Distinguish Reality from Imagination

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.

People care a lot about dreams. Some people are living in the world of dreams and don’t see the reality. The reality is the existence of Allah ﷻ and the beauty of Allah ﷻ. Many people, as we said, live in their imagination. While there is reality, they don’t accept the reality and try to do things according to their minds. They believe in these things, whereas the reality is as clear as the sun. Only blind ones cannot see it. Those who don’t see the truth should blame themselves. The truth has no fault, Hāshā (far from it).

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created everything. But as we said, as it is the world of tests, shaytan is going against Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla in order to take everyone to hell, because Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla said to him, “Whoever is with you will go to hell”. People think that they are running after good things. Whereas when they run after their egos and shaytan, they are running at full-speed to hell; it is nothing else. Therefore, a person who says, “This is good and that is bad” and does everything as he likes is certainly mistaken. When he is not with Allah ﷻ but claims to know what is good and what is bad, then he is mistaken. He has lost his way and is heading straight to hell.

This is not regarding faithless Kafirs only. Muslims are the same. Moreover, if those who read Qur’an and pray five times a day don’t follow the right way, they will deprive people from Thawab and put them in danger, because they read Qur’an and interpret it by saying, “This is so and that is so”. It is wrong. You don’t understand Qur’an ‘Azimu sh-Shan when you read it. You get rewards and virtues, as there are ten Thawab in every letter of the Qur’an. You earn that. But when you say, “It is written like that in the Qur’an. I don’t need a scholar to understand it. I open it and read it. There are Turkish, English and other interpretations now. I can act based on that. I don’t need a Shaykh or a Hojjah”, you are mistaken too. Even those who know Arabic don’t understand it. There must be someone who teaches it and who shows the way. Therefore, we should pay attention to that and look for true scholars and good scholars. Because in the present time, there are many bad scholars, and there are many of them in places where they should teach it right.

Shukr to Allah ﷻ, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla will protect it. He will guard the truth. Therefore, we should be careful and we should distinguish reality from imagination. Reality is clear. Imagination and falsehood are also clear. Reality is in front of us. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ said in a Hadith that the Qur’an, Hadith and Sunnah are always together. If they are separated, then there is some treachery and an act of shaytan there. Be careful with that. May we not be separated from them and may we hold tightly onto them insha’Allah. May their Barakah and virtues be upon us insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ protect us all.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 17 November 2021/12 Rabīʽ al-Thani 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah