The States of Mankind

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa Raḥmatullāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu Billāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismillāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi Rasūlillāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Shaykh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

“Yā muḥawwila l-ḥawli wa l-aḥwāl ḥawwil ḥālanā ilā aḥsani l-ḥāl”, “O Transformer of States! Turn our situation to the best of situations!” The states are in the Hand of Allah ﷻ. So change our state for the better. It is a beautiful Dua.

As people live in this world, different states occur sometimes. Sometimes a man is happy, sometimes a man is sad, sometimes he is downhearted. These are the states in this world. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla gave them as a test to people. Whoever passes this test saves his Akhirah and his Iman.

It looks like we are all in the same state here. But every person has a different state inside. Sometimes as we said, someone is in a good state; someone is in a bad state. People shouldn’t think that only they have it. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla created people and gave the same things to mankind. He ﷻ gave the ego, He ﷻ gave the soul and He ﷻ gave the shape. But in the end, everyone, mankind is the same. Wherever they are in this world, their states are the same.

Everyone has a test. The most important in this test is to control the ego, not to be defeated by the ego. If someone says, “I am in a bad temper” and feels downhearted but goes on the way ordered by Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla, it will pass easily. But if he starts looking for alternative ways, then he won’t find anything on those ways except disappointment.

As we said, young or old, man or woman, everyone created by Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla from the children of Adam has it. And if you don’t want to have it, then you have to be like other creatures, for they don’t have any sadness or worry. Whereas, they are ready to be slaughtered every day. Some of them which are not given this honor are in a worse condition. Some of them are poisoned as they are nuisance. Some of them are killed. They have tests too. But as they are not accounted, they don’t live with that. They live as they like and are gone when they die.

But mankind is not like this. The duty of mankind is more different. Their tests have a result. And because of that, they have to accept it. Allah ﷻ gave them minds. He ﷻ gave them all kinds of high virtues. So they should think about it, rely on Allah ﷻ and keep on with their lives. They should never fall into hopelessness. ‘ ’, ‘Lā taqnatū min Raḥmati Llāh’, ‘Do not despair of the mercy of Allah’. (Qur’ān 39:53). It is the order of Allah ﷻ. Beware of falling into hopelessness. “This is expensive. This is difficult. There is war.” These are the conditions of this world. These things happen in this world. Be with Allah ﷻ, and Allah ﷻ will help you. May Allah ﷻ help us. May we not be affected by these states insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 10 April 2022/ 09 Ramadan 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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