The Secret of Success

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.

Years ago, students who studied in Cyprus came to Mawlana Shaykh Nazim. One of them asked, “We have rich people in our country. How do we become like them?” His studies were not good. Mawlana replied, “The secret of it is persistence. When you do something, don’t leave it incomplete. Complete it and stand by it”. When there is persistence, your work will go well.

Persistence means discipline. Discipline is necessary for everything, both in the work of Dunya and the work of Akhirah. Discipline means controlling your ego, not following your ego but making your ego follow you. When you want to do something, say you will do it from this time until that time. And then do something else. Persistence and discipline is performing worship and doing everything, a little or a lot, however you do it, without a delay everyday. It is to capture your ego and to control your ego. This is it.

May the station of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim be high. What he told to all people in whatever they do, this is the secret of success for them. Of course, the most important success is the success of Akhirah. Many people underestimate it. They don’t control their egos but their egos control them. They take it whenever they want. They bring it whenever they want. They do whatever they want. But when there is persistence and discipline, people will certainly have great benefits. Without it, there will be incomplete things.

The condition of people nowadays is there is no discipline anymore. There is no Adab anymore, there is no respect anymore. Therefore, they cannot be successful. They are upset and stressed. And they make up various strange names for it. The biggest reason for it is the reason we said. There is no discipline. There is no seriousness. And then they ask for easiness. It is not always easy. When it is easy, people get used to it and it has no benefit.

May Allah ﷻ give strength to all of us. As we said, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim is telling us with just one word - persistence, discipline. May his station be high. May Allah ﷻ give strength to us all so that we do it. It seems like easy, but it is not so actually. May Allah ﷻ give guidance to all of us. May we be successful in good things insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 17 October 2022/ 21 Rabih al-Awwal 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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