Remember Akhirah

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 Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla orders two angels every day to say:

“Lidu lil-Mawt wabnu lil-Kharab”, “Be born only to be dead and build only to be ruined.” Be born for dying and construct buildings for destruction. The life of mankind is like this. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla makes an addressing through angels to people so that they know that everyone born will die. No living creature in this world is immortal. It will die and then become immortal living forever after Qiyamah.

No matter how sturdy the building you construct is, it will collapse eventually. Now they are saying we should make sturdy buildings against earthquakes. Certainly, it should be sturdy against earthquakes. But in the end, when Qiyamah comes, no building will remain at all. Let alone buildings, no mountains will remain. Mountains will turn into dust by crashing against each other.

They talk about the magnitude of 7-8 now. But Allah ﷻ knows how much it will be, 20 or 100. Because Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says in Qur’an ‘Azimu sh-Shan:, “La-Tara fiha i’wajan wala ‘amta”, “You will see therein nothing crooked or curved.” (Qur’an 20:107). Not only mountains, but there will not be even a hill in this world on the Day of Judgment. It will be totally flat for people to gather in the place of last judgment.

Therefore, people who strive for this world strive in vain. We must remember death. We must work for Akhirah. Every person thinks he will not die in the beginning. But then death will come to everyone. People should be ready for it. And as we said, when you construct a building, you should make it for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ so that Allah ﷻ protects it. You should ask for support from Allah ﷻ insha’Allah.

Dunya is cheating people. It is good to some people and bad to other people. People who are on the way of Allah ﷻ and who ask for the pleasure of Allah ﷻ will always be in profit. And they will not forget about these two things. They will not care about Dunya. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is warning us every day so that we don’t care about Dunya. Everything should remind us about Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and Akhirah. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May our end be good insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 05 December 2022/ 11 Jumada al-Awwal 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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