The Key to Paradise

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 Sadat As’habi RasuLillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Dastur Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Daghestani, Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani. Madad. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.

“Kalimatun tayyibah, kalimatun munjiyah – La ilaha illAllah, Muhammadun RasuluLlah. Aa’layha nah’ya wa aa’layha namut wa biha nubaa’thu insha’Allah.” “A sweet word, a saving word - La ilaha illAllah, Muhammadun RasuluLlah. With it we live and with it we die and by it we will be resurrected insha’Allah”.

“I live with it, I will die with it insha’Allah, and I will be resurrected by it.” This word is very easy to say. But the Kafirs cannot say it. If they say it, they will be saved. If they won’t say it, they won’t be saved because they associate partners with Allah ﷻ. They make Shirk or they don’t accept Allah ﷻ. They will be punished and they will have regret. And that regret will not be like regret in this world. If they say it in their last breath while in this life, they will be saved. Otherwise, if they want to say it in Akhirah or after the resurrection, they will be finished by then.

There is the late Hojjah Nimatullah, he had printed this in different languages and he used to distribute it as the key to paradise. And it is indeed the key to paradise because without it, people cannot enter. Who doesn’t say it cannot enter. No entry at all. With this word, a person accepts the existence of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and accepts that He ﷻ has no partners. This is the first condition of Islam. Therefore, the more you recite this Kalimah Shahadah “La ilaha illAllah”, the stronger your Iman will be insha’Allah. Many people ask, “How can we do it?” Your Iman will be stronger with Dhikr, Tahlil, Takbir and Salawat insha’Allah. When your Iman is stronger, your light increases and you find peace. The darkness inside you will be gone. And it will be means for goodness.

It is Kalimah Tayyibah – a beautiful, sweet word. Everything is sweeter with it. Everything is more beautiful. Shukr to Allah ﷻ, we are given it. We should say it every morning and every evening. We should say it when we wake up. And we should say it before going to bed because sleep is death. And when you wake up, you should make Shukr and say “La ilaha illAllah. Shukr to Allah ﷻ He gave us life again.” This is the Sunnah of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, Shukr to Allah ﷻ. May Allah ﷻ make it last and give guidance to people.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 6 November 2021/1 Rabīʽ al-Thani 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah