In The Name of Allah, The Most Compassionate, The Most Merciful

We are thinking that everything is in it’s same position, though the clock is moving and working we are thinking that we are the same, not changing. Through this movement of the clock we are coming to this world, we are thinking we are the same but we are not the same. We are passing, from one station to another station. Through every moment, through every second, through every hour, through every day we are always moving , working, and we are thinking that we are still the same....

At least we must look at the days and nights running, days following nights, nights following days; changing. And we are in it. There should be an end to our appearance through this existence. One day is coming when we will disappear. Don’t think that every day the same people in the streets are going and coming, they’re saying that everyday a lot of cars are taken away from the streets, so many cars are replaced with new ones all the time. Nothing is the same anywhere. Everywhere we are looking, we may understand.

Why are they saying this...from our Grandsheikh, they are making me to speak on that point and I am hearing and listening, there are some fears and some hopes. Everyone fearing and everyone hoping everyday. Sometimes fear is covering our hearts and we will be under it’s control. Our body will be under the hegemony of fear. Sometimes hope is coming on our hearts and we are going to be full of hope, full of pleasure. There are two kinds of appearance from Allah Almighty on His servants. One of them is belonging to this life, same fear, same hope. There is another kind of fear and hope - that is for believers, for their eternal lives - their fear and hope for eternity. Those whom they are living for this life and never thinking or accepting another life, their fear and hope is only for this life. They are afraid to lose this life in death because death for them is final. Therefore they are afraid anything may come on them and they may be taken away, when they are dying, everything is taken away from them. And they are hopeful and looking around themselves for this life and it’s pleasures, they’re forgetting that fear and they are asking what they are hoping to continue and to be in it. Even when they are knowing it is going to be a very short time. That standard is the lowest standard of the thoughts of mankind. No level can be under that level.

But those who are believing, their situation is different. They are afraid to lose the chance for eternal life, to lose that chance forever. That is the fear also; they are making their Lord Allah Almighty unhappy with them, they are afraid of the anger of their Lord. Because this anger is preventing them to reach to eternity. Eternal life is only for those who are asking every moment or every movement to make their Lord pleased with them. Therefore all people will be in two lines. Both of them have fear and hope but the fear and hope for those who are not believing in eternal life; day by day it is pressing them down, putting it’s heavy burden on them and eventually killing them. Therefore those who are not believing in eternal life, day by day are going to die.

We are happy and thankful to Allah Almighty and his favors, and we are hoping from His endless favors, we are hoping for His eternity, to be with Him for eternity. I am sorry to say that now people, mostly their fear and hope is for this temporary life. They are not thinking on a permanent and eternal life to give something daily for their Lord, to make Him pleased with them. Who is trying to make Him pleased must be pleased. Who is forgetting is going to be forgotten. Don’t forget; not to be forgotten. Who is not forgetting is not forgotten. Don’t forget. Allah is saying, ‘Oh My servants, don’t forget Me, I am with You, but you are not with Me. If you are going to be with Me, you should have another personality. No other person may understand. It is only for you. ‘Try to be with Me’ he is saying. If you are going to be with Me you will find Me in a way that you are never expecting.

Try even through this holy month real fasting, to fast from dunya and to be with Allah. That is reality. We are beginners on our way and our hope is to reach to that eternal life, to be on it.

We are now such and such a person traveling through lands and asking for a railway as he is tired, his hope is to reach the train, sit on it; saying ‘oooh! - no more walking through rocks, through jungles, through deserts, through mountains, no.’ Now we reached, we are sitting on that train and the train is taking us to our real destination. People running on the land now but only a few are thinking to reach the railway, to find that train and to take it. Therefore Allah Almighty is sending prophets to guide people, saying, ‘Come, come this way.’ Most people aren’t listening. Who is listening and coming, sitting on train; train taking them; finish. Therefore, these difficulties for our ego; if our egos are carrying a little difficulty. It is difficult because our egos are asking unlimited things and to be in limits, to be in a discipline, that is difficult for our egos. Whoever is keeping discipline and carrying with their ego that discipline, after a while they are coming to the station - from there the train will take them to their destination. We hope one day that we should reach to the train and reach our destination, that is Allah Almighty’s Divinely Service, to be His servants only.

May Allah bless you and grant to us from His Divinely Presence someone who is guiding us to Him Allah Almighty.

Allah Allah....

[Cyprus - 12/21/1999]