True Love and Desire

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 03:31). ‘Qul in kuntum tuhibbuna Llāha fāttabi‘ūnī yuhbibkumu Llāh’, ‘Say, [O Muhammad], “If you should love Allah, then follow me, [so] Allah will love you”.’ It is said to our Holy Prophet ﷺ in Qur’an ‘Azimu sh-Shan. This Ayah is an important Ayah. All of them are important, but some of them are a sign and a proof that little things bring great benefits to mankind.

Love and affection will save people. Love which is the love of Allah ﷻ, the love of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, love for believers and Awliya’ saves people. This is true love. And this has great benefit for people, because Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says that He ﷻ will gather people in Akhirah with their loved ones.

This love has nothing to do with the thing they call love in this world. That which is in this world is not love, it is Shahwa/desire. When a man loves a woman, it is desire. It is not considered love. It is passion. Some of them get along with each other and stay [loyal] in their family. That is also love on the way of Allah ﷻ. But those who look for it outside, who are together without any marital bond between them, it is the result of desire. It has nothing to do with love. If they turn it into Halal, they will attain great virtue. They will attain the kindness of Allah ﷻ.

When someone runs after someone claiming he is in love, it is not love. It is nothing but desire. Everything has its counterpart. The counterpart of love is desire. When they turn the desire into Halal, it becomes love. A person attains the pleasure of Allah ﷻ then. Otherwise, he goes after shaytan. He doesn’t reach any goodness, only Allah’s ﷻ wrath.

We are living in the end of times. The shaytan is suggesting even worse things to people by saying “Do this. That is not enough. This is more disgusting. Do more disgusting things”. He is striving to cheat people by all means. And most of the people go after their egos and go after their desires. They won’t earn anything. They will just drown in their sins. Unless they repent, everything they did brings nothing but loss.

Therefore, love and affection must be on the way of Allah ﷻ. When it is on the way of Allah ﷻ, don’t be afraid. There is no greater beauty or greater benefit. Otherwise, when it’s not on the way of Allah ﷻ, there is nothing worse or more terrible. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ engrave true love, His ﷻ love in our hearts insha’Allah. That is Naqshbandi: Naqsh/to engrave the love of Allah ﷻ in our hearts insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

There are recited Qur’an Khatms for the honor of the day of Jum’ah, Surahs, Tasbihat, Salawat and all kinds of good deeds handed to us to be gifted at this hour. May Allah ﷻ accept them. We dedicate them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his ﷺ Ahlu l-Bayt and Sahabah, to the souls of all the Anbiya, Awliya’, Asfiya and Mashayikh, especially to our Shaykh Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, Hajjah Anne and Hala Sultan. To the souls of our late relatives. For goodness to come, and evil to be gone. For the acceptance of all Duas, for their goodness.

Li-Llahi Ta’ala l-Fatihah.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 03 June 2022/ 04 Dhu l-Qiʻdah 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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