The Ones in the Greatest Loss

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.

This Ayah is telling about the whole situation of our time. BismiLlahi r-Rahmani rRahim:

(Qur’ān 18:103-104). ‘Qul Hal Nunabbi'ukum Bil-'Akhsarīna 'Amālāan (103) AlLadhīna Đalla Sayuhum Fī Al-Ĥayāati Ad-Dunyā Wa Hum Yaĥsabūna 'Annahum Yuĥsinūna Şun`āan’, ‘Say, [O Muhammad], "Shall we [believers] inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds? (103) [They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work.’

“Shall We inform you who is the one in the greatest loss?” says Allah ‘Azza waJalla. Who are the people in biggest loss in this world? Who are the disappointed people? They do things according to their own minds. They live and do all kinds of things thinking this is the life. They live in Kufr and misguidance. And they strive to lead people to become like themselves. They get happy thinking they are doing great things.

None of their work is useful. It has no benefit. Leave aside the benefit, it brings only loss. They are harming all people and harming themselves. They think they are doing something important throughout their lives. But they lead people to bad ways alienating them from Allah ﷻ and our Holy Prophet ﷺ, alienating them from Islam and goodness. “You live as you like. You are clever. You are modern. Don’t look at others”. They say so and favor themselves all the time. Eventually, there will be disappointment, loss and all their lives will have gone in vain. Apart from going in vain, they will have led a life full of sins. They are the ones who are in the biggest loss.

They think they are good and are doing well. But eventually - For example, it is as if they fill the test paper with mistakes from beginning to the end for 2-3 hours and submit it. La Tashbih/no comparison - but it is as if they submit it happily with the hope of getting 100% result. The teachers or those who check if it’s right or wrong look at it and see it is full of mistakes from beginning to the end with no one right answer. “You failed the class. The whole year have been wasted for you”. Just like they get shocked when they hear this, they will be even more shocked in Akhirah. Therefore, beware of following the ideas of such people, such men or women whoever they are. They will be destroyed themselves anyway. Don’t let them destroy you. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

There is a lot of them in this time. They look glamorous and speak nicely, so people think their ideas are modern. They are people against Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla and the religion, those who will have the biggest loss. May Allah ﷻ protect us from their evil. May Allah ﷻ give guidance to people insha’Allah. We wish that Allah ﷻ protects us, because if Allah ﷻ protects us, we will be saved. Otherwise, people are going after them thinking they are important ones. As we said, they will be shocked in the end. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May Allah ﷻ protect the Ummah insha’Allah, especially youngsters. Youngsters don’t like the elderly. They think they are - When they get old and come to their senses, they will regret it. And if they don’t regret it, they will perish and be gone. May Allah ﷻ protect us.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 13 November 2023/ 29 Rabi’ Al-Akhir 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah