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Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim
Sultan ul-Awliya Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Al-Haqqani An-Naqshibandi (Qs), Sohbat – June, 1998.
Dastur, yā Sayyidī, Madad Madad, yā Sultān al-Anbiyā’ Madad, yā Sultān al-Awliyā’, Madad, yā Sadātinā l-kirām. A‘ūdhu bi-Llāhi min ash-shaytāni r-rajīm ،Bismi-Llāhi r-Rahmāni r-Rahīm Lā hawla wa lā quwwata illa bi-Llāhi l-‘Aliyyi l-‘Azīm O Allāh, inspire us with righteousness and protect us from the evil of our egos! This is a message from our generous guardians & masters from my master Sultan al-Awliyā’ ‘Abd Allāh ad-Dāghistānī may Allāh Most High increase his station evermore through his servant Shaykh Muhammad Nāzim al-Haqqānī, the one carrying the byname al-Haqqānī.
As tensions increase in the land because moral corruption arose after Sultan ar-Rashād and spread rapidly among communities and individuals, from house to house, from neighborhood to neighborhood. Corruption has spread and ignorance has become common and darkness rules and Iblīs and his armies have taken control of large portions of mankind and possessed their hearts with the darkness of unbelief, hypocrisy and dissent. May Allāh protect us and you from falling into the temptations of evil, as they surround people on their left and on their right, from in front and from behind them, from below as well as from above, so that there is no spot left without evil – announcing corruption has taken leadership in the land, and the secret of the noble verse has become apparent. I seek refuge with Allāh: “and they fear a day whose evil will be widespread” (76:7) “and they fear a day whose evil will be widespread.”
This is our day: evil with countless wings flying over the land and over Allāh’s servants. So beware with utmost care, O servants of Allāh, Allāh Himself is warning you of destruction, annihilation, and ruin. So don’t blame anyone but yourselves if something hits you from the wrath of the All-Compelling! Join the ranks of the pious ones to be saved from annihilation and destruction in this world and on the Day of Decision.
You grew up in an age full of darkness in which there is no discerning between wrong and right and in which the orders of the Creator, Exalted is He, are not obeyed and people are ruled by their desires. “and they refuse common kindnesses” (107:7) although the Exalted reprimands them, saying, “Have you seen the one, who has taken his desires for his god?” (45:23). And He ordered them to go against their egos and desires and shaytān and this world while they were in a majestic setting – “The day We punish them with the greater punishment, We shall truly take revenge.” (44:16) So beware with utmost care. O servants of Allāh, fear Allāh, fear Allāh, regarding yourselves and your spouses and your children and your deeds.
“Show mercy to those on earth so that who is in heavens will show you mercy!” “Who doesn’t show mercy won’t be shown mercy.” This is a definite rule. Whose heart is bereft of mercy definitely the wrath of the All-Compelling will come down upon him. So beware with utmost care if there is no mercy in the servant’s heart for the servants of Allāh, be warned of the darkness/oppression. The Exalted, He says, “Verily, I have forbidden Myself oppression, so don’t oppress!” It is pure oppression which leads the servants to destruction, bringing ruin to the land, from East to West, from North to South.
I am warning you and I say: Beware of the anger of the ego and beware of fanaticism. There is no fanaticism in the religion of Islam, nor in the religion of Christianity, nor in the Jewish religion. You must show mercy, and if you are merciful, Allāh will be merciful to you. Stand straight in the court of al-Haqq and “do what is good, verily, Allāh loves those who do good!” (2:195) There can’t be the least doubt “Allah is Witness over what you do.”(3:98) and not an atom’s weight escapes Him neither of good nor of evil! So understand, O servants of Allāh, that verily, Allāh orders you to be just and equitable. Give Allāh’s servants the rights you owe them! That is enough.
Wherever you find the fire of dissension you must extinguish it! Whoever strives to extinguish the fire of dissension his Lord will reward him with a reward from Himself and He will say on the Day of Gathering, and also before the Day of Gathering during his worldly existence, He will single him out through the abundance of light appearing in him as if he was the sun in the sky. O servants of Allāh, it is your duty to help those who are in distress. This is a matter of great importance, which will please the Lord, Exalted is He & Most High. There is no action more beloved to Allāh Most High than helping those who are in distress.
The one thing better than helping the distressed is to help those crying for help, (from a poem:) “O You, Who help the one calling for help, if You don’t help us, who will help? And we have no Lord as Helper except for You, O Lord of the servants!” We are asking for Your help. O our Lord support us with a special support by the high rank of Your Beloved, the Chosen [al-Mustafa], Your Messenger, with whom Allāh is pleased [al-Murtada], Master of the First & the Last, whom You sent as a Mercy for all the worlds by the sanctity of al-Fātiha.
This is what I have to say & I’m asking forgiveness for myself & for you & all believers. Success belongs to those who ask forgiveness, so I ask Allāh for forgiveness. Regarding the daily practices [awrād]: There is permission for all that which Mawlana (Shaykh ‘Abd Allāh) has assigned to us, according to your capacity. As much as you can do keep to the awrād of the Shaykh! To increase the honor of the Prophet (salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam). al-Fātiha.
Sh. Hisham: We don’t understand what al-Haqqānī is. It’s a new name.
Shaykh Nāzim: Al-Haqqānī is the one who never accepts oppression or injustice. Every human has rights. Don’t say: this one is a Druze, that is a Christian, this is Alawi, that one is a Shia; that a Syrian, that a Lebanese or Iraqi. This one’s a Jordanian, that a Saudi. This is a Turk, that an Arab! Each sect and each individual from each community has the right to enjoy existence in their world so that they may progress by their acts of obedience to their Lord, Exalted and Most High. And Allāh, the Exalted, has made this earth a place where all servants can enjoy their existence. Every servant has a right to live in whatever country he likes!
We have reached the most difficult period of time. Some things came to me, so I may speak about them. They are like this. And we are living in the most difficult times for Islam. But Allah Almighty wants us to renew our oath with Him (SubhanaHu wa Ta’ala). With Him (SubhanaHu wa Ta’ala) means with His Beloved (sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam). Until they renew their oath with Rasulullah, there is no hope for them. This is the first point for the Muslim world to be aware of & to apply. They must declare that “we are from the nation of the Beloved, and not Syrian, Lebanese, Iraqi Palestinian, Egyptian.” Our honour is that we are part of the ummat of the Beloved (sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam) of Allah (SubhanaHu wa Ta’ala). Till they recognize this there is no way out for them.
Allah (swt) says “and do not display yourselves like in the former times of ignorance” (33:33) This indicates that it is a passed period of time the first period of ignorance, but they will be under another period of ignorance. Wa La Tabarraju/and do not display yourselves, has a deep meaning. “Tabarruja Al-Jahiliyati Al-Ula”(33:33) Subahana Allah. Allah (swt) through His Beloved (saws) said that it is not appropriate to show off whether they are Egyptians, Saudis, Iraqi, Libyan. It is refused. That first period of ignorance every person was proud of themselves and their connections. The highest level of display of pride is to say “I am from the nation of the Beloved (sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam)” Ya Rasulullah! Listen & take wisdom if you do, it will benefit you. There is no one who listens. There is no one left to listen to his words & orders. And many events took place. Subhana Allah!
Then after the first period of ignorance, it means that a second period of ignorance will come, and this is where we are now. It will be taken away. This second period of ignorance will also be taken away with a very strong power, from the Power of Prophethood Sahib Al Zaman al-Mahdi (as) Khalifa of Allah (swt) on the face of the earth. If he kicked this world with his foot it would go out of its orbit. That’s how great it is. Everything has an appointed time. They have been given a chance.
The most evil thing worshipped is the desire of the ego. People have followed their ego, “if you see people following their egos and obeying it and every person only likes his own opinion, keep yourself.” (Hadith) Subhana Allah. These are things that came to my heart by inspiration, or other means. It indicates the spread of corruption in the world. Allahu Akbar! But this situation has to end, because of the good tidings the Prophet (swas) gave. When he was asked “who will be in charge after you O Rasulullah?” he (saws) said “The Khalifas, Al Rashidin, Al Murshidin.” “And after them O Rasulullah?” “Princes, Amir Al Mu’minin.” “Then who will take care of the Ummah?” “The Kings will rule it, these ones who place above their heads the Holy Quran and they glorify the sunnah of Rasulullah and the book of Allah (awj), these are the Kings.” He is not a King, the one who is not master of himself. Astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah! “And after the Kings, it will be the last hour?” “After the kings, will come tyrants.” The time of tyrants, we are in it now. And it cannot be described what happened among the ummah from the injustice & oppression. “Wa Ahsinu Inna Allaha Yuhibbu Al-Muhsinina” (2:195) They closed, they blocked.
~ Sultan ul-Awliya Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Al-Haqqani An-Naqshibandi (Qs), 6th August, 2012.
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The manifestation of Friday is special. Whoever says the beautiful Name of his Lord, Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm, cannot be sad. We ask to be filled with Light inside and out. It is the day of Friday, the manifestation of Friday is different. Its strength … Continue reading The Tajalli of Friday
BismillahirRahmanirRahim,
MashaAllah la hawla wa la quwwata illa billahil aliyyil adheem
Happy Birthday to our beloved Sultan ul-Awliya Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (qs), May Allah Subhaanahu wa ta’ala grant you a long and healthy life, Ameen! May you get well soon, Ameen Al Fatiha
“O our Lord, our Subhan, our Sultan. For the sake of the Lord’s Beloved (sallAllahu alayhi wasalam), give us strength, so that we might serve You.”
~ Sultan ul-Awliya Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Al-Haqqani An-Naqshibendi (Qs)
Allaahumma Salli alaa Muhammadin wa alaa Aali Muhammadin wa Sallim
Video link: Update on Mawlana, Shaykh Bahauddin’s Update on Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, April 20, 2014.
Bonding the Heart with the Shaykh “In our path (the Naqshbandiyya) arriving at the degree of perfection is related to a loving bond (rabita) with the exemplary shaykh. The sincere disciple, through his love of the shaykh, receives divine energy (fayd) from the inner being … Continue reading Bonding with the Heart of the Shaykh (Rabita i-Sharifa)
Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim
Sultan ul-Awliya Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Al-Haqqani An-Naqshibandi (qs), Sohbat of the 2nd of February, 2014.
As-salamu Alaykum, O those attending, O Yaran/lovers of Shah Mardan, O those who are following the way of Allah’s lions, O those who are lions, marhaba/welcome to you. Welcome to us. Don’t be like a lame cat, be like a lion. Madad ya RijalAllah. Madad ay gazanfar. Madad (asking support) O Shah Mardan. How nice you are, how nice is your association. Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar wa liLlahi l-hamd. Our honor is with saying Takbir (Allahu Akbar). Sheikh Mehmed Effendi.
Our Lord Almighty Haqq, Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, has no bounds or limits with His grace and generosity. Our Lord is the Lord of Glory. One world, Sheikh Mehmed Effendi my son, one world doesn’t have the value of one little grain. Come to the valuable thing. Let’s say – Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. Basmala Sharifa dresses you with magnificence. It dresses the universe with magnificence. What can we do? We will take according to our own capacity. Ask. Ask for the dress of magnificence. May they dress us as well. We are servants. What is our desire? Our desire is the satisfaction & pleasure of our Lord Almighty. May He be pleased & satisfied with us.
As-salamu alaykum O attendees. O Yaran Shah Mardan. Be beautiful, be nice. Don’t be ugly. Allah loves the beautiful. Beauty is the right that belongs to Allah Almighty Allah Almighty is Beautiful. He created beautifully. Ask for beauty. Beauty means kamal/perfection. Perfect ones are beautiful. Ugly ones are imperfect/ deficient. They are useless. Search for beauty, seek beauty. O our Lord, You created us beautiful. Let’s protect our beauty. That is our duty – to be able to protect the beauty that was given to us; to not become ugly. All prophets, alayhum as-salam, all of them taught – “O man, don’t be ugly because the One who created you, He created you beautiful.” That is why you must protect your beauty. Safeguard your beauty everywhere and from everything. Make an effort to increase your beauty. Beauty is an attribute that the Lord of Glory loves. He dressed that (beauty) on Prophet Adam. Try not to waste it.
Dastur/asking permission O Shah Mardan. Let’s protect our beauty. Who is ugly? Satan is ugly. Beautiful is the one who is wearing the light of the Lord Almighty. Satan was jealous of that. Satan said, “that beauty should be for me, not Adam.” Astaghfirullah, Astaghfirullah, Astaghfirullah. The whole fight started from that. Satan was jealous of the Prophet Adam. “That beauty should be for me”. O our Lord, You know best. O our Lord, grant us from the beauty that You granted Your Beloved Habib (sallAllahu alayhi wasalam). We don’t want to be ugly. O our Lord, O our Lord. Allah Allah. What is valuable in dunya (this world), Sheikh Mehmed? It is beauty. No one wants to be ugly. They want to be beautiful. All creation desires beauty. From whom is that beauty? Allah Almighty granted it to His Habib (sallAllahu alayhi wasalam). Safeguard that beauty. That beauty, that divine beauty, is the dress given to us that grants us honor and is the means by which we will stand in the Presence. He dressed us with that beauty and accepted us in the Presence.
Satan said – “It should be for me.” A voice from above, from the Throne said – “you are not worthy. You are not worthy.” Beauty is a Divine Grant from our Lord. The Lord of Glory does not accept ugly ones. He created man, He created him beautiful. Protect your beauty and protect the beauty of others too. Allahu Akbar wa liLlahi l-hamd. Allah Almighty is Beautiful. He created His Habib (sallAllahu alayhi wasalam) beautiful. Run after that beauty. Don’t be ugly. Eat and drink, but don’t let that make you ugly because eating and drinking makes people ugly and greedy and removes their honor. The dress of beauty of the Lord of Glory, the dress from the Throne was given to Adam. He was beautiful.
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar wa liLlahi l-hamd. Say Takbir. Say Takbir everywhere, Sheikh Mehmed Effendi. Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar wa liLlahi l-hamd. If you see an ant, say Takbir. He gave the ant a beauty. He created the ant with a beauty that those who see it might say – Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah. The ant was also given a beauty from the Lord of Glory. That beauty came from the Presence. Protect that beauty, my son. Let’s protect that beauty. Allahu Akbar. Azamati Hudara.
Allah Almighty gave greatness to His Habib (sallAllahu alayhi wasalam). The greatest one among creation is our Master. Our Master is the blessed one who carries the appearance of the Owner of the Throne. He carries the beauty of the Owner of the Throne. That is why he became ‘Mustafa’. Is it understood, Sheikh Mehmed Effendi? Mustafa. “…’Ala Al-‘Arshi Astawa” (20:5) Which throne? Which one is the throne? He rose above it (the throne). No one knows what it is. Look at the value and importance of man. Man is the creation that has been dressed with the light of the Owner of the Throne. Ya Rabbi, may they increase our strength. It is not our place to ask You directly. However, You taught Your Beloved Habib – Allamal-insana ma lam ya’lam(96:5) (He taught man what he didn’t know) Which man? Man is the mirror of the magnificence of Allah Almighty, Mehmed Effendi. Man carries the appearance of the magnificence of Allah Almighty Jalla wa A’la. Azamati Hudar. Allahu Akbar.
Glorify and you will be glorified. If you don’t glorify, you have no value. Glorify and be honored. Fatiha.
Beauty is a grant from Allah Almighty. He granted to His Habib (sallAllahu alayhi wasalam). Beauty is with His Habib, it comes from him. Ask to be beautiful. Run away from being ugly. Ugliness is the characteristic of satan, Sheikh Mehmed Effendi. May Allah open your heart. May He strengthen your light. May He give us the strength to destroy the evil of satan. Fatiha.
Satan is ugly. Why did it become ugly? Why did it become satan? Because it was ugly. If it was beautiful, it wouldn’t be satan. Beautiful ones have Divine Beauty. Satan doesn’t have that, it was taken away. May Allah teach us. May Allah explain to us. Allah Almighty’s Beloved Habib (sallAllahu alayhi wasalam) is teaching us. O Yaran Shah Mardan, teach us. May we find our strength and power and glorify our Lord. Let’s say – Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar wa liLlahi l-hamd. Let’s say Takbir for our Mawla, Owner of heavens and earth. Fatiha.
May Allah accept your worship, Sheikh Mehmed Effendi. Recite for me. Recite, my son. Pray for me. May Allah increase your physical and spiritual strength so you may destroy the fortress of satan. So you may ruin satan’s traps. May the field open for believers, for the beautiful nation of the Habib (sallAllahu alayhi wasalam). Bi hurmatil-Fatiha.
This is Mehmed Effendi. Be in safety. May you be a dragon. You will be like a dragon. You will destroy their kufur/disbelief with Allah’s permission.
Fatiha. Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar wa liLlahi l-hamd.
Video link: Al-Mustafa (sallAllahu alayhi wasalam)
BismillahirRahmanirRahim
Sultan ul-Awliya Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Al-Haqqani An-Naqshibandi (Qs), Sohbat of the 12th of January, 2014.
Tonight was Mawlid night, like no other in the world. May it be holy for the people of Muhammad (sallAllahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam). May Allah let us reach his intercession. May no worries remain on people. May shaitan and those who follow shaitan be defeated. May calamities stop. May mercies come down on the people of Muhammad (sallAllahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam). May relief come. May those who who want to destroy the people of Muhammad (sallAllahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam) be destroyed themselves. Bi hurmati hadhihi laylat-ul Mubarak. Bi hurmati Fatiha.
I am relieved. I was upset in the beginning but now am relieved. For the holy birth-night of our Master (sallAllahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam) doing as we are doing a thousand times, a hundred thousand times, is not enough. Grant us compassion and intercession, O most honored and distinguished one.
May Sham be opened as well. May the enemies of Islam disappear. Fatiha for the honor of the holy night.
A representative came. Keep it above, don’t put down.
Video link-Sohbat: Mawlid Mubarak
Video link: Mawlid al-Nabi (Beautiful celebrations on the Blessed night of the Prophet’s birth, Mawlid an Nabi sallAllahu alayhi wasallam, Salawats, hadra in the park, fireworks, and ziyarah of the blessed hair of the Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wasallam in Lefke, Cyprus)
Allahumma Salli ala Muhammadin wa ala ‘aly Muhammadin wa Sallim
BismillahirRahmanirRahim
Asta’idhu billah, “wa khuliqal insanu da’ifan”(4:28) SubhanAllah. The nature of a person is weak. What can we do? We can’t do anything. We are in need of Divine help. We are in need of the help of our Lord. The Master of the Universe (sallAllahu alayhi wasallam) represents the help of our Lord. Respect him. Don’t fear. Don’t respect other than him. They will ruin you. Respect our Master, alaihi s-salatu wa s-salam.
It will open. We will open in this holy month. Master of the Universe, I can’t do anything. May Allah forgive me. May He forgive you too. Let’s say Hu, Hu. Fatiha.
You can’t describe the oceans of oceans with a dot. We can give as much as is given. We can understand as much as we can. We can teach as much as we can teach. We can learn as much as we are able. And we leave what we can’t learn.
O our Rich Padishah, our Lord, our Lord, we love You. We don’t want weakness, we don’t want to be weak. I want to be strong. We don’t want to be like helpless animals on Your way. What we want is… Who is at the door of Rabb-ul Izzet cannot be helpless, cannot be mean; he is full of the bliss of love.
O my Lord, tawba ya Rabbi, tawba ya Rabbi, tawba astaghfirullah. Fatiha. He is Allah. We can’t compete. Take these away.
~ Sultan ul-Awliya Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Al-Haqqani An-Naqshibandi (Qs), January 06, 2014
Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim
Sultan ul-Awliya Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Al-Haqqani An-Naqshibandi (Qs), Sohbat of the 1st of November, 2013.
O beloved friends of Shah-i Mardan, please feel welcome. What does the Lord Almighty, the One and Only, speak? Our Lord speaks: wāhidūnī. He says: You must know of Me. You must know Me. wāhidūnī, you must worship Me alone. What does the Lord of Glory wish for in this world? wāhidūnī. O our Lord, You exist, You are One, You have Existence. We are Your weak servants, O Lord. You have created us, You are our Creator. And You have commanded: wāhidūnī – You must know about My Existence and My Unity.
Come to us O Shah-i Mardan. Your lovers stand in awe of you. Let us say: Bismillahi r-Rahman, ar-Rahmani r-Rahim. Our Lord God commands us: wāhidūnī. Aman, ya Rabbi. wāhidūnī. You must profess My Unity. You must say, you must speak: lā ilāha illa-llāh. O our Lord, what lovely servants our Lord has sent to us. wāhidūnī. You must pronounce My Unity. You are One, You are the Only, You are our Lord. wāhidūnī. You must profess My Unity/tawhīd. I am your Lord, the Lord of Majesty and Magnificence. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan, beloved friends of Shah-i Mardan, say this, speak this; wāhidūnī. This is what Allah Almighty loves and wants to hear. wāhidūnī. Speak of My Unity/tawhīd.
O our Lord, You have Existence, You are One, the Possessor and Bestower of Power and Strength. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan. Let us say: Lā ilāha illa-llāh. wahdahu, lā sharīka lah. Lā ilāha illa-llāh, wahdahu, lā sharīka lah. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan, this you must say. This is what I want: wāhidūnī. Affirm My Unity. You have Existence. There is no other Lord but You. There is no other Creator but You. It is You alone who exists, who is One, who possesses and bestows power and strength. You alone are My Lord and Master. The Lord Almighty says: wāhidūnī. Affirm My Unity. That is what Allah Almighty wishes.
We declare Your Unity, according to our means and condition. You have commanded: wāhidūnī. Declare My Unity! You have Existence, O Lord, You have Existence. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan. open up, let your hearts open wide. Let there be gladness, let them be filled with joy. Let them be filled with faith. wāhidūnī. Affirm My Unity. It is You who are the One, I wish for you to say this. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan, O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan. The highest rank a man can have is the rank of tawhīd, of Unity. Affirm My Unity, profess My Oneness. You are servants, and I give to you everything. Affirm My Unity, I am the One and Only, I am the sole Lord you have. Say: O Lord of Might and Glory, You have Existence. All Beauty resides in You. All Honour is found with You. You possess all the Beauty there can be, O our Lord.
O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan, you must know what it is that I know. wāhidūnī. Affirm My Unity. Declare what I know. Come to us, O Shah-i Mardan. How lovely to declare the Unity of Allah Almighty. wāhidūnī. You must declare My Unity. You must declare that My Existence is One. May your hearts open up, may your feelings be joyful. O our Lord, grant us faith, and submission to Your Divine Will/Islam and intimacy with You. Do not leave us to the filth of this world, O our Lord. You have sent to us Shah-i Mardan in order to save us from disgusting filth and vileness.
May our hearts open up wide. How, by what means? wāhidūnī. You alone have Existence, no one else but You. You alone, O My Lord, possess Unity and true Being. It is to You that our hearts should open and in You find contentment. wāhidūnī. You must be amidst My Being, My Uniqueness, My Joyfulness. O our Lord, O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan. Allāhu Dhū l-Jalāl addresses them: wāhidūnī. You must declare that I (Allah) alone exist. You do exist, O our Lord. The affirmation of Absolute Unity is for You, O my Lord. Do not leave us to be as rubbish. We do not want to become rubbish. We want to affirm Your Unity. Let us affirm Your Unity, O our Lord. Dress upon us some of the honour of that Unity, O our Lord.
wāhidūnī. Declare My Unity. What have you got to do? You must declare My Unity. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan. Come to us, come to the affirmation of Unity. Declare His Unity, wāhidūnī. You should declare My Oneness. You are One, You alone exist, You are the Lord of the Worlds – that you must say. When you declare My Unity, I shall give you everything. I have created the worlds, I have created all of Creation. Not for Myself, for you I have created them. Therefore, wāhidūnī. You must announce My Unity, so that you might find joy, and experience Divine Unity. O Shah-i Mardan, show us; the command you received is: wāhidūnī. Say of Me: You are One, You are Unique, there is none other than You, O our Lord. You alone possess Absolute Being and Absolute Beauty.
O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan. May our hearts open up, may we be joyful. What do we need to do? What is the command? wāhidūnī. Affirm My Unity, none other exists beside Me alone. There is nothing that you will be wanting. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan ask for the Lord of Might and Glory and know that He is One and that there is no other than He. wāhidūnī. Let our every breath declare Your Unity, Your Being and Your Unity. There is nothing that matches or resembles You, O our Lord. Say this, so I might be pleased and happy with you. When do I take pleasure in My servant? When am I pleased with My servant? You alone exist, there is no other. You are the Lord, You are the Lord of the Worlds.
O our Lord, we are ill. We are ailing, inwardly and out. You have sent to us Shah-i Mardan to cure us of our illness. O Shah-i Mardan, wāhidūnī. Declare My Divine Unity. O our Lord, we have no strength. We are in a state of weakness. From your words, O Shah-i Mardan, we imbibe Absolute Power and Grandeur. Let us fill up with love, with ardent love. Our Lord has commanded: Declare My Unity! Let us wish for this. O our Lord, lā ilāha illa Anta, subhānaka, O our Lord, You are One, You have no equal and nothing resembles You, our Lord. O beloved friends of Shah-i Mardan, hasten to affirm the Unity of the Lord Almighty Allah. That has been commanded. wāhidūnī. We are but servants and we are weak, but our Lord has His lions. Our Lord and Master, who is the One and Only has His lions. With the help of those lions let us shine forth, like the stars in the heavens. Let us shine, let us be joyful, let us be light-hearted and find our honour. For there is no honour above that honour.
Declare My Unity! Affirm My Absolute Divine Unity! And affirm My Absolute Divine Dominion! Declare My Divine Power and Grandeur, and say: Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. For My Unity is contained in these words. What shall we do, O Lord? Here there is Shah-i Mardan. Turn to Shah-i Mardan, let him teach you. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan. How lovely! What lovely faces they have! What good manners they have! What beautiful qualities they possess! O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan, beloved friends of Shah-i Mardan, wāhidūnī, declare My Unity. You alone exist, O our Lord, there is no other.
O Lord of Glory! wāhidūnī. There is none other than You. Let us say: Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan. Hasten to declare My Unity. Say: There is no other but You. O Lord of Glory, grant us strength, Give us power and strength. Give us power so that we might love You, and respect You, for we are weak. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan, we are weak servants. Send us one to deliver us from this weakness, who will plunge us into the Oceans of Unity, send to us Shah-i Mardan. I will send him, He says, if you wish for that. And then he will teach you what is meant by: wāhidūnī. Let him teach you about My Unity. Let him say: The Lord of Might and Glory, there is none other than He. It is He who is the Creator. It is He who is the Giver of Life. It is He who loves and He who makes love happen.
O our Lord, may our hearts fill and overflow with Your Love. May no more heaviness be upon us. Let us find refreshment. Let us gain strength through the power of Unity. O our Lord, O our Subhān, our Sultān. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan, listen, listen well and take your share. Therein lies benefit for you. al-Fātiha.
O my Lord, You have bestowed on us, You have bestowed on us ardent love. Let us not grow weary, let us not become full up. Our Lord, no one can get enough of You. You are Subhān, You are Sultān. You have commanded: wāhidūnī, Declare My Existence and My Unity, affirm My Oneness, and I shall give to you. May Allah open things up for you. With what do hearts open up, what opens them up? With Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. Say: Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. May your hearts open wide, may you be joyful. We are Your weak servants who are in need of Your Forgiveness. If as much as a drop of Your gracious Bounty, of Your Grace comes to us, the whole universe is turned upside down. Let us be immersed in Your Unity. Let us be filled with Your Oceans of Oneness. With love and fervour, with Your Unity let us attain to You.
wāhidūnī. You are the One, the Only, there is no other but You alone. Let us be filled, satiated. He alone fills and satisfies, nothing else will satisfy man. wāhidūnī. When you declare My Unity you will be satisfied. If you do not, you will never find satisfaction. O our Lord, forgive us. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan. mā shā’ Allāhu kān, wa mā lam yashā’ lam yakūn. May the Oceans part, may the Gates of Mercy open wide, so that we might plunge into them. O Lovers of Shah-i Mardan, ask for it, ask from the Oceans of Unity. O our Lord, we are so weak. From our state of weakness we seek Your Grace and Bounty. Your Bounty has no limits, it has no before and no after. Let us be beautiful. Do not be ugly, He says. Let us be beautiful, O beloved friends of Shah-i Mardan. Let us be lovely. Do not be hideous in the Presence of our Lord. Where does our beauty come from? wāhidūnī. Come and enter into the joyfulness of the Absolute Unity of My Being. al-Fatiha.
As-salamu ‘aleykum, O beloved friends who you are gathered here, may peace be upon you. May the peace of our Lord be upon us. Let us open up and be lovable, let us be lovely. al-Fatiha.
Allah does not love what is ugly, He loves what is beautiful. Open the door and say: Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. Say Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. May the doors be opened for you, may all be lovely. O Lord of Glory and Grandeur and Majesty! For the sake of Your Beloved, open them up for us as well, O Lord, let us affirm Your Unity. For the sake of the Beloved of the Lord adorn us with Your Good Pleasure, O Lord. al-Fatiha.
You are our Lord. You are our Absolute Lord and Master. We want to love You, to know You. Make us love Your Beloved (sallAllahu Alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam) who bears his load of ardent love. It is the love of Your Beloved (sallAllahu Alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam) that can open the gates leading to You. O Shah-i Mardan, do fill us with love and ardour. Seek the honour that the Lord of Glory will dress upon us. Open up. This blessed day of Jum‘a let us declare our tawhīd many times. Say: Lā ilāha illa-llāh over and over. That will lead you to the door.
al-Fātiha.
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