Time of the Ego’s Ruling

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.

Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, the human ego, everyone has an ego, and if you give it free rein, it will never be satisfied. Ego is insatiable. No matter how much you give it, it always wants more. They say “shameless, impudent,” and that’s exactly what it is. Human ego is so huge that, if given the opportunity, it can become like Pharaoh’s ego. Pharaoh worshipped his ego, and in the end, he made his people worship him and his ego. Human ego is that big; if you give it free rein, it can go too far.

Therefore, from the beginning, when it’s still small, you shouldn’t give it any chance. As much as you can, don’t give it what it wants; even if it’s necessary, postpone it because the ego wants anything so hastily. Of course, this is with worldly things. Especially nowadays, people have created a society called a “Consumer Society.” Everywhere, they shove everything, good and bad, in people’s faces, saying, “Buy this, buy that.” And the ego strives to take as much as it can from them. There are things that are physical and visible, but there are also things that are invisible and instilled in people’s minds without their knowledge. They make evil seem good by saying, “You will do this, you will do that,” and in the end, people begin to consider evil as good, normalizing things that Allāh ﷻ has forbidden and made ḥarām.

Therefore, it is necessary not to give the ego that chance. The ego must be controlled. A person should not be a slave to their ego so that they can overcome it and be superior to it. If the ego is superior, all your efforts will be wasted. It will be like what Pharaoh did. In the end, it was a life that serves no purpose. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May we not ruin our lives, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ protect us; may we be protected from the evil of our ego, the evil of shayṭān, and all evils, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ help the Ummah of Muhammad. Because we are living in the end times, everyone is under the command of their ego. “Welcome, what shall we do for you today? As you command, yes, we will do it. Let’s do this good deed.” “No, don’t.” “Okay, let’s not do that.” “Let’s do this bad deed.” “Let’s do this too.” “Let’s commit this sin.” “Okay, let’s do that as well.” Saying “Okay” to whatever the ego says, the Ummah of Muhammad, this Ummah of the end of times, has become subservient to its ego morning to evening; whatever it says, they say, “We are at your service, we will do it.” May Allāh ﷻ help us. May Allāh ﷻ help us all, and send us

the sāhib. May He ﷻ save us all, the Ummah of Muhammad, from these evils, in shā’a Llāh.

Wa min Allāhi t-Tawfīq. Al-Fātiḥa.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 11 July 2026/ 26 Muharram 1448 Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul