Take Lessons from Life

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.

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying:

“Fa-ʿtabirū yā-ʾulī l-ʾabṣār”, “So take warning, O people of vision.” (Qur’an 59:02).

“Yā-ʾulī l-ʾalbab”, “O you [people] of understanding”. (Qur’an 02:179). He ﷻ says to take lessons. Take lessons from what you see. People with hearts who understand, take a lesson. Our life is a lesson. And the lives of the people before are also lessons for mankind to correct themselves, to be on the right way, to be from the good people and to be with good people in ākhirah.

Because the stories of all Prophets, since Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām until this time, there have always been good ones and bad ones. The good ones are those who are on the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, who are with the Prophets and righteous people. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is praising them. Who are with them will be saved. Who love them will be saved too.

And opposite to them are people with shayṭān who are enemies of Allāh ﷻ. They are disgraced and cursed. Those who are with them lose in their lives. They lose in their real life in ākhirah. So when they enter hell, they will swear at those who put them in such a condition. They will beg to give them double punishment and cause them double suffering. But the latter will say, “You shouldn’t have followed us.” This is a lesson.

This lesson has been the same for a thousand years. People should take a lesson. Clever people take a lesson. They live their lives with obedience to Allāh ﷻ, with people beloved by Allāh ﷻ. Those who don't take a lesson are always with people who are cursed, who deserve the punishment, rage and curse of Allāh ﷻ. Who go along with them are always in loss. And they make others lose.

Therefore, taking a lesson is important. People can take lessons from their own lives; How life passes by instantly; How acquaintances and this and that, people who shake the ground cannot control themselves in the end. They shake themselves and fall into a pitiful condition.

People should take a lesson from this as well. Taking lessons and examples - Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says to mankind the goal is to take a lesson and to come to the right way. But the result is they say, “It was so but became so.” It was not like this. It was like that. You can be just like them. This world will not remain to anyone. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May we take a lesson insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 24 December 2022/ 30 Jumada al-Awwal 1444 Lefka, Cyprus