Open Hearts

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:

‘Faman Yuridi Allāhu 'An Yahdiyahu Yashraĥ Şadrahu Lil'islāmi Wa Man Yurid 'An Yuđillahu Yaj`al Şadrahu Đayyiqāan Ĥarajāan Ka'annamā Yaşşa’adu Fī As-Samā’, ‘So whoever Allah wants to guide - He opens his breast to Islam; and whoever He wants to misguide - He makes his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the sky.’ (Qur’ān 06:125). Sadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

If Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla wants to give guidance to people, if that is His ﷻ will, He ﷻ opens their hearts towards Islam. When their hearts hear about Islam, they open. They get happy and peaceful. If Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla doesn’t want guidance of people, their hearts and breasts sink. They get depressed and don’t want it. Those people will be in misguidance.

This is the wisdom of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Mind cannot comprehend His ﷻ wisdom. He ﷻ does what He ﷻ wants, and He ﷻ doesn’t do what He ﷻ doesn’t want. You may object, His ﷻ ruling is perspicuous. It is in force. The ruling is His ﷻ, and we cannot interfere in it.

Sometimes we see some people and wonder why they are so contrary. They are enemies to you and enemies to Allah ﷻ. Their hearts are closed. It means Allah ﷻ closed their hearts towards Islam. Their hearts are troubled. And they are never in peace. Whose hearts are peaceful and open are Mu’mins. The hearts of Mu’mins are at peace. Kafir, a person who is an enemy to Allah ﷻ is always in trouble and sadness.

A person beloved by Allah ﷻ is the person who believes. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla wishes goodness to him. Nothing and no one can stand against His ﷻ wish. You may harm a believer as much as you want, the Mu’min doesn’t give up, because Allah ﷻ loves him and He ﷻ has given him this favor, the favor of guidance. It is the greatest favor. The favours of this world are useless and have no benefit unless you are on the way of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Everything people on the right way do is good and Barakah. It brings rewards and Thawab to them. May Allah ﷻ make us from them insha’Allah. May He ﷻ wish this beautiful way to us insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 30 April 2024/ 21 Shawwal 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah