Repentance is a Great Favor

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 06:151). ‘Wa Lā Taqrabū Al-Fawāhisha’, ‘And do not approach shameful deeds.’ Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla commands us to stay away from sins as much as possible. Don’t even approach them. This is because if you say, “I can save myself,” you might fall into more sin. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla makes it a test for people by His ﷻ command. Those who stay away from it become among Allāh’s ﷻ beloved servants. If those who fall into sins don’t seek forgiveness, they will fall into sin even more, it will become a habit, and they won’t be able to give it up.

Now, because we are in the end of times, these evils have increased greatly. It has become very bad. In the past, this was very common among non-Muslims. All kinds of evil were present among them. Now, everywhere in the world, Muslims and nonMuslims consider sins normal and commit them. And as they do them, they sink deeper. Just as a person cannot escape from the swamp, it is the same. Therefore, you must flee from the swamp without even approaching it. If you fall into it, if your foot sinks, immediately pull yourself out, repent, and seek forgiveness. Then, Allāh ﷻ will forgive you. No, if you make it worse, the more you get involved, the deeper you sink. In the end, it will be difficult to save yourself.

Therefore, even if a person constantly commits sins – mankind commits sins – Allāh ﷻ created humans so that they would sin and He ﷻ would forgive them. But if people continue doing those things without even thinking about forgiveness, thinking “I won’t be forgiven,” then they will destroy themselves, their ākhirah will be destroyed, and they will remain in a bad place, in hell, forever. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.

Repentance and seeking forgiveness is a great ni’mah (favor) for us. One of the greatest favors given by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is: repentance and seeking forgiveness. The Door of Repentance is open to us until the sun rises from the west. His ﷻ mercy is

everlasting. Therefore, may Allāh ﷻ forgive us. May Allāh ﷻ protect us from sins and keep us away from them. May He ﷻ grant us His ﷻ mercy. In Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu shSha’n, ‘ ’, ‘Wa Qihimu As-Sayyi’āti Wa Man Taqī As-Sayyi’āti Yawma’idhin Faqad Raĥimtah’, ‘And protect them from the evil consequences [of their deeds]. And he whom You protect from evil consequences that Day - You will have given him mercy.’ (Qur’ān 40:09). May Allāh ﷻ protect us from sins. A person protected from sins attains Allāh’s ﷻ mercy. That mercy keeps one away from sins. If one commits a sin, and repents, Allāh ﷻ forgives him. May Allāh ﷻ make us among all the people He ﷻ forgives, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 12 February 2026/ 24 Sha’ban 1447 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul