10 May 2010 Lefke, Cyprus
Dastoor yaa Sayyidee. (Mawlana Shaykh stands.) Yaa Rabbana, yaa Rabbana. Yaa Rabbana, yaa Rabbana. Anta Rabbuna. Anta Hasbunaa. Ni`m al-Mawla anta Yaa Rabbana. Zid Habeebika `izzan wa sharafan, nooran wa surooran, sultaanan wa ridwaana. Laa ilaaha illa-Llah, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, laa ilaaha illa-Llah Sayyidina Muhammadun Rasoolullah! (Mawlana Shaykh sits.)
Madad yaa Saahib' l-Imdad. We are asking your support, O Grandshaykh! He is responsible for this assembly as well as making this declaration reach to east and west, and from north to south. Give more honor, yaa Rabbana, to our supporter.
A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajeem. The first one whose aim is to destroy that heavenly support is Shaytan. His aim is to destroy it, to cut it, and he is making so many attacks in order to prevent this declaration from reaching people.
O Our Attenders! As-salaamu `alaykum. First of all, our declaration is to `ulamas who are claiming, “We are authorities for religious knowledge.” That is their claim, and it is not true. And we are saying, bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem. That is heavenly support. The ego’s relationship is with Shaytan, who has a negative power in our physical being preventing us to get up, and to rise towards heavens. Therefore, first of all, whomever is asking to reach heavenly Power Stations must first throw away that heavy aspect from themselves and then can be so light to reach those stations. Because with our heavy material being, we can’t be able to even rise from the surface of this world even one foot! Look, if a person may stand up on even one foot on Earth, that means he has an authority and a possibility to reach heavenly stations. When a plane is landing, they are tying it to the Earth, not to move like this, like that. When it is ready for flying, those ties are taken away, then the plane runs on the runway. And everyone also who is asking to reach heavenly aspects must be free, free, free! Allah, Allah.
People are asking for freedom, for what? To do what our material beings are asking. Now, from east to west, from north to south, people are running and shouting, "Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!" Freedom for what? They are asking for freedom for their material being to do everything that their material being is asking. That is not genuine freedom, because Man is not only a material being; he is combined to be a material being and a heavenly being! If you are leaving your material being to be free, you are destroying your heavenly being and your spirituality will finish.
But people are now running after "freedom." What are you asking, more than this freedom? What is their opinion or what are their aims from freedom? They are free for what their physical being is asking. Beyond that, what are they asking now? They are saying, “We are running after a nizaam, an order, that gives us mutlaq, absolute freedom to do everything." The Seal of Prophets (s) said that when the Last Days approach, people are going to be without any order, in chaos, running after freedom, and they will be in such an atmosphere that they will be doing everything, including men and women sleeping (with each other) in the streets. That is what will be, and beyond that, they are still asking for freedom. What is freedom for them?!
They have reached the last point of freedom, but they are not understanding and they are becoming like animals. And animals are not understanding freedom because they know their positions and they are not asking for any freedom. But Mankind is not understanding even about themselves, and asking to break down every order, commands, and rules of heavens, which is shaytanic teachings! They are not happy to be with any religion, or any belief that makes people to follow heavenly rules. Now the whole world has been given absolute freedom for their egoistic desires. What is beyond that? The real freedom that everyone must ask for is rising from Earth to heavens, and that freedom can’t be attained with our physical freedoms. You are asking to be satisfied with your physical being’s desires and at the same time you are asking to be rising to heavens. How can it be, when your ego is tying you so can't lift even your one foot up. It is impossible! But they are insisting.
Therefore, now Mankind is insisting to reach such a freedom that they do not even understand. Through earthly freedoms, we are imprisoning our souls and not giving our souls a chance to be free to do as they are ordered. Therefore, there is chaos throughout east and west and no difference now between the Muslim world and the non-Muslim world. All of them are on the same desire and the same way, claiming, “We are not in need of heavenly orders.” It can’t be! “But we are going to make freedom for our physical desires.” It can't be! How can it be? You are like a person who, without using a plane or a missile or a rocket, is claiming, “Without using a rocket, we must go up.” You can't, it is impossible! But they are insisting, saying, “No, we can!” And that is the cause of all troubles now are on Earth, as they are asking for more freedom. How much more freedom? You are eating as you like, drinking as you like, acting as you like, and doing everything as you like. What else is beyond this freedom? Now our foolish Muslim world is running to make more freedom. No! For what do you want this? Leave that and take the safe way! Why is Allah Almighty sending holy books!?
O Christians! O Jewish people, Israeli people, and Christian world! For what has Allah, the Lord of Heavens, sent holy books? For coming to church and reciting one page or two pages and finishing? What is that? Your Holiness the Pope, you must look after such a position! And the chief rabbi, you must look for what has Torah Shareef been sent! O Muslim world. Muslim leaders, including kings and republic presidents, why is the Lord of Heavens sent the Holy Qur'an? O `Ulamas! Why are you not reminding kings and presidents and all those people keeping zimam ul-ummah, controlling the ummah? Why? Are you thinking that holy books are only coming for your dead people? You are only bringing a dead body to the cemetery and bringing that holy book and reciting on the dead? Why only reciting on a dead person? For what, they are finished! Why are you not reciting for living people to correct their steps?!! Why are you not doing this!? And Muslims, why are you coming after some one's burial and sitting and making khatm of Qur’an al-Kareem? For what? Why are you not reading Qur'an al-Kareem on that person while he was living?!! Why are you not following the holy orders of the heavens? O Rabbis, you are also coming and reciting for dead people.
What are holy books for, for dead people or for living people? Allah (swt) will ask you "Why did you not teach people how to rise up to heavens?" Are you not fearing Allah? Are you fearless people? Do you have no fear from your Creator? That is our biggest chaos which is running on people, and now they are not successful; they can't save themselves either here or after death. Angels come down in graveyards and catch that dead one to make him stand up, and their interrogation begins, "What was the holy command of your Lord? Say! What obedience did you do for your Lord, and what charities did you do for your Lord's Creation? What is this, what is that, why this, why that?"
O People! We have been invited not to be on Earth. When Sayyidina Adam (a), the father of Mankind, was sent away from Paradise, the Lord of Heavens said, "My guidance is going to reach to you, Adam, and your children. Whoever is following, they may come back to My Paradise. If not, then they are never going to be in My Paradise or will never reach My heavenly Mercy Oceans. If not, you will be thrown away with Shaytan."
May Allah forgive us!
O Salafi `ulamas! Why are you not warning people of this? O Azhar `ulamas! Everyday why are you not making a declaration to wake up the Muslim world, to stand up? O People! You must know that if not today, then tomorrow, if not tomorrow, then after tomorrow we will be leaving this world and going back to where we came from. الدين نصيحة Ad-deenu naseehat, "Religion is advice," the Holy Prophet (s) said, "Ad-deenu naseehat." Why are you not saying this? (Mawlana Shaykh stands.) And Allah Almighty is saying:
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Wa dhakkir fa inna 'dh-dhikra tanfa`u 'l-mumineen.
And remind (by preaching the Qur'an) for verily, the reminding profits the believers. (51:55)
(Mawlana Shaykh sits.) Why are you not making that declaration daily? And awliya are looking that the Muslim world is on the wrong way because they are following non-Muslims. It is a blame to you (O `ulamas) to follow the non-Muslim world and their characteristics! Why are you not saying? You will be most punished on the Day of Resurrection, as it is mentioned in holy books:
إن أشد الناس عذاباً يوم القيامة عالم لم ينفعه الله بعلمه
ashshadun naas `adhaaban yawm al-qiyaamat al-`ulama,
The worst punishment is for scholars on Judgment Day, (those whose knowledge did not benefit them).[1]
Yes, most terrible punishment is for those who were `ulamas and they were not reminding people of the ways of heavens. They are not teaching to their nations the ways to Paradise. O People! We are just ending now because nabiyyuna nabi akhiru 'z-zamaan, because our Prophet is the Last Prophet (s) and Qiyamah, Judgment Day, is coming on His nation.
O People! Think on it. Don't run away. If anyone is running away, and is not listening to heavenly naseeha, advice, then they should prepare their coffins,because death is running after them, catching them, and then imprisoning them under the Earth.
O People! That is ad-deenu naseeha. I am saying this to my ego as well. Anyone who may listen and obey, and they will be happy; if not, they will repent. O Allah! O our Lord, don't leave us in the hands of jaahil people, ignorant ones, ignorant `ulamas, ignorant kings, emirs, and sultans. Everyone will be asked and they cannot save themselves if they are not taking Shari`atullah. Don't follow western fashions, but follow heavenly fashions. Men, and particularly women, every time they are using so many things to be seen as beautiful ones, that gives them much more ugliness! And when they are in their graves, no will be able to approach them because such a bad smell will be coming from them!
May Allah forgive us!
O People! I am shouting to my ego. If you are accepting, good. If not accepting, then it is for you. O my Lord! Send us someone able to collect the hearts of Your servants to take them to Your Divine Presence! Forgive us! We are hoping for Your blessings and that You will send us someone to destroy every shaytanic idea and break down the shaytanic building, and to raise up the Islamic building. May Allah forgive me and you also.
Bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah. Ameen.
(40 minutes.) Enough, enough.
Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah Allah, `Azeez Allah.
(Mawlana Shaykh sings.)
Dome, dome, dome, dome.
Dome, dome, dome, dome.
Dome, dome, dome, dome.
Dome, dome, dome, dome.
Fatihah.
(Mawlana Shaykh speaks with Shaykh Hisham Effendi on the phone.)
[1]وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم (العلم علمان: علم على اللسان فذلك حجة الله تعالى على خلقه وعلم في القلب فذلك العلم النافع
And in a similar vein, the Prophet (s) said, "Knowledge is of two kinds: Knowledge (brought forth) on the tongue is Allah's proof against His creation, and Knowledge of the heart; that is the beneficial knowledge."