Mercy Oceans, Book 11 (183 pages, 12/17)
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d about every action. If good it will be rewarded; if bad, it will be punished. It is impossible to lose any of them, either of goodness or of badness. They are registered; there are registration-angels on you, writing.
Therefore we are intending, o our Lord, we are promising, to be Your obedient servants. If we are going to live after Ramadan or to live up to the end of this world, or if this world is going to be eternal, we are intending, we are promising You, to be Your obedient servants. Then your Lord is going to be pleased with you, that His servant is with Him, promising Him, and when you have promised, Allah Almignty also makes His promise about you.
O mumins and muminahs, we are living in difficult conditions, yes; it is well- known. You are living in a city which perhaps is the headquarters of the Devil's kingdom; it may be in this city, because they have established their kingdom. throughout East and West, in every country - the Devil's kingdom, the Devil's sovereignty, and these are such difficult conditions for Muslims. That is correct. But Allah Almighty never gives permission, when conditions are difficult, to make harām into halal; no. But our egos say, "It doesn't matter." Don't let it say, "It doesn't matter"! Harām is dirty and ugly; don't look and see it as beautiful - no. Haram is ugly, harām is dirty. Don't enter, don't touch, don't look, or you may be punished.
Conditions may be changed, they may be difficult; but when you take care of your Lord's commands to keep halal and haram, you will be rewarded more
than Muslims who lived before but never reached such a condition that we are now in. We are heavy workers now. If they were given one reward, we may be given at least seven hundred and more, up to bi-ghairi hisab, with account, because you must be patient for bearing those heavy conditions.
O people, 'Eid is coming, and after 'Eid keep that pleasure of God with you to make you pleased. Allah Almighty, when you make Him pleased with you, He makes you pleased, every time. And Allah Almighty is saying, "O My servants, My servant is standing and addressing you." Yes, I am your Lord's servant. He says, through my speaking, "My servant is saying to you that you are living in difficult conditions. For difficult conditions, of what are you in need? You are in need of help. From what, from whom, must you ask help? From your Lord Almighty." And He says, "Who has asked help from Me and I did not help him? Who can say, 'I asked my Lord to help me and He did not help?'"
If you intend to keep His halal and harām, and say, "O my Lord, I am living in difficult conditions, and my ego is pushing or pulling me into dirty actions, into haram. I am asking Your divine help" - whoever has asked this and Allah Almighty did not help him? Who can say this? But we are not asking because we are pleased with our egos.
Ask, and you will be given divine help and you will be in safety, Then you can go; even if the whole of London is on fire, it will never touch you. And this is the khutbah for the last Friday of this Ramadan that I am giving according to my inspiration. I am not preparing it, as it is, inshaallah, best for our hearts.
'Asr/June 15, 1985
Allah Almighty has endless favors. For whom are His endless favors? For His servants. He is not in need of anything, Allah Almighty; no need of treasures or of endless Favor Oceans. He is Ghani113, never in need of anything, but all His favors, Favor Oceans, are for His servants. His servants may ask endlessly and He may give endless favors.
That is a good tidings, the greatest good tidings. If His favors were to be ended, what about ourselves? But alhamdulillah; we are saying thanks to
113 Self-sufficient. Al-Ghani is one of Allah Almighty's Holy Names or attributes
Allah Almighty for never-ending gifts, never ending favors, never ending Power Oceans, never-ending Mercy Oceans, never-ending Knowledge Oceans, never-ending Wisdom Oceans, never ending territories, Paradise.
The believers, mumins, will enter it. Allah Almighty will order Paradise, every time believers enter it, to be wider, to be yet wider, and it is going to be so wide, at each moment spreading, becoming wider, wider, wider. Then the final one, the last one of the people who will enter Paradise, will be brought from Hell and will stand. And Allah Almighty will order that a person to sink into a spring at the entrance of Paradise, but that spring is not as you imagine, a little one - no, like oceans. He will enter it and he will come out with beauty like Joseph's, Prophet Yusuf's, p.b.u.h114., who was given the beauty of half of mankind by Allah Almighty. When he would come onto the balcony of his palace, from far away people would see him as if the sun was rising; the Egyptian people would come and look at him, and hungry people were satisfied when they looked at Yusuf, p.b.u.h115. And that person will be given that beauty and handsomeness.
Then he will drink from the second spring at the entrance of Paradise and all envy will go away from him. The worst, most evil characteristic of mankind is envy. If a person enters Paradise with envy, he will be like in Hell. The characteristic which makes the whole world like Hell - that is envy, and envy is among learned people more than among unlearned ones. Educated people, or too-high-ranking people or too-rich people, are so envious of each other. Among common people you can't find such envy for each other; they have, also, envy for the rich ones, but there is so much envy among educated people.
But there must not be that envy if they are educated people - I mean to say, who know about their Lord, Allah Almighty. This is a life in which Allah Almighty brings people to this world and makes each one in a different state, a different condition; but each one has been honored. Divine honors have been given to each one of mankind, although from an external view our life conditions are so different. The one who believes in his Lord, Allah Almighty, to the extent that his belief is perfect, he is going to be in safety from envy.
Therefore, among prophets you can't find envy. Prophets never had envy or
114 The story of Prophet Yusuf is narrated in Surah XII, which bears his name. His extraordinary beauty is referred to in verse 31 of that sürah
115 Sheikh Nāzim adds parenthetically, "Our Prophet, Sayyidina Muhammad, is more beautiful than Yusuf but that beauty is covered' and veiled”
were envious; it is impossible. And then, awliya, the Friends of Allah Almighty, have no envy and they are not envious.
The one who knows what Allah Almighty gave to him is not going to be envious. Allah Almighty ordered and advised people, "Wa ammā bini'mati Rabbika fa-haddith116”.O people, proclaim what your Lord gave to you. It is enough for everyone to be thankful and to praise his Lord that he has come into existence. He was nothing and Allah Almighty brought him into existence. Therefore, as Allah Almighty informs us, all things in existence are glorifying their Lord because He brought them into existence. Even atoms glorify Him. They have lives, because without life it is impossible to be in existence; when a thing comes into existence it must have a kind of life, although its life may be dif ferent from our lives. Your life is the perfect life, but everything else, also, in its own kind is perfect. From that perfection they give their praises by glorifying their Lord; everything glorifies Him, saying "Subhanallah !" Their glorifyings are so different, and a real believer, who has the light of real faith in his heart, may listen to the glorifying of jamadat, inanimate objects, rocks, mountains, non-living things.
Every prophet has miracles. One day the Prophet, Sayyidina Muhammad, p.b.u.h., caught up a handful of stones and made all the people listen to the glorifying of stones to their Lord. Yes, the whole universe glorifies its Lord. When its glorifying finishes it is impossible for it to be in existence; finished. They are all glorifying Him - rocks, earth, water, plants, trees, leaves, flowers, animals, ants, bees, donkeys; yes, everyone in existence. Fishes in the seas are glorifying Him, and they are so happy and pleased and proud to be in existence. The Lord, Allah Almighty, created me and I belong to His territory. How am I not going to be pleased with my Lord?
But envious people are not pleased. Their level has come down from the level of animals and plants to less than rocks, even. Rocks are glorifying, they are pleased with their Lord, saying "Subhanallah!" Plants and animals are so happy, but envious people are not happy with their Lord; they are fighting with the Lord, Allah Almighty, saying, "Why did you give those people riches? Why did you give that person a Rolls Royce?"
Why are you asking? Nothing you have been given? Only that Rolls Royce is something? That palace would be too much for you. That person is below
116 Then, as for the favors of thy Lord, proclaim them. (XCIII:11)
the level of rocks. And I am sorry to say that envy is destroying all humanity now. You can't find anyone who does not look with envy. "Ah, this car! But I have to walk." You must be thankful that you can walk! Sheikh S'adi Shirazi, may Allah bless him, was saying, "A man was always complaining that he had no shoes. Then once he saw a man without legs, and he was so repentant, saying, 'O my Lord, thanks be to you that I have legs, while that person has none”.
What is this envy? You must think about what you have been given! If you have all the vaults in Central Bank, what is the benefit? Nothing, nothing; but you have been given more than that. Now I saw a sick man. He is waiting to die because he has a kind of illness which does not let him eat or drink. If that person had all the gold that is in the Central Bank of England, do you think that he would refuse to give all that gold to get back his health? Who thinks that he may refuse? Or you must think about your own self. Do you agree to give me your two eyes? I shall give you the gold in the Cental Bank of England, all that gold; give me your eyes and take this gold. Do you agree? You must be crazy if you agree. If I say to you, "I shall give you not only that gold but I will make you king of the world but give me your eyes, " what would be the benefit? People would say, "Blind king." No one would accept it. What would be the benefit of being king of the whole world but not seeing?
But ignorant people say, "Why does that person have a Rolls Royce and not me? Why does that person live in a palace and I don't? Why does that person have a business and I haven't?" All, all, of those people are ignorant. They are supporters of devils, they are slaves of devils, of Satan. Look what Allah Almighty has given to you! You are from mankind which has been honored, divinely honored. Even angels asked to have that honor for themselves but Allah Almighty said, "No. I am making that honor for the Children of Adam." Yet we are envious. Why? "That one has more ranks.
Why is that one a queen? What is a queen, what is a king? Why are they in such stations, in such situatians?"
You must thank your Lord. Allah Almighty put Her Majesty the Queen in that place; He could have made you a street-sweeper. You must be thankful to your Lord! Don't ask why! Whoever asks "Why?" is Satan. He made her queen there. You must keep your adab m'a Allah; you must have good manners with your Lord. That envy makes the whole world fall into Hell, yes. All people are envious of each other; no one says "Alhamdulillah that Allah Al mighty brought me into existence and dressed me in this human form."
A grandwall, a king-sized grandwali, Abū Yazid al-Bistāmi, may Allah bless him, passed through a narrow street. A little dog approached. When it saw so many people coming, it was afraid, going this way, that way. Then Abu Yazid, Sultan ul-Arifin, the "King" of the 'arif people117, went to one side of the street and gave way for that little dog to pass. As yet Europe_has not reached the point of looking at animals with such an eye as Abū Yazia looked at that dog.
People said to him, "You are a grandwali, a grandsheikh. You are going with your followers, companions, and you are giving way - for a dog. What is this?"
To teach all humanity, he said, "O my sons, I gave that dog way be cause it addressed me, saying, 'O Abu Yazid! Don't be proud that you are a man or a wali, feeling pride over me, saying, "That is a dog." No, you and I, we are equals in creation. Only the Creator's will has dressed me as a dog and so I appear as a dog in existence, and I am happy, I am pleased with my Lord.
But you haven't any right, because your Lord gave you the dress or a man from among mankind - no right for you to be proud of that. He is the Creator, dressing me as this and I am happy. He has given you a dress, also, but you haven't any superiority over me.' When it addressed me, I was ashamed, ashamed before my Lord, Allah Almighty, for making that dog seem lower than myself, because my Lord created it."
Yes. If the view of true Islam for everything is like this, what about for mankind? Islam looks after everything and gives all their rights. Therefore in Islam you can find exact or perfect or complete justice; you can find that only in Islam, which gives everything its rights and keeps respect for everything in existence. Once I was walking with Grandsheikh on the street and I saw a stone in the way. It is sunnah to take away such stones from the road. I was too lazy to pick it up with may hand and I kicked it with my foot like this. Then Grandsheikh said, "Don't do that again, Nazim Efendi! You must think by what it is in existence. Keep respect for everything." It is enough for me and for you to keep respect for everyone in existence, yes.
How can envy live among real believers? It is impossible. But we are imitators in our faith. Therefore envy, like a cancer throughout the community, the big body of mankind, is going to destroy nations and
117 Arif means "knower"; specifically, one who possesses true knowledge of his Lord.
humanity - yes. Then, o believers, to the extent that you are powerful in your faith, in your belief, that disliked characteristic, the worse characteristic or our egos, envy, will go away. If you have no envy, angels and the spiritual bodies or prophets and awliya may come near you; you may be in contact quickly with heavenly stations. You must understand that there is still some poison or envy in your self that prevents you from being in contact with the spiritual world and with heavenly stations.
Therefore everyone, before entering Paradise, must drink from that spring and it will take away all envy from people. Then, when they enter Paradise, no envy, no envy. And this indicates that, if there is no envy among people, this world is going to be like a paradise. Envy, hasad, is a fire that burns every good action as fire burns wood, and it is dangerous, burning faith burning imān. No iman, no real imān, with an envious person.
And the one who is in front of Paradise will drink from that spring and will look to enter, but he will imagine that Paradise is full-up and will be ashamed, standing there at the entrance of Paradise. Then Allah Almighty will say, "O My servant, go in." He will approach and will see that it is all full, "Where will I enter?" At the third command, Allah Almighty will say, "Go in, and for you, also, ten times as much as the whole world" - as much as ten worlds, without any deserts or frozen areas, useless areas or oceans, no; all spacious, usable, beautiful areas. "If you put ten worlds side by side, that amount I shall give you," says Allah Almighty. "Go in."
Then that place where he puts his first footstep is for him, and you can imagine what will be given by their Lord to believers in Paradise. And then Allah Almighty will order Paradise to be still wider because it is our characteristic to like to have always more houses, more gardens, more farms, more territories. He knows that well, Allah Almighty. Therefore, if that person is going to live on only ten times the area of this world, it is going to be like a prison. I pass by Buckingham Palace but every day, every year, I see the same area; perhaps Her Majesty the Queen is sorry that it does not become bigger, although she has other castles and may go there. But that person in Paradise, he likes also, as men like here, to have more and more every year. Therefore Allah Almighty will order Paradise to be wider and there will be more castles, more palaces, more gardens, more rivers, more everything, every time seeing that it is more.
Therefore I am saying that your Lord's favors are endless. Tūba la kum, happiness and good tidings forever for you, yes. Every time, endless favors,
without end. You must think about it. There is nothing in this world except sufferings but you are making yourselves suffer. Envy makes people suffer.
Say, "Alhamdulillah, ya Rabb! O our Lord, thanks be to You. We are happy with your favours, and we expect our Lord's endless favours here and Here after." Be happy! Don't be envious. It is enough for you. Envious people are in Hell, here and Hereafter. Non-envying people here, also, are in Paradise, and in the Hereafter.
'Asr/June 16, 1985
Ya Rabbi! O my Lord! We are just arriving at the end of Holy Ramadan, so quickly passing, and if we can take something for our souls, for our spiritual lives, we are fortunate. This is the most important month among the twelve months, the most honored, and the most mercy and blessings and favors come during this holy month. The one who takes something, he is fortunate. We are asking our Lord, from His endless favors, to grant us from the blessings of this month and from His Mercy Oceans
Today, coming to the mosque, I was passing by and I saw a piece of writing, saying, "Everyone needs standards." What is this? I didn't under stand. But someone had added two words to it with a pencil in big writing; the traffic lights caught our car and I was looking. "Everyone need standards" was written there, but he had written, "Everyone needs love and not standards."
Nothing is accidental during this life; everything is programmed. Who wrote that writing? I don't know. Correcting it to say that everyone needs, not standards but everyone needs love, muhabbah, the love of our Lord. If you want wisdom, you may take wisdoms from anywhere. That writing gave me something for this lecture, for this gathering.
Yes, he is correct. I have seen, and I use, also, a prayer from among the Prophet's prayers. The Prophet, beloved Muhammad, p.b.u.h., said, "Asaluka, ya Allah, hubbaka, wa hubba man yuhibbuka, wa hubba 'amalin yuballighuni ila hubbik118." Hubb means love, and that writing is correct. The Prophet asked from his Lord, Almighty Allah, saying, "O my Lord, I am asking for Your love. For divine love I am asking."
118 I ask of Thee, O God, Thy love and the love of those who love Thee, and the love of such deeds as lead to Thy love." (Hadith)
That is the most important thing to be asked from Allah Almighty. Nothing can be put in the place of love and nothing may be over love. Allah Almighty created the Prophet, beloved Muhammad, p.b.u.h., and khamira, yeast119," for him was the love of God Almighty. Without love, no Muhammad, p.b.u.h., and if no Muhammad, p.b.u.h., nothing would be in existence. Allah Almighty gave His divine love to beloved Muhammad; he is the most beloved one in existence, and out of Allah Almighty's love for Muhammad, p.b.u.h., He created all creation.
That is a reality written in holy books, and yet the Prophet, p.b.u.h., was asking for muhabbah, hubb, the love of God. I am asking for more love, be cause whoever tastes love asks for more; the one who is a rock does not ask for love. And the Prophet, beloved Muhammad, p.b.u.h., taught all mankind to ask from their Lord, "O our Lord, give us from Your divine love."
That is important. That gives you light, gives you pleasure, gives you mercy, gives you favors, gives you beauty, gives you wisdoms. When your Lord loves a person, He gives him everything. Therefore the Prophet was teaching all mankind.
O you who object to the prophethood of Muhammad, p.b.u.h., if you are carrying about a mind in your head, you must understand. Don't be like the person who found the greatest, the biggest diamond unpolished and gave it to a spoonmaker, and the spoonmaker gave him for it one spoon, a wooden spoon. Look at Muhammad, p.b.u.h., at what he brought, at what he asked. "O my Lord, asaluka hubbaka, I am asking Your divine love."
Muhammad, throughout twenty-three years, what did he collect of this world's properties? What did he have from this world? Coming people, you must look to that Prophet, or punishment will come to all people because they are not looking at beloved Muhammad, p. b.u.h.
The Prophet, p.b.u.h., stood up and called people to the unity of the Lord, the Creator, Allah Almighty, saying, "La ilaha illa-Lah120. O people, come and say with me that there is no god but Allah. I am calling you to my Lord - to His endless Mercy Oceans, to His endless Knowledge Oceans, to His endless Wisdom Oceans, to His endless favors. I am calling you to His endless Beauty Oceans. Come to me."
119 That is, the catalyst, the essential element of his being
120 There is no deity except God
Then those ignorant people stood against him. His uncle, Abu Talib. outwardly took guardianship of Muhammad, p.b.u.h., because he was the chief of Makkah. Then those big people among the mushrikin came to Abu Talib and asked him to make Muhammad, p.b.u.h., stop calling people to his Lord and to stop attacking their nonsensical idols (they would put their idols on little carts, pushing or pulling them, and then come to worship them, such foolish people). They said to him, "O Abū Talib, you must see to your nephew because it is too much. You must stop it, or we must see about his case." Such proud people!
They also said, "O Abu Talib, look. You must stop him by any means. Tell him that if he wants, by calling people to himself, to be a king, we may make him king of Makkah and of all Arabia, also. If he wants treasures, gold, we may bring all treasures to him. If he wants marriage to a beautiful lady, all the beautiful ladies we shall give him." Those are the only three or four things that people run after for this life, foolish people. Their hearts are with women, with gold, with ranks; that is the whole life of this world. And they came and said to Muhammad, p.b.u.h., that if you would like to be king, we will make you our king, of all Hijāz, of all Arabia. Treasures, properties - everything we may give you, as much as you like. As many as you like of beautyful Ladies; we may give our girls to you, also. But leave off that saying "La ilaha ill-Allah." We have been disturbed by your words. Don't attack our idols!
Then Abu Talib, his uncle, called Muhammad, p.b.u.h., and said, "o my nephew, I am looking after you and I will look after you up to the end, also, from those people. They are saying to me that you must stop attacking their. idols, you must stop saying 'La ilaha ill-Allah.' And if you want to be a king, they may make you their king; they may give you their treasures, their most beautiful girls. 'Leave this off,' they are saying. But I am with you." What do you say?"
And Muhammad, p.b.u.h., said, "O my uncle, my respected uncle, tell them that even if they were able to put the sun in one of my hands and the moon in the other, I am not going to leave this. Because it is not from myself; it is from the Lord of the Heavens. I have been ordered to make this declaration to all people. I am not going to leave it; it is impossible. I must go on firmly."
That is Prophet Muhammad, p.b.u.h. He came, and during the whole of his life he called people only to the love of the Lord, Allah Almighty. Then wat about people? What do they think of that Prophet?
He only asked from his Lord, Allah Almighty, to give him more love, because that is the most precious thing for those who have a mind in their heads, not straw. Yes, they may understand what is the most precious thing for the whole of life. If you can find something more precious than love, bring it to me. But you can't find anything. Therefore that person is correct who wrote that everyone needs love.
And the Prophet, p.b.u.h., said in that du'a, that prayer, "Asaluka, ya Allah, hubbaka. O my Lord, I am asking for Your divine love." And then he asked, also, "Wa hubba man yuhibbuka. I am asking, O my Lord, Your divine love, and also I am asking love for those who love you." He means to say, "I am asking for the love of Your Friends, also, O my Lord."
The first part is at the level of prophets but you can't put your foot all at once at the top. Then he comes to the second level and says, "I am asking for the love of Your Friends who love You." That is possible; anyone may look at those people whose hearts are with their Lord so that you can't find anything in their hearts except the love of the Lord Almighty. You may find such people, and it is obligatory for all believers to keep love in their hearts for the Friends of Allah Almighty. That is important, because immediately, at once, you can't reach the love of God, Almighty Allah. It is so difficult, but he is showing us the way, also, that leads us to the love of God Almighty: "Wa hubba man yuhibbuka, O my Lord. Give me love for those who love You." Their hearts are full-up with Your love, those people. And Satan fights with people not to love such people.
And then the Prophet, p.b.u.h., comes to a third level and says, "a hubba 'amalin yuballighuni ila hubbik." He is asking and teaching, "O my Lord, make me love such actions that by the blessings of those actions I may reach love for Your Friends and may reach love for You." Those are three kinds of prayers, dulas, which the Prophet, p.b.u.h., made. Only those three du'as that he asked from his Lord are sufficient to bring as witness and proof for those who are intelligent that Muhammad, p.b.u.h., is a true and perfect prophet. You must think about that.
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d about every action. If good it will be rewarded; if bad, it will be punished. It is impossible to lose any of them, either of goodness or of badness. They are registered; there are registration-angels on you, writing.
Therefore we are intending, o our Lord, we are promising, to be Your obedient servants. If we are going to live after Ramadan or to live up to the end of this world, or if this world is going to be eternal, we are intending, we are promising You, to be Your obedient servants. Then your Lord is going to be pleased with you, that His servant is with Him, promising Him, and when you have promised, Allah Almignty also makes His promise about you.
O mumins and muminahs, we are living in difficult conditions, yes; it is well- known. You are living in a city which perhaps is the headquarters of the Devil's kingdom; it may be in this city, because they have established their kingdom. throughout East and West, in every country - the Devil's kingdom, the Devil's sovereignty, and these are such difficult conditions for Muslims. That is correct. But Allah Almighty never gives permission, when conditions are difficult, to make harām into halal; no. But our egos say, "It doesn't matter." Don't let it say, "It doesn't matter"! Harām is dirty and ugly; don't look and see it as beautiful - no. Haram is ugly, harām is dirty. Don't enter, don't touch, don't look, or you may be punished.
Conditions may be changed, they may be difficult; but when you take care of your Lord's commands to keep halal and haram, you will be rewarded more
than Muslims who lived before but never reached such a condition that we are now in. We are heavy workers now. If they were given one reward, we may be given at least seven hundred and more, up to bi-ghairi hisab, with account, because you must be patient for bearing those heavy conditions.
O people, 'Eid is coming, and after 'Eid keep that pleasure of God with you to make you pleased. Allah Almighty, when you make Him pleased with you, He makes you pleased, every time. And Allah Almighty is saying, "O My servants, My servant is standing and addressing you." Yes, I am your Lord's servant. He says, through my speaking, "My servant is saying to you that you are living in difficult conditions. For difficult conditions, of what are you in need? You are in need of help. From what, from whom, must you ask help? From your Lord Almighty." And He says, "Who has asked help from Me and I did not help him? Who can say, 'I asked my Lord to help me and He did not help?'"
If you intend to keep His halal and harām, and say, "O my Lord, I am living in difficult conditions, and my ego is pushing or pulling me into dirty actions, into haram. I am asking Your divine help" - whoever has asked this and Allah Almighty did not help him? Who can say this? But we are not asking because we are pleased with our egos.
Ask, and you will be given divine help and you will be in safety, Then you can go; even if the whole of London is on fire, it will never touch you. And this is the khutbah for the last Friday of this Ramadan that I am giving according to my inspiration. I am not preparing it, as it is, inshaallah, best for our hearts.
'Asr/June 15, 1985
Allah Almighty has endless favors. For whom are His endless favors? For His servants. He is not in need of anything, Allah Almighty; no need of treasures or of endless Favor Oceans. He is Ghani113, never in need of anything, but all His favors, Favor Oceans, are for His servants. His servants may ask endlessly and He may give endless favors.
That is a good tidings, the greatest good tidings. If His favors were to be ended, what about ourselves? But alhamdulillah; we are saying thanks to
113 Self-sufficient. Al-Ghani is one of Allah Almighty's Holy Names or attributes
Allah Almighty for never-ending gifts, never ending favors, never ending Power Oceans, never-ending Mercy Oceans, never-ending Knowledge Oceans, never-ending Wisdom Oceans, never ending territories, Paradise.
The believers, mumins, will enter it. Allah Almighty will order Paradise, every time believers enter it, to be wider, to be yet wider, and it is going to be so wide, at each moment spreading, becoming wider, wider, wider. Then the final one, the last one of the people who will enter Paradise, will be brought from Hell and will stand. And Allah Almighty will order that a person to sink into a spring at the entrance of Paradise, but that spring is not as you imagine, a little one - no, like oceans. He will enter it and he will come out with beauty like Joseph's, Prophet Yusuf's, p.b.u.h114., who was given the beauty of half of mankind by Allah Almighty. When he would come onto the balcony of his palace, from far away people would see him as if the sun was rising; the Egyptian people would come and look at him, and hungry people were satisfied when they looked at Yusuf, p.b.u.h115. And that person will be given that beauty and handsomeness.
Then he will drink from the second spring at the entrance of Paradise and all envy will go away from him. The worst, most evil characteristic of mankind is envy. If a person enters Paradise with envy, he will be like in Hell. The characteristic which makes the whole world like Hell - that is envy, and envy is among learned people more than among unlearned ones. Educated people, or too-high-ranking people or too-rich people, are so envious of each other. Among common people you can't find such envy for each other; they have, also, envy for the rich ones, but there is so much envy among educated people.
But there must not be that envy if they are educated people - I mean to say, who know about their Lord, Allah Almighty. This is a life in which Allah Almighty brings people to this world and makes each one in a different state, a different condition; but each one has been honored. Divine honors have been given to each one of mankind, although from an external view our life conditions are so different. The one who believes in his Lord, Allah Almighty, to the extent that his belief is perfect, he is going to be in safety from envy.
Therefore, among prophets you can't find envy. Prophets never had envy or
114 The story of Prophet Yusuf is narrated in Surah XII, which bears his name. His extraordinary beauty is referred to in verse 31 of that sürah
115 Sheikh Nāzim adds parenthetically, "Our Prophet, Sayyidina Muhammad, is more beautiful than Yusuf but that beauty is covered' and veiled”
were envious; it is impossible. And then, awliya, the Friends of Allah Almighty, have no envy and they are not envious.
The one who knows what Allah Almighty gave to him is not going to be envious. Allah Almighty ordered and advised people, "Wa ammā bini'mati Rabbika fa-haddith116”.O people, proclaim what your Lord gave to you. It is enough for everyone to be thankful and to praise his Lord that he has come into existence. He was nothing and Allah Almighty brought him into existence. Therefore, as Allah Almighty informs us, all things in existence are glorifying their Lord because He brought them into existence. Even atoms glorify Him. They have lives, because without life it is impossible to be in existence; when a thing comes into existence it must have a kind of life, although its life may be dif ferent from our lives. Your life is the perfect life, but everything else, also, in its own kind is perfect. From that perfection they give their praises by glorifying their Lord; everything glorifies Him, saying "Subhanallah !" Their glorifyings are so different, and a real believer, who has the light of real faith in his heart, may listen to the glorifying of jamadat, inanimate objects, rocks, mountains, non-living things.
Every prophet has miracles. One day the Prophet, Sayyidina Muhammad, p.b.u.h., caught up a handful of stones and made all the people listen to the glorifying of stones to their Lord. Yes, the whole universe glorifies its Lord. When its glorifying finishes it is impossible for it to be in existence; finished. They are all glorifying Him - rocks, earth, water, plants, trees, leaves, flowers, animals, ants, bees, donkeys; yes, everyone in existence. Fishes in the seas are glorifying Him, and they are so happy and pleased and proud to be in existence. The Lord, Allah Almighty, created me and I belong to His territory. How am I not going to be pleased with my Lord?
But envious people are not pleased. Their level has come down from the level of animals and plants to less than rocks, even. Rocks are glorifying, they are pleased with their Lord, saying "Subhanallah!" Plants and animals are so happy, but envious people are not happy with their Lord; they are fighting with the Lord, Allah Almighty, saying, "Why did you give those people riches? Why did you give that person a Rolls Royce?"
Why are you asking? Nothing you have been given? Only that Rolls Royce is something? That palace would be too much for you. That person is below
116 Then, as for the favors of thy Lord, proclaim them. (XCIII:11)
the level of rocks. And I am sorry to say that envy is destroying all humanity now. You can't find anyone who does not look with envy. "Ah, this car! But I have to walk." You must be thankful that you can walk! Sheikh S'adi Shirazi, may Allah bless him, was saying, "A man was always complaining that he had no shoes. Then once he saw a man without legs, and he was so repentant, saying, 'O my Lord, thanks be to you that I have legs, while that person has none”.
What is this envy? You must think about what you have been given! If you have all the vaults in Central Bank, what is the benefit? Nothing, nothing; but you have been given more than that. Now I saw a sick man. He is waiting to die because he has a kind of illness which does not let him eat or drink. If that person had all the gold that is in the Central Bank of England, do you think that he would refuse to give all that gold to get back his health? Who thinks that he may refuse? Or you must think about your own self. Do you agree to give me your two eyes? I shall give you the gold in the Cental Bank of England, all that gold; give me your eyes and take this gold. Do you agree? You must be crazy if you agree. If I say to you, "I shall give you not only that gold but I will make you king of the world but give me your eyes, " what would be the benefit? People would say, "Blind king." No one would accept it. What would be the benefit of being king of the whole world but not seeing?
But ignorant people say, "Why does that person have a Rolls Royce and not me? Why does that person live in a palace and I don't? Why does that person have a business and I haven't?" All, all, of those people are ignorant. They are supporters of devils, they are slaves of devils, of Satan. Look what Allah Almighty has given to you! You are from mankind which has been honored, divinely honored. Even angels asked to have that honor for themselves but Allah Almighty said, "No. I am making that honor for the Children of Adam." Yet we are envious. Why? "That one has more ranks.
Why is that one a queen? What is a queen, what is a king? Why are they in such stations, in such situatians?"
You must thank your Lord. Allah Almighty put Her Majesty the Queen in that place; He could have made you a street-sweeper. You must be thankful to your Lord! Don't ask why! Whoever asks "Why?" is Satan. He made her queen there. You must keep your adab m'a Allah; you must have good manners with your Lord. That envy makes the whole world fall into Hell, yes. All people are envious of each other; no one says "Alhamdulillah that Allah Al mighty brought me into existence and dressed me in this human form."
A grandwall, a king-sized grandwali, Abū Yazid al-Bistāmi, may Allah bless him, passed through a narrow street. A little dog approached. When it saw so many people coming, it was afraid, going this way, that way. Then Abu Yazid, Sultan ul-Arifin, the "King" of the 'arif people117, went to one side of the street and gave way for that little dog to pass. As yet Europe_has not reached the point of looking at animals with such an eye as Abū Yazia looked at that dog.
People said to him, "You are a grandwali, a grandsheikh. You are going with your followers, companions, and you are giving way - for a dog. What is this?"
To teach all humanity, he said, "O my sons, I gave that dog way be cause it addressed me, saying, 'O Abu Yazid! Don't be proud that you are a man or a wali, feeling pride over me, saying, "That is a dog." No, you and I, we are equals in creation. Only the Creator's will has dressed me as a dog and so I appear as a dog in existence, and I am happy, I am pleased with my Lord.
But you haven't any right, because your Lord gave you the dress or a man from among mankind - no right for you to be proud of that. He is the Creator, dressing me as this and I am happy. He has given you a dress, also, but you haven't any superiority over me.' When it addressed me, I was ashamed, ashamed before my Lord, Allah Almighty, for making that dog seem lower than myself, because my Lord created it."
Yes. If the view of true Islam for everything is like this, what about for mankind? Islam looks after everything and gives all their rights. Therefore in Islam you can find exact or perfect or complete justice; you can find that only in Islam, which gives everything its rights and keeps respect for everything in existence. Once I was walking with Grandsheikh on the street and I saw a stone in the way. It is sunnah to take away such stones from the road. I was too lazy to pick it up with may hand and I kicked it with my foot like this. Then Grandsheikh said, "Don't do that again, Nazim Efendi! You must think by what it is in existence. Keep respect for everything." It is enough for me and for you to keep respect for everyone in existence, yes.
How can envy live among real believers? It is impossible. But we are imitators in our faith. Therefore envy, like a cancer throughout the community, the big body of mankind, is going to destroy nations and
117 Arif means "knower"; specifically, one who possesses true knowledge of his Lord.
humanity - yes. Then, o believers, to the extent that you are powerful in your faith, in your belief, that disliked characteristic, the worse characteristic or our egos, envy, will go away. If you have no envy, angels and the spiritual bodies or prophets and awliya may come near you; you may be in contact quickly with heavenly stations. You must understand that there is still some poison or envy in your self that prevents you from being in contact with the spiritual world and with heavenly stations.
Therefore everyone, before entering Paradise, must drink from that spring and it will take away all envy from people. Then, when they enter Paradise, no envy, no envy. And this indicates that, if there is no envy among people, this world is going to be like a paradise. Envy, hasad, is a fire that burns every good action as fire burns wood, and it is dangerous, burning faith burning imān. No iman, no real imān, with an envious person.
And the one who is in front of Paradise will drink from that spring and will look to enter, but he will imagine that Paradise is full-up and will be ashamed, standing there at the entrance of Paradise. Then Allah Almighty will say, "O My servant, go in." He will approach and will see that it is all full, "Where will I enter?" At the third command, Allah Almighty will say, "Go in, and for you, also, ten times as much as the whole world" - as much as ten worlds, without any deserts or frozen areas, useless areas or oceans, no; all spacious, usable, beautiful areas. "If you put ten worlds side by side, that amount I shall give you," says Allah Almighty. "Go in."
Then that place where he puts his first footstep is for him, and you can imagine what will be given by their Lord to believers in Paradise. And then Allah Almighty will order Paradise to be still wider because it is our characteristic to like to have always more houses, more gardens, more farms, more territories. He knows that well, Allah Almighty. Therefore, if that person is going to live on only ten times the area of this world, it is going to be like a prison. I pass by Buckingham Palace but every day, every year, I see the same area; perhaps Her Majesty the Queen is sorry that it does not become bigger, although she has other castles and may go there. But that person in Paradise, he likes also, as men like here, to have more and more every year. Therefore Allah Almighty will order Paradise to be wider and there will be more castles, more palaces, more gardens, more rivers, more everything, every time seeing that it is more.
Therefore I am saying that your Lord's favors are endless. Tūba la kum, happiness and good tidings forever for you, yes. Every time, endless favors,
without end. You must think about it. There is nothing in this world except sufferings but you are making yourselves suffer. Envy makes people suffer.
Say, "Alhamdulillah, ya Rabb! O our Lord, thanks be to You. We are happy with your favours, and we expect our Lord's endless favours here and Here after." Be happy! Don't be envious. It is enough for you. Envious people are in Hell, here and Hereafter. Non-envying people here, also, are in Paradise, and in the Hereafter.
'Asr/June 16, 1985
Ya Rabbi! O my Lord! We are just arriving at the end of Holy Ramadan, so quickly passing, and if we can take something for our souls, for our spiritual lives, we are fortunate. This is the most important month among the twelve months, the most honored, and the most mercy and blessings and favors come during this holy month. The one who takes something, he is fortunate. We are asking our Lord, from His endless favors, to grant us from the blessings of this month and from His Mercy Oceans
Today, coming to the mosque, I was passing by and I saw a piece of writing, saying, "Everyone needs standards." What is this? I didn't under stand. But someone had added two words to it with a pencil in big writing; the traffic lights caught our car and I was looking. "Everyone need standards" was written there, but he had written, "Everyone needs love and not standards."
Nothing is accidental during this life; everything is programmed. Who wrote that writing? I don't know. Correcting it to say that everyone needs, not standards but everyone needs love, muhabbah, the love of our Lord. If you want wisdom, you may take wisdoms from anywhere. That writing gave me something for this lecture, for this gathering.
Yes, he is correct. I have seen, and I use, also, a prayer from among the Prophet's prayers. The Prophet, beloved Muhammad, p.b.u.h., said, "Asaluka, ya Allah, hubbaka, wa hubba man yuhibbuka, wa hubba 'amalin yuballighuni ila hubbik118." Hubb means love, and that writing is correct. The Prophet asked from his Lord, Almighty Allah, saying, "O my Lord, I am asking for Your love. For divine love I am asking."
118 I ask of Thee, O God, Thy love and the love of those who love Thee, and the love of such deeds as lead to Thy love." (Hadith)
That is the most important thing to be asked from Allah Almighty. Nothing can be put in the place of love and nothing may be over love. Allah Almighty created the Prophet, beloved Muhammad, p.b.u.h., and khamira, yeast119," for him was the love of God Almighty. Without love, no Muhammad, p.b.u.h., and if no Muhammad, p.b.u.h., nothing would be in existence. Allah Almighty gave His divine love to beloved Muhammad; he is the most beloved one in existence, and out of Allah Almighty's love for Muhammad, p.b.u.h., He created all creation.
That is a reality written in holy books, and yet the Prophet, p.b.u.h., was asking for muhabbah, hubb, the love of God. I am asking for more love, be cause whoever tastes love asks for more; the one who is a rock does not ask for love. And the Prophet, beloved Muhammad, p.b.u.h., taught all mankind to ask from their Lord, "O our Lord, give us from Your divine love."
That is important. That gives you light, gives you pleasure, gives you mercy, gives you favors, gives you beauty, gives you wisdoms. When your Lord loves a person, He gives him everything. Therefore the Prophet was teaching all mankind.
O you who object to the prophethood of Muhammad, p.b.u.h., if you are carrying about a mind in your head, you must understand. Don't be like the person who found the greatest, the biggest diamond unpolished and gave it to a spoonmaker, and the spoonmaker gave him for it one spoon, a wooden spoon. Look at Muhammad, p.b.u.h., at what he brought, at what he asked. "O my Lord, asaluka hubbaka, I am asking Your divine love."
Muhammad, throughout twenty-three years, what did he collect of this world's properties? What did he have from this world? Coming people, you must look to that Prophet, or punishment will come to all people because they are not looking at beloved Muhammad, p. b.u.h.
The Prophet, p.b.u.h., stood up and called people to the unity of the Lord, the Creator, Allah Almighty, saying, "La ilaha illa-Lah120. O people, come and say with me that there is no god but Allah. I am calling you to my Lord - to His endless Mercy Oceans, to His endless Knowledge Oceans, to His endless Wisdom Oceans, to His endless favors. I am calling you to His endless Beauty Oceans. Come to me."
119 That is, the catalyst, the essential element of his being
120 There is no deity except God
Then those ignorant people stood against him. His uncle, Abu Talib. outwardly took guardianship of Muhammad, p.b.u.h., because he was the chief of Makkah. Then those big people among the mushrikin came to Abu Talib and asked him to make Muhammad, p.b.u.h., stop calling people to his Lord and to stop attacking their nonsensical idols (they would put their idols on little carts, pushing or pulling them, and then come to worship them, such foolish people). They said to him, "O Abū Talib, you must see to your nephew because it is too much. You must stop it, or we must see about his case." Such proud people!
They also said, "O Abu Talib, look. You must stop him by any means. Tell him that if he wants, by calling people to himself, to be a king, we may make him king of Makkah and of all Arabia, also. If he wants treasures, gold, we may bring all treasures to him. If he wants marriage to a beautiful lady, all the beautiful ladies we shall give him." Those are the only three or four things that people run after for this life, foolish people. Their hearts are with women, with gold, with ranks; that is the whole life of this world. And they came and said to Muhammad, p.b.u.h., that if you would like to be king, we will make you our king, of all Hijāz, of all Arabia. Treasures, properties - everything we may give you, as much as you like. As many as you like of beautyful Ladies; we may give our girls to you, also. But leave off that saying "La ilaha ill-Allah." We have been disturbed by your words. Don't attack our idols!
Then Abu Talib, his uncle, called Muhammad, p.b.u.h., and said, "o my nephew, I am looking after you and I will look after you up to the end, also, from those people. They are saying to me that you must stop attacking their. idols, you must stop saying 'La ilaha ill-Allah.' And if you want to be a king, they may make you their king; they may give you their treasures, their most beautiful girls. 'Leave this off,' they are saying. But I am with you." What do you say?"
And Muhammad, p.b.u.h., said, "O my uncle, my respected uncle, tell them that even if they were able to put the sun in one of my hands and the moon in the other, I am not going to leave this. Because it is not from myself; it is from the Lord of the Heavens. I have been ordered to make this declaration to all people. I am not going to leave it; it is impossible. I must go on firmly."
That is Prophet Muhammad, p.b.u.h. He came, and during the whole of his life he called people only to the love of the Lord, Allah Almighty. Then wat about people? What do they think of that Prophet?
He only asked from his Lord, Allah Almighty, to give him more love, because that is the most precious thing for those who have a mind in their heads, not straw. Yes, they may understand what is the most precious thing for the whole of life. If you can find something more precious than love, bring it to me. But you can't find anything. Therefore that person is correct who wrote that everyone needs love.
And the Prophet, p.b.u.h., said in that du'a, that prayer, "Asaluka, ya Allah, hubbaka. O my Lord, I am asking for Your divine love." And then he asked, also, "Wa hubba man yuhibbuka. I am asking, O my Lord, Your divine love, and also I am asking love for those who love you." He means to say, "I am asking for the love of Your Friends, also, O my Lord."
The first part is at the level of prophets but you can't put your foot all at once at the top. Then he comes to the second level and says, "I am asking for the love of Your Friends who love You." That is possible; anyone may look at those people whose hearts are with their Lord so that you can't find anything in their hearts except the love of the Lord Almighty. You may find such people, and it is obligatory for all believers to keep love in their hearts for the Friends of Allah Almighty. That is important, because immediately, at once, you can't reach the love of God, Almighty Allah. It is so difficult, but he is showing us the way, also, that leads us to the love of God Almighty: "Wa hubba man yuhibbuka, O my Lord. Give me love for those who love You." Their hearts are full-up with Your love, those people. And Satan fights with people not to love such people.
And then the Prophet, p.b.u.h., comes to a third level and says, "a hubba 'amalin yuballighuni ila hubbik." He is asking and teaching, "O my Lord, make me love such actions that by the blessings of those actions I may reach love for Your Friends and may reach love for You." Those are three kinds of prayers, dulas, which the Prophet, p.b.u.h., made. Only those three du'as that he asked from his Lord are sufficient to bring as witness and proof for those who are intelligent that Muhammad, p.b.u.h., is a true and perfect prophet. You must think about that.
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