The Most Merciful of the Merciful

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 12:64) ‘Wa huwa arḥamu r-rāḥimīn‘ ‘And He is the most merciful of the merciful.’ Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla is the most merciful of the merciful. He ﷻ created us not to cause suffering, but to show mercy to us. But people don’t want mercy and compassion. They show neither mercy, nor compassion to others. And then Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla gives them what they deserve.

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla is inviting people to beauty and goodness. He ﷻ wants this for them. But they obey their egos and obey shaytan. So they don’t have any compassion or goodness. They have only badness. Therefore, everything Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla does is actually good for people. And if people follow the way, they will go on with compassion, beauty and goodness. But when they obey their egos, they’ll have greed. They don’t have compassion for others and think only about themselves. When they think about themselves, they take others’ rights. When they take others’ rights, no compassion is left in them.

Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla created everything with order and arrangement. Everything Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla does is for the benefit of people. We should know that. Certainly, knowing is one thing and applying is another thing. And there is denying. The greatest badness people do now is denial; to say that everything is done by us and to deny that it is given by Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla. To deny His ﷻ compassion towards people and to deny Him ﷻ is oppression. Oppression to whom? It is oppression to themselves. Nothing can affect Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla.

Therefore, we should pay attention to this. Always do goodness. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says, ‘ ’, ‘Wa f’alū l-khayra’, ‘And do goodness.’ (Qur’ān 22:77) - do goodness. When you do goodness, your end will be good and successful. ‘ ’, ‘Wa f’alū l-khayra la’allakum tuflihūn’, ‘And do goodness that you may succeed.’ (Qur’ān 22:77). Falāh means a good ending. It is to do the best thing. And that brings the pleasure of Allah ﷻ. The pleasure of Allah ﷻ is our target and goal. Whoever earns it, earns his Dunya and Akhirah. Whoever loses it, even if he earns his Dunya, it is useless as he loses his Akhirah. May Allah ﷻ let us all listen to this beautiful advice. May the compassion and mercy of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla be upon us insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 23 July 2022/ 24 Dhu l-Hijjah 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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