The Hereafter is the Most Important

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi RasuLillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ states:

“By Him, besides Whom there is no god, that one amongst you acts like the people deserving Paradise until between him and Paradise there remains but the distance of a cubit, when suddenly the writing of destiny overcomes him and he begins to act like the denizens of Hell and thus enters Hell, and another one acts in the way of the denizens of Hell, until there remains between him and Hell a distance of a cubit that the writing of destiny overcomes him and then he begins to act like the people of Paradise and enters Paradise.” There are certain people who do works worthy of paradise but with a little time left they suddenly leave it and do the works of the people of hell and thus end up in hell. Yet some spend all their life with works of the people of hell and with a little time left they do works of the people of Paradise and so end up in Paradise. Therefore, may Allah ﷻ make our end to be a good ending. Those who pass away from this life in goodness, how lucky they are! Of course this world is not permanent, it is only for a short temporary period of time. No matter how long people live, it is still short, even if they live for 100 or 150 years, it all passes. Some people have lived for a hundred years but none are left. Ever since the time of Adam ʿalayhi s-salām, there are some certain exceptions of course, as they say ‘very rare’, such as Al-Khidr ʿalayhi s-salām and Ilyas ʿalayhi s-salām. All people have tasted death and passed away. Yet on the other side, the Prophets and the Martyrs are ‘Ahyaa (alive) but they have passed through death.

What is important is for our end to be good. There are plenty of people who think that they’re doing good for themselves in this world, but the people who are losing in the hereafter are the majority unfortunately. Therefore, the hereafter is important. May Allah ﷻ keep us steadfast and may He not misguide us. Those who are with the good ones will surely be with the good ones and will not deviate. Those who are alone are going to end up wherever the wind takes them. May you be with Allah ﷻ, with the Prophet ﷺ, with the Awliya and with your Murshid, so you have something to hold on to and so your ending is good insha’Allah. May Allah’s ﷻ favors be continuous on us and may we get from His blessings for this world and the next insha’Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.

Hazrat Shaykh Muhammad Mehmet ar-Rabbani 25 February 2021/13 Rajab 1442 Sabah Namaz, Akbaba Dargah