Guidance of Allah

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.

A’ūdhu bi-Llāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 06:88). Allah ﷻ states in the Holy Quran: ‘That is the guidance of Allah by which He guides whomever He wills of His servants. But if they had associated others with Allah, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.’ Guidance is a sublime path; it is the path of Allah ﷻ. Those who have been granted this path reach Allah ﷻ. Those who deviate from this path, whatever they do has no value and no benefit for them. When it has no benefit, it means that everything they do will be void in the hereafter and it will not be of no use for them. If they like, the whole world and all the knowledge could be theirs but because they do not recognize Allah ﷻ, it is of no benefit or use.

Allah ﷻ sent Prophets and they are a means for guidance. All of the Prophets say: “We do not want anything from people. We want no money or payment from you because we are guiding you.” The Prophets followed by the Sahaba (companions), then the Awliya (saints) and then the true Ulama (scholars), none of them asked for payment or money from people just because they were a means for guidance to them. They did it for the sake of Allah ﷻ and they are going on the path of the Prophets ʿalayhim s-salām. They had nothing to do with money or payment; they ask for their reward from Allah Glorious and Exalted Be He. Their duty is to do that even though they were suffering so much. Who would do such things under so much suffering other than them? Nobody. When people are to do something they expect something in return. They were suffering, being tortured, getting tired and sometimes even ended up being martyred. For many of the Prophets, their nations would give them hardship, torture them and in the end they would even kill them. But they did everything for the sake of Allah ﷻ. They lovingly went on this path for the sake of Allah ﷻ and showed people the path of Allah ﷻ. As for the things that happened to them, they never held back because it was the orders and commands of Allah ﷻ. They are beautiful people.

We need to go on this path. Those who claim to be humans need to go on this path. Those who have gone out of this humanity do not follow this path; they do not follow the things that they are shown. Insha’Allah, may we become of those who have been guided and may it be guidance for people as well. [As for] those who are guided, we need to be grateful and thankful to Allah ﷻ and pray that we are steadfast on this path. This path is not a hard path but the evil path is the hard path. This path can be of hardship however it is a beautiful path. The path that ends in goodness is worth suffering for. The path that ends in badness, no matter how attractive and good it looks, it is never good. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ keep us all steadfast on this path insha’Allah. Through these Duas, insha’Allah it will be accepted and answered because ‘Hearts are in the hands of Allah ﷻ’, says our Holy Prophet ﷺ. So through Dua and thankfulness, it lasts. May Allah ﷻ make it lasting insha’Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.

Hazrat Shaykh Muhammad Mehmet ar-Rabbani 3 March 2021/19 Rajab 1442 Sabah Namaz, Akbaba Dargah