Gratitude is in Knowing Allah ﷻ

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.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 45:13). ‘Wa sakhkhara lakum mā fī s-samāwāti wa mā fī l-ard’, ‘And He has subjected to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth.’ Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says that all the creatures in the heavens and on earth were created for your benefit, for you to use them. It is a great honor. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla created everything for mankind’s benefit and covers all their needs in this world so that they walk on the way of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla.

It is impossible to count the favors of Allah ﷻ. Indeed, when a person has even the tiniest illness or anything in his body, they put enormous effort and spend a lot of money trying to cure it. People start appreciating then. But in normal conditions, people neither appreciate, nor think. They never think of what Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla created for our benefit and for our interest.

The favors of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla for us are endless. We have to make Shukr for them. And Shukr/Gratitude is in knowing Him ﷻ. When you know Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla, you make Shukr to Him ﷻ and you praise Him ﷻ. If you don’t make Shukr to Him ﷻ, you make Kufr then. These favors won’t bring any benefit to you. Even if they bring benefit to your body, Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla will question you for them eventually. And you will get your punishment for the Shukr you didn’t make. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

This is a great favor. As we said, no one can do anything even with the tiniest thing. They spend lots of money and lots of energy on a tiny thing. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla granted that to all of us. It is for all of us. Billions of people are living in this world. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla gives all of them their Rizq. If people just think about doing that, mankind will never get through it. If it was in the hands of mankind, people would just die of hunger. Therefore, these favors are big favors. Every bite to eat and water to drink is in the name of those who are meant to eat and drink them. Others cannot eat it.

Mankind is indeed Kafir, stupid and ungrateful. The Greatness of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla is apparent in everything; it is clear in everything. Kafirs don’t see it, but Mu’mins see it. May Allah ﷻ give us all Iman. May He ﷻ give us gratitude. Because now in the time we are living in this world, there is a lot of Kufr, not Shukr. Therefore, may Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ protect us and protect Ummati Muhammad ﷺ. May He ﷻ not separate us from the right way and not let us be cheated by shaytan.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 14 May 2022/ 13 Shawwal 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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