The Attributes Allah ﷻ Likes and Dislikes

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.

A‘ūdhu bi-Llāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 03:134). ‘Wa l-kādhimīna l-ghaydha wa l-‘āfīna ‘ani n-nās wa Llāhu yuḥibbu l-muḥsinīn’, ‘And who restrain anger and who pardon the people - and Allah loves the doers of good.’

The beloved servants of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla are the people who control their anger, who forgive people and do good deeds. Allah ﷻ loves them. They are the beloved servants in the presence of Allah ﷻ. When you have a chance in the presence of Allah ﷻ but you get caught by your anger and follow your anger, your ego will be satisfied. To forgive even if you are right is more acceptable in the presence of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. The acceptable one is the one who forgives.

Oftentimes, people cannot control their anger even if it is in their hands, and then they regret it. But those who forgive, as Allah ﷻ is Forgiving, those who are like Allah ﷻ, Allah ﷻ loves them. Those who show beneficence on top of this, meaning those who help others physically or spiritually, are doing good. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla is the Possessor of Beneficence. It is a good thing to resemble the attributes of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla.

To resemble some of the attributes of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla is good. But some of them are special only to Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. They can only be for Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. An example is pride. Allah ﷻ doesn’t like pride. Only Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla is the Possessor of Pride. Besides, Allah ﷻ is Generous. And when mankind has the attribute of generosity, Allah ﷻ loves it. He ﷻ is Forgiving. If people resemble Him ﷻ and say “We should imitate this attribute”, it is good too.

There are some things that are special only to Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. People cannot have them. If they have them, they will do wrong. It is a lesson for mankind. No one can say “I want to resemble Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla, I also have pride”. Pride is only for Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. He ﷻ created everything, so He ﷻ can be proud. But you are a created person. You cannot be proud. You are a captive; a captive of your ego, a captive of shaytan. Therefore, you cannot use this attribute. It is the attribute of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla.

There are many such attributes special to Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla that we cannot have. And there are some attributes He ﷻ likes mankind to have. We can have them. To be a servant of Allah ﷻ, to obey Allah ﷻ, to be forgiving like Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla; these are the good attributes. Those who follow these will be from the beloved people of Allah ﷻ.

Otherwise, those who follow the rest of the attributes like pride will be enemies of Allah ﷻ and people disliked by Allah ﷻ. The shaytan was proud and was thrown out of paradise. This is the biggest example for mankind. Therefore, may Allah ﷻ make us among His ﷻ beloved servants insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 17 May 2022/ 16 Shawwal 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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