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Maulana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al Haqqani
Ya Rijalallah, Meded! Masha’Allah! Rijalallah arithuna bi haulillah wa kunu lana muinan! Daiman salihin! Wa kunu aunanan bi-llah. Adhanallah bi fadhlillah.
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim. Yaumun jadid rizqun jadid- every day brings new things. Don't think that today is bringing something from yesterday, or taking something from tomorrow. Every day has its own material or activities, and every day has a special personality, that is not the same (as other days). They are not the same, you can't find two days to be same, no! It is impossible! First of all, you won’t find our Earth at the same point as it was yesterday, and tomorrow also, our Earth is not going to be at the same position it was a day before. Therefore, every day we are in need of something from divine support to reach us. A person may wash himself yesterday and may drink yesterday; but today he must use water that he has not used yesterday. That yesterday is gone, and a new today has come. And it is enjoyment for our souls that we have new appearances from Heavens every day. Usually people notice a change by observing the four seasons. First season: spring, then summer, autumn and then winter. Everyone sees the differences in the four seasons. You are lucky people that you are living in such countries where you get to see four seasons. Some countries may only get summer and winter. Some countries only have the chance to have summer or winter season - just one season. But you live in such a country where you get four seasons. That is a grant from Allah Almighty to those people, that they get four seasons in one year. You may observe the changing of seasons. And if this situation is one that can be observed by common people, ‘awakened’ people may see the different appearances that come with every day. So different are the various aspects, different situations and different appearances every day. That is for awakened people. But heedless people, or people who are drunk, they never understand. Drunken people never understand; for them, 24 hours make no difference, if it is night or day. They think everything to be on the same routine, because they are drunk! And for people who are ignorant, it is difficult to understand even the changing of seasons. How then can they understand the change in days or in the days of the week?
Subhanallah! An appearance just appeared to me - the identity of Jum’a, and the changing identity of Saturday, not the same as Jum’a. Sunday has another identity, not the same as Saturday, and after Sunday comes Monday. Monday also has another identity, which will never be like Sunday. And Tuesday is never going to be like Wednesday, Wednesday never going to be like Thursday, Thursday never going to be like Friday. Every day of week appears with its real personality for some people. Some days are lovely for people, and some days are not. For those people who live for Dunya and whose aim is only to enjoy themselves physically, their best day is going to be Saturday and Sunday. Those, who are thinking about obedience of the Lord of Heavens, for them the best day is going to be Friday. And Thursday reaches to Friday. Thursday has another bright personality in itself, because it is the neighbour of the holiest day of the week. And common people from East to West, from North to South are happy on two days - Saturday and Sunday and they call them 'weekend'. The weekend is so sweet, so full of pleasure, brings so much happiness for them. Weekend - and when they say 'Weekend' it is Saturday and Sunday.
For believers in the Seal of Prophets sws and (those who are) accepting real Islam, for them the most honoured day of week- as all prophets were declaring - that is Friday - Jum’a. Therefore Jum’a is best day for them. And today it is Thursday. Thursday is directly in connection with Friday. Therefore Mu’mins, Muslim people, are very happy to reach Thursday - for the sake of Friday. Our enjoyment is spiritual;but those who seek enjoyment on Saturday and Sunday, they are enjoying or trying to enjoy themselves with material aspects that their physical being and its desires are calling them to fulfil. Therefore, for the Ahlu-l Dunya - the ones who live for Dunya and not for Maula, for Allah -for them the best day is Saturday and Sunday. This is for materialistic people and also atheist people, who deny everything about heavenly beings - their enjoyment is going to be on Saturday and Sunday - on the weekend.
I am sorry to say that most of the Islamic world have also joined the Western people and follow them to take weekend, Saturday and Sunday. They are holy days for them and their nations, for them to enjoy their physical being, as much as it is possible to enjoy and to be pleased. And it is not for Muslims, Muslim governments and Muslim territories to follow Western people's ways. Because Western people are now totally materialistic, and materialism is making them to be atheists, and atheism is making them not to believe in anything beyond the material (world); making them to be blocked in a material cell. And now all the people from the Western countries are locked in their material prison, and cannot find a way to free themselves form their material cells. They think that if they only can achieve the economical aspect, they may get a maximum possible area for themselves; but even then they cannot get out (escape their cell), because material aspects are within limits. And if they are now in a mm (millimetre) prison and asking to make it larger and bigger, they may reach a centimetre cell, or a mm square (mm2) or cube (mm3) cell or 1 m or 1 km or 1o km - as much as they may reach, they eventually come to a wall, blocking them. They run in all six directions and still find themselves in a prison. Some people, as a hobby, keep an aquarium in their houses. You can make the aquarium as big as possible; but the fish always encounter the walls that prevent them from leaving the aquarium. They may travel large distances; but they always come across these walls, and they are not able to get out. And they are always sad; they feel imprisoned.
And now, mankind also, believes only in a material world, not any other world, spiritual world. They are of the same category. As big a land you might give them, they are bound to reach the borders of their fields or lands, and will always long for more. “If that, what is beyond our border, would be mine, it would be so good!” If you give them this part as well, it still must be another boundary for them, and they are not happy to stay there. He may go to the end of his land and still say: “Oh, It is as if I were in prison, what is this world?” Therefore materialist people never get any contentment. They ask for more regardless of how much they have been given or granted. Much more material things, they ask for more. They are not going to be happy, because material aspects are like walls imprisoning them in it. Therefore, now in the 21st century, people are in such a difficult position, and they don’t know how they can reach contentment.
Last night I was watching TV. Sometimes... They are saying that the per capita income of Turkey comes up to 2.250 Dollars. And therefore they are crying and complaining; they are very sad and hopeless, because their economy has come down and for everyone the earnings are only 2.250 Dollars in a year. And I saw the figures for Germany - it was written that every German gets 25.ooo Dollars per year. Looking at England - 3o.ooo Dollars for everyone yearly. Americans - they were showing and saying: 36.ooo Dollars for one person. That is the national capital per person. America seems to be the country granted the most riches. And as it is in Japan also a huge amount, even small brick (?) they have more than 25.ooo Dollars for everyone. Even our neighbours in Cyprus have also 2o.ooo Dollars for everyone. But I was looking ... People on our side: 5oo Dollars, Turkish Cyprus, and our neighbours have 22.ooo, 23.ooo Dollars per person every year. But I am looking and seeing that everyone, even America, is talking about a crisis.
Do you think the situation of the Americans would change if we gave them 50.000 Dollars? (No), because they never like to have any limits. And material - only material world - it has limits. Every material being must have a limit. And mankind is trying to accumulate as much of this material (world) as possible; this will never bring any satisfaction or pleasure or contentment to their hearts. The amount of the material things they are asking for is not important. They are asking something, but never understanding.
As long as Western people are attached to material aspects, they won't find for themselves a real opening without limits. Unlimited aspects are only in spirituality. Spirituality (has) no limits! But our egos do not accept spirituality, because our egos belong to the material world, always looking for pleasure and contentment through its real being. And the real being of our personality belongs to the material world. And material world, you may make it bigger and bigger in your imagination; but you must leave everything and you must come to limit and say: 'Why am I not going beyond this?' 'O you! You have been granted millions, billions of hectares? Why you are not looking there?' 'No, why you are putting a hindrance in front of me? I must pass this hindrance.' 'Yes, if you like, we may take away this hindrance. How much you are asking for?' He may say: '1oo square km'. 'Yes, we are giving it to you tomorrow.' Tomorrow that person comes and still finds a hindrance in front of him. Never ending hindrances, because our imagination must come to a limit, and you must be imprisoned because of your material aspects, finished!
Therefore 21st century people are suffering and are in miseries. Even America; their boss thinks it is biggest chance for them. They have been granted so much, yet they are saying: 'We are poor, we need more, we need more.' If you are giving five continents to America, they will say: 'How about the moon? We must try to get the moon'. (Anything) material can't be unlimited - must come to an end. Therefore the trouble for mankind is not economical trouble, an economical crisis, no, it is impossible! Don't think that! Turkish people are saying: “2.25o Dollars.” If we were to give them 2oo.ooo Dollars, they would say: 'Why? Why it is not 5oo.ooo?' If they are given, they ask: 'Why? Why are we being imprisoned in 5oo.ooo? How about one million?' If one million is given, they will ask: 'Why, we may reach 1o million'. Finished!
What we are saying now is a perfect description for their troubles, a full description of the source of troubles for mankind. If they understand what I am saying to all nations now, they should be saved, they should come to ask for unlimited areas, unlimited worlds, unlimited universes, they should ask eternity. And only eternity gives contentment to our souls. They must look for the real position of mankind on Earth. They must try and get prepared to come back to their real positions, to reach for their special stations in Heavens they should have. Everyone would be granted endless grants in the spiritual world, in their eternal life. They would be happy. No hindrance for them! May Allah bless you and forgive me for the most honoured Prophet Sayyedina Muhammad s.a.w.s, Fatiha.
[June 21, 2002]
