The Purpose of Pope’s Visit and the Truth

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.

A‘ūdhu biLlāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm,

‘Fa-man shāʾa fa-l-yuʾmin, wa-man shāʾa fa-l-yakfur’, ‘So whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve.’ (Qur’ān 18:29). Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Let whoever wishes believe, and let whoever wishes remain in disbelief.” This is a matter of the heart. You cannot force someone to become Muslim. During the conquests, they would not have done anything to force anyone to change their religion. If you wish to become a Muslim, you can; if not, you can remain in your own religion. There is a tax to be paid, and you will be treated the same as a citizen.

Why are we saying this? Today and yesterday, probably for the past couple of days, the greatest man in the Christian world, the Pope, has come here to visit. The purpose of his visit was to visit the priests who were in Nicaea 1700 years ago, whose meetings were aimed at changing the religion. Those pagan Romans used to torture Christians—those on the way of Isa ‘alayhi s-salām, those who are called “Nazarenes”. They would kill them and not let them go anywhere. In the end, they combined paganism and Christianity according to their own minds. Seventeen hundred years ago, that is, three hundred and twenty-five years after Sayyidina Isa, they agreed and said, “We also became Christians.” But they changed it a little by saying, “Our religion cannot have such a god, only one; he must have a family, a child, etc.” Ḥāshā (far from it). Of course, when those who followed Isa ‘alayhi s-salām, the true People of the Book, did not accept this and did many things here and there, they gathered them all in order to silence them and held this council in Nicaea. They said, “These are the ones who are Christians. We do not accept anyone else except these. We don’t want any other than these,” and they were massacred. Those who escaped fled, and those who remained either converted to their religion as they wished or were killed.

So, that’s the issue. That’s the issue that happened 1700 years ago. Some of them, as we said, have many sects they declared outside of the religion they preached. One is the Nestorian sect. Those monks who Salman al-Farisi followed before Islām showed the true religion to one another. After one of them died, they referred it to the next. Finally, they sent Salman al-Farisi to Madinah saying, “The Prophet ‘alayhi s-salām will appear there.” So, he found our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam in Madinah. He was one of those sects. So, many professed the Oneness of Allāh ﷻ worshipped Him ﷻ. And then, when these sects emerged, they led astray the entire Christian world by producing the Bible, the fake Gospels, and oppressing and killing. That’s how they have embarked on the path of polytheism.

This is exactly what happened. And this meeting, in shā’a Llāh, will be a means for showing people the right way. Our people are afraid, “I wonder if black magic will be performed, or if something will be done?” Nothing will happen. There’s no reason to be afraid. This is the home of awliyā’, the home of martyrs, the home of the ṣaḥābah. Therefore, whoever wants to come can come; they won’t do anything. Nothing will happen. We should also treat our guests with hospitality. May Allāh ﷻ grant īmān and light to their hearts through kindness. May they see the truth, in shā’a Llāh.

Like the two previous Popes who suddenly met with Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim. After that, he resigned from the papacy; something that has never happened before in papacy history. We asked Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim, “Why did he do this?” Mawlānā said, “He saw the truth.” When he saw the truth, he left. They also gave the nation a ridiculous excuse. “He became ill. And because of his illness, he didn’t want to do anything with the papacy.” Besides, no pope has been replaced before he dies. And no one has resigned. If he’s sick, he’s sick. He remains in his position until he dies. So, if Allāh ﷻ wills it to guide people, it will happen in shā’a Llāh. If not, there have already been and there is until now thousands, hundreds of thousands of priests and monks around him who have secretly seen the truth and continued in their duties, becoming secret Muslims.

Therefore, there is no need for this fear. ‘ ’, ‘Wa Qul Jā'a Al- Ĥaqqu Wa Zahaqa Al-Bāţilu’, ‘And say, Truth has come, and falsehood has perished.’ (Qur’ān 17:81). When there’s the truth, falsehood perishes; meaning it has no value, no importance at all. Therefore, our people are saying, “What will happen? This happened, that happened.” There’s no fear. Allāh ﷻ is with us. Allāh Azza wa Jalla, Allāh ﷻ is AlHaqq. The Truth will become apparent. If not now, just as the Pope has come, so will Sayyidina Isa. He will remove all this falsehood, with Allāh’s ﷻ permission. May Allāh ﷻ make it a means for goodness. In shā’a Llāh may it be a means for guidance. Many of our brothers have returned from falsehood, that is, from their religion to the true religion.

Many of them are like that, shukr to Allāh ﷻ. May Allāh ﷻ also bring awakening to the Muslims through this, so that they may embrace the Truth, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 29 November 2025/ 08 Jumada al-Thani 1447 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul