDI WA RIDHAKA MATLOUDI! LA MA’ABUDA ILL’ALLAH, LA MAQSUDA ILL’ALLAH, LA MAWJUDA ILL’ALLAH!”
“Oh Allah, You are my goal and | am seeking Your satisfaction! There is nothing worthy of being worshipped except Allah, there is no other destination except Allah, there is no other existence except through Allah!”
1) HOSH DAR DAM- Conscious breathing: You must not inhale or exhale heedlessly. Every breath should be associated with an awareness of the Divine Presence, because it then is alive and connected with the Divine Presence. Through the breathing of the creatures the sound of ‘Huwa’ of the Divine Name of Allah is made, and this is a sign of the Unseen Divine Essence in all creatures, pointing to the Uniqueness of Allah.
2) NAZAR BAR QADAM- Watching one’s steps: While walking you must watch your steps keeping the eyes on your feet, and not look here and there. Unnecessary sights and images create veils on the heart which block the Light of the Divine Presence. Don’t let your ego distract you, but move steadfastly toward your goal- the Divine Presence. That is the way of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sws- only to look for the Divine Presence.
3) SAFAR DAR WATAN- Journey homeward: There is two kinds of travel. The first is the external journey, the travel from one land to another searching for a perfect guide to take and direct you to your destination. This enables you to to go on the second journey which is internal. It involves a journey from
85|Bridge to Eternity human to angelic attributes. You must leave bad characteristics, move to the praiseworthy ones, and throw all worldly desires out of your heart to purify it. Through unceasing effort especially during the early stages of the way the mirror of the heart must be polished: ‘Ad- dawamu-taufiq’ - Perseverance brings success.
4) KHALWAT DAR ANJUMAN- Solitude in the crowd:
It means to be outwardly with people while remaining inwardly with Allah. Your outward activities must not affect your inward state of remembrance of Allah, the Dhikrullah. There is also two kinds of seclusion. The external seclusion requires that the seeker must seclude himself in a private place and stay there by himself, pray and make Dhikr. He chains his ego, his external senses, for his internal senses to become free to reach to the heavenly realm. This will bring him to the state of internal seclusion, wherein his heart is present with his Lord and absent from the creatures while remaining physically present among them. In the state of Dhikr the manifestation of the Divine Presence envelops him. When it overcomes him, it makes him unaware of all but his Lord. The Prophet said sws: “Il have one face which is facing my Creator, and | have another face which is facing the creation.”
5) YAD KARD- Remembrance, ‘Making mention’: Remember Allah both with the tongue and with the heart, by making loud and silent Dhikr. The Dhikr by negation and affirmation is: ‘La ilaha ill’Allah’. The Dhikr of the Name of Allah’s Essence is: ‘Allah, Allah...’. By these forms of Dhikr you deny everything in this world and affirm the existence of Allah Almighty only. This brings you into the Divine Presence of Allah.
6) BAZ GASHT- Returning: The Holy Prophet used to say: “Ilahi Anta Maqsoudi wa ridhaka matloudi”- “Oh Allah, You are my goal and Your satisfaction is what | am seeking.” To utter this phrase every now and then during the Dhikr helps you to expel all thoughts from the heart, and to open yourself to the awareness of the Oneness of Allah, until you reach the state that wherever you look you will see the Absolute One.
Return to Allah by complete surrender and submission to Hi Will, and complete humbleness in giving Him all due praise. The seeker cannot come to the Presence of God in his Dhikr except by the help and support, and the permission of Allah. It is really Allah, the One, who is reciting the Dhikr through him. Sheikh Abu Yazid al Bistami said: “When | reached Allah | saw that His remembering of me had preceded my remembrance of Him.” And the Holy Prophet used to say: “We did not remember You as You deserve to be remembered, Oh our Lord!”
7) NIGAH DASHT- Attentiveness: Watch your heart during the contemplation. It will help you to prevent egoistic and evil thoughts from entering it. Bad inclinations keep the heart from joining with the Divine.
8) YAD DASHT- Recollection: Always safeguard your heart with Dhikr and be in permanent awareness of the Divine Presence. Then you will also discard angelic thoughts and imaginings and keep and affirm only the real truthful thoughts.
86| Bridge to Eternity 9) WUQUF-I-ZAMANI- Awareness of time:
You must be aware of how you spends your time- ‘the Sufi is the son of his time’. Stop every now and then in your activities to remember Allah. You must spend all your time making your one and only goal the arrival at the station of Divine Love and Divine Presence. You must become aware that Allah witnesses the smallest detail. Make an account of your actions and intentions every day and every night and analyse them. If they are good, and if you were in Allah’s Presence, thank Allah for them. If they are bad, and you were in the presence of your ego, you must repent and ask Him for forgiveness.
10) WUQUF-I-ADADI- Awareness of the numbers: Count and be aware of the exact number of repetitions comprising the silent Dhikr of the heart, to secure your heart from bad thoughts and to deepen the concentration. The pillar of Dhikr through counting is to bring the heart into the Presence of the One who is mentioned in that Dhikr and to realize the creation’s need of Him.
11) WUQUF-I-QALBI- Awareness of the heart: The heart is the center of power. All thoughts and inspirations, good or bad, are felt and appear inside the heart, circling and alternating, moving between light and darkness. Dhikr is required to control and reduce that turbulence of the heart. The state of awareness of the heart is the state of being present in the Divine Presence in such a way that you don’t see other than Allah. You can form a mental picture of your heart with the name of Allah engraved on it, to emphasize that the heart has no consciousness or goal other than Him.
The Nadshbandi ‘Wazifa’- The Basic Exercise of the Naqshbandi Order
This basic exercise is to be recited once in 24 hours:
Audhu bi’llahi mina shaitani rajim, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, La haula wa la quwatta illa bi’llahi’l ‘Aliyu’l ‘Azim...
3 x Shahada: Ashadu an la ilaha ill’Allah, wa ashadu ana Muhammadun Abduhu wa Rasuluh 7o x Astaghfirullah
1x Sura al Fatiha (Sura 1), with the intention of sharing in the Tajallis and Divine Favours sent down with it when it was first revealed in Mekka-i-Mukarrama
1x Amana rasulu (Sura 2: 285-286):
Audhu bi’llahi mina shaitani rajim, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim:
“Amana rasulu bima unzila ilayhi mir-rabbihi wa’l mu’minun, kullun amana bi’llahi wa malaikatihi wa kutubihi wa rusulih, la nufarriqu bayna ahadin mir-rusulih, wa qalu sam/’ina wa at’ana ghufranaka rabbana wa ilayka’l masir; la yukallifu’llahu nafsan illa wus’aha, laha ma kasabat wa ‘alayha maktasabat, rabbana la tuakh-ithna in nasina aw akhta’na, rabbana wa la tachmil ‘alayna isran kama hamaltahu ‘ala-l-lathina min gablina, rabbana wa la tukhammilna ma la taagata lana bih, wa’fu ‘anna, waghfirlana, warhamna, Anta Maulana fansurna ‘ala’l qaumi’! kafirin.”
87|Bridge to Eternity Amana bi’llahi sadaga’llahu’l ‘Azim. Subhana rabbika rabbi ‘aizzati ama yasifun, wa salamun ‘ala’l mursalin, wa’l hamduli’lli rabbi’l ‘alamin.
7 x Sura Inshirah (Sura 94) 11 x Sura Ikhlas (Sura 112) 1 x Sura al Falaq (Sura 113) 1 x Sura an-Naas (Sura 114)
10 x La ilaha ill’Allah, after the 10th time add: Muhammad rasulu’llah (salla’llahu ‘alayhi wa Sallim)
10 x Salawat-u-Sharifa: Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammadin wa ‘ala ali Muhammadin wa sallim
Ihda: Dedicate this to the Holy Prophet, his Family and Sahaba(the Companions), to the souls of all Prophets and Messengers, the servants of the Shariat(the Divine Law), the four Imams of the Islamic Law, and to the souls of the Sheikhs of the most distinguished Naqshbandi Order, especially to the soul of the Imam of the Tarigat Shah Baha’ud-Din Naqshiband, and Khwajah Abdu’l Khaliq al Ghujdawani, and Sultanu’l Awliya Sheikh Abdullah ad-Daghestani, and our Master Maulana Sheikh Nazim al Haqgani...
1 x Sura al Fatiha (Sura 1), with the intention of sharing in the Tajallis and Divine Favours sent down with it when it was revealed for the second time in Medina-i-Munawwara.
3 x ALLAH HU, ALLAH HU, ALLAH HU, HAQQ... Du’a (Personal prayer, supplication)
Optional:
(100-1000) x Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
(100-1000) x Alhamdulillah
(100 — 1000) x La ilaha ill’Allah
(100-1000) x Salawat-u-Sharifa
(100-1000) x Allah, Allah...
(100-1000) x Ya Wadud
(100 — 1000) x Hasbi Allahu wa ni’amal wakil
(100-1000) x La haula wa la quwatta illa bi’llahi’! ‘Aliyu’l ‘Azim
Sura 94: “Alam nashrah laka sadrak, wa wada’ana ‘anka wizrak, allathi anqada thahrak, wa rafa’ana laka sikrak, fa inna ma’a’l ‘usri yusra, inna ma’a’l ‘usri yusra, fa iza faraghta fansab, wa ila rabbika farghab.”
88| Bridge to Eternity (Have We not widened your breast, and taken the burden off your back, and have We not raised your name in fame? So truly, with every hardship comes ease, with every hardship does come ease- so when you are free from your immediate task turn to your Lord and worship Him.)
Sura 113: “Qul: Audhu bi rabbi’! falaq, min sharri ma khalaq, wa min sharri ghasigin iza waqab, wa min sharri nafathati fi’l ‘uqad, wa min sharri haasidin iza hasad.”
(Say: | am taking refuge in the Lord of the dawn from the evil that He has created, from the evil of the darkness after sunset, and from the evil of those who blow on knots making magic, and from the envier when he is envious.)
Sura 114: “Qul: Audhu bi rabbin-naas, maliki-n-naas, ilahi-n-naas, min sharri’l waswasi’l khannas, allathi yuwaswisu fi suruuri-n-naas mina’l djinnati wa-n-naas.”
(Say: | seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, the God of mankind, from the evil of the whisperer, who whispers into the breasts of man evil about the jinn and mankind.)
‘Salatun Tunjina- The Prayer of Relief, The Dua for all Kinds of Goodness
This is a very important Dua, a prayer to ask for all kinds of goodness and relief from all kinds of problems. It is to be recited 40 times daily:
“Allahumma salli ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammadin (wa ‘ala ali Sayyiduna Muhammadin) salatan tunjina biha min jami’i’l ahwaali wa’l afaat,
wa taqdi lana biha min jami’i’| haajaat,
wa tutah-hiruna biha min jami’i- s- saiyaat,
wa tarfa’una biha ’ala darrajaat,
wa tuballighuna biha aqsa’l ghayaati
min jami’i’| khayraati
fi’l hayaati wa ba’ada’l mamaat.”
“Hasbi Allahu wa ni’amal Wakil (3x) , ni’amal Maula wa ni’amal Nasir, Ghufranaka, Rabbana, wa Ilayka’l masir.”
(Oh our Lord, grant Your blessings to our Master Muhammad (and the family of our Master Muhammad)
89|Bridge to Eternity blessings with which we may be saved from all adverse conditions and misfortunes, with which all our needs may be fulfilled,
with which we may be cleaned from all sins,
with which may be raised to high spiritual ranks,
and with which we may attain the best of all kinds of goodness
in this life and the hereafter.
Allah is sufficient for me and the best to arrange all my affairs (3x),
He is the best Lord | can have and the best One to advise me, | am asking Your forgiveness, Oh our Lord, and to Your Presence we return.)
90|1Bridge to Eternity GLOSSARY
Adab: Good manners, proper way of behaving; respecting people’s feelings and knowing how to treat them as well as keeping respect towards Allah Almighty and having a correct attitude in your relationship to Him, are at the heart of the teaching of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sws. This whole area of knowledge and wisdom is referred to as Adab.
Adhan:The Call to Prayer read from the minaret of the Mosque five times every day. The call says: “Allah is the Greatest; | bear witness that there is no God other than the True God Allah, | bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; Come to the prayer, come to true success; Allah is the Greatest, there is no God but Allah.”
Ahlu’l Haqq, Ahlu’llah, Awliya: The People of Truth, the People of Allah, The Friends of Allah. The Saints.
Allah: It comes from Al ilah (the God) . The Name of the One and Only God.
Baraka: Blessing, benediction; abundant and continual good- a spiritual emanation of holy people, places and objects, places of pilgrimage and tombs of Saints.
Barzakh: The World in which the dead exist while awaiting their being called from the graves for Judgement.
Fitna: Discord, strife, affliction.
Hadith: Prophetic tradition.
Halal: Permissible, lawful, legitimate, according to the Shariat (the Divine Law).
Haram: Religiously forbidden, unlawful, prohibited either because of sacredness or harmfulness. All actions which fall outside the limits of Shariah.
Hawa: Vain desires, fancies, inclinations; distractions and idle or vain thoughts which keep one from reality and worship.
Himmah: Energy, vigour; ambition, resolution, determination, zeal, aspiration.
Ikhlas: True sincerity, purity of intention. A very high state of devotion.
Islam-Iman-lhsan: The three levels of faith.
1) Islam: outward surrender to the orders of Allah, accepting the 5 pillars of Islam: 1. Declaring that there is no God save the One True God Allah Almighty and that Muhammad sws is the Messenger of Allah, 2. To pray the ritual prayer (Salat) facing Mekka five times a day, 3. To fast the whole month of Ramadan, abstaining from all food, drink and carnal pleasures from dawn until sunset, 4. To give one-fortieth of one’s wealth annually to the Muslim poor, 5. To make the pilgrimage to Mekka in the time of Hajj at least once in a lifetime, provided one possesses the necessary material means.
2) Iman: a stage at which the faith has entered the heart of a person. There is 6 pillars of Iman: 1. Belief in Allah, 2. Belief in the Prophets of Allah, 3. Belief in the Angels, 4. Belief in the Holy Books which Allah sent to Mankind through His Prophets, 5. Belief in Heaven and Hell, and 6. Belief, that Allah has pre-destined everything that occurs in this World, regardless of whether it appears to us to be good or bad.
3) Ihsan: the level of true goodness which develops from faith. The Holy Prophet sws said that Ihsan means to worship as if you were seeing Allah in front of you, for even if you don’t see Him, He sees you.
911Bridge to Eternity Jahiliya: The time of ignorance; referring to the pre-Islamic era during which the Arabs lived in the darkness of ignorance, worshipping idols and following their lusts and superstitions.
Jihad-ul-Akbar:‘The Greater Holy War’ which is fought against one’s own lower self, the ego. Without the believer gaining the upper hand over his lower self, he cannot hope to perfect his religion nor to be of any use to the community of believers.
Jinn: The Holy Quran addresses both Mankind and Jinn. The Jinn are made of smokeless fire, Man from earth and the Angels from light. As in the case of Mankind, there are both believers and unbelievers found among the Jinn.
Kaaba, ‘Baitu’llah’: The Holy House of Allah in Mekka. The Muslims worldwide direct themselves in their prayers toward the Kaaba as their central focal point, ’Qiblah’. When visiting the Kaaba, Muslims perform the rite of circumambulation in emulation of the Angels circumambulating the Throne of Allah in Heavens.
Kafir: People and Jinn who disbelieve in and reject the Truth which is brought from Allah by the Prophets and Saints.
Khidmah: Service for the Sheikh, for his followers, for all human beings and all creatures of Allah.
Mufti: Official expounder of Islamic Law, a canon lawyer.
Murid: A follower who desires to learn the Sufi way from a Sheikh, a Murshid; one who submits himself to the care and the orders of a Sufi Sheikh.
Murshid: Guide, advisor, instructor. One who leads another to the right way. A Sufi Sheikh.
Muslim: A person who has surrendered to Allah.
Nasihat: Sincere advice. The Holy Prophet said: ”Ad-dinu nasihat” (Religion consists of
sincere advice). Qur’an: Koran, lecture, recitation; the Holy Book of the Muslims, which was revealed unto the Prophet Muhammad over a period of twenty-three years. It is a revelation from Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, imparted through the revealing Archangel Gabriel to the heart of Muhammad _ sws, and passed on by the Prophet, by Divine Command, to the whole of Mankind and Jinn. The Qur’an is the eternal speech of Allah transmitted to mankind in the Arabic language, the sounds of which have a special mystical power. It is not really possible to make a translation into any other language. A translation of its meaning may be useful, but it cannot stand in the place of the original, neither in prayer nor spiritual benefit. Since it was revealed not even one letter of it has been changed, so that today we still read the Qur’an as it was revealed almost fifteen centuries ago.
Rakaat: A bow followed by two prostrations in the ritual prayer (Salat).
Sahaba: The 124.000 Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad who represented all the different types of personalities that would be found throughout the era of the Nation of Muhammad, the Ummah.
Shariat: The canon law of Islam, the totality of Allah’s commandments relating to the activities of man; the indispensable basis for religious life. Shariat and Hagiqat (the mystical reality) form a correlated pair, giving to man the possibility of unfolding his potential to the highest degree.
Shirk: Polytheism; ascribing partners unto Allah. Hidden shirk is, for example, the worship of money, lusts, reputation etc.
Sunnah: The practice and way of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, which encompasses everything from his manners, pronouncements, advice, and rulings.
921Bridge to Eternity Tabiin: The followers of the Sahaba; those who were instructed by the Companions of the Holy Prophet.
Tajalli: Spiritual emanations and manifestations.
Wudhu: Ritual Ablution. Before praying and reading the Holy Quran every Muslim must perform ablution: One makes the intention to perform ablution for the sake of Allah and then washes his hands, mouth, nostrils, face, arms, head, ears, back of neck and feet. Ablution must be repeated after going to the toilet, passing wind, getting angry or sexually exited, and after sleep. (After sexual intercourse and after the menstruation one takes a shower- Ghussl.)
931Bridge to Eternity CONCLUSION
“There are going to be unexpected events that no one can bring an explanation for. And there should be Divine Purposes and Wisdoms for those events. And this is a new beginning. A new period for this world, Dunya, is coming now.
Now, for a few months only, all nations are going to carry very heavy burdens. When that finishes, there will be a new opening for the whole world. We are in a tunnel, and until we pass through it, it will get more and more narrow. Then, when Jesus Christ is coming, it will get wider and wider. Only spiritually strong people will pass through this tunnel. Materialist people won't be able to make it, the power of their batteries will be finished.
We have hope, we are believers; we know that this is only a bridge from one side to another. Only for a short distance you must pay attention, so that you may pass freely through that valley.
Everything depends on belief. Believers should be in safety, worshippers much more, and servants for Allah’s Divine Presence should be in full safety.
Big events are coming to destroy everything that makes mankind artificial. Technology has made people into artificial beings, and their real identity has left them. Man doesn’t know who he is, if he is an animal or an angel. Therefore we are saying that man should run back to nature now, to save himself and to find his real identity.
It is now a big obligation for you to ask to come back to your real personality, to find your identity. It is important now for everyone to try daily for some minutes to be with their own selves, to come to themselves. This is going to be a foundation for the life of mankind on earth after the year 2000, in the 3rd millennium.
Everyone must know what is his real value as a human being and must follow a new way after the destruction of humanities’ qualities. If human beings are not reaching in this very short period the special and valuable qualities that were granted to them by their Creator Allah Almighty, they are going to sink down. If they quickly run and find them, they are going to be saved.”
Othavkh Nein Adil SCxggani cagshbandi
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the guidance of Allah. Niyat is the breeze of the soul, coming from the unseen world, not from the material.”
On the way of Truth, Tarig-i-Haqg, two methods are being used: Tariqats follow either the Tarig-i-Nafsani, the way on which first of all the Nafs, the ego, is educated in order for the soul to be saved, or they follow the Tarig-i-Ruhani, the way on which first of all the Ruh, the spirit or soul is purified. The Tarig-i-Nafsani is heavy. Always you have to do the opposite of what your ego wants from you. It is a big fight. The Tariq-i-Ruhani is easy. Sheikh says that on our way you can use the best of everything under the condition that you also do your best in worshipping Allah. On this way first of all the spirit or soul is purified, with no regard to the ego. After the Ruh has found its original attributes the ego, willingly or unwillingly, must follow the Ruh and obey its orders.
The Shaykh opens from his heart to the heart of the Murid a spring of Faiz, Divine Blessings, from the Divine Oceans of Faiz. He increases the love for Allah in the heart of the Murid and in this fire of Divine Love all worldliness is burnt. Through the Faiz the heart is cleaned. Then the state of the Murid changes. It is through the Baraka and the spiritual power of the Sheikh that the Murid progresses from the lowest level or state of his soul to the highest. There is two beings in the Children of Adam which are always fighting: The Ruh-u- Hayvaniya, which is always against Allah and rebellious, and the Ruh-u-Sultaniya, which is always obedient to Allah and finds its pleasure in worshipping Allah. If the lower self is absolutely in control, one’s characteristics can be worse than a wild animal. If the higher Self is absolutely in control, one’s characteristics can be better than those of the Angels. To become an Insan Kamil, a perfected human being, one must undergo a training at the hands of a perfect Master, because the Nafs (soul, self, ego) must develop. There is seven levels:
83|Bridge to Eternity 1. Nafs-i-Ammara: On this level the ego is in full power. The lower self always prompts one to disobediency to Allah and to evil, bad actions and the gratification of animal lust. One is pleased with oneself and full of bad characteristics.
2. Nafs-i-Lavvama: On this level the conscience is awakened and the self accuses one for listening to one’s ego. One repents and asks for forgiveness, but falls back into bad behaviour.
3. Nafs-i-Mulhimma: On this level one becomes more firm in listening to one’s conscience, but is not yet surrendered.
4. Nafs-i-Mutma’inna: On this level one is firm in one’s faith and leaves bad manners. The soul becomes tranquil, at peace.
5. Nafs-i-Radhiya: On this level one is pleased with whatever comes from Allah and doesn’t live in the past or future, but in the moment. One thinks always: ‘Ilahi Anta Maqsudi wa ridhaka matludi’. One always sees oneself as weak and in need of Allah.
6. Nafs-i-Mardiya: On this level the two Ruhs in man have made peace. One is soft and tolerant with people and has good Ahlak, good manners.
7. Nafs-i-Safiya: On this level one is dressed in the attributes of the Insan Kamil, the perfected man, who is completely surrendered and inspired by Allah. One is in full agreement with the Will of Allah.
Then there is five stations of the heart: ‘Qalb’, ‘Sirr’, ‘Sirr-u-Sirr’, ‘Khafi’, ‘Akhfa’. The first station Shaitan can enter. The second station belongs to the Sheikhs of the 4o Tariqats, the third only to the Sheikhs of the NAQSHBANDI Tarigat, the fourth to Rasulu’llah and the fifth to Allah Almighty.
‘Khalwat’ and ‘Itikaf’ — Seclusion and Retreat
The real seclusion means to empty the heart of everything except Allah and to be alone with the One you love. It means to leave one’s own self behind like a snake sheds its skin. Shah-u- Naqshiband said that it is impossible to reach the love of the ‘Ahlu’llah’, the People of God, until you come out of yourself. In seclusion one isolates and secludes oneself from anyone other than Allah and disconnects from the materialistic life for the sake of being able to remember Allah all the time and be with Him. It is a period of training in the Sufi Tariqat during which the lower self is deprived of even the permitted enjoyments of normal Muslim life; it involves fasting, absolute seclusion, increased prayer and remembrance of Allah and reduced sleep. The Murid must fight his ego with great courage and determination, because the ego will give him intense difficulties.
According to Abu’l Hasan ash-Shadhili there are ten benefits from seclusion:
-Safety from all misconduct of the tongue, because there is no one to talk to in seclusion,
-Safety from all misconduct of the eyes, because there are no human beings to see, -Safety of the heart from all kinds of show, and other like illnesses,
-Safety from the accompanying of evil people,
-Safety of the ego from falling into bad manners,
-It will lift you to a state of ascetism,
-It will give you free time to do Dhikr,
84| Bridge to Eternity -It will give you free time to meditate, to take account of yourself and to make your goal the Divine Presence,
-It will give you the sweet taste of worship, prayers and supplication to the Divine Presence,
-It will give peace and satisfaction to the heart.
Our GrandShaykh Abdullah ad-Daghestani said that to enter seclusion is like putting a seed into the ground. It vanishes from the materialistic side of this life for the love of Allah and the benefit of other human beings, and it begets fruit. Like this you must cut yourself off from the materialistic life, forsake your ego, and vanish into nothingness to exist only in the Presence of Allah. Being alone with your Lord you make a connection to your ultimate reality, by fitting that image you wear here to its original in the Divine Presence. It is in seclusion that the eyes of the heart open and the heart finds the satisfaction and happiness it seeks.
The Main Rules of the Naqshbandi Order
Sheikh Abdu’l Khaliq Ghujdawani (1-8) and Shah Baha’ud-Din Naqshbandi (9-11)
“ILAH| ANTA MAQSOUDI WA RIDHAKA MATLOUDI! LA MA’ABUDA ILL’ALLAH, LA MAQSUDA ILL’ALLAH, LA MAWJUDA ILL’ALLAH!”
“Oh Allah, You are my goal and | am seeking Your satisfaction! There is nothing worthy of being worshipped except Allah, there is no other destination except Allah, there is no other existence except through Allah!”
1) HOSH DAR DAM- Conscious breathing: You must not inhale or exhale heedlessly. Every breath should be associated with an awareness of the Divine Presence, because it then is alive and connected with the Divine Presence. Through the breathing of the creatures the sound of ‘Huwa’ of the Divine Name of Allah is made, and this is a sign of the Unseen Divine Essence in all creatures, pointing to the Uniqueness of Allah.
2) NAZAR BAR QADAM- Watching one’s steps: While walking you must watch your steps keeping the eyes on your feet, and not look here and there. Unnecessary sights and images create veils on the heart which block the Light of the Divine Presence. Don’t let your ego distract you, but move steadfastly toward your goal- the Divine Presence. That is the way of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sws- only to look for the Divine Presence.
3) SAFAR DAR WATAN- Journey homeward: There is two kinds of travel. The first is the external journey, the travel from one land to another searching for a perfect guide to take and direct you to your destination. This enables you to to go on the second journey which is internal. It involves a journey from
85|Bridge to Eternity human to angelic attributes. You must leave bad characteristics, move to the praiseworthy ones, and throw all worldly desires out of your heart to purify it. Through unceasing effort especially during the early stages of the way the mirror of the heart must be polished: ‘Ad- dawamu-taufiq’ - Perseverance brings success.
4) KHALWAT DAR ANJUMAN- Solitude in the crowd:
It means to be outwardly with people while remaining inwardly with Allah. Your outward activities must not affect your inward state of remembrance of Allah, the Dhikrullah. There is also two kinds of seclusion. The external seclusion requires that the seeker must seclude himself in a private place and stay there by himself, pray and make Dhikr. He chains his ego, his external senses, for his internal senses to become free to reach to the heavenly realm. This will bring him to the state of internal seclusion, wherein his heart is present with his Lord and absent from the creatures while remaining physically present among them. In the state of Dhikr the manifestation of the Divine Presence envelops him. When it overcomes him, it makes him unaware of all but his Lord. The Prophet said sws: “Il have one face which is facing my Creator, and | have another face which is facing the creation.”
5) YAD KARD- Remembrance, ‘Making mention’: Remember Allah both with the tongue and with the heart, by making loud and silent Dhikr. The Dhikr by negation and affirmation is: ‘La ilaha ill’Allah’. The Dhikr of the Name of Allah’s Essence is: ‘Allah, Allah...’. By these forms of Dhikr you deny everything in this world and affirm the existence of Allah Almighty only. This brings you into the Divine Presence of Allah.
6) BAZ GASHT- Returning: The Holy Prophet used to say: “Ilahi Anta Maqsoudi wa ridhaka matloudi”- “Oh Allah, You are my goal and Your satisfaction is what | am seeking.” To utter this phrase every now and then during the Dhikr helps you to expel all thoughts from the heart, and to open yourself to the awareness of the Oneness of Allah, until you reach the state that wherever you look you will see the Absolute One.
Return to Allah by complete surrender and submission to Hi Will, and complete humbleness in giving Him all due praise. The seeker cannot come to the Presence of God in his Dhikr except by the help and support, and the permission of Allah. It is really Allah, the One, who is reciting the Dhikr through him. Sheikh Abu Yazid al Bistami said: “When | reached Allah | saw that His remembering of me had preceded my remembrance of Him.” And the Holy Prophet used to say: “We did not remember You as You deserve to be remembered, Oh our Lord!”
7) NIGAH DASHT- Attentiveness: Watch your heart during the contemplation. It will help you to prevent egoistic and evil thoughts from entering it. Bad inclinations keep the heart from joining with the Divine.
8) YAD DASHT- Recollection: Always safeguard your heart with Dhikr and be in permanent awareness of the Divine Presence. Then you will also discard angelic thoughts and imaginings and keep and affirm only the real truthful thoughts.
86| Bridge to Eternity 9) WUQUF-I-ZAMANI- Awareness of time:
You must be aware of how you spends your time- ‘the Sufi is the son of his time’. Stop every now and then in your activities to remember Allah. You must spend all your time making your one and only goal the arrival at the station of Divine Love and Divine Presence. You must become aware that Allah witnesses the smallest detail. Make an account of your actions and intentions every day and every night and analyse them. If they are good, and if you were in Allah’s Presence, thank Allah for them. If they are bad, and you were in the presence of your ego, you must repent and ask Him for forgiveness.
10) WUQUF-I-ADADI- Awareness of the numbers: Count and be aware of the exact number of repetitions comprising the silent Dhikr of the heart, to secure your heart from bad thoughts and to deepen the concentration. The pillar of Dhikr through counting is to bring the heart into the Presence of the One who is mentioned in that Dhikr and to realize the creation’s need of Him.
11) WUQUF-I-QALBI- Awareness of the heart: The heart is the center of power. All thoughts and inspirations, good or bad, are felt and appear inside the heart, circling and alternating, moving between light and darkness. Dhikr is required to control and reduce that turbulence of the heart. The state of awareness of the heart is the state of being present in the Divine Presence in such a way that you don’t see other than Allah. You can form a mental picture of your heart with the name of Allah engraved on it, to emphasize that the heart has no consciousness or goal other than Him.
The Nadshbandi ‘Wazifa’- The Basic Exercise of the Naqshbandi Order
This basic exercise is to be recited once in 24 hours:
Audhu bi’llahi mina shaitani rajim, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, La haula wa la quwatta illa bi’llahi’l ‘Aliyu’l ‘Azim...
3 x Shahada: Ashadu an la ilaha ill’Allah, wa ashadu ana Muhammadun Abduhu wa Rasuluh 7o x Astaghfirullah
1x Sura al Fatiha (Sura 1), with the intention of sharing in the Tajallis and Divine Favours sent down with it when it was first revealed in Mekka-i-Mukarrama
1x Amana rasulu (Sura 2: 285-286):
Audhu bi’llahi mina shaitani rajim, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim:
“Amana rasulu bima unzila ilayhi mir-rabbihi wa’l mu’minun, kullun amana bi’llahi wa malaikatihi wa kutubihi wa rusulih, la nufarriqu bayna ahadin mir-rusulih, wa qalu sam/’ina wa at’ana ghufranaka rabbana wa ilayka’l masir; la yukallifu’llahu nafsan illa wus’aha, laha ma kasabat wa ‘alayha maktasabat, rabbana la tuakh-ithna in nasina aw akhta’na, rabbana wa la tachmil ‘alayna isran kama hamaltahu ‘ala-l-lathina min gablina, rabbana wa la tukhammilna ma la taagata lana bih, wa’fu ‘anna, waghfirlana, warhamna, Anta Maulana fansurna ‘ala’l qaumi’! kafirin.”
87|Bridge to Eternity Amana bi’llahi sadaga’llahu’l ‘Azim. Subhana rabbika rabbi ‘aizzati ama yasifun, wa salamun ‘ala’l mursalin, wa’l hamduli’lli rabbi’l ‘alamin.
7 x Sura Inshirah (Sura 94) 11 x Sura Ikhlas (Sura 112) 1 x Sura al Falaq (Sura 113) 1 x Sura an-Naas (Sura 114)
10 x La ilaha ill’Allah, after the 10th time add: Muhammad rasulu’llah (salla’llahu ‘alayhi wa Sallim)
10 x Salawat-u-Sharifa: Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammadin wa ‘ala ali Muhammadin wa sallim
Ihda: Dedicate this to the Holy Prophet, his Family and Sahaba(the Companions), to the souls of all Prophets and Messengers, the servants of the Shariat(the Divine Law), the four Imams of the Islamic Law, and to the souls of the Sheikhs of the most distinguished Naqshbandi Order, especially to the soul of the Imam of the Tarigat Shah Baha’ud-Din Naqshiband, and Khwajah Abdu’l Khaliq al Ghujdawani, and Sultanu’l Awliya Sheikh Abdullah ad-Daghestani, and our Master Maulana Sheikh Nazim al Haqgani...
1 x Sura al Fatiha (Sura 1), with the intention of sharing in the Tajallis and Divine Favours sent down with it when it was revealed for the second time in Medina-i-Munawwara.
3 x ALLAH HU, ALLAH HU, ALLAH HU, HAQQ... Du’a (Personal prayer, supplication)
Optional:
(100-1000) x Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
(100-1000) x Alhamdulillah
(100 — 1000) x La ilaha ill’Allah
(100-1000) x Salawat-u-Sharifa
(100-1000) x Allah, Allah...
(100-1000) x Ya Wadud
(100 — 1000) x Hasbi Allahu wa ni’amal wakil
(100-1000) x La haula wa la quwatta illa bi’llahi’! ‘Aliyu’l ‘Azim
Sura 94: “Alam nashrah laka sadrak, wa wada’ana ‘anka wizrak, allathi anqada thahrak, wa rafa’ana laka sikrak, fa inna ma’a’l ‘usri yusra, inna ma’a’l ‘usri yusra, fa iza faraghta fansab, wa ila rabbika farghab.”
88| Bridge to Eternity (Have We not widened your breast, and taken the burden off your back, and have We not raised your name in fame? So truly, with every hardship comes ease, with every hardship does come ease- so when you are free from your immediate task turn to your Lord and worship Him.)
Sura 113: “Qul: Audhu bi rabbi’! falaq, min sharri ma khalaq, wa min sharri ghasigin iza waqab, wa min sharri nafathati fi’l ‘uqad, wa min sharri haasidin iza hasad.”
(Say: | am taking refuge in the Lord of the dawn from the evil that He has created, from the evil of the darkness after sunset, and from the evil of those who blow on knots making magic, and from the envier when he is envious.)
Sura 114: “Qul: Audhu bi rabbin-naas, maliki-n-naas, ilahi-n-naas, min sharri’l waswasi’l khannas, allathi yuwaswisu fi suruuri-n-naas mina’l djinnati wa-n-naas.”
(Say: | seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, the God of mankind, from the evil of the whisperer, who whispers into the breasts of man evil about the jinn and mankind.)
‘Salatun Tunjina- The Prayer of Relief, The Dua for all Kinds of Goodness
This is a very important Dua, a prayer to ask for all kinds of goodness and relief from all kinds of problems. It is to be recited 40 times daily:
“Allahumma salli ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammadin (wa ‘ala ali Sayyiduna Muhammadin) salatan tunjina biha min jami’i’l ahwaali wa’l afaat,
wa taqdi lana biha min jami’i’| haajaat,
wa tutah-hiruna biha min jami’i- s- saiyaat,
wa tarfa’una biha ’ala darrajaat,
wa tuballighuna biha aqsa’l ghayaati
min jami’i’| khayraati
fi’l hayaati wa ba’ada’l mamaat.”
“Hasbi Allahu wa ni’amal Wakil (3x) , ni’amal Maula wa ni’amal Nasir, Ghufranaka, Rabbana, wa Ilayka’l masir.”
(Oh our Lord, grant Your blessings to our Master Muhammad (and the family of our Master Muhammad)
89|Bridge to Eternity blessings with which we may be saved from all adverse conditions and misfortunes, with which all our needs may be fulfilled,
with which we may be cleaned from all sins,
with which may be raised to high spiritual ranks,
and with which we may attain the best of all kinds of goodness
in this life and the hereafter.
Allah is sufficient for me and the best to arrange all my affairs (3x),
He is the best Lord | can have and the best One to advise me, | am asking Your forgiveness, Oh our Lord, and to Your Presence we return.)
90|1Bridge to Eternity GLOSSARY
Adab: Good manners, proper way of behaving; respecting people’s feelings and knowing how to treat them as well as keeping respect towards Allah Almighty and having a correct attitude in your relationship to Him, are at the heart of the teaching of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sws. This whole area of knowledge and wisdom is referred to as Adab.
Adhan:The Call to Prayer read from the minaret of the Mosque five times every day. The call says: “Allah is the Greatest; | bear witness that there is no God other than the True God Allah, | bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; Come to the prayer, come to true success; Allah is the Greatest, there is no God but Allah.”
Ahlu’l Haqq, Ahlu’llah, Awliya: The People of Truth, the People of Allah, The Friends of Allah. The Saints.
Allah: It comes from Al ilah (the God) . The Name of the One and Only God.
Baraka: Blessing, benediction; abundant and continual good- a spiritual emanation of holy people, places and objects, places of pilgrimage and tombs of Saints.
Barzakh: The World in which the dead exist while awaiting their being called from the graves for Judgement.
Fitna: Discord, strife, affliction.
Hadith: Prophetic tradition.
Halal: Permissible, lawful, legitimate, according to the Shariat (the Divine Law).
Haram: Religiously forbidden, unlawful, prohibited either because of sacredness or harmfulness. All actions which fall outside the limits of Shariah.
Hawa: Vain desires, fancies, inclinations; distractions and idle or vain thoughts which keep one from reality and worship.
Himmah: Energy, vigour; ambition, resolution, determination, zeal, aspiration.
Ikhlas: True sincerity, purity of intention. A very high state of devotion.
Islam-Iman-lhsan: The three levels of faith.
1) Islam: outward surrender to the orders of Allah, accepting the 5 pillars of Islam: 1. Declaring that there is no God save the One True God Allah Almighty and that Muhammad sws is the Messenger of Allah, 2. To pray the ritual prayer (Salat) facing Mekka five times a day, 3. To fast the whole month of Ramadan, abstaining from all food, drink and carnal pleasures from dawn until sunset, 4. To give one-fortieth of one’s wealth annually to the Muslim poor, 5. To make the pilgrimage to Mekka in the time of Hajj at least once in a lifetime, provided one possesses the necessary material means.
2) Iman: a stage at which the faith has entered the heart of a person. There is 6 pillars of Iman: 1. Belief in Allah, 2. Belief in the Prophets of Allah, 3. Belief in the Angels, 4. Belief in the Holy Books which Allah sent to Mankind through His Prophets, 5. Belief in Heaven and Hell, and 6. Belief, that Allah has pre-destined everything that occurs in this World, regardless of whether it appears to us to be good or bad.
3) Ihsan: the level of true goodness which develops from faith. The Holy Prophet sws said that Ihsan means to worship as if you were seeing Allah in front of you, for even if you don’t see Him, He sees you.
911Bridge to Eternity Jahiliya: The time of ignorance; referring to the pre-Islamic era during which the Arabs lived in the darkness of ignorance, worshipping idols and following their lusts and superstitions.
Jihad-ul-Akbar:‘The Greater Holy War’ which is fought against one’s own lower self, the ego. Without the believer gaining the upper hand over his lower self, he cannot hope to perfect his religion nor to be of any use to the community of believers.
Jinn: The Holy Quran addresses both Mankind and Jinn. The Jinn are made of smokeless fire, Man from earth and the Angels from light. As in the case of Mankind, there are both believers and unbelievers found among the Jinn.
Kaaba, ‘Baitu’llah’: The Holy House of Allah in Mekka. The Muslims worldwide direct themselves in their prayers toward the Kaaba as their central focal point, ’Qiblah’. When visiting the Kaaba, Muslims perform the rite of circumambulation in emulation of the Angels circumambulating the Throne of Allah in Heavens.
Kafir: People and Jinn who disbelieve in and reject the Truth which is brought from Allah by the Prophets and Saints.
Khidmah: Service for the Sheikh, for his followers, for all human beings and all creatures of Allah.
Mufti: Official expounder of Islamic Law, a canon lawyer.
Murid: A follower who desires to learn the Sufi way from a Sheikh, a Murshid; one who submits himself to the care and the orders of a Sufi Sheikh.
Murshid: Guide, advisor, instructor. One who leads another to the right way. A Sufi Sheikh.
Muslim: A person who has surrendered to Allah.
Nasihat: Sincere advice. The Holy Prophet said: ”Ad-dinu nasihat” (Religion consists of
sincere advice). Qur’an: Koran, lecture, recitation; the Holy Book of the Muslims, which was revealed unto the Prophet Muhammad over a period of twenty-three years. It is a revelation from Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, imparted through the revealing Archangel Gabriel to the heart of Muhammad _ sws, and passed on by the Prophet, by Divine Command, to the whole of Mankind and Jinn. The Qur’an is the eternal speech of Allah transmitted to mankind in the Arabic language, the sounds of which have a special mystical power. It is not really possible to make a translation into any other language. A translation of its meaning may be useful, but it cannot stand in the place of the original, neither in prayer nor spiritual benefit. Since it was revealed not even one letter of it has been changed, so that today we still read the Qur’an as it was revealed almost fifteen centuries ago.
Rakaat: A bow followed by two prostrations in the ritual prayer (Salat).
Sahaba: The 124.000 Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad who represented all the different types of personalities that would be found throughout the era of the Nation of Muhammad, the Ummah.
Shariat: The canon law of Islam, the totality of Allah’s commandments relating to the activities of man; the indispensable basis for religious life. Shariat and Hagiqat (the mystical reality) form a correlated pair, giving to man the possibility of unfolding his potential to the highest degree.
Shirk: Polytheism; ascribing partners unto Allah. Hidden shirk is, for example, the worship of money, lusts, reputation etc.
Sunnah: The practice and way of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, which encompasses everything from his manners, pronouncements, advice, and rulings.
921Bridge to Eternity Tabiin: The followers of the Sahaba; those who were instructed by the Companions of the Holy Prophet.
Tajalli: Spiritual emanations and manifestations.
Wudhu: Ritual Ablution. Before praying and reading the Holy Quran every Muslim must perform ablution: One makes the intention to perform ablution for the sake of Allah and then washes his hands, mouth, nostrils, face, arms, head, ears, back of neck and feet. Ablution must be repeated after going to the toilet, passing wind, getting angry or sexually exited, and after sleep. (After sexual intercourse and after the menstruation one takes a shower- Ghussl.)
931Bridge to Eternity CONCLUSION
“There are going to be unexpected events that no one can bring an explanation for. And there should be Divine Purposes and Wisdoms for those events. And this is a new beginning. A new period for this world, Dunya, is coming now.
Now, for a few months only, all nations are going to carry very heavy burdens. When that finishes, there will be a new opening for the whole world. We are in a tunnel, and until we pass through it, it will get more and more narrow. Then, when Jesus Christ is coming, it will get wider and wider. Only spiritually strong people will pass through this tunnel. Materialist people won't be able to make it, the power of their batteries will be finished.
We have hope, we are believers; we know that this is only a bridge from one side to another. Only for a short distance you must pay attention, so that you may pass freely through that valley.
Everything depends on belief. Believers should be in safety, worshippers much more, and servants for Allah’s Divine Presence should be in full safety.
Big events are coming to destroy everything that makes mankind artificial. Technology has made people into artificial beings, and their real identity has left them. Man doesn’t know who he is, if he is an animal or an angel. Therefore we are saying that man should run back to nature now, to save himself and to find his real identity.
It is now a big obligation for you to ask to come back to your real personality, to find your identity. It is important now for everyone to try daily for some minutes to be with their own selves, to come to themselves. This is going to be a foundation for the life of mankind on earth after the year 2000, in the 3rd millennium.
Everyone must know what is his real value as a human being and must follow a new way after the destruction of humanities’ qualities. If human beings are not reaching in this very short period the special and valuable qualities that were granted to them by their Creator Allah Almighty, they are going to sink down. If they quickly run and find them, they are going to be saved.”
Othavkh Nein Adil SCxggani cagshbandi
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