Jumu`ah Khutbah at As-Siddiq Mosque
O Muslims! O Believers! This is a new year, not tomorrow, I mean the Arabic year, the Hijrah year, when Prophet (s) migrated from Mecca to Madinah, and it is the year 1432. It has been 20 days, or nearly one month since the beginning of that new year. We hope, inshaa-Allah, it is a year of heavenly support for Muslims and a year of tranquility and peace around the world.
إِلاَّ تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَارِ إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَاحِبِهِ لاَ تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللّهَ مَعَنَا فَأَنزَلَ اللّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَيَّدَهُ بِجُنُودٍ لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ السُّفْلَى وَكَلِمَةُ اللّهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا وَاللّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
Illa tansuruhu faqad nasarahul-Lahu idh akhrajahu 'Lladhina kafara thaaniy athnayni idh huma fi 'l-ghaari idh yaqoolu li saahibihi laa tahzan inn 'Llaha ma`ana.
If you help not (it is no matter), for God did indeed help him when the unbelievers drove him out. He had no more than one Companion;
they two were in the cave, and he said to his Companion, "Have no fear, for God is with us." (at-Tawbah, 9:40)
In this ayah, Allah (swt) is not waiting for anyone to support His Prophet (s). 'Illa tansuruhu faqad nasarahu means, "whether you support him or not, Allah is supporting His Prophet," `alayhi salaam! Prophet said to his companion in the cave, "Don't be sad, Allah is with us." Allah is not waiting for support for His messenger and the message of Islam; the message of Islam is supported by heavenly support and whether you like it or not, it does not matter. Islam is going to be up and baatil,falsehood, is going to be down. There is no discussion on this issue! Those who believe in Allah and His Prophet (s) will be saved from punishment, and those who do not believe are going to face punishment. Don't say, "Why?" as there is no "why." Allah (swt) does not need anyone; we need Him! He is supporting.
Allah (swt) said:
الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الإِسْلاَمَ دِينًا
Al-yawma akmaltu lakum deenukum wa atmamtu `alaykum n`imatee wa radeetu lakum al-islaama deena.
This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. (al-Maida, 5:3)
It (the debate) is finished; to Allah, the religion is Islam! What did Pharaoh say?
وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُ بَغْيًا وَعَدْوًا حَتَّى إِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ الْغَرَقُ قَالَ آمَنتُ أَنَّهُ لا إِلِـهَ إِلاَّ الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَنَاْ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
Wa jawazna bi Bani Israa'eel al-bahra fa atba`ahum Fira`oon wa junooduhu baghyaan wa`adwan. Hatta idhaa adrakahu al-gharaqu qaala aamantu annahu laa ilaha illa 'Lladhee aamanat bihi Banoo Israa'eel wa anna min al-Muslimeen.
We took the Children of Israel across the sea. Pharaoh and his hosts followed them in insolence and spite. At length, when overwhelmed with the flood, he said, "I believe there is no god except Him Whom the Children of Isra`eel believe in. I am Muslim (of those who submit to God in Islam)." (Yunus, 10:90)
When Fira`oon was following Sayyidina Musa and his people, Bani Isra`eel, Allah (swt) ordered Sayyidina Musa to hit the ocean with his staff. The ocean opened, Sayyidina Musa and his people moved, and the water closed in on Fira`oon. When he was drowning, he said, "I believe in what Bani Isra`eel believe and I am a Muslim!" He did not say, "I am a believer in the Torah," or, "I believe in Musa." He said, wa anna min al-Muslimeen. Allah (swt) said, "Now, when you are dying?" But Pharoah mentioned, wa anna min al-Muslimeen, because every prophet has mentioned to his people that Sayyidina Muhammad (s) is coming.
وَإِذْ قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُم مُّصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَمُبَشِّرًا بِرَسُولٍ يَأْتِي مِن بَعْدِي اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ فَلَمَّا جَاءهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ قَالُوا هَذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Wa idh qaala `Isa abnu Maryam yaa Bani Israa'eel innee rasoolullahi ilaykum musaddiqaan limaa bayna yadayya min at-Tawraati wa mubashshiran bi rasoolin yaatee min ba`dee 'smuhu Ahmad. Fa lammaa ja'ahum bi 'l-bayyinaati qaaloo hadha sihrun mubeen.
And remember Jesus, the son of Mary, said, "O Children of Israel! I am the apostle of God (sent) to you, confirming the law before me, and giving glad tidings of an apostle to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad." But when he came to them with clear signs, they said, "This is evident sorcery!" (as-Saff, 61:6)
Sayyidina `Isa said, "I am giving good tidings to my people that after me is coming a prophet whose name is Ahmad." "Ahmad" is his name in Heavens and "Muhammad": is his name on Earth. Every prophet has given the good tidings that Sayyidina Muhammad is the Seal of Messengers (s) and he is supported by Heavens. Even if the whole world comes against the Prophet (s), they cannot even touch a hair on his body, as Allah (swt) saved him! 'Illa tansuruhu faqad nasarahullah. "Allah supports him, whether you support him or not!"
O Muslims! We are one month into the new Hijrah year, from the time when Prophet (s) migrated from Mecca to Madinah. It is now 1432 lunar years. Sayyidina Muhiyuddin ibn Arabi (r) quoted a hadeeth in the tafseer of Qur'an, Ruh al-Bayan. In his tafseer of Surat al-`Asr, one of the meanings is "Salat al-`Asr," and the other meaning is, essentially, that "`Asr" is 100 years. Another meaning is the age of Prophet, 63 years is the `Asr. Awliya count the `Asr by 63 years, they don't count it by 100 years.
Prophet (s) said:
ان استقامت امتى فلها يوم وان لم تستقم فلها نصف يوم
in istaqaamat ummatee falahaa yawm wa in lam tastaqim falahaa nisfa yawm.
If this nation has not been corrupted, Allah will give it one day of life, and if it is corrupt then Allah will give it the life of half-a-day.
وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ
wa inna yawma inda rabbika ka-alfi sannatin mimma ta`udoon
Verily, a day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning. (al-Hajj, 22:47)
One day to Allah (swt) is like one-thousand years of what we count on Earth. It means Allah give this ummah 1500 years (one day plus a half day). We are in the year 1432, and according to awliyaaullah, what is left is 68 years. Allah knows best. Allah knows the ghayb, Unseen. We don't know, we only analyze and observe. It means time is running short, and in this 68 years Sayyidina `Isa (a) will come, and `alaamat as-sa`at al-kubra will come ten years after Sayyidina `Isa, who will come for forty years, then Sayyidina Mahdi (a) for seven years, and then `alaamat as-sa`at al-kubra. The total is fifty years, which means we are so close! What will be left before nafikh fi 's-soor, the blowing of the trumpet? Only a very short time.
O Muslims! Time is running and Allah (swt) will support this religion until there is no one left who says, "Allah, Allah." Then He will order Sayyidina Israfeel (a) to blow the trumpet for everyone to die. That means that day is coming when no one on Earth will remember Allah (swt), and that is from `alaamat as-sa`at al-kubra, the biggest signs of the Last Days, when Yajooj wa 'l-Majooj (Gog and Magog) come, and people will no longer remember, as Allah will take from the minds of people the remembrance of Allah (swt). Don't say, "There will be one or two hiding here and there." No, Allah will pull them out with, Kun fa ya kun, "Be! And it is." That is coming, so keep your awraad, keep your dhikr, and and keep your teachings of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim! Learn more. People are making plans for ten, twenty or thirty years, and they don't know if they will die tomorrow or not.
We are asking Allah (swt) to stretch our lives to see Sayyidina Mahdi (a), and to be with him. He is Mahdi, who does not need any weapons, as his weapons are heavenly support! When he says, "Allahu Akbar," people immediately change from kufr to imaan! May Allah keep us to see that time. It is going to be a very difficult time. I heard from Grandshaykh (q), "Out of every seven, one will stay and six will go." And I heard from Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, the number is dropping, "Out of five, four will go and one will remain." So may Allah (swt) save us!
Sayyidina Nuh (a) said to his son, "Come and join us in the boat from the flood." His son answered:
قَالَ سَآوِي إِلَى جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِي مِنَ الْمَاء قَالَ لاَ عَاصِمَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللّهِ إِلاَّ مَن رَّحِمَ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا الْمَوْجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُغْرَقِينَ
Qaala sa-aawee illa jabalin ya`simunee min al-maai. Qaala laa `asima al-yawm min amrillah illa man rahima wa haala baynahuma'l-mawju fa-kaana mina'l-mughraqeen.
The son replied: "I will betake myself to some mountain: it will save me from the water." Noah said: "This day nothing can save, from the command of Allah, any but those on whom He hath mercy! "And the waves came between them, and the son was among those overwhelmed in the Flood. (Hud, 11:43)
"I am going to climb the mountain that will protect me from the flood; I am not coming with you." , "Today there is no one who is protected."
Allah (swt) was saying this to Sayyidina Nuh, but it applies to everyone. When the Signs of the Last Days come, there is no protection anymore. Awliyaullah protect their followers, if their followers are behaving. May Allah (swt) keep us behaving and forgive us our sins, which are too many.
(Du`a)