Keep Your Promise

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.

When Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla created our souls, He ﷻ took a promise from us. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

‘Alastu bi-Rabbikum qālū balā’, ‘"Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes".’ (Qur’ān 07:172). “I Am your Lord and you accepted this.” When the souls were created, the souls have a secret. Their secret is in the presence of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. Before our bodies were created, He ﷻ created them thousands of years ago.

When the soul comes to us in the mother’s womb, it starts entering the body after forty days. Some of them go away while in the mother’s womb. Some go away immediately, some after a while. The soul is something that will be together with the person in Akhirah. Even if it goes away in this world, it is something that will be together with him in Akhirah.

They made a promise to Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. He ﷻ asked, “Am I ﷻ not your Lord?” All of them said, “Yes”. Of course, some of them said it with more difficulty. But the souls of all the people had accepted it. And when they came to this world, many people left their promise by obeying shaytan and their egos. And those who didn’t leave their promise are not keeping it completely. Those who accept Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla must carry out the orders of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla to really accept Him ﷻ. Those who say “Ok” and don’t obey Him ﷻ, keep their promise incompletely.

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla gave us this beautiful favor. He ﷻ put us above all creatures. To accept the promise we made to Him ﷻ is to thank Him ﷻ. Those who don’t accept it start falling down from that Maqam/station, from that highness until they become the lowest creature. They will be lower than everything then. Those who don’t accept this honor deprive themselves from this favor. And this favor lasts forever insha’Allah.

Therefore, may Allah ﷻ make us among those who keep their promise. The promise is even important in this world. It requires responsibility among people and in all kinds of work. We have to stand by it. May Allah ﷻ help us so that we keep our promise in this world as well, because the word is important among people as well. They used to value it more in old times. Now if someone gives his word in an assembly, he goes somewhere else the same day and forgets the promise he made, or he doesn’t accept it and doesn’t respect it.

Most people have become like this. And this lowers people’s dignity. It lowers their honor and removes trust. When people don’t have trust, they have a more difficult life. They will have difficulties. May Allah ﷻ help us to be steadfast and firm with the promise we make insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ help us so that we don’t obey our egos and shaytan insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 15 May 2022/ 14 Shawwal 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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