Life is a Delusional Enjoyment

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 57:20). ‘Wa Mā Al-Ĥayāatu Ad-Dunyā ‘Illā Matā’u Al-Ghurūr’, ‘And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.’ Sadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says that the life of this world is something from imagination. , “Matā’u Al-Ghurūr”, “A deceiving enjoyment” (Qur’ān 57:20). It is a delusional temporary life. But people assume their lives to be something. Yet nothing will remain for them.

A person who travels around and lives for Dunya doesn’t feel the enjoyment of yesterday today. It is gone. But a person who performs worship lives by doing justice to his life. Otherwise, [he does so] not to his life but to something forgotten - to the past. The past has no use. If you do something useless, you will not attain anything. You will have wasted your time. You will have wasted your life. If there is a memory, that has no benefit too. What is beneficial is to do good things.

You have to live in this world. Allah ﷻ has given you favors. You may use those favors here and there. But wherever you go, you must go without forgetting Allah ‘Azza waJalla. You will have a good life and will live it with benefit then. Otherwise, people will have lived for nothing.

What distinguishes people from other creatures is that people have Akhirah. They have Akhirah; after they die and resurrect, they will live forever. Animals are different creatures. Everything in this world and universe has a lifetime. When it is over, they will not have something over again. But mankind and Jinns have Akhirah. They have an account; in terms of paradise or hell.

People may accept it or not accept it. Whoever accepts it will be in profit. Whoever doesn’t accept it will be at loss. And he won’t have a second chance. He won’t be able to say “I want to correct it”. You bossed around in this world, showed pride and arrogance. “They are crazy. They believe in something that doesn’t exist. I don’t believe. I am clever”. People who live by saying so will regret it a lot in Akhirah, but their regret will be useless.

Eat and drink well in this world. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Kulū washrabū”, “Eat and drink” (Qur’ān 07:31). But don’t waste and don’t forget Allah ﷻ. Don’t forget the orders of Allah ﷻ. Then you will have lived well in Dunya and will live well in Akihrah insha’Allah. May Allah ﷻ give Iman to all of us. May He ﷻ give mind and understanding. People who understand accept this. People who are mindless won’t accept it. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 12 January 2023/ 19 Jumada al-Akhir 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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