The Sufi Path of Love (Shaykh Nazim, 15 sohbets, 90 pages, 1/8)
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The Sufi Path of Love (15 sohbets)
The Silsila of Love, By Maulana Sheikh Nazim
The Golden chain (Silsila) of Transmission of The Most Distinguished Naqshabandhi Sufi Order
Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem
This is a holy meeting (association) and this means that Allah Almighty and His Beloved Prophet Seyyedina Muhammad (Sal) are happy with this gathering. One kind of meeting makes Allah and His Prophet (Sal) pleased and happy. There is another kind of meeting which makes Allah and his messenger angry and displeased. This Meeting is one that makes Allah Almighty and His Rasool pleased because we are meeting here today to respect and gather for the sake of the love of Allah Almighty and His Rasool.
When you entered this masjid (mosque) you took ablution (wulu) and cleaned yourselves as this is the house of Allah and because you know that when a person comes to the mosque he comes to visit some one in the level of the heavens. Whoever gives respect will receive respect and you are coming here for the sake of the love of Allah Almighty and His beloved Prophet (Sal) and you are asking for the increase of your love towards them. Therefore everyone who comes into a masjid must ask from His Lord Almighty Allah to increase his love for Allah Almighty and his Beloved Prophet (Sal), because the masjid is the place in which you can find the love of Allah Almighty.
Yes, it is not possible to find the love of Allah Almighty in the market place. The love market of Allah Almighty’s love is the masjid. Therefore whoever comes to the mosque must ask for the love of Allah Almighty to be given to him. Almighty Allah is happy when His servants who come in to a masjid ask for more love.
Prophet Rasoolullah (Sal) says that when a person loves someone and repeats his name remembering him and respecting him and particularly when this repetition is done in increasing quantities, then this is the sign and connection of the love of that person to the other (the one whose name is repeated) so that this love may increase. Therefore when a servant is asking for more love from Allah Almighty he should make more Zikr (repetitive remembrance) of the Holy Names of Allah Almighty and the more Zikr that he does, Allah Almighty grants him more love through that Zikr.
All the Prophets came to this world to teach people how they should make Zikr for the Lord Almighty Allah. The Seal of Prophets, also came to teach people how they should respect and love their Lord by remembering His Holy Names by this method of making Zikr.
The Sahaba – I’kiram (Companions of the Prophet) also followed this method of Zikr and became beloved ones in the Divine Presence. They also taught these methods of Zikr to the Muslims who came after them. These methods of Zikr have now reached to us and we in Tariqats are following this way.
We of the Naqshabandiya Tariqa are following the way of Siddiq ul Akbar Seyyedina Abu Bakr Siddique (Ral) (the greatest lover of the Prophet Muhammad ( Habibullah), Abu Bakr
Siddique (Ral) was taught this method of Zikr directly by the Prophet. Abu Bakr Siddique (Ral) taught this method to Salman al Faris and gave hijaza (permission) to Salman.
Thereafter Salman... at this point Moulana Sheik Nazim repeats the following names of the Grandsheiks who constitute the Golden Chain of the Most Distinguished Naqshabandiya Tariqa. This Transmission is as follows:
1.The Prophet Muhammad (Sal)
2.Abu Bakr Siddiqu (Ral) and he gave it to
3.Salman al Faris ,,
4.Qasim ,,
5.Jafar as ? Sadiq ,,
6.Typhfoor ? Al Bayazid al Bistami ,,
7.Abdul Hassan al ? Kharqani ,,
8.Abu Ali ,,
9.Yusuf al ? Hamadani ,,
10.Abdul ? Abbas (Khidr alaihisalaam) ,,
11.Abdul Khaliq al Ghujudwani ,,
12.Sheik Righwari ,,
13.Sheik Mahmud Injeel Faghnawi ,,
14.Sheik Ali ,,
15.Muhammed Baba Sammasi ,,
16.Seyyid Amir Kullali ,,
17.Shah Muhammed Naqshabandi Imam ul Tariqa ,,
18.Alauddin Muhammad al Attar ,,
19.Yaqub al Charkhy ,,
20.Ahrari ,,
21.Muhammad az Zahid ,,
22.Dervish Muhummad al Bukhari ,,
23.Khajaha Emkeneki ,,
24.Muhammad al ? Baqi ,,
25.Ahmad Faruq as Sirhindi ,,
26.Muhammad Ma?sum ,,
27.Seyfuddin ,,
28.Nur Muhammad ,,
29.Habibullah ,,
30.Abdullah ad Dehlawi ,,
31.Khalid al Baghdadi ,,
32.Sheik Ismail an Narani ,,
33.Sheik Khas Muhammad ,,
34.Muhammed Yaraghi ,,
35.Sheik Jamaluddin al Ghumuqi ,,
36.Abu Ahmed as Sughuri ,,
37.Abu Muhammad Madani ,,
38.Seyyid Sharafuddin ad Daghistani ,,
39.Sultan ul Awliya Abdullah ad- Daghistani
40.and he ordered it to me (Sheik Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani) to reach to you and this is the way and method of our Zikr from Prophet Muhammad (Sal) up to you.
MOULANA SHEIKH NAZIM
Moulana Sheikh Nazim delivers a speech or sohbeth on every Sunday after Zuhr Prayers at his Dergah in Lefke, Cyprus.
The Naqshabandi Way is the Sufi Path adhering most closely to the practices of the Holy Prophet (Sal), and association in this manner was his way, and the way of his companions, as he always appointed a leader to preside in his absence.
INDEX:
1-NO NATIONALITY IN THE BROTHERHOOD OF ISLAM
2-THE NAQSHABANDI ORDER and the TRUTH OF TARIQA
3-Naqshbandi Way :DIVINE ATTRACTION and THE CONQUEST OF HEARTS
4-Naqshbandi Power : MOVING ON ETERNALLY toTHE HIGHEST LIMITS
5-RIDE YOUR EGO to REACH TO THE DIVINE PRESENCE
6-THE TANTALIZING TASTE 0f THE OCEANS OF LOVE
7-THE GUIDE AND GUIDANCE and the NEED TO FOLLOW A SHEIK
8-Come Again and Again …. Whoever you are 9- THE LOVE CENTRE OF THE HEARTS
10 - KNOW YOURSELF to find THE HIDDEN IDENTITY
11-THEE ALONE WE WORSHIP AND FROM THEE ALONE WE SEEK HELP
12-THE CHANGING OF MASTERS and the CONSENSUS OF THE TRUE SHEIKHS
13-INTERPRETATION OF THE QURAN and THE OCEANS OF KNOWLEDGE
14-SAINTS ADDRESS THE SOULS while SCHOLARS ADDRESS THE MIND
15 - THE GENERAL AMNESTY and OCEANS OF MERCY
1-NO NATIONALITY IN THE BROTHERHOOD OF ISLAM
Tauba, ya Rabbi, Taba, ya Rabbi, Tauba, Astaghfirullah Shukr, ya Rabbi, Shukr, ya Rabbi, Shukr, Alhamdulillah!
Allah Almighty has sent Islam with Heavenly Rules not only for praying and worshipping but also for arranging the relationship between people, nations and communities so that they can govern themselves with Islam. Through Islam there will be a good relationship between and amongst people and Shaitan will be unsuccesful. Shaitan always likes to come in between people in order to bring enmity among them. He is the worst enemy of the children of Adam. He loves to plant jealousy and envy that would bring about enmity among the children of Adam. He is trying to bring every bad thing into order to destroy them. Every Fitna comes from Shaitan and from the people who follow Shaitan from every direction. When they follow Shaitan even the nations will become enemies to each other.
It has reached to me from old knowledge, which are from heavenly books that when the Last Day is approaching the nations will be fighting among themselves. Before this nations were fighting each other and now they are fighting amongst themselves. It is written that there will come a time that the people of a nation will become enemies to each other and will be fighting each other. Today the Muslim world is fighting amongst themselves and are running away from the great power and greatness granted by Islam (Haybat ul Islam).
The Arabs are fighting the Arabs and the Turks are fighting the Turks. The Persians are fighting each other and so are the Afghan people fighting each other. The Islamic world is now fighting each other and have become enemies to each other. This is one of the biggest signs of the approaching of Yawm al Qiyamah, the Last Days. We are in these days now and there is no cure or solution for mankind and particularly for the Islamic world. Today, the Muslims number about 1.5 Billion and the Holy Prophet (sal) was saying that there will be so many people and there number will be in millions and billions but their value will only be like what the water carries - foam. Now we are in this time and the people still do no not understand.
The first responsibility is on the Arabs because it is through the Arab world that other nations inherited the Holy Quran and its rules. The Arabs are however running after Western ways now. You cannot follow the non Muslims and the Arabs are now following Western ways too. Allah Almighty shall punish the Arab Muslims seven (7) times more than he would punish the other Muslims.
There is no nationality in Islam. ‘Innama-l muminuna ikhwa,’ Allah Almighty says that all believers are brothers and sisters to each other. Don’t ever say ‘I am a Turk, I am an Arab, I am Kurdish, I am an Englishman or I am an Italian. No, we are believers, We are Muslims and there is no other honour of being something above this. People however are following Shaitanic ways and are instead saying ‘No Arabs are better,’ and the Turks are saying ‘We are better than the Kurds’. The Iranians say ‘we do not care about the others and we are number one. The Libyans, Egyptians, Somalians and the Arabs and so many others are declaring today ‘We are the first Ones and We are number one’. All of them are on the wrong way.
We are asking to go on true steps. Ask Allah Almighty to grant to you good, true steps. This is because to go on the right path you need to take true steps. With wrong steps you cannot walk on the true way. Wrong steps will only carry you and lead you to the fire as we are in it now. This is the fire of Dunya and this is nothing compared to hell fire. Oh people! Think on what I am saying. There is no honour for nations and to say that I am better than this one and that one. Only those who keep the Holy Orders and take true steps will be the honoured and accepted servants in the Divine presence. I am saying this to all the nations. No one can object to what I am saying. If anyone objects he will be an unbeliever.
Even other religions are only calling people to accept servant hood to their Lord. They do not call people and tell them that English people are number one and French people are number six and Italian people and German people are this number or that. No! This is wrong. The England church, the Roman church, the Constantinople church, the Damascus church, the Iskandaria church, Alexandria church, all these are wrong and the only church is to follow Allah and His orders, and not titles of Christianity or Islam. Every title that belongs to Dunya is wrong and false.
Oh people! Try to be humble to Allah Almighty so that He may call you, “Oh My servants.” This is honour to us. To so many people Allah Almighty will not be addressing them as “My servants.” Instead He will d order the angels to bring, “the servants of shaitan” and they will be brought to the Divine Court. He never addresses these people as ‘My servants.’ To be called by the term ‘My servants’ is the highest rank and the highest honour in the Divine Presence. To be addressed, ‘Oh My servant X, oh My servant Y or oh My servant Z, come!’ is honour.
Sultan ul Arifin, Bayazid Al Bistami was once saying, “Everyone is fearing about the Last Day, but I am however waiting, expecting and wanting to reach to that Day only to hear even once ‘Oh Abu Yazid, My servant, come for your judgment, come. It is enough honour for me up to eternity to hear Allah Almighty addressing me, ‘Oh! Abu Yazid, My servant come.’ This is so tasteful for me. This is so sweet for me. This is enough for me through all eternity. I am not in need of paradise. Allah Almighty’s addressing me without stopping and continuously for always is making me drunk with pleasure with sweetness and with everything. Ohhhhhh…..’
Oh people therefore try so that you too will be called ‘Oh My servant come to me.’ It is indeed very sad and unlucky not to be called by your name in the Divine Presence, and to this type of people Allah Almighty will order His angels, “Ask that servant, did I not create him, did I not give everything he wanted and he was never giving Me, My rights nor was he keeping My respect or My glory. Look at that servant. He never did all this. Take him away. Don’t bring him to My Divine Presence.”
Oh people time is over now. Everything should also be over. Everyone will die. If not today they will die tomorrow. If not this year they shall die the next year. One day surely death shall come to them and everybody will be taken away. Therefore be careful and think about how you will be addressed by Allah Almighty on the Day of Judgment, on the Day of Resurrection.
May Allah forgive me and bless you for the honour of the most honoured one in His Divine Presence, Seyyadina Muhammed (sal).
2-THE NAQSHABANDI ORDER and the TRUTH OF TARIQA
The ways of real faith, the ways that our Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sal) showed us through Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ral) and Seyyidina Ali (ral) and which were passed down through the Companions (Sahaba) of the Prophet Muhammad (sal) and Awliya (saints) to us are known as the Way of the Tariqats. While Shariah teaches us worship, Tariqat teaches us the way to keep Adab (good manners) with our Lord and to attain to His Divine Presence.
There are two kinds of Iman, faith. One is real and the other is imitative. The real brings light to the heart of a person, until then he is only imitating faith. The signs of real faith are three. The first is the ability to listen to the tasbih ( Zikr paying praise and respects to their Lord) of all creatures. According to Quran there is nothing in existence that does not do tasbih (glorify the Lord), not even inanimate objects. The second is Allah’s opening of his heart to the fountain of wisdom, giving knowledge of all things in existence, their position and their purpose. Thirdly, there are no more veils between him and Barzakh, the heavenly worlds. He may meet anyone any Prophet or Saint from Barzakh without hindrance. Until these three signs appear know that you are veiled and not open to the light of Iman. Tariqats are preparing Murids (follerwers) for real faith. The meaning of Murid is one who is asking for real faith.
The Prophet (Sal) said to keep religion in this time is more difficult than keeping burning coal in one’s hand. We must be patient in the face of adversity. Allah gives to those who are enduring disliked trials, endless reward. This is the way of real faith, like the way of Prophets and Awliya, to endure the badness of people.
There are many veils between us and our heavenly positions. The training that a Murid undergoes at the hands of his Sheikh is to prepare him for the Divine Presence. As the Murid passes each trial, veils are removed by his Sheikh until finally all veils are removed and the Murid is in the Divine Presence.
Only someone who has attained to the Divine Presence and has been authorized by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sal) has the knowledge to remove these veils. Therefore, in Order for one to attain to the Divine Presence, one must give allegiance to the Sheikh of a Tariqat by taking Bayyath (Connection or Oath of Allegiance) from him and follow his teachings. When a Murid obeys his Sheikh’s every command, in doing so he would be passing all the trials given to him and thereby achieving a position of trust with his Sheikh. When the Sheikh finds the Murid trustworthy, he rends the veils between the Murid and the Divine Presence. When each veil is removed the Murid is treated to a new experience where new horizons of knowledge are made available to him. With the removal of each veil also comes Certainty (yakeen). The Murid’s faith becomes established in this manner and continues to do so until he completely submits to the will of Allah Almighty.
All Tariqats are ways to the Divine Presence. The Sheikh of a Tariqat is able to communicate with his Sheikh who is able to communicate with his Sheikh and so on till the end of the chain where the first Sheikh of the Tariqat is in communication with the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sal). The Sheikh is also directly in communication with the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sal). In addition to this, in attaining the Divine Presence the Sheikh was given higher and secret
knowledge. By this method the Sheikh has perfect guidance in everything. We are in darkness and in need of lights, the light of Prophethood to inform us what is ahead generally, and the light of Sainthood to guide us to our personal destinations.
Our destination is Heaven. We can’t see it unless by a distinguished Order from Allah and His Prophet (sal). Reality is a precious thing, not given to many. In this time, for a real connection to the Prophet Muhammad (Sal), the only way open is through the Naqshabandi Tariqat. The Holy Prophet (Sal) said of the last times that, the only gate open would be the gate of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (Ral) which is the origin of the Naqshabandi Tariqat.
During the Hijra (migration) of the Holy Prophet (Sal) he was accompanied by Abu Bakr as- Siddiq (ral) to Medina, they took refuge in the cave of ?Thaur? from their antagonists. While in the cave, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ral) in utmost fear for the plight of Islam, said to the Holy Prophet (sal) “our enemies are so many and we are only two” . The Holy Prophet (Sal) replied “No, we are thre”. He meant that apart from the two of them there was also Allah Most High. At which instant was heard a myriad of voices saying “Allahu Allahu Allahu Haqq” which is the Oath of Allegiance to the Naqshabandi Tariqat. This was the birth of the Naqshabandi Tariqat.
At this moment Abu Bakr as Siddiq (ral) summoned the spirits of all those who were chosen on the Day of Promises to be the 7007 Imams of the Naqshabandi Tariqat into the cave. They in turn summoned the souls of all those who were chosen to be their Murids on the Day of Promises into the cave. The myriad of voices in the cave belonged to the souls of all future followers of the Naqshabandi Tariqat and who were with Allah Most High at that instant.
Only those who were present in the cave of Thaur on that day would be destined to become followers of the most distinguished Naqshabandi Tariqat from that time till “Qiyama”.
The Naqshabandi Order originated in the Heart of the Prophet Muhammad (sal), and its authority was passed down through Abu Bakr (ral) from one Master to the next in an unbroken chain of succession reaching into our time. To the heart of Abu Bakr (ral), the first Khalipha, the Prophet passed on the full inner truth of his teachings. Since Abu Bakr, among all the Prophet’s (sal) companions, was the only one to receive the full inner truth from the Prophet’s heart, the Naqshabandi Order inherits the fullest and finest of these Prophetic teachings. For as the Holy Prophet, in a well-known tradition, said: “Everything that has been poured into my heart I have poured into the heart of Abu Bakr”. Abu Bakr (ral) was called “Siddiq” or “The Completely Veracious One”.
The station of “Siddiq” is the highest of all stations after the Station of Prophethood. Whoever receives his spiritual education through the teachings of the Naqshabandi Order may hope to reach, finally, to the Station of “Siddiq”, the Station of Absolute Truthfulness. In every religion this Station of “Siddiq” is the utmost horizon of devotion to the Truth, particularly in Islam. We thank Allah Almighty for His leading us toward that level, towards a brightness that is like the most shinning planet in the sky, Venus, among the other stars and planets. We are yet beginners seeking to reach that level and we pray that our Lord will not look at our shortcomings but grant us His Divine Help so that we may reach that distant goal.
Therefore, the Tariqat-an-Naqshbandiyya, (as it is passed down through Abu Bakr As- Siddiq), activates the souls of the Murids to whatever extent the Murid can bring his desires to accord with the desires of his Sheikh. The first step though is to start on the lowest level,
using the way of the four Imams. If you do not come down to the lowest level you can’t reach higher levels.
Mowlana Sheikh Nazim (qad) says, “I am someone who has been authorized as guidance on that perfect way of the distinguished Naqshabandi Order. The Naqshabandi Tariqat is like a sky covering the whole world. No-one can escape out of it because it includes all the ways, it is perfect and it is the shortest”.
“I have been ordered to make clear to you, that anytime when anyone is losing control over themselves and is in a difficult position, they can be in contact with my heart immediately, if they just think about me, they will make a relation with me immediately. They just need to remember me, and that will make me look at him or her. That connection will make a power run through you quickly and you will be protected from falling into a dangerous situation. It is not my spiritual power, but I am in connection with a chain that is connected to our Lord through Saints. I am the last part of the chain which reaches you. It is like a plug which you can connect with electricity”.
The “Naqsh” is a tattoo or an impression. If we haven’t been patience enough to have this tattoo made, what about the “Naqsh” on the heart? The “Naqsh” of the heart is “Allah”.
Whoever wants that “Naqsh” on his heart will come to the Naqshabandi Way. It is the highest way in all religions. Once that tattoo is made, man will be always with his Lord. At that time his mortal personality will be effaced and he will be a representative of his Lord among Mankind. He will leave his ego behind and become a pure, purified, “private” servant of his Lord. No more personality, his heart is stamped, “Allah”.
The Seal of Prophets, Muhammad, (Peace be upon him) taught his companions, above all else association, by taking them as his companions, by entering them into association with him.
Accordingly, the Inheritors of the Prophet, the Naqshabandi Masters, stress the importance of “Sohbet”, association with the Sheikh, as the essential pillar in the training of seekers. Shah Naqshaband, the illustrious Imam of the line of Masters that we follow, the Imam after whom the Path is named and without whom there would be no Naqshabandi Tariqat, always used to repeat in his assemblies: “Our Way is Sohbet, association, and all good things result from congregating”. He furthermore stated that if anyone attended an assembly of this way even for five or ten minutes, he would derive such immense spiritual benefit from that brief encounter so as to outweigh the benefits that would be gained by seven years of supererogatory worship.
Another important point to understand is that whenever any group of our brothers or sisters meet for the sake of Allah Almighty, unanimously joining their hearts with the Masters of this way, that meeting will attain to the level of an association with the kind of beneficial effects just described. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that the only beneficial meeting is the one where the Sheikh is physically in attendance. When our brothers or sisters meet, one of them must be the channel for inspiration to come from the Sheikh, one must speak and the others listen; one must take from the Sheikh and the others, through him from the Sheikh. The Naqshabandi Way is the Sufi Path adhering most closely to the practices of the Holy Prophet (Sal), and association in this manner was his way, and the way of his companions, as he always appointed a leader to preside in his absence.
The End
3-THE MOST DISTINGUISHED NAQSHABANDI WAY
DIVINE ATTRACTION and THE CONQUEST OF HEARTS
It is more important to be able to conquer hearts than to conquer the whole world. This is very important. The special attribute of Rasoolullah (sal) was to conquer the hearts of people.
When hearts are conquered they come to surrender. Rasoolullah (sal) worked for thirteen years to establish faith. To establish Iman. When he established Iman he was able to conquer the hearts of people because the centre of Iman (Makkarun Iman) is the heart. This is how the Companions (Sahaba) of the Prophet Muhammad (sal) surrendered to Allah Almighty and were able to reach to the level of Rasoolullah (sal). This was the way by which they reached to the light of Iman (Noor ul Iman) and then this method reached out to the far east and far west and to all places.
Therefore today we are in need of “Conquerors of Hearts” and not Doctors of Law (Shariat). Yes, we need people who are able to conquer the hearts of people and thereafter to be able to control these hearts. If after conquering hearts they are not controlled, Shaitan can easily come back again to take control. There is no way of conquering hearts except by the methodology of zikr and by the way of tariqats- sufi Orders.
Today the spiritual power in all the other forty tariqats (all tariqats except Naqshabandi) have come to a standstill. Amongst the forty-one tariqats accepted by the Ahli Sunnat wa Jamaah, forty of them have now come to a halt. There is no more spiritual power. Only a temporarily renewed power may come sometimes to them. These forty tariqats were once like forty fountains or forty taps which were running with Divine Blessings. Today all of them have stopped and there are no more blessings coming from them, which can conquer the hearts of people and control them. This can only be done today by the naqshabandi tariqat because no other tariqat has Kamil ul Irshad (perfect spiritual attraction).
The people of the other tariqats who are keeping zikr have only been authorized previously (tabarukaah). They have been authorized to recite or to make zikr but as for Irshad (attraction) they have no power. When their Sheikh dies or passes away they are not able to continue with at least someone equal to that previous Sheikh’s power. Therefore this power keeps gradually fading and declining.Today there is a need for much more power and for more authorized people to make Irshad (attraction) and to be able to conquer hearts, to open the hearts of people and to control them. If any of you know of such a person in these other tariqats please be good enough to inform me of them.
Through the East and through the West all these tariqats are now only officially functioning and you cannot find real power in them. As for the people who follow these tariqats, they only get a little bit of refreshment from zikr when they sit for these zikrs. When they get up and leave there is no more power to control them. This is the sign of the approaching of Mahdi (alai). It is also the same for the Ulema (Doctors of Law and learned men). Their spirituality is also failing. Today there are very few real Ulema to address people and to be able to teach them what they may be in need of. The Ulema also is declining.
All power today comes through the Naq
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The Sufi Path of Love (15 sohbets)
The Silsila of Love, By Maulana Sheikh Nazim
The Golden chain (Silsila) of Transmission of The Most Distinguished Naqshabandhi Sufi Order
Bismillah ir Rahman ir Raheem
This is a holy meeting (association) and this means that Allah Almighty and His Beloved Prophet Seyyedina Muhammad (Sal) are happy with this gathering. One kind of meeting makes Allah and His Prophet (Sal) pleased and happy. There is another kind of meeting which makes Allah and his messenger angry and displeased. This Meeting is one that makes Allah Almighty and His Rasool pleased because we are meeting here today to respect and gather for the sake of the love of Allah Almighty and His Rasool.
When you entered this masjid (mosque) you took ablution (wulu) and cleaned yourselves as this is the house of Allah and because you know that when a person comes to the mosque he comes to visit some one in the level of the heavens. Whoever gives respect will receive respect and you are coming here for the sake of the love of Allah Almighty and His beloved Prophet (Sal) and you are asking for the increase of your love towards them. Therefore everyone who comes into a masjid must ask from His Lord Almighty Allah to increase his love for Allah Almighty and his Beloved Prophet (Sal), because the masjid is the place in which you can find the love of Allah Almighty.
Yes, it is not possible to find the love of Allah Almighty in the market place. The love market of Allah Almighty’s love is the masjid. Therefore whoever comes to the mosque must ask for the love of Allah Almighty to be given to him. Almighty Allah is happy when His servants who come in to a masjid ask for more love.
Prophet Rasoolullah (Sal) says that when a person loves someone and repeats his name remembering him and respecting him and particularly when this repetition is done in increasing quantities, then this is the sign and connection of the love of that person to the other (the one whose name is repeated) so that this love may increase. Therefore when a servant is asking for more love from Allah Almighty he should make more Zikr (repetitive remembrance) of the Holy Names of Allah Almighty and the more Zikr that he does, Allah Almighty grants him more love through that Zikr.
All the Prophets came to this world to teach people how they should make Zikr for the Lord Almighty Allah. The Seal of Prophets, also came to teach people how they should respect and love their Lord by remembering His Holy Names by this method of making Zikr.
The Sahaba – I’kiram (Companions of the Prophet) also followed this method of Zikr and became beloved ones in the Divine Presence. They also taught these methods of Zikr to the Muslims who came after them. These methods of Zikr have now reached to us and we in Tariqats are following this way.
We of the Naqshabandiya Tariqa are following the way of Siddiq ul Akbar Seyyedina Abu Bakr Siddique (Ral) (the greatest lover of the Prophet Muhammad ( Habibullah), Abu Bakr
Siddique (Ral) was taught this method of Zikr directly by the Prophet. Abu Bakr Siddique (Ral) taught this method to Salman al Faris and gave hijaza (permission) to Salman.
Thereafter Salman... at this point Moulana Sheik Nazim repeats the following names of the Grandsheiks who constitute the Golden Chain of the Most Distinguished Naqshabandiya Tariqa. This Transmission is as follows:
1.The Prophet Muhammad (Sal)
2.Abu Bakr Siddiqu (Ral) and he gave it to
3.Salman al Faris ,,
4.Qasim ,,
5.Jafar as ? Sadiq ,,
6.Typhfoor ? Al Bayazid al Bistami ,,
7.Abdul Hassan al ? Kharqani ,,
8.Abu Ali ,,
9.Yusuf al ? Hamadani ,,
10.Abdul ? Abbas (Khidr alaihisalaam) ,,
11.Abdul Khaliq al Ghujudwani ,,
12.Sheik Righwari ,,
13.Sheik Mahmud Injeel Faghnawi ,,
14.Sheik Ali ,,
15.Muhammed Baba Sammasi ,,
16.Seyyid Amir Kullali ,,
17.Shah Muhammed Naqshabandi Imam ul Tariqa ,,
18.Alauddin Muhammad al Attar ,,
19.Yaqub al Charkhy ,,
20.Ahrari ,,
21.Muhammad az Zahid ,,
22.Dervish Muhummad al Bukhari ,,
23.Khajaha Emkeneki ,,
24.Muhammad al ? Baqi ,,
25.Ahmad Faruq as Sirhindi ,,
26.Muhammad Ma?sum ,,
27.Seyfuddin ,,
28.Nur Muhammad ,,
29.Habibullah ,,
30.Abdullah ad Dehlawi ,,
31.Khalid al Baghdadi ,,
32.Sheik Ismail an Narani ,,
33.Sheik Khas Muhammad ,,
34.Muhammed Yaraghi ,,
35.Sheik Jamaluddin al Ghumuqi ,,
36.Abu Ahmed as Sughuri ,,
37.Abu Muhammad Madani ,,
38.Seyyid Sharafuddin ad Daghistani ,,
39.Sultan ul Awliya Abdullah ad- Daghistani
40.and he ordered it to me (Sheik Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani) to reach to you and this is the way and method of our Zikr from Prophet Muhammad (Sal) up to you.
MOULANA SHEIKH NAZIM
Moulana Sheikh Nazim delivers a speech or sohbeth on every Sunday after Zuhr Prayers at his Dergah in Lefke, Cyprus.
The Naqshabandi Way is the Sufi Path adhering most closely to the practices of the Holy Prophet (Sal), and association in this manner was his way, and the way of his companions, as he always appointed a leader to preside in his absence.
INDEX:
1-NO NATIONALITY IN THE BROTHERHOOD OF ISLAM
2-THE NAQSHABANDI ORDER and the TRUTH OF TARIQA
3-Naqshbandi Way :DIVINE ATTRACTION and THE CONQUEST OF HEARTS
4-Naqshbandi Power : MOVING ON ETERNALLY toTHE HIGHEST LIMITS
5-RIDE YOUR EGO to REACH TO THE DIVINE PRESENCE
6-THE TANTALIZING TASTE 0f THE OCEANS OF LOVE
7-THE GUIDE AND GUIDANCE and the NEED TO FOLLOW A SHEIK
8-Come Again and Again …. Whoever you are 9- THE LOVE CENTRE OF THE HEARTS
10 - KNOW YOURSELF to find THE HIDDEN IDENTITY
11-THEE ALONE WE WORSHIP AND FROM THEE ALONE WE SEEK HELP
12-THE CHANGING OF MASTERS and the CONSENSUS OF THE TRUE SHEIKHS
13-INTERPRETATION OF THE QURAN and THE OCEANS OF KNOWLEDGE
14-SAINTS ADDRESS THE SOULS while SCHOLARS ADDRESS THE MIND
15 - THE GENERAL AMNESTY and OCEANS OF MERCY
1-NO NATIONALITY IN THE BROTHERHOOD OF ISLAM
Tauba, ya Rabbi, Taba, ya Rabbi, Tauba, Astaghfirullah Shukr, ya Rabbi, Shukr, ya Rabbi, Shukr, Alhamdulillah!
Allah Almighty has sent Islam with Heavenly Rules not only for praying and worshipping but also for arranging the relationship between people, nations and communities so that they can govern themselves with Islam. Through Islam there will be a good relationship between and amongst people and Shaitan will be unsuccesful. Shaitan always likes to come in between people in order to bring enmity among them. He is the worst enemy of the children of Adam. He loves to plant jealousy and envy that would bring about enmity among the children of Adam. He is trying to bring every bad thing into order to destroy them. Every Fitna comes from Shaitan and from the people who follow Shaitan from every direction. When they follow Shaitan even the nations will become enemies to each other.
It has reached to me from old knowledge, which are from heavenly books that when the Last Day is approaching the nations will be fighting among themselves. Before this nations were fighting each other and now they are fighting amongst themselves. It is written that there will come a time that the people of a nation will become enemies to each other and will be fighting each other. Today the Muslim world is fighting amongst themselves and are running away from the great power and greatness granted by Islam (Haybat ul Islam).
The Arabs are fighting the Arabs and the Turks are fighting the Turks. The Persians are fighting each other and so are the Afghan people fighting each other. The Islamic world is now fighting each other and have become enemies to each other. This is one of the biggest signs of the approaching of Yawm al Qiyamah, the Last Days. We are in these days now and there is no cure or solution for mankind and particularly for the Islamic world. Today, the Muslims number about 1.5 Billion and the Holy Prophet (sal) was saying that there will be so many people and there number will be in millions and billions but their value will only be like what the water carries - foam. Now we are in this time and the people still do no not understand.
The first responsibility is on the Arabs because it is through the Arab world that other nations inherited the Holy Quran and its rules. The Arabs are however running after Western ways now. You cannot follow the non Muslims and the Arabs are now following Western ways too. Allah Almighty shall punish the Arab Muslims seven (7) times more than he would punish the other Muslims.
There is no nationality in Islam. ‘Innama-l muminuna ikhwa,’ Allah Almighty says that all believers are brothers and sisters to each other. Don’t ever say ‘I am a Turk, I am an Arab, I am Kurdish, I am an Englishman or I am an Italian. No, we are believers, We are Muslims and there is no other honour of being something above this. People however are following Shaitanic ways and are instead saying ‘No Arabs are better,’ and the Turks are saying ‘We are better than the Kurds’. The Iranians say ‘we do not care about the others and we are number one. The Libyans, Egyptians, Somalians and the Arabs and so many others are declaring today ‘We are the first Ones and We are number one’. All of them are on the wrong way.
We are asking to go on true steps. Ask Allah Almighty to grant to you good, true steps. This is because to go on the right path you need to take true steps. With wrong steps you cannot walk on the true way. Wrong steps will only carry you and lead you to the fire as we are in it now. This is the fire of Dunya and this is nothing compared to hell fire. Oh people! Think on what I am saying. There is no honour for nations and to say that I am better than this one and that one. Only those who keep the Holy Orders and take true steps will be the honoured and accepted servants in the Divine presence. I am saying this to all the nations. No one can object to what I am saying. If anyone objects he will be an unbeliever.
Even other religions are only calling people to accept servant hood to their Lord. They do not call people and tell them that English people are number one and French people are number six and Italian people and German people are this number or that. No! This is wrong. The England church, the Roman church, the Constantinople church, the Damascus church, the Iskandaria church, Alexandria church, all these are wrong and the only church is to follow Allah and His orders, and not titles of Christianity or Islam. Every title that belongs to Dunya is wrong and false.
Oh people! Try to be humble to Allah Almighty so that He may call you, “Oh My servants.” This is honour to us. To so many people Allah Almighty will not be addressing them as “My servants.” Instead He will d order the angels to bring, “the servants of shaitan” and they will be brought to the Divine Court. He never addresses these people as ‘My servants.’ To be called by the term ‘My servants’ is the highest rank and the highest honour in the Divine Presence. To be addressed, ‘Oh My servant X, oh My servant Y or oh My servant Z, come!’ is honour.
Sultan ul Arifin, Bayazid Al Bistami was once saying, “Everyone is fearing about the Last Day, but I am however waiting, expecting and wanting to reach to that Day only to hear even once ‘Oh Abu Yazid, My servant, come for your judgment, come. It is enough honour for me up to eternity to hear Allah Almighty addressing me, ‘Oh! Abu Yazid, My servant come.’ This is so tasteful for me. This is so sweet for me. This is enough for me through all eternity. I am not in need of paradise. Allah Almighty’s addressing me without stopping and continuously for always is making me drunk with pleasure with sweetness and with everything. Ohhhhhh…..’
Oh people therefore try so that you too will be called ‘Oh My servant come to me.’ It is indeed very sad and unlucky not to be called by your name in the Divine Presence, and to this type of people Allah Almighty will order His angels, “Ask that servant, did I not create him, did I not give everything he wanted and he was never giving Me, My rights nor was he keeping My respect or My glory. Look at that servant. He never did all this. Take him away. Don’t bring him to My Divine Presence.”
Oh people time is over now. Everything should also be over. Everyone will die. If not today they will die tomorrow. If not this year they shall die the next year. One day surely death shall come to them and everybody will be taken away. Therefore be careful and think about how you will be addressed by Allah Almighty on the Day of Judgment, on the Day of Resurrection.
May Allah forgive me and bless you for the honour of the most honoured one in His Divine Presence, Seyyadina Muhammed (sal).
2-THE NAQSHABANDI ORDER and the TRUTH OF TARIQA
The ways of real faith, the ways that our Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sal) showed us through Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ral) and Seyyidina Ali (ral) and which were passed down through the Companions (Sahaba) of the Prophet Muhammad (sal) and Awliya (saints) to us are known as the Way of the Tariqats. While Shariah teaches us worship, Tariqat teaches us the way to keep Adab (good manners) with our Lord and to attain to His Divine Presence.
There are two kinds of Iman, faith. One is real and the other is imitative. The real brings light to the heart of a person, until then he is only imitating faith. The signs of real faith are three. The first is the ability to listen to the tasbih ( Zikr paying praise and respects to their Lord) of all creatures. According to Quran there is nothing in existence that does not do tasbih (glorify the Lord), not even inanimate objects. The second is Allah’s opening of his heart to the fountain of wisdom, giving knowledge of all things in existence, their position and their purpose. Thirdly, there are no more veils between him and Barzakh, the heavenly worlds. He may meet anyone any Prophet or Saint from Barzakh without hindrance. Until these three signs appear know that you are veiled and not open to the light of Iman. Tariqats are preparing Murids (follerwers) for real faith. The meaning of Murid is one who is asking for real faith.
The Prophet (Sal) said to keep religion in this time is more difficult than keeping burning coal in one’s hand. We must be patient in the face of adversity. Allah gives to those who are enduring disliked trials, endless reward. This is the way of real faith, like the way of Prophets and Awliya, to endure the badness of people.
There are many veils between us and our heavenly positions. The training that a Murid undergoes at the hands of his Sheikh is to prepare him for the Divine Presence. As the Murid passes each trial, veils are removed by his Sheikh until finally all veils are removed and the Murid is in the Divine Presence.
Only someone who has attained to the Divine Presence and has been authorized by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sal) has the knowledge to remove these veils. Therefore, in Order for one to attain to the Divine Presence, one must give allegiance to the Sheikh of a Tariqat by taking Bayyath (Connection or Oath of Allegiance) from him and follow his teachings. When a Murid obeys his Sheikh’s every command, in doing so he would be passing all the trials given to him and thereby achieving a position of trust with his Sheikh. When the Sheikh finds the Murid trustworthy, he rends the veils between the Murid and the Divine Presence. When each veil is removed the Murid is treated to a new experience where new horizons of knowledge are made available to him. With the removal of each veil also comes Certainty (yakeen). The Murid’s faith becomes established in this manner and continues to do so until he completely submits to the will of Allah Almighty.
All Tariqats are ways to the Divine Presence. The Sheikh of a Tariqat is able to communicate with his Sheikh who is able to communicate with his Sheikh and so on till the end of the chain where the first Sheikh of the Tariqat is in communication with the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sal). The Sheikh is also directly in communication with the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sal). In addition to this, in attaining the Divine Presence the Sheikh was given higher and secret
knowledge. By this method the Sheikh has perfect guidance in everything. We are in darkness and in need of lights, the light of Prophethood to inform us what is ahead generally, and the light of Sainthood to guide us to our personal destinations.
Our destination is Heaven. We can’t see it unless by a distinguished Order from Allah and His Prophet (sal). Reality is a precious thing, not given to many. In this time, for a real connection to the Prophet Muhammad (Sal), the only way open is through the Naqshabandi Tariqat. The Holy Prophet (Sal) said of the last times that, the only gate open would be the gate of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (Ral) which is the origin of the Naqshabandi Tariqat.
During the Hijra (migration) of the Holy Prophet (Sal) he was accompanied by Abu Bakr as- Siddiq (ral) to Medina, they took refuge in the cave of ?Thaur? from their antagonists. While in the cave, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ral) in utmost fear for the plight of Islam, said to the Holy Prophet (sal) “our enemies are so many and we are only two” . The Holy Prophet (Sal) replied “No, we are thre”. He meant that apart from the two of them there was also Allah Most High. At which instant was heard a myriad of voices saying “Allahu Allahu Allahu Haqq” which is the Oath of Allegiance to the Naqshabandi Tariqat. This was the birth of the Naqshabandi Tariqat.
At this moment Abu Bakr as Siddiq (ral) summoned the spirits of all those who were chosen on the Day of Promises to be the 7007 Imams of the Naqshabandi Tariqat into the cave. They in turn summoned the souls of all those who were chosen to be their Murids on the Day of Promises into the cave. The myriad of voices in the cave belonged to the souls of all future followers of the Naqshabandi Tariqat and who were with Allah Most High at that instant.
Only those who were present in the cave of Thaur on that day would be destined to become followers of the most distinguished Naqshabandi Tariqat from that time till “Qiyama”.
The Naqshabandi Order originated in the Heart of the Prophet Muhammad (sal), and its authority was passed down through Abu Bakr (ral) from one Master to the next in an unbroken chain of succession reaching into our time. To the heart of Abu Bakr (ral), the first Khalipha, the Prophet passed on the full inner truth of his teachings. Since Abu Bakr, among all the Prophet’s (sal) companions, was the only one to receive the full inner truth from the Prophet’s heart, the Naqshabandi Order inherits the fullest and finest of these Prophetic teachings. For as the Holy Prophet, in a well-known tradition, said: “Everything that has been poured into my heart I have poured into the heart of Abu Bakr”. Abu Bakr (ral) was called “Siddiq” or “The Completely Veracious One”.
The station of “Siddiq” is the highest of all stations after the Station of Prophethood. Whoever receives his spiritual education through the teachings of the Naqshabandi Order may hope to reach, finally, to the Station of “Siddiq”, the Station of Absolute Truthfulness. In every religion this Station of “Siddiq” is the utmost horizon of devotion to the Truth, particularly in Islam. We thank Allah Almighty for His leading us toward that level, towards a brightness that is like the most shinning planet in the sky, Venus, among the other stars and planets. We are yet beginners seeking to reach that level and we pray that our Lord will not look at our shortcomings but grant us His Divine Help so that we may reach that distant goal.
Therefore, the Tariqat-an-Naqshbandiyya, (as it is passed down through Abu Bakr As- Siddiq), activates the souls of the Murids to whatever extent the Murid can bring his desires to accord with the desires of his Sheikh. The first step though is to start on the lowest level,
using the way of the four Imams. If you do not come down to the lowest level you can’t reach higher levels.
Mowlana Sheikh Nazim (qad) says, “I am someone who has been authorized as guidance on that perfect way of the distinguished Naqshabandi Order. The Naqshabandi Tariqat is like a sky covering the whole world. No-one can escape out of it because it includes all the ways, it is perfect and it is the shortest”.
“I have been ordered to make clear to you, that anytime when anyone is losing control over themselves and is in a difficult position, they can be in contact with my heart immediately, if they just think about me, they will make a relation with me immediately. They just need to remember me, and that will make me look at him or her. That connection will make a power run through you quickly and you will be protected from falling into a dangerous situation. It is not my spiritual power, but I am in connection with a chain that is connected to our Lord through Saints. I am the last part of the chain which reaches you. It is like a plug which you can connect with electricity”.
The “Naqsh” is a tattoo or an impression. If we haven’t been patience enough to have this tattoo made, what about the “Naqsh” on the heart? The “Naqsh” of the heart is “Allah”.
Whoever wants that “Naqsh” on his heart will come to the Naqshabandi Way. It is the highest way in all religions. Once that tattoo is made, man will be always with his Lord. At that time his mortal personality will be effaced and he will be a representative of his Lord among Mankind. He will leave his ego behind and become a pure, purified, “private” servant of his Lord. No more personality, his heart is stamped, “Allah”.
The Seal of Prophets, Muhammad, (Peace be upon him) taught his companions, above all else association, by taking them as his companions, by entering them into association with him.
Accordingly, the Inheritors of the Prophet, the Naqshabandi Masters, stress the importance of “Sohbet”, association with the Sheikh, as the essential pillar in the training of seekers. Shah Naqshaband, the illustrious Imam of the line of Masters that we follow, the Imam after whom the Path is named and without whom there would be no Naqshabandi Tariqat, always used to repeat in his assemblies: “Our Way is Sohbet, association, and all good things result from congregating”. He furthermore stated that if anyone attended an assembly of this way even for five or ten minutes, he would derive such immense spiritual benefit from that brief encounter so as to outweigh the benefits that would be gained by seven years of supererogatory worship.
Another important point to understand is that whenever any group of our brothers or sisters meet for the sake of Allah Almighty, unanimously joining their hearts with the Masters of this way, that meeting will attain to the level of an association with the kind of beneficial effects just described. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that the only beneficial meeting is the one where the Sheikh is physically in attendance. When our brothers or sisters meet, one of them must be the channel for inspiration to come from the Sheikh, one must speak and the others listen; one must take from the Sheikh and the others, through him from the Sheikh. The Naqshabandi Way is the Sufi Path adhering most closely to the practices of the Holy Prophet (Sal), and association in this manner was his way, and the way of his companions, as he always appointed a leader to preside in his absence.
The End
3-THE MOST DISTINGUISHED NAQSHABANDI WAY
DIVINE ATTRACTION and THE CONQUEST OF HEARTS
It is more important to be able to conquer hearts than to conquer the whole world. This is very important. The special attribute of Rasoolullah (sal) was to conquer the hearts of people.
When hearts are conquered they come to surrender. Rasoolullah (sal) worked for thirteen years to establish faith. To establish Iman. When he established Iman he was able to conquer the hearts of people because the centre of Iman (Makkarun Iman) is the heart. This is how the Companions (Sahaba) of the Prophet Muhammad (sal) surrendered to Allah Almighty and were able to reach to the level of Rasoolullah (sal). This was the way by which they reached to the light of Iman (Noor ul Iman) and then this method reached out to the far east and far west and to all places.
Therefore today we are in need of “Conquerors of Hearts” and not Doctors of Law (Shariat). Yes, we need people who are able to conquer the hearts of people and thereafter to be able to control these hearts. If after conquering hearts they are not controlled, Shaitan can easily come back again to take control. There is no way of conquering hearts except by the methodology of zikr and by the way of tariqats- sufi Orders.
Today the spiritual power in all the other forty tariqats (all tariqats except Naqshabandi) have come to a standstill. Amongst the forty-one tariqats accepted by the Ahli Sunnat wa Jamaah, forty of them have now come to a halt. There is no more spiritual power. Only a temporarily renewed power may come sometimes to them. These forty tariqats were once like forty fountains or forty taps which were running with Divine Blessings. Today all of them have stopped and there are no more blessings coming from them, which can conquer the hearts of people and control them. This can only be done today by the naqshabandi tariqat because no other tariqat has Kamil ul Irshad (perfect spiritual attraction).
The people of the other tariqats who are keeping zikr have only been authorized previously (tabarukaah). They have been authorized to recite or to make zikr but as for Irshad (attraction) they have no power. When their Sheikh dies or passes away they are not able to continue with at least someone equal to that previous Sheikh’s power. Therefore this power keeps gradually fading and declining.Today there is a need for much more power and for more authorized people to make Irshad (attraction) and to be able to conquer hearts, to open the hearts of people and to control them. If any of you know of such a person in these other tariqats please be good enough to inform me of them.
Through the East and through the West all these tariqats are now only officially functioning and you cannot find real power in them. As for the people who follow these tariqats, they only get a little bit of refreshment from zikr when they sit for these zikrs. When they get up and leave there is no more power to control them. This is the sign of the approaching of Mahdi (alai). It is also the same for the Ulema (Doctors of Law and learned men). Their spirituality is also failing. Today there are very few real Ulema to address people and to be able to teach them what they may be in need of. The Ulema also is declining.
All power today comes through the Naq
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