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Maulana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al Haqqani

A'uzubillahi mina-sh-shaitan-ir-rajim, Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim. Tariqatun-as-suhbat wal khairu fi jami'a,. Meded ya Sultan-ul-Aulia meded! Meded, meded! By ourselves we are weak ones. You can't do anything. This is an association, even if it is going to be a short one, but every association makes a new connection between attendees and Heavens, through the one who is authorized to make associations. Therefore, in the most distinguished Naqshbandi order, it is important to make association with the Sheikh. In an association with the Sheikh, murids must open their hearts to their Sheikh, or the Sheikh is ready to open a way from his heart to attendees, so that heavenly power can run from the Heavens through the heart of the Sheikh, to the attendees. Therefore, it is important, perhaps, it is a pillar of this Tariqat. As the pole in a tent, if it is not standing up, the tent can't stand. In our Tariqat, the Imam of our Tariqat, the most distinguished Tariqat's most distinguished Imam, Shah Naqshband, he was saying that you must keep association with the Sheikh, because the Sheikh's heart, is going to be in connection with heavenly stations, and then he may give to you. And we are always in need of support, according to our needs. There are some plants, you must give water to them daily. Some plants, maybe day by day, some you may give once in three days, or once a week, or once a month. OK! Therefore, according to the positions of murids, followers of most distinguished Naqshbandi order, the more you are in need, the more you must ask for association that is connecting your hearts with an authorized person, who is in connection with heavenly stations. Therefore, it is important. Tariqatun as-Suhbat, Shah Naqshband was saying. Our Tariqat is our way. What is your way and for what is your way? He means to say, we are looking for a way leading us to the Divine Presence. For what are we running to Tartiqats? For Dunya? No! You know the way to Nicosia, the way to Kyrenia, the way to Lebanon, the way to Istanbul, the way to Europe, and to east and west. You know it. In this Tariqat, that means way, we are asking to reach the Divine Presence of Allah Almighty. That way we are looking. Because time is short, if you reach, you reach. If you don't reach, you are lost. No other chance for you to once again come here and to ask for the way. No! It is important for our souls, our souls are asking for the way to Heavens, and from the Heavens to the Divine Presence and in the Divine Presence, to keep their divine servanthood. We are losing our time. We are losing our time, we are like a person who leaves diamonds and runs after filth (manure). Leaving diamonds, valuable jewels and precious stones, and running after filth. Whole world! For what? To enjoy our physical being. And our physical being, day by day, grows to a limit and then starts coming down, down. Down to become zero. What you are collecting? The ways to Allah, endless treasures! Aql-e-kamil, perfect mind people, most clever ones among people, they are the prophets. No prophet ever lived a high life. They did not make even one building for themselves. If they built something, they built it for the honour of Allah. Sayyedina Sulaiman (a.s), King Solomon, he built a huge temple, the like of it you can't find on earth, and he used to sleep on a mat! When he was sitting for his kingdom, he was keeping his greatness. Kings are dressed by greatness by Allah Almighty. Must be! They must not be like you and me. No! These 21st century people make their no. 1 person like themselves. They even throw bad eggs on him! No respect! When respect is taken away, the life of people falls into chaos, and no one is able to control anything. He used to sit on his royal throne and everyone used to tremble in front of him. He was dressed (with greatness), must be! Everything has been made dirty since 1789, the French revolution, making everything in the community upside down. From that time till today, finished. No control on people. No fear, no respect. And we have been ordered to respect our rulers, but now, no respect! 'Democracy' they are saying. It is the dirtiest system for holy countries, governing people. No Holy Book accepts this. No! Old testament, new testament, never accept this. I am asking Jewish people, I am asking Christians, through their holy books, old testament and new testament, is there democracy, or republics or parliaments? I am asking them, how they are keeping their religions? They are cheating! Why do they not speak? There are Bishops, Pope and Archbishops and priests. Why they are not saying that our books never accept this? But they are also banned to speak the truth. Democracy has banned religion to speak the truth. No, it is prohibited, you must not say. King Solomon sat on his throne, and people paid full respect to him. They did not build for themselves. If they were building, putting one stone on another stone, it was for Allah. For the honour of Allah. You must be for Allah. You must do for Allah, you must live for Allah, you must die for Allah, for His honour. For His honour only. There is no honour except the Lord's honour that dresses His servants. (Recites a hadith in Arabic). The seal of prophets, he was saying, "Those in the community, who don't give respect to respected people and are not merciful to the weak ones, they are not from my nation!" He is throwing them away! 'Kabir' means, that Allah Almighty dressed them with greatness. Not like your friend, no, you can't be like friends with a Sultan, with a King, no, you must keep your respect. You must keep your respect among yourselves according to their levels. (Gives example of a jahil, ignorant person without beard or head covering, standing behind the Imam in a disrespectful way).This is an example. You must look where your station is, to be there. Everyone must know where he should be. Everyone must try to put his ego in the last row. There is a traditional story, that there was a person, a good one, he always used to wait outside the masjid till all the people came. And when the Imam said 'Allahu Akbar' for praying, he fearfully entered the mosque as last and stood in the last row. And before the people came out, he left before them. He just made du'a and escaped. Someone asked him, oh you, why you are doing this, what for do you wait so long? Why you are coming last and leaving first? He replied, " I fear that the people might know my badness and when I appear, they might throw me out. You are not a good one to enter the mosque, get out! Therefore, I am quickly praying as the last one and the first one to escape"'. But we, we must come to sit first behind the Imam! If we ask him alif, ba, (abc) he does not know! Alif, ba, ta, doesn't know anything, but comes (and sits behind the Imam). Therefore, I am giving this example, I am asking to hit them. You must keep your station! Make yourself the last one, not the first one. The first ones always carry a heavy responsibility, the last ones don't carry it.

Hisham Efendi (Shaykh Hisham Kabbani of the Islamic Supreme Council of America ISCA) knows me and he is also escaping. He has the right, he is a khalifa, deputy of Grand Shaikh (Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani). And he escapes, leaving me with the heavy responsibility. I am saying I can't stand up on my will- but he never listens to me and just escapes. No! You must keep yourself here. If I am saying come, then come.

None of the prophets .... it is an ocean. If we were to open this, it would take many days to speak on it, but we are speaking of only a sign from the Sultan's attributes. Now there are no more Sultans, finished. Everyone thinks he is a Sultan. No one tries to learn to put himself in the last row. Sit in the last row, and if you are not one for the last row, then Allah will send someone to take you, protocol people may take you, "'Please, your Excellence, your Highness, your place is not here, please come". Let people bring you first, don't come. If you come yourself, someone will come and carry you out. Ya Rabbi, Ya Allah! Send us from your precious and sincere servants to give us good training for good habits. We have lost everything from goodness and people are running after every badness. Oh people! Run to Allah, run to eternity! No eternity in this life. As much as you are trying, it is a very, very short time that you will be enjoying yourselves and nothing remains of that enjoyment, because it is such a short time. No eternity for your egos, for your physical being, but eternity for your real personality, which is represented by your souls. Look after your souls to reach eternity, for eternal servanthood for your Lord, Almighty Allah. May Allah bless you and forgive me. For the honour of the seal of prophets - bihurmatil Fatiha.

[June 1, 2002]