Happiness in Both Worlds

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.

The believer’s wish is happiness in both worlds, Sa’ādatu d-Dārayn. This is the du’ā’ of a believer. In the hereafter, we understand that they will be happy and content in Paradise. But this world is a place of trial. How can one be happy in this world? After being on the way of Allāh ﷻ and fulfilling His ﷻ commands and the commands of our Prophet ﷺ, that is the happiness. There is no sadness for them. There is no fear. Because this world is not for a very long time. It passes quickly. Days and years pass. Therefore, being steadfast in this world, being on the way of Allāh ﷻ, the way of truth, that is the greatest happiness. And when those around them—family, children, siblings, brothers and sisters, friends—are also on the same way, that is the greatest happiness. Of course, this world is a place of trial. No one wants to be tested. The test is not easy. Even children are afraid of the lessons and exams, wondering what they will do. Both adults and children fear trials.

Therefore, this is a place of tests. It is an easy test for the believer. For the nonbeliever, it is the place of a very bad test, where all their deeds will be in vain. They think they are doing something good in this world. However, what they are doing is nothing but evil. The greatest evil is that which a person does to himself, to his ego. Not what he does to others but to himself. Because Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given free will and has given commands. With that command, with that free will, a person can continue on the way of truth. Some say other things, but it is by Allāh’s ﷻ wisdom that He ﷻ has put this law, this thing. Those who walk this way will be happy. Sa’ādah means happiness, and happiness exists both in this world and in the hereafter. The hereafter, in shā’a Llāh, is the greatest happiness for believers. And that is easy for those who are believers, who are on the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla, who are on the way of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. That is, the hereafter is not an easy place. There are many people in this world who claim to be Muslims. Some are sometimes ashamed to even say they are Muslims. If they were in other countries or saw people of a higher rank than themselves, or more religious than themselves, they wouldn’t say anything. They think they’re doing something good. However, what they’re doing is harmful; it’s not a good thing. As we said, the Hereafter is a difficult place. Here, even if a person lives for a hundred years, they’ll say they’ve

lived a long time. But for the Hereafter, a hundred years—for those who aren’t believers, for those who are Muslim but not on the way of Allāh ﷻ—a hundred years is nothing. There are people who stand in the Hereafter for a hundred, five hundred, a thousand, even a hundred thousand years.

Therefore, it’s not an easy thing. In this world, to be happy in the Hereafter, you must be on the way of Allāh ﷻ. You must be on the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. You must love him ﷺ, honor him ﷺ, and ask for his ﷺ intercession, so that, with Allāh’s ﷻ permission, you will reach Paradise in the Hereafter, even without a single day passing. You will drink from the Pool of Kawthar of our Holy Prophet ﷺ and enter Paradise. Even if someone doesn’t do those things in this world, even if they say they are a Muslim, even if they enter after a thousand or five thousand years, they will still be at an advantage. Because they will eventually enter. But those who have no īmān at all, they are the ones who do the greatest harm to themselves. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ grant us happiness in this world and the hereafter, happiness in both worlds, insha’Allāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 01 June 2026/ 15 Dhul Hijjah 1447 Lefke, Cyprus