What You Want Is in Front of You

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. "Yā-ayyuhā l-insānu mā gharraka bi-rabbika l-karīm. Alladhī khalaqaka fa-sawwāka fa-‘adalakk" (82:6-7).

Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘aẓīm. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, "O mankind, how are you cheated? How are they cheating you that you don't recognize Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla?" Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla created you. And He ﷻ created you in the best shape. He ﷻ gave you the best things. He ﷻ made you with both a high rank and a position from which you can do everything. And He ﷻ made everything under your command. But you are cheated by others. You have ruined yourself.

This is good and momentous advice for all people. People think they can earn with their minds, that they will have fun and entertain themselves and be saved without doing anything. They have no knowledge of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, or going to His ﷻ presence. This time we are living in is the worst time in the history of mankind, because people of olden times knew there was a creator.

But nowadays they mostly deny Him ﷻ. They say, "Do whatever you want. Enjoy yourselves." But they cannot. It doesn't work. Not everyone can enjoy himself. And for those who can, this enjoyment doesn't bring them anything, after some time. They ask for something else. They ask for more. They search. People are searching. What they search for is in front of their eyes. But they don't see. Because of the badness they do, they don't see the huge thing in front of them. They see everything aside from it.

This is mankind's kufr, rejection of Allāh ﷻ. Kufr is not good. Īmān, to believe in Allāh ﷻ, is good. Allāh ﷻ created us. He ﷻ created us in the best shape. He ﷻ granted us the best things. He ﷻ gave us arms and legs, eyes and mind. He ﷻ told us and showed us everything mankind should be, and is, able to do, from the beginning until the end of their lives. There is no need for other things. If mankind goes on this way, they will not need anything. And their end will be good. Most importantly, they will attain the hereafter. They will attain the hereafter — ākhirah. Otherwise, they run around this world in vain. In the end, they won't have accomplished anything. They will lose everything.

May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ put His ﷻ love in our hearts, for the honour of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, in shā'a Llāh. The greatest profit for Muslims is the love of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. And to show respect to him ﷺ is our most accepted worship in the presence of Allāh ﷻ. May Allāh ﷻ not let people be misled. There are many confused people around Muslims. There are many people among them who say the good is bad and the bad is good. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha. Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 27 September 2023/ 12 Rabi’ Al-Awwal 1445 Lefke, Cyprus