Invitation of Allah ﷻ to Paradise

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 18:107). ‘Inna l-ladhīna āminu wa a’milu s-ṣāliḥāti kānat lahum jannātu lfirdawsi nuzulā’, ‘Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - they will have the Gardens of Paradise as a lodging.’ Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘aẓīm.

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla says people who believe and do goodness will become the dwellers of paradise. A person who does goodness, believes in Allah ﷻ and performs worship to Allah ﷻ in this world will have endless happiness and eternal life in Akhirah. There will be such a beautiful life.

You say it is like paradise for some places in this world. You say it is beautiful like paradise. Paradise is not only beautiful, it has peace in it. There is no hardship, no fighting, no Qiyamah. Qiyamah is over when you enter paradise. Qiyamah takes place once. And a person who goes through Qiyamah at ease will live in the paradises without sorrow and worry. They will have no worry of salary, no worry of tax. There will be no jealousy, no oppression for you. There will be nothing but beauty and goodness in paradise.

Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is inviting everyone to paradise. He ﷻ says, ‘ ’,

‘Wa-Llāhu yad‘ū ilá dāri s-salām’, ‘And Allah invites to the Home of Peace (i.e. Paradise).’ (Qur’ān 10:25). Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘aẓīm. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is calling everyone to paradise. But very few people reply to this invitation. The paradise of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is so wide. It doesn’t get narrow when too many people enter it. They don’t let you out by saying it is overcrowded there.

Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, the last person who goes out of hell - A Muslim who believes in Allah ﷻ won’t be in hell forever. He will go out after his punishment. And the last person who exits it will come to paradise. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says he will look around and say “There is probably no place for me. I’m the last to come out.

It must be full inside.” An addressing will come to him, “Enter. There is a place for you.” He will think, “They must be joking. I’ve stayed in hell for millions of years. How can there be a place when so many billions of people have entered it?” He will be told to enter it again. But he will refrain. Only when he is told to enter last time, the last person who comes there will have a place as large as this world and below it. The paradise of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla is so big that it is more than enough for everyone.

Therefore, may we reply to the addressing and invitation of Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla insha’Allah. Allah ﷻ will certainly forgive us. There is no doubt in that, Shukr to Allah ﷻ. Insha’Allah we will all together be in paradise, close to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, together with Mashayikh and will meet all of our late relatives there.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 08 October 2024/ 05 Rabih al-Thani 1446 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah