In the End of Year, Ask Forgiveness

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.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 39:53) ‘Qul Yā ‘Ibādī l-Ladhīna ‘Asrafū ‘Alá ‘Anfusihim Lā Taqnatū Min Raĥmati Allāhi ‘Inna Allāha Yaghfiru dh-Dhunūba Jamī’āan’, ‘Say, “O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.’

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says to those who committed sins “Do not lose hope in the mercy of Allah ﷻ”. Allah ﷻ forgives all sins. Allah ﷻ is forgiving.

Sins are committed very easily in the end of times. There is no feeling of shame and embarrassment anymore. Nobody asks what you are doing when you commit sins. However, there is Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. You will be punished for everything you did by Allah ﷻ. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given you time until your last breath in this world to forgive you for what you’ve done. If you don’t want that forgiveness, then you will be punished in Akhirah. Whatever comes to you, you will suffer from it then. But here, there is a chance.

There are similar things in this world. They say you will pay that much this year, and next year you will pay double. People run around to pay this year and not to delay it till next year, not to pay more money and more fines. They want to benefit from the remission. The remission of mankind is easy. We can do without it. But that of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is difficult. If you miss it…

Here, remission comes one after another. Therefore, people rush and pay anyway in order not to pay more. But they have that chance even if they pay more later. That remission is not the only way. They have other opportunities too. But if you miss the remission of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, you are done. You won’t have another chance.

Allah ﷻ has given you a chance until your last breath. If you ask forgiveness from Allah ﷻ before you close your eyes for good, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says that He ﷻ will forgive you. The word of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is not like our word. Ḥāshā/far from it! Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says “I am the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful” after this.

Don’t miss this chance. If you miss it, your sin will remain with you. You will be punished for it, not anyone else. No one carries the punishment of another. If someone misleads you from the right way, he will be punished for it. But there is nothing like “Someone will take over the punishment for what you actually did, releasing you from it.”

You should ask forgiveness so that Allah ﷻ forgives you. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says He ﷻ will turn your sins into Thawab; there is this as well. No matter how wild you have gone and done things here, Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla will forgive His ﷻ right. The rights of servants are different. If you committed sins and did things prohibited by Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla but then ask forgiveness for them, Allah ﷻ will forgive.

As we said, it is the end of the year. People sum up what they did yesterday in the end of the year. They pay their taxes and other bills. That is for Dunya. But people should do it for Akhirah as well. They should think what they have done and ask forgiveness. They should justify and clear themselves to start the new year as clean. They should start the new year not by rampage but as clean. May they not start it with sins insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ forgive all of us. May Allah ﷻ protect us from all sins insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

There are recited Qur’an Khatms. May Allah ﷻ be pleased with those who have recited them. There are Surahs, Yasin, Tabarakah. May Allah ﷻ accept all Surahs, Ayat, Tasbihat, Tahlilat and all of the Salawat on our Holy Prophet ﷺ. We gift them to our Holy Prophet ﷺ and his Ahlu l-Bayt and Sahabah, to the souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya and Mashayikh, to the souls of all of our late relatives. May all the good goals of those who have recited be reached. May they be happy here and hereafter. May they be protected from badness and evil. And may they be the means for goodness insha’Allah.

Li-Llahi Ta’ala l-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 30 December 2022/ 06 Jumada al-Akhir 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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