Walk in the Earth and See Allāh’s ﷻ Creation

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 29:20). ‘Qul Sīrū Fī Al-’Arđi Fānžurū’, ‘Say, [O Muhammad], “Travel through the land and observe.’

“Fa-nẓur ilá āthāri raḥmati Llāh”, “So observe the effects of the mercy of Allah” (Qur’ān 30:50). Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is saying, walk around, look at the creation of Allāh ﷻ and take lesson. It is the order of Allāh ﷻ. Walking is good. It is a sunnah of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam to walk. One of the attributes of our Holy Prophet ﷺ is when he ﷺ walked, he ﷺ walked without effort as if he ﷺ would walk down. Our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam would not run. It is actually not good to run. It is not for mankind to run. It is for other creatures; they run. Mankind walks. It is trendy now to run every day for an hour, or two hours. For what do they run? Meaninglessly. There is nothing. They say it’s only as a sport, to benefit their bodies. But the opposite happens. It brings nothing but harm. It gives tiredness. It doesn’t bring any benefit. People can read while they are walking. They can recite what they learnt by heart. They can make tasbīḥāt. That is beneficial. Walking is Shifa’ (cure).

Shukr to Allāh ﷻ wherever we go, we intend to carry out this sunnah of our Holy Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. We do it everywhere, we walk around the beautiful places created by Allāh ﷻ. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, it was meant for us to do so this morning as well. But something strange happened. We go to the same place every day. Today, I said I wouldn’t return from this way but pass from another way. While passing through the garden, I was thinking, “Its owners won’t say anything.” I thought they wouldn’t mind.

We were just walking, not eating from their land. Meanwhile, I was passing into another garden. I saw an African worker there. He was doing something. I went forward, there was a car. It stopped when they saw me. A man went out of the car and greeted me. A neat young man. He asked, “Are you Shaykh Nāẓim’s son?" I said yes. He said, “I love Shaykh Nāẓim very much. This plot is mine.” The plot was very large. I looked and saw spinach growing there. While I was thinking, he said, “I couldn’t sell it. As you’ve come here, have it cropped so that we give it as charity. Let it be as goodness. I was going to ride over it.” He was going to ride over it with a tractor to mix it with soil. He said, “Take it if you want.” I said, “May Allāh ﷻ be pleased with you. This is a great goodness both for you and for us.” It means Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla meant that for us. He ﷻ took me from the way, and step by step led me to this road. While I was thinking to use other paths, He ﷻ put me on this path.

And, in shā’a Llāh, there is a lot of wisdom with that young man as well. Because we were thinking; may Allāh ﷻ forgive us, we thought there were no more Cypriots who do good and have īmān or religion. And Allāh ﷻ made this man come across us. It means there still is, with Allāh’s ﷻ permission. This thing doesn’t end. Īmān given by Allāh ﷻ to Muslim places will certainly bring up good people in the end. With the spinach he gave - it is too much the for dergah as well. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, our brothers filled their cars and distributed his charity. On this day of Ramaḍān, it is both charity and barakah. And it will be shifa’ for people, in shā’a Llāh. There is beauty in everything. By Allāh’s ﷻ will, if we didn’t pass by that place, he would dispose it to plant something else. He would not crop it and distribute to people. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we have many jobless brothers. We went there and couldn’t even crop the half of it. We will crop them for two more days, in shā’a Llāh. It will be both for his goodness and for the goodness of our brothers who will work. And may people who will eat it have shifa’ and īmān, in shā’a Llāh. When our intention is like this with everything, Allāh ﷻ will give us abundantly from His ﷻ treasures, kindness, thawāb and barakah, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ increase those who make charity. And may those who’ll eat have light and īmān, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 09 March 2026/ 20 Ramadan 1447 Lefke, Cyprus