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am feeling satisfaction and peace within myself. If not, I am
not in peace or in satisfaction." Therefore, Sahabah, may Allah bless them, made dunya their last goal, and they kept as their first goal to reach the pleasure of their Lord, Allah Almighty. When you make Allah Almighty pleased with you, He makes everything easy for you. When you leave Him and forget, everything is going to be more of a burden on you and you may waste all your energy, and finally you will reach nothing. Hasiluhu6— when putting numbers and making a line under them, what a everything under that line come to comes? They are making zero, zero, zero, zero, zero. Their lives are ending with zero. They are losing their chance here and Hereafter—khasira-ddunya wal-akhirat,7 from both sides.
4 that an atom or less, At the beginning, we were saying
something smaller than an atom, is never created without a reason. Through heavenly knowledge, traditional
5All praise is for Allah.
‘Its sum total. Hhe world, worldly affairs.
7"He has lostlboth] this world and the Hereafter." (22:11)
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years old. But those who do not look after that, their taste
knowledge that was granted to the prophets, we know that everything is created for man and that man represents the Lord of Heavens—the khalifah* representative of Allah on earth. Therefore, everything is created to be in His service for you, everything should help you and serve you. That is the honour of being the representative of Allah Almighty. What about yourself? Everything is a servant to you. The wisdom of their creation is that Allah Almighty filled every place with countless creatures, only for you.
It is a prison, this world, but Allah Almighty has also made such beautiful decorations in nature so that His serv ants will not feel that they are in prison and will be happy to do divine service here and to be deputies. When they learn
becomes less, less, less, less.
If you give someone honey, he may say, "What is it?
No taste, this." "This is honey."
"I don't think it is honey. It is such a bitter thing. No, I am not tasting it."
Anything that he ate and drank and enjoyed before, you may give it to him and say, "Take it, take it, take it!"
"How can you eat this? No taste!" because Allah Al mighty takes that good feeling from them because they are servants of Shaytan—taking it away, and everything they eat is like ashes, no taste, or like straw.
His Divine Presence, servants in His divine service.
This is the preparation for being there, but people have lost it because Shaytan and shaytanic teachings are saying, "Don't listen! Come with me! I shall show you how you can enjoy yourself, I shall teach you about an enjoyable life. Come with me!" And people are running after that and fall ing into troubles.
Keep yourself with your Lord's service.
That is first. You must do this. You may feel satisfaction in your heart and refreshment in your physical being, always going to be in power. You may always taste; you can't lose the taste of a good life. You may taste every favor that is granted to you in nature, not changing even if you are ninety or a hundred
•Caliph; deputy, vicegerent.
If eating straw,
what? Nothing!
0 people, come to Allah! O people, come to way of Al lah if you want to be happy here and Hereafter, to be in peace. If not, you know! What shall we do? Everyone is just buried in his grave.
But now there are so many people, also, and it is not for eve ryone to find a private grave. Hundreds of people are put
in a khandaq,9 a big place. They are digging and putting eve
ryone, one on top of another, in such a way.
0 people, keep yourselves and fight against Shaytan, fight his teachings! Come to the teachings of prophets, par
ticularly the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad
Trench, hole.
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May Allah forgive me and bless you! For the honour of the most honoured one in His Divine Presence, Sayyidina Muhammad ^-Fofehfl! ▲
6 Keeping Respect for All of Allah’s Servants A'udhu bil-Lahi min ash-Shaytani-r-rajeem. Rahmani-r-Raheem.
Bismillahi-r-
La hawla wa la quwwata ilia bil-Lahi-l-
'Aliyi-l-'Azheem. This is not a good seating for me, but I am trying to take my rest.1. And I am asking forgiveness and apologizing that I
am sitting in such a way in front of you.
Real, true Islam came to show people their value.
If
prophets had not come, no one would know the value of mankind. And now people have lost the value of mankind,
and when they lose the value of mankind, they also lose re
spect for each other. Allah created men and He, Almighty, honoured them.
That means that He gives respect to that extraordinary or
'During this sohbet, due to a foot ailment, Shaykh Nazim was obliged to sit with his feet toward the gathering, which is contrary to Islamic man-
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most distinguished creature. Throughout all creation, the most valuable, most honoured one, is mankind.2
That
means that Allah Almighty gives His respect to them.
ing within himself, "Even if the referendum comes out for him, I am not going to accept that I am going to say 'No!'" Allah was saying, "Demon! Jahannama git! Yaktl!3 Who
prostrate to Adam. That is the utmost limit of respect. Pros
are you to speak in My Divine Presence, to say this? I am making that one the king over you. I am giving that honour.
trating, making sajdah, is only for Allah; but He ordered the
You can't give honour!"4
angels to prostrate to Adam, saying, "I just honoured this
Therefore, democracy is batil.5 Honour is given to peo ple by Heavens, not by common people making a president,
Therefore, He ordered the angels to make sajdah, to
new one, new creature, and I am giving My respect and honour and blessings to him. Beware not to be disrespectful
to his kind. You must respect mankind!" The angels were saying, "O our Lord, why are You go ing to make a khalifah on earth? They are going to be firstclass trouble-makers on earth, killing one another, doing every badness, every wildness, violence, but you are giving that honour to them! Let that honour be for us."
prime minister, this, that. Whomever Allah gives respect and honour to, you must respect him. All creation respects man, mankind, and only the twenty-first century's people are not giving respect to each other, making the value of
man less than a mouse, less than a small creature. They are saying [parodies], "Animal rights," some foolish people making such claims, saying, "Oh, we must keep the rights of animals."
Allah was saying, "No, no. You don't know. I know! I am not in need of you to remind Me. I know! Don't say such a thing again! I know what I am doing, I know about what I am creating. I know that they have such a character istic, but even so, I am making them My representatives and
deputies on earth. Prostrate to him!" Shaytan was saying, "Oh, no! I am not making sajdah. Democracy! [Laughter.] Let the angels tell if they are say ing 'Yes' for Adam or for me. Must be election, democracy!"
The first democracy, there. He was saying to Allah, "I am not accepting such a thing from You, no. We must do an election or a referendum. If people say Adam is suitable, I will be happy. If not, I must be that one." And he was say-
There are no rights for mankind? We are making men like garbage, killing; not asking about their rights but asking about rights for animals? Allah is saying, "Rights of animals-yes, they have rights, but the rights of mankind, that is important."
Nations are not giving respect to other nations. Even among themselves, among their citizens, among their own peoples, they are not giving the respect with which Allah is respecting mankind. That is the sources of troubles and fighting now.
3[Tr.,J "Go to Hell! Bum!" *The story of the creation of Adam and Satan's rebellion is contained in
2:30-34.
2"And We have certainly honoured the children ofAdam." (17:70)
Talse, baseless, vain, futile.
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Anzi/u-n-nflssfl manazilahum9; give all people their hon our according to their level. And to brin the lowest level I am coming to this point because I am putting my feet towards you, and it is not a respectful way of sitting. Be
cause Allah respects you, I must respect you; everyone must respect others. That is Islam! No fundamentalists, no ter rorists, no such groups of people, trouble-makers, radical groups. If anything happens, explosion, they say, " We have
person to the highest level is also forbidden because his lev
el is the first level. You can't bring him to the top level, and
this democracy may take the lowest level person to be in the highest position. That is batik But Muslims—no minds now; everyone is misunderstanding! No more good understanding people among Muslims, finished.
done this" That is not Islam, no. Allah should ask them, should
punish them! La darar wa la dirara fil-Islam.6 It is something
Respect! "Wa la tansa'u-l-fadla bainakum";™ you must give the proper value among yourselves. "This is a teacher,
that must be written in golden letters, to be hung every-
this is a professor." Don't treat that one like a student. There must be a line of respect between you; he must be an
where. Islam prevents harming people or doing harm, Al lah preventing it and saying, "Don't go and harm him—no."
honoured one. At home, women must give their respect to
No harming in Islam! Islam keeps respect for everyone.
their husbands; children must give their respect to parents; younger ones must give their respect to older ones—in such
Particularly, Islam is careful about non-Muslims who are
a way. That is the essence of Islam.
living with us,7 to keep their rights, not to touch them, not to harm them; because it is such a serious thing on the Day of
Islam just came to give honour, or iyada,11 to give back, the respect that people had lost from the time of Jahiliyah,
Resurrection. Allah is saying, "You may take from him as much as he harmed you, not keeping your rights. Now take the same from him.8 Give him his rights!" But finished! People are not taking any care, and Islam just came to keep sharaf ul-insan, the honour of mankind.
the Period of Ignorance.12 Badu,*3 Arabs, they never gave any care or respect to poor people, to women, to weak ones, to old ones, to servants, to slaves. They only gave it to those who were powerful and filled their pockets with gold. To them they gave respect; to others, no. Therefore, Islam came to give back everyone's espect. And everyone should be respected at his or her level because Allah Almighty made,
‘"There is no harming or being harmed in Islam." Muwatta Malik, Mus-
’"Give people the respect due their station." Sahih Muslim
tadrak of Hakim.
That is, through rules enjoining g
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10"4nd do not forget precedence among yourselves." (2:237)
treatment of non-Muslim minori
ties living in Muslim lands (dhimmis), particularly with regard to their
"Revert to, reinstate, re-establish, bring back.
places of worship and practice of religion.
'The era of ignorance of divine guidance among the Arabs prior to Islam.
‘Referring to 5:45/5:48 in Yusuf Ali's translation.
13Bedouins.
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also, so many levels. Those people must be on their levels, to give respect to the high-level people—the high-level peo ple who are carrying the responsibility of the whole nation, of the whole ummah.14
It is not just being a top-level person. If reaching the highest position, the highest level, there is also loaded on his shoulders a heavy responsibility. He should be asked about his nation, about his people, in the Divine Presence, if he gave the rights of those that he was over. And Shaytan, for thousands of years, has always tried to divide people into two groups, powerful ones and weak ones, and powerful ones never showed any respect or kindness or mercy to weak ones. Islam came and gave everyone's rights. And the weakest ones are going to be the most powerful ones with regard to their rights.
The state must look after weak ones, not after powerful ones; no. Therefore, Abu Bakr, the first caliph of RasulAllah % was saying, "0 people, you must know that if any one takes away or does not give the rights of a weak one, we are going to support that weak one and he is going to be the most powerful one among the community. And whoever claims that he is a powerful one, he is a rich one, and wants to go and take away the rights of weak ones, he must know that he is weakest one among the community."
“Nation, community, faith community. An important point is being em phasized throughout these paragraphs. First, all people generally must
be respected as souls created by Allah and among the most honoured of His creations. At the same time, Muslims are commanded to give appro
Where is Islam? Finished! Where is humanity? Just by name; finished! Yes. Therefore, I am asking forgiveness
that I am putting my feet towards you. I must keep respect for you, but for certain reasons I am putting my feet like this. •a
That is the essence of Islam. And in Islam, mankind are most valued in the Divine Presence because of their obedi ence. According to your obedience and good manners, Al lah Almighty will give you more honour here and Hereaf ter
Islam does not make a difference among people except what we said—according to their dealings with people and dealings with their Lord. And Islam orders people to try to give their most high respect to Allah and to do their best for His servants.
Two rules only: you must try to give your most high respect to your Lord, Allah Almighty, and to be most kind and do your best for His servants, for His creatures. That is Islam. Whoever harms people, he is not from Islam. Eh, saying, "That is an African person, that is an Asian
person, that is a European one." Western people, they think that they are first class mankind because their color is white. If of a different color, they are going to be of no value. No! Not by color but by your actions, your dealings, your re spect to Allah Almighty, and respect to Allah Almighty passes through respecting His servants.
priate respect to those in authority, to people of knowledge and erudition, to those whose characters and actions deserve special respect, and to the
elders of the community.
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Keep respect for everyone! Then respect will come to you, also; everything giving you respect. Give respect to everything and everything will give respect to you.
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May Allah forgive us and bless you. For the honour of the most honoured one in His Divine Presence, Sayyidina. Muhammad £-Fateha! ▲
Heavenly Patronage, Satanic Patronage” A'udhu bil-Lahi min ash-Shaytani-r-rajeem.
Rahmani-r-Raheem. 'Aliyi-l-'Azheem.
Bismillahi-rLa hawla wa la quwwata ilia bil-Lahi-l-
We are asking from our Patrons.1 And when we say "Pa trons," it is those who are able to control their egos. 'Patron' is a title among people. If a person is the direc tor of company or a business, people may say, "This is our patron." That is a patron in common people's understand ing. A patron is in control of his business and those who are working for him in a company. Everything is under his con
trol.
A real Patron, in the Divine Presence, is that person who can control his ego. That is a real Patron. Therefore, when They2 said to me, "Patrons," I was surprised. Who is a patron, and patronage is for whom?
'[Tr.] velinimet, benefactor.
:See footnote 2.
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All awliya have patronage because a person can't be a saint without being able to control himself, to control his ego. If a person is able to control his ego, then a heavenly patronage is going to be given to him. But that person is not going to be a patron quickly. Allah Almighty is saying, "Wa la-nabluannakum,3 I am going to try you. Without trying you, I will not accept you. When you can be successful under divine trials, then you should be given that title. "That person, that servant, you may trust in him." It goes to the Prophet ^.4 "That servant, you can trust in him. Use him for your ummah, for your nation." No one gives responsibility in a war to a private, no. Responsibility is given to a lieutenant or captain or major because they can be trusted, not giving it to a person from the rank-and-file army. No, can't be. And those Patrons who have been checked, the Prophet e may trust in them and give their tasks to them, how they should act for saving his ummah, his nation, from the assaults of Shaytan and devils, giving that power to them because they are trustwor thy persons. And a person can't be trustworthy if he isn't able to control his ego, no.
Therefore, Patrons, who are awliya, have been appoint ed by the Seal of the Prophets to look after his ummah so
We will surely test you." (2:155) 4That is, awliya observe how a candidate for patronage handles the tests
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that people will not to be harmed by Shaytan and Shaytan's groups or devils, so they will not deal in evil. Everyone, if not reaching a Patron for training under his command, may easily fall into the hands of satanic groups and devils, and should be employed for evil.
And people are in two groups, one employed under the patronage of Patrons to do their best for their Lord, to be good servants to their Lord, and also to do their best for their Lord's creation, for their Lord's servants. That group of people who accept that training under the patronage of Patrons, of awliya, they are fortunate ones. But if they do not accept, they will fall into the hands of devils. •54
All the prophets were the best ones for their nations. They were sent to people to save them from falling into the hands of devils. But most people ran away from those pa trons of mankind — and the first level Patrons are prophets. When prophets came to their nations, most people ran away from them and became enemies, going against them. Throughout all the historical periods of mankind,
beginning with Adam, the Lord of Heavens sent thousands and thousands of Patrons, heavenly Patrons, to call people
to their Lord and to call them to eternity. But they ran away, because Satan and shaytanic groups also have pat ronage from shaytanic headquarters, and satanic headquar ters takes that patronage from Satan. People preferred to run after them and they refused the best way of life. And they denied anything after this temporary life and said, "No life after this life," denying eternity, denying eternal life.
he/she is sent. When the tests are successfully passed and that servant is cleared by awliya in the spiritual world, the matter goes to the Prophet
who is continuously looking after the affairs of his ummnh from the spir
What happened after that? The Lord of Heavens sent His divine anger upon them, and when the divine anger
itual sphere. The Prophet £ then confers on that servant the rank of Pa
tron, i.e., veli/wali, saint, or velinimet, benefactor.
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came, it took them away. Qur'an al-Kareem5 mentions what happened to those nations that refused the patronage of Heavens and ran after the patronage of shaytanic people. They lost everything and reached a bad end.
Their presence is holy. But some square-headed people
are claiming and saying that when Muslims visit the tombs of Sahabah, they are worshipping them. No! We know that their presence is a holy presence. We are not saying their presence is a divine presence; no, we can't say that. But we are keeping the order of Allah Al
And we are saying "patronage" for the last and most honoured prophet, Sayyidina Muhammad He called people to eternity; he called people to an honourable life here and to eternal life for eternity in the Divine Presence. Mostly people ran away and they fought him. He called them to Paradise and they wanted to kill him. What happened to those who were against Sayyidina Muhammad's heavenly patronage? The heads of that shay tanic patronage, its 'chairmen/ were killed and thrown, one by one, on top of each other into a well in the desert, and they finished and vanished. And the final victory belonged to the Seal of Prophets «, and those who accepted his pat ronage and controlled their egos went not down but up to Heavens.
mighty that says, "Wa la tansau-l-fadla bainakum. "7 Allah Almighty is reminding a believers and ordering them not to forget those who did their best for their Lord. Their Lord's representatives, Sahabah, you must keep respect for them. That is an order. I am soriy to say that they are Arabs but they never un derstand the Holy Qur'an.8 "Wa la tansaw-l-fadla baynakum."
Sahabah are ahlu-l-fadl.9 They have radi-Allahu 'anhum wa radu 'anhu.w Allah Almighty is granting them His divine a
pleasure; He respects them. Then how are you not going to respect them? But they are destroying their tombs over them and making their graves not to be known, even not to write their names on them! Allahumma, la haula wa la quwwa ta ilia bil-Lahi-l-'Aliyi-l-'Azheem!u
Now you can find some of those selected, chosen peo ple who accepted the Seal of the Prophets and his patron age.6 Anywhere they are buried, you may find their graves a respect. like a Paradise-place, people giving them their high Because they said "Yes" to the heavenly invitation, Allah
honoured them. And Muslims are keeping respect for them
7"And do not forget precedence [fadl] among yourselves." (2:237)
up to today, visiting them, and when you visit their holy places, you find a satisfaction, contentment and peace when you go into their holy presence.
’Referring to the current Wahhabis who are propagating such inaccurate and superficial understandings of Islam.
’People of precedence.
'°"Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him." (9;100, 58:22, %8) The Noble Qur'an.
"0 our Lord, there is no power or might except with Allah, the Most
‘That is, his Sahabah, Companions, from the first generation of Muslims.
high, the Almighty.
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Most of you have gone to Istanbul, also, on your way, so many people. There is Abu Ayyub al-Ansari12 Allah bless him. When you go and visit him, your feeling chang es. Then you smell such a beautiful scent, and when you look, you feel khashiyat,'3 such a sweet fear in your heart, and you would like to be with him [Abu Ayyub] always. Where are Abu Jahl14 and others who rejected heavenly pat ronage through Sayyidina Muhammad
And now, no haya.'5 Some Arabs are asking to take away the Prophet's name, to write only "La ilaha illa-Llah" and not to put "Muhammadun Rasul-Allah "16 after it. And they are building mosques, not writing the name of Say yidina Muhammad & writing only "Allah Allah Allah." But Allah does not accept that from servants if they do not ac cept Sayyidina Muhammad & because He says, "Wa kaffa bil-Lahi shahidan: Muhammadun Rasul-Allah"'7 Who has been given such an honour? Allah Almighty is saying, "I am witnessing that he is My prophet. I am putting his name after My Name."
,2A Companion of the Prophet, who was martyred in Istanbul at the age of ninety in a battle between the Muslims and the Romans in the year 669
or 678 C.E.. He is buried in the European side of the city at the Eyyiip
Sultan Mosque.
So many places I am going and looking for the inscrip tion, "La ilaha illa-Llah, Muhammadun Rasul-Allah. "18 I am saying, "Where is 'La ilaha illa-Llah, Muhammadun RasulAllah'? Is this is a depot, a warehouse, or it is a place of prayer? Why are you not mentioning your faith, that no one can be Muslim without saying, 'La ilaha illa-Llah, Muham madun Rasul-Allah?' How are you doing this?" Those who are accepting, they are on the respected lev el, respected by their Lord and respected by all Muslims. Others have just left. Therefore, now people they are in need of heavenly patronage because they are running after the satanic patronage. The patron of this world now, among all nations, is Shaytan, and people are accepting, through democracy, the satanic patronage. We do not accept democ racy. We accept what Allah sent,19 and He sent malik, king, and sultan.
They changed it because the Satanic patronage ordered them to take away kings and sultans, and they are falling into endless troubles and sufferings now. But for every pe riod there is a limit. Their limit is going to finish; one year, less or more, and there must come heavenly patronage here, now. Arabs, you must understand first! Arabs have left. Iman, faith, came from them first and went away from their end first.
’’Reverential fear, awe, reverence, respect. ,4The Prophets unde and his cohorts, the vicious enemies of the Prophet and Islam, who were killed in a battle with the Muslims and put in a
dried-up well. 15Shame, modesty.
’‘"Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's blessings and
’’"There is no deity except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,"
the Islamic Declaration of Faith (Shahadah).
peace be on him."
,7"And Allah is Sufficient ns witness. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah."
'Through divine revelation in the Old and New Testaments and the Holy
(48:28-29)
Qur'an.
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May Allah forgive me and give me power to take away
all shaytanic patronage. I am the weakest one, but it is
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enough to dean that patronage, shaytanic patronage. Even
if I am the weakest one, I can do it. For cleaning the W.C., no need to call the sultan, "Come and clean." No, I can do
this. I am asking, "Give the order. I will clean, from East to West." Without that order, I am nothing; with that order, I am everything I have less than the power of an ant but if
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the order comes, it is enough to clean. One person may clean-clean ten worlds, also, not only one.
May Allah forgive me! For the most honoured one in His Divine Presence - Fateha! ▲ A'udhu bil-Lahi min ash-Shaytani-r-rajeem. Bismillahi-rRahmani-r-Raheem. La hawla wa la quwwata ilia bil-Lahi-l'Aliyi-l-'Azheem.
Masha'Allah,' everyone here is a first-class clever ones! Eve-
Say something. I may learn. If I speak, no one learns. We are happy, we are fortunate. We must say that no one can be, never can be, like us. Why? The Lord of Heavens is giving us permission to say His Holy Name, "A/-Wz/" Say, "Al-laah Al-laah Al-laah! Subhanallah, subhanallah, subhanallah! La ilaha illa-Llah, Muhammadun Rasul-Allah, 'alaihi-s-salat Allah wa salamuhu!12-
1As Allah willed. 2“Glory be to Allah (three times).
There is no deity except Allah.
Mu
hammad is the Messenger of Allah, Allah's blessings and peace be upon
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am feeling satisfaction and peace within myself. If not, I am
not in peace or in satisfaction." Therefore, Sahabah, may Allah bless them, made dunya their last goal, and they kept as their first goal to reach the pleasure of their Lord, Allah Almighty. When you make Allah Almighty pleased with you, He makes everything easy for you. When you leave Him and forget, everything is going to be more of a burden on you and you may waste all your energy, and finally you will reach nothing. Hasiluhu6— when putting numbers and making a line under them, what a everything under that line come to comes? They are making zero, zero, zero, zero, zero. Their lives are ending with zero. They are losing their chance here and Hereafter—khasira-ddunya wal-akhirat,7 from both sides.
4 that an atom or less, At the beginning, we were saying
something smaller than an atom, is never created without a reason. Through heavenly knowledge, traditional
5All praise is for Allah.
‘Its sum total. Hhe world, worldly affairs.
7"He has lostlboth] this world and the Hereafter." (22:11)
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years old. But those who do not look after that, their taste
knowledge that was granted to the prophets, we know that everything is created for man and that man represents the Lord of Heavens—the khalifah* representative of Allah on earth. Therefore, everything is created to be in His service for you, everything should help you and serve you. That is the honour of being the representative of Allah Almighty. What about yourself? Everything is a servant to you. The wisdom of their creation is that Allah Almighty filled every place with countless creatures, only for you.
It is a prison, this world, but Allah Almighty has also made such beautiful decorations in nature so that His serv ants will not feel that they are in prison and will be happy to do divine service here and to be deputies. When they learn
becomes less, less, less, less.
If you give someone honey, he may say, "What is it?
No taste, this." "This is honey."
"I don't think it is honey. It is such a bitter thing. No, I am not tasting it."
Anything that he ate and drank and enjoyed before, you may give it to him and say, "Take it, take it, take it!"
"How can you eat this? No taste!" because Allah Al mighty takes that good feeling from them because they are servants of Shaytan—taking it away, and everything they eat is like ashes, no taste, or like straw.
His Divine Presence, servants in His divine service.
This is the preparation for being there, but people have lost it because Shaytan and shaytanic teachings are saying, "Don't listen! Come with me! I shall show you how you can enjoy yourself, I shall teach you about an enjoyable life. Come with me!" And people are running after that and fall ing into troubles.
Keep yourself with your Lord's service.
That is first. You must do this. You may feel satisfaction in your heart and refreshment in your physical being, always going to be in power. You may always taste; you can't lose the taste of a good life. You may taste every favor that is granted to you in nature, not changing even if you are ninety or a hundred
•Caliph; deputy, vicegerent.
If eating straw,
what? Nothing!
0 people, come to Allah! O people, come to way of Al lah if you want to be happy here and Hereafter, to be in peace. If not, you know! What shall we do? Everyone is just buried in his grave.
But now there are so many people, also, and it is not for eve ryone to find a private grave. Hundreds of people are put
in a khandaq,9 a big place. They are digging and putting eve
ryone, one on top of another, in such a way.
0 people, keep yourselves and fight against Shaytan, fight his teachings! Come to the teachings of prophets, par
ticularly the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad
Trench, hole.
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May Allah forgive me and bless you! For the honour of the most honoured one in His Divine Presence, Sayyidina Muhammad ^-Fofehfl! ▲
6 Keeping Respect for All of Allah’s Servants A'udhu bil-Lahi min ash-Shaytani-r-rajeem. Rahmani-r-Raheem.
Bismillahi-r-
La hawla wa la quwwata ilia bil-Lahi-l-
'Aliyi-l-'Azheem. This is not a good seating for me, but I am trying to take my rest.1. And I am asking forgiveness and apologizing that I
am sitting in such a way in front of you.
Real, true Islam came to show people their value.
If
prophets had not come, no one would know the value of mankind. And now people have lost the value of mankind,
and when they lose the value of mankind, they also lose re
spect for each other. Allah created men and He, Almighty, honoured them.
That means that He gives respect to that extraordinary or
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most distinguished creature. Throughout all creation, the most valuable, most honoured one, is mankind.2
That
means that Allah Almighty gives His respect to them.
ing within himself, "Even if the referendum comes out for him, I am not going to accept that I am going to say 'No!'" Allah was saying, "Demon! Jahannama git! Yaktl!3 Who
prostrate to Adam. That is the utmost limit of respect. Pros
are you to speak in My Divine Presence, to say this? I am making that one the king over you. I am giving that honour.
trating, making sajdah, is only for Allah; but He ordered the
You can't give honour!"4
angels to prostrate to Adam, saying, "I just honoured this
Therefore, democracy is batil.5 Honour is given to peo ple by Heavens, not by common people making a president,
Therefore, He ordered the angels to make sajdah, to
new one, new creature, and I am giving My respect and honour and blessings to him. Beware not to be disrespectful
to his kind. You must respect mankind!" The angels were saying, "O our Lord, why are You go ing to make a khalifah on earth? They are going to be firstclass trouble-makers on earth, killing one another, doing every badness, every wildness, violence, but you are giving that honour to them! Let that honour be for us."
prime minister, this, that. Whomever Allah gives respect and honour to, you must respect him. All creation respects man, mankind, and only the twenty-first century's people are not giving respect to each other, making the value of
man less than a mouse, less than a small creature. They are saying [parodies], "Animal rights," some foolish people making such claims, saying, "Oh, we must keep the rights of animals."
Allah was saying, "No, no. You don't know. I know! I am not in need of you to remind Me. I know! Don't say such a thing again! I know what I am doing, I know about what I am creating. I know that they have such a character istic, but even so, I am making them My representatives and
deputies on earth. Prostrate to him!" Shaytan was saying, "Oh, no! I am not making sajdah. Democracy! [Laughter.] Let the angels tell if they are say ing 'Yes' for Adam or for me. Must be election, democracy!"
The first democracy, there. He was saying to Allah, "I am not accepting such a thing from You, no. We must do an election or a referendum. If people say Adam is suitable, I will be happy. If not, I must be that one." And he was say-
There are no rights for mankind? We are making men like garbage, killing; not asking about their rights but asking about rights for animals? Allah is saying, "Rights of animals-yes, they have rights, but the rights of mankind, that is important."
Nations are not giving respect to other nations. Even among themselves, among their citizens, among their own peoples, they are not giving the respect with which Allah is respecting mankind. That is the sources of troubles and fighting now.
3[Tr.,J "Go to Hell! Bum!" *The story of the creation of Adam and Satan's rebellion is contained in
2:30-34.
2"And We have certainly honoured the children ofAdam." (17:70)
Talse, baseless, vain, futile.
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Anzi/u-n-nflssfl manazilahum9; give all people their hon our according to their level. And to brin the lowest level I am coming to this point because I am putting my feet towards you, and it is not a respectful way of sitting. Be
cause Allah respects you, I must respect you; everyone must respect others. That is Islam! No fundamentalists, no ter rorists, no such groups of people, trouble-makers, radical groups. If anything happens, explosion, they say, " We have
person to the highest level is also forbidden because his lev
el is the first level. You can't bring him to the top level, and
this democracy may take the lowest level person to be in the highest position. That is batik But Muslims—no minds now; everyone is misunderstanding! No more good understanding people among Muslims, finished.
done this" That is not Islam, no. Allah should ask them, should
punish them! La darar wa la dirara fil-Islam.6 It is something
Respect! "Wa la tansa'u-l-fadla bainakum";™ you must give the proper value among yourselves. "This is a teacher,
that must be written in golden letters, to be hung every-
this is a professor." Don't treat that one like a student. There must be a line of respect between you; he must be an
where. Islam prevents harming people or doing harm, Al lah preventing it and saying, "Don't go and harm him—no."
honoured one. At home, women must give their respect to
No harming in Islam! Islam keeps respect for everyone.
their husbands; children must give their respect to parents; younger ones must give their respect to older ones—in such
Particularly, Islam is careful about non-Muslims who are
a way. That is the essence of Islam.
living with us,7 to keep their rights, not to touch them, not to harm them; because it is such a serious thing on the Day of
Islam just came to give honour, or iyada,11 to give back, the respect that people had lost from the time of Jahiliyah,
Resurrection. Allah is saying, "You may take from him as much as he harmed you, not keeping your rights. Now take the same from him.8 Give him his rights!" But finished! People are not taking any care, and Islam just came to keep sharaf ul-insan, the honour of mankind.
the Period of Ignorance.12 Badu,*3 Arabs, they never gave any care or respect to poor people, to women, to weak ones, to old ones, to servants, to slaves. They only gave it to those who were powerful and filled their pockets with gold. To them they gave respect; to others, no. Therefore, Islam came to give back everyone's espect. And everyone should be respected at his or her level because Allah Almighty made,
‘"There is no harming or being harmed in Islam." Muwatta Malik, Mus-
’"Give people the respect due their station." Sahih Muslim
tadrak of Hakim.
That is, through rules enjoining g
1
10"4nd do not forget precedence among yourselves." (2:237)
treatment of non-Muslim minori
ties living in Muslim lands (dhimmis), particularly with regard to their
"Revert to, reinstate, re-establish, bring back.
places of worship and practice of religion.
'The era of ignorance of divine guidance among the Arabs prior to Islam.
‘Referring to 5:45/5:48 in Yusuf Ali's translation.
13Bedouins.
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also, so many levels. Those people must be on their levels, to give respect to the high-level people—the high-level peo ple who are carrying the responsibility of the whole nation, of the whole ummah.14
It is not just being a top-level person. If reaching the highest position, the highest level, there is also loaded on his shoulders a heavy responsibility. He should be asked about his nation, about his people, in the Divine Presence, if he gave the rights of those that he was over. And Shaytan, for thousands of years, has always tried to divide people into two groups, powerful ones and weak ones, and powerful ones never showed any respect or kindness or mercy to weak ones. Islam came and gave everyone's rights. And the weakest ones are going to be the most powerful ones with regard to their rights.
The state must look after weak ones, not after powerful ones; no. Therefore, Abu Bakr, the first caliph of RasulAllah % was saying, "0 people, you must know that if any one takes away or does not give the rights of a weak one, we are going to support that weak one and he is going to be the most powerful one among the community. And whoever claims that he is a powerful one, he is a rich one, and wants to go and take away the rights of weak ones, he must know that he is weakest one among the community."
“Nation, community, faith community. An important point is being em phasized throughout these paragraphs. First, all people generally must
be respected as souls created by Allah and among the most honoured of His creations. At the same time, Muslims are commanded to give appro
Where is Islam? Finished! Where is humanity? Just by name; finished! Yes. Therefore, I am asking forgiveness
that I am putting my feet towards you. I must keep respect for you, but for certain reasons I am putting my feet like this. •a
That is the essence of Islam. And in Islam, mankind are most valued in the Divine Presence because of their obedi ence. According to your obedience and good manners, Al lah Almighty will give you more honour here and Hereaf ter
Islam does not make a difference among people except what we said—according to their dealings with people and dealings with their Lord. And Islam orders people to try to give their most high respect to Allah and to do their best for His servants.
Two rules only: you must try to give your most high respect to your Lord, Allah Almighty, and to be most kind and do your best for His servants, for His creatures. That is Islam. Whoever harms people, he is not from Islam. Eh, saying, "That is an African person, that is an Asian
person, that is a European one." Western people, they think that they are first class mankind because their color is white. If of a different color, they are going to be of no value. No! Not by color but by your actions, your dealings, your re spect to Allah Almighty, and respect to Allah Almighty passes through respecting His servants.
priate respect to those in authority, to people of knowledge and erudition, to those whose characters and actions deserve special respect, and to the
elders of the community.
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Keep respect for everyone! Then respect will come to you, also; everything giving you respect. Give respect to everything and everything will give respect to you.
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Heavenly Patronage, Satanic Patronage” A'udhu bil-Lahi min ash-Shaytani-r-rajeem.
Rahmani-r-Raheem. 'Aliyi-l-'Azheem.
Bismillahi-rLa hawla wa la quwwata ilia bil-Lahi-l-
We are asking from our Patrons.1 And when we say "Pa trons," it is those who are able to control their egos. 'Patron' is a title among people. If a person is the direc tor of company or a business, people may say, "This is our patron." That is a patron in common people's understand ing. A patron is in control of his business and those who are working for him in a company. Everything is under his con
trol.
A real Patron, in the Divine Presence, is that person who can control his ego. That is a real Patron. Therefore, when They2 said to me, "Patrons," I was surprised. Who is a patron, and patronage is for whom?
'[Tr.] velinimet, benefactor.
:See footnote 2.
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All awliya have patronage because a person can't be a saint without being able to control himself, to control his ego. If a person is able to control his ego, then a heavenly patronage is going to be given to him. But that person is not going to be a patron quickly. Allah Almighty is saying, "Wa la-nabluannakum,3 I am going to try you. Without trying you, I will not accept you. When you can be successful under divine trials, then you should be given that title. "That person, that servant, you may trust in him." It goes to the Prophet ^.4 "That servant, you can trust in him. Use him for your ummah, for your nation." No one gives responsibility in a war to a private, no. Responsibility is given to a lieutenant or captain or major because they can be trusted, not giving it to a person from the rank-and-file army. No, can't be. And those Patrons who have been checked, the Prophet e may trust in them and give their tasks to them, how they should act for saving his ummah, his nation, from the assaults of Shaytan and devils, giving that power to them because they are trustwor thy persons. And a person can't be trustworthy if he isn't able to control his ego, no.
Therefore, Patrons, who are awliya, have been appoint ed by the Seal of the Prophets to look after his ummah so
We will surely test you." (2:155) 4That is, awliya observe how a candidate for patronage handles the tests
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that people will not to be harmed by Shaytan and Shaytan's groups or devils, so they will not deal in evil. Everyone, if not reaching a Patron for training under his command, may easily fall into the hands of satanic groups and devils, and should be employed for evil.
And people are in two groups, one employed under the patronage of Patrons to do their best for their Lord, to be good servants to their Lord, and also to do their best for their Lord's creation, for their Lord's servants. That group of people who accept that training under the patronage of Patrons, of awliya, they are fortunate ones. But if they do not accept, they will fall into the hands of devils. •54
All the prophets were the best ones for their nations. They were sent to people to save them from falling into the hands of devils. But most people ran away from those pa trons of mankind — and the first level Patrons are prophets. When prophets came to their nations, most people ran away from them and became enemies, going against them. Throughout all the historical periods of mankind,
beginning with Adam, the Lord of Heavens sent thousands and thousands of Patrons, heavenly Patrons, to call people
to their Lord and to call them to eternity. But they ran away, because Satan and shaytanic groups also have pat ronage from shaytanic headquarters, and satanic headquar ters takes that patronage from Satan. People preferred to run after them and they refused the best way of life. And they denied anything after this temporary life and said, "No life after this life," denying eternity, denying eternal life.
he/she is sent. When the tests are successfully passed and that servant is cleared by awliya in the spiritual world, the matter goes to the Prophet
who is continuously looking after the affairs of his ummnh from the spir
What happened after that? The Lord of Heavens sent His divine anger upon them, and when the divine anger
itual sphere. The Prophet £ then confers on that servant the rank of Pa
tron, i.e., veli/wali, saint, or velinimet, benefactor.
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came, it took them away. Qur'an al-Kareem5 mentions what happened to those nations that refused the patronage of Heavens and ran after the patronage of shaytanic people. They lost everything and reached a bad end.
Their presence is holy. But some square-headed people
are claiming and saying that when Muslims visit the tombs of Sahabah, they are worshipping them. No! We know that their presence is a holy presence. We are not saying their presence is a divine presence; no, we can't say that. But we are keeping the order of Allah Al
And we are saying "patronage" for the last and most honoured prophet, Sayyidina Muhammad He called people to eternity; he called people to an honourable life here and to eternal life for eternity in the Divine Presence. Mostly people ran away and they fought him. He called them to Paradise and they wanted to kill him. What happened to those who were against Sayyidina Muhammad's heavenly patronage? The heads of that shay tanic patronage, its 'chairmen/ were killed and thrown, one by one, on top of each other into a well in the desert, and they finished and vanished. And the final victory belonged to the Seal of Prophets «, and those who accepted his pat ronage and controlled their egos went not down but up to Heavens.
mighty that says, "Wa la tansau-l-fadla bainakum. "7 Allah Almighty is reminding a believers and ordering them not to forget those who did their best for their Lord. Their Lord's representatives, Sahabah, you must keep respect for them. That is an order. I am soriy to say that they are Arabs but they never un derstand the Holy Qur'an.8 "Wa la tansaw-l-fadla baynakum."
Sahabah are ahlu-l-fadl.9 They have radi-Allahu 'anhum wa radu 'anhu.w Allah Almighty is granting them His divine a
pleasure; He respects them. Then how are you not going to respect them? But they are destroying their tombs over them and making their graves not to be known, even not to write their names on them! Allahumma, la haula wa la quwwa ta ilia bil-Lahi-l-'Aliyi-l-'Azheem!u
Now you can find some of those selected, chosen peo ple who accepted the Seal of the Prophets and his patron age.6 Anywhere they are buried, you may find their graves a respect. like a Paradise-place, people giving them their high Because they said "Yes" to the heavenly invitation, Allah
honoured them. And Muslims are keeping respect for them
7"And do not forget precedence [fadl] among yourselves." (2:237)
up to today, visiting them, and when you visit their holy places, you find a satisfaction, contentment and peace when you go into their holy presence.
’Referring to the current Wahhabis who are propagating such inaccurate and superficial understandings of Islam.
’People of precedence.
'°"Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him." (9;100, 58:22, %8) The Noble Qur'an.
"0 our Lord, there is no power or might except with Allah, the Most
‘That is, his Sahabah, Companions, from the first generation of Muslims.
high, the Almighty.
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Most of you have gone to Istanbul, also, on your way, so many people. There is Abu Ayyub al-Ansari12 Allah bless him. When you go and visit him, your feeling chang es. Then you smell such a beautiful scent, and when you look, you feel khashiyat,'3 such a sweet fear in your heart, and you would like to be with him [Abu Ayyub] always. Where are Abu Jahl14 and others who rejected heavenly pat ronage through Sayyidina Muhammad
And now, no haya.'5 Some Arabs are asking to take away the Prophet's name, to write only "La ilaha illa-Llah" and not to put "Muhammadun Rasul-Allah "16 after it. And they are building mosques, not writing the name of Say yidina Muhammad & writing only "Allah Allah Allah." But Allah does not accept that from servants if they do not ac cept Sayyidina Muhammad & because He says, "Wa kaffa bil-Lahi shahidan: Muhammadun Rasul-Allah"'7 Who has been given such an honour? Allah Almighty is saying, "I am witnessing that he is My prophet. I am putting his name after My Name."
,2A Companion of the Prophet, who was martyred in Istanbul at the age of ninety in a battle between the Muslims and the Romans in the year 669
or 678 C.E.. He is buried in the European side of the city at the Eyyiip
Sultan Mosque.
So many places I am going and looking for the inscrip tion, "La ilaha illa-Llah, Muhammadun Rasul-Allah. "18 I am saying, "Where is 'La ilaha illa-Llah, Muhammadun RasulAllah'? Is this is a depot, a warehouse, or it is a place of prayer? Why are you not mentioning your faith, that no one can be Muslim without saying, 'La ilaha illa-Llah, Muham madun Rasul-Allah?' How are you doing this?" Those who are accepting, they are on the respected lev el, respected by their Lord and respected by all Muslims. Others have just left. Therefore, now people they are in need of heavenly patronage because they are running after the satanic patronage. The patron of this world now, among all nations, is Shaytan, and people are accepting, through democracy, the satanic patronage. We do not accept democ racy. We accept what Allah sent,19 and He sent malik, king, and sultan.
They changed it because the Satanic patronage ordered them to take away kings and sultans, and they are falling into endless troubles and sufferings now. But for every pe riod there is a limit. Their limit is going to finish; one year, less or more, and there must come heavenly patronage here, now. Arabs, you must understand first! Arabs have left. Iman, faith, came from them first and went away from their end first.
’’Reverential fear, awe, reverence, respect. ,4The Prophets unde and his cohorts, the vicious enemies of the Prophet and Islam, who were killed in a battle with the Muslims and put in a
dried-up well. 15Shame, modesty.
’‘"Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's blessings and
’’"There is no deity except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,"
the Islamic Declaration of Faith (Shahadah).
peace be on him."
,7"And Allah is Sufficient ns witness. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah."
'Through divine revelation in the Old and New Testaments and the Holy
(48:28-29)
Qur'an.
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May Allah forgive me and give me power to take away
all shaytanic patronage. I am the weakest one, but it is
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enough to dean that patronage, shaytanic patronage. Even
if I am the weakest one, I can do it. For cleaning the W.C., no need to call the sultan, "Come and clean." No, I can do
this. I am asking, "Give the order. I will clean, from East to West." Without that order, I am nothing; with that order, I am everything I have less than the power of an ant but if
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the order comes, it is enough to clean. One person may clean-clean ten worlds, also, not only one.
May Allah forgive me! For the most honoured one in His Divine Presence - Fateha! ▲ A'udhu bil-Lahi min ash-Shaytani-r-rajeem. Bismillahi-rRahmani-r-Raheem. La hawla wa la quwwata ilia bil-Lahi-l'Aliyi-l-'Azheem.
Masha'Allah,' everyone here is a first-class clever ones! Eve-
Say something. I may learn. If I speak, no one learns. We are happy, we are fortunate. We must say that no one can be, never can be, like us. Why? The Lord of Heavens is giving us permission to say His Holy Name, "A/-Wz/" Say, "Al-laah Al-laah Al-laah! Subhanallah, subhanallah, subhanallah! La ilaha illa-Llah, Muhammadun Rasul-Allah, 'alaihi-s-salat Allah wa salamuhu!12-
1As Allah willed. 2“Glory be to Allah (three times).
There is no deity except Allah.
Mu
hammad is the Messenger of Allah, Allah's blessings and peace be upon
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