Dunya is a Place of Tests

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 67:02). ‘Al-Ladhī Khalaqa l-Mawta Wa l-Ĥayāata Li-yabluwakum ‘Ayyukum ‘Aĥsanu ‘Amalā’, ‘[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed.’

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “You are in the world of tests. We are testing you as to whoever among you does more good deeds.” Allah Azza wa-Jalla says this to people. The lives of animals and other things are clear. They eat and drink and gain weight. Their duty is different. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla made them subjected to people. And just like everything is made subject to mankind, their test is in this world. In order to see who does more righteous deeds among them, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla created them in this world to test them. Who accepts his test and passes it in this world will win in Akhirah.

Tests are given by Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, not by us. Some people dare test Allah ﷻ and not themselves; Ḥāshā (far from it)! You have no authority at all. The whole universe has no authority in front of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. What are you worth to dare test Allah ﷻ? You have no authority. A clever person understands it is a test and that this world is the place of tests. And he tries to pass the test in this place of tests.

As soon as life starts, tests start for people. Since infancy and childhood, tests actually start during elementary school. Children get confused about them. Tests last throughout life then. And passing the tests leads to happiness. Otherwise, if you pass the test of elementary or middle school, at university you pass them anyway when you pay money for it. They are not tests anymore. When you pass the nonsense test, it has no benefit. The main benefit, as we said, is in passing the test of this world.

The test of this world is that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla always gives hardship. As it is the end of times now, it is even harder now, of course. Yet, it is a test that mankind can carry. Sometimes people say it was better before. It is possible, but even then tests were difficult for people. Never do tests come easy on people. Whoever accepts and understands that the test comes from Allah ﷻ will win. But people who think that it is from this man or that man, from this government or that government, people who blame others and not themselves are always unhappy and don’t win anything. They live a useless life in Dunya and will be punished in Akhirah. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

As we said, we should know this. This world is not paradise. This world is Dunya, it means a low place. The high place is paradise. Strive to reach it. Strive to reach up to there. The more you get into this world, the lower you get. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ give strength to our Iman. When we have Iman, all tests are easy, we realize that everything is a test. Otherwise, they say if only there was this government, if only there was this country. They leave their country and go to another corner of the world. It has become so all over the world now. Everyone is abandoning their country and trying to escape to Europe or America. Whereas they don’t realize that they will be tested even there. May Allah ﷻ give mind and understanding, and Iman to all of us.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

There are recited Qur’an Khatms and Yasins, Surahs and Ayat, Tahlil, Takbir and Salawat, charity and goodness done. We dedicate all of them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his Ahlu l-Bayt and Sahabah, the souls of all Awliya, Prophets, Asfiya and Mumins, the souls of our Mashayikh, especially our Shaykh Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, Hala Sultan and Hajjah Anne Sultan, the souls of all our late relatives. May Allah ﷻ accept it from those who recited whatever their goals are. May their troubles be gone. May there be strength to our Iman. For goodness to come and evil to be gone.

Li-Llahi Ta’ala l-Fatihah.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 02 September 2022/ 06 Safar 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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