One Night Equal to a Lifetime

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.

Today is the 27th of Ramaḍān according to our calendar, the 28th according to some, and different dates for others. May Allāh ﷻ bless it and accept from us, in shā’a Llāh. Every year, people consider the 27th to be Laylatu l-Qadr; which is tonight, the 26th, and tomorrow is the 27th. Since Laylatu l-Qadr mostly falls on this date, Muslims strive to observe it with worship. These are beautiful occasions, of course. There needs to be an occasion for people to perform their worship with more enthusiasm. Therefore, Allāh ﷻ will surely grant them according to their intentions. It will be a means for goodness, in shā’a Llāh.

Laylatu l-Qadr, as we said, is better than a thousand nights. That is, one night is better than a lifetime – a thousand nights is probably equivalent to 80 years. 80 years is roughly the average lifespan of a person, sometimes less, sometimes more, around that time. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says in Qur’ān ‘Aẓīmu sh-Sha’n that nothing is meaningless. It has thousands, millions of meanings. And that meaning is that on Laylatu l-Qadr, a person can earn the reward of all their worship throughout their life in a single night, with the power of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.

Therefore, this is our intention. May Allāh ﷻ grant us to revive many more Laylatu lQadr. May He ﷻ grant us the reward and thawāb according to our intention. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Ask, and I will give.” So don’t be afraid. If Allāh ﷻ gives the reward of a lifetime in one night, there’s nothing as He ﷻ won’t give it again. He ﷻ will certainly give it. He ﷻ will give a thousand Laylatu l-Qadr, with Allāh’s ﷻ permission. A person will earn the reward of a thousand lifetimes. A person with īmān accepts this, knows it, and doesn’t object. Those who don’t know object to everything. You pray, and they object, “You prayed too much.” You do good deeds, they say, “You did too much.” You recite salawāt, they say, “Don’t.” You fast, they say, “You mustn’t fast, it’s not allowed. Enough! Don’t do too much.” There are many who strive to prevent goodness.

Therefore, a person with a ṭarīqah murshid will not go astray. Those without a murshid will go astray even on the straight way. That’s why many who don’t have a

murshid are deceived by those people. They abandon their religion, their īmān, and even Islām because of them. “It’s such a difficult thing”; they make it so difficult that people abandon it and run away. They cause harm, not benefit. Therefore, always speak of beauty, speak of goodness. How generous Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is! All blessings are in His ﷻ Hand. He ﷻ gives as much beneficence as He ﷻ wills. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has boundless and immeasurable blessings.

May Allāh ﷻ bless these nights. May they be beneficial and of barakah for humanity. Dunyā, since its creation, has never been a place of comfort. It’s the same now. People ask, “What will happen?” Many people ask, “What will become of this situation?” Things are happening exactly as Allāh ﷻ has decreed. Don’t worry about anything. Don’t be sad, don’t be anxious. Your worries and anxieties won’t do you any good. What Allāh ﷻ has decreed will happen. Therefore, be with Allāh ﷻ, and you will win, Allāh ﷻ willing. May Allāh ﷻ grant us all the reward and blessings of these nights, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ bless it.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 16 March 2026/ 27 Ramadan 1447 Lefke, Cyprus