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Prophet ﷺ Struggled for 13 Years Before Allah (AJ) Opened the City of Lights

July 18, 2025 July 19, 2025

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From the Realities of Mawlana (Q) as taught by Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

A’uzu Billahi Minash Shaitanir Rajeem
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘aalameen, was salaatu was salaamu ‘alaa Ashrafil Mursaleen, Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammadul Mustafa ﷺ. Madad ya Sayyidi ya Rasulul Kareem, Ya Habibul ‘Azeem, unzur halana wa ishfa’lana, ‘abidona bi madadikum wa nazarekum.

Atiullah wa atiur Rasul wa Ulil amre minkum. Always a reminder for myself, ana abdukal ‘ajeez, wa dayeef, wa miskin, wa zhalim, wa jahl, and by the grace of Allah (AJ) that we’re still in existence.

أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُم… ﴿٥٩﴾‏ …

4:59 – “…Atiullaha wa atiur Rasula wa Ulil amre minkum…” (Surat an-Nisa)

“…Obey Allah, obey the Messenger, and those in authority among you…” (The Women, 4:59)

Perform the Hijrah in Muharram to Move Towards Goodness

That we took a path of being nothing and that Allah’s (AJ) oceans of rahmah (mercy) to dress us and bless us. Alhamdulillah, from Mawlana Shaykh’s (Q) teaching, a reminder always for myself only, is the holy month of Muharram. So many oceans of realities and that any direction we look, like a fountain that keep expanding. That the month of the hijrah (migration), the month of leaving all badness and moving towards goodness. That Sunnat an Nabi ﷺ, to inherit from the way of Prophet ﷺ, through actions and through deeds.

A reminder from our way, from Naqshbandiyya tul Aliyya and the realities of Prophet ﷺ, that he wants to dress upon Ummat an Muhammad ﷺ. That, in this holy month of Muharram and the reality of the hijrah, and how do I want to apply that understanding in my life? That, Prophet ﷺ before the order of the hijrah – the migration, the pilgrimage, the opening of the Islamic calendar – before that, Prophet ﷺ struggled thirteen years in Makkah. That what he wants for us, alayhi salatus salam, through the teaching of awliyaullah (saints), the teaching of all the mainstream real scholars of Islam whom are saliheen, are pious, and lovers of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ is that inherit that way.

Prophet ﷺ Struggled in Makkah for 13 Years

That this maqam (station) of iman, of Islam, Iman wal Maqam al Ihsan, the station of your Islamic belief, the oceans of faith, and the oceans of Maqam al Ihsan (Station of Moral Excellence). It means this is a three-phased reality in which to reach. That before the opening of the hijrah (migration), always a reminder that Prophet ﷺ struggled in Makkah for thirteen years and that our life is to move in that reality. Because everybody comes and complains about their imtihan, their tests, the difficulties in which life is giving to them, of everything; of sickness, of rizq (sustenance), of jobs, of illnesses, of anything you can imagine.

That going to be an imtihan, a test in our lives; of depression. Everything that given to us, Prophet ﷺ comes to remind that, ‘Thirteen years, I was under extreme hardship.’ Those thirteen years of Makkah has to do with the struggling within the heart. That, how do I apply that reality of the hijrah? It is not a story telling time, but Prophet ﷺ says, ‘If you love me, fattabi’uni…‘

﴾قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّوْنَ اللَّـهَ فَاتَّبِعُوْنِيْ يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّـهُ …  ﴿٣١

3:31 – “Qul in kuntum tuhibbon Allaha fattabi’uni, yuhbibkumullahu…” (Surat Ali ‘Imran)

“Say, [O Muhammad], “If you should love Allah, then follow me, [so] Allah will love you …” (Family of Imran, 3:31)

Your Path of Truth Requires Struggle and Patience

Allah (AJ) going to make that your life, ‘Thirteen years, you are going to struggle. Thirteen years, you will be given hardship. All of that struggling is the testing within the heart – how much you have to struggle, how much you have to be patient. [bi haqq bi sabr] Those whom are on a path of haqq (truth), their way is going to require that they have a sabr and patience.

Prophet ﷺ then reminds, ‘Every test that comes to you, it is a struggle within your heart, your entire being. That how much we struggled, just to declare our faith. So, do you think that Allah (AJ) is just allowing you to declare your faith? You are surrounded by shayateen.’ Our life is surrounded by shayateen (devils). As soon as you want to declare your faith and to live a life of faith, every type of hardship is going to be attacking because it doesn’t like that. It doesn’t want that.

Struggling Beatifies Your Character

Makkah state is the state in which they all came to fight Prophet ﷺ. That, ‘Why you have to declare something new? We are all idol worshippers here.’ This dunya (world) is all idolatry. Everything, everything is idolatry. Every time you pick up the phone, it’s idol worshipping. Every time you rely on something, it’s idol worshipping. Everything around this dunya (material world) is made out of idolatry. So, then all the idol worshippers are standing and Prophet ﷺ, ‘Now I want to believe now in Allah (AJ). I want to declare the message of Allah (AJ), belief of Allah (AJ) – qadeem (ancient).’

Prophet ﷺ never engaged in that understanding of those people, but time to announce that La ilaha illAllah is not going to be easy in our lives. When we take a life in which we say, ‘No, we want to now live La ilaha illAllah Muhammadun Rasulullah ﷺ,’ every difficulty going to come. Every hardship going to come. Every test is going to come. Every work is going to be in difficulty because Prophet ﷺ wants for us to inherit that, ‘Struggle as I struggled. That struggling will beautify your character.’

Be Patient in Everything Allah (AJ) Sends to You

One whom didn’t struggle to achieve doesn’t value what was achieved. If it is just given to you, given to us, we are not going to see any value in it. That which you struggle for, you strive for through your blood, your sweat, and your tears. You are moving towards – every day of it is sweet. When Allah (AJ) begins to open its understanding and the sabr (patience) begins to come in the heart, that, ‘I will be patient in whatever condition Allah (AJ) is sending because there is a wisdom of everything.’

If you didn’t have the condition you have, would you be sitting here on the carpet looking at me? Yeah, Maryam said yes. She doesn’t have to [Shaykh smiling]. No, would I be sitting? When Nabi Musa (as) was cold and Allah (AJ) presented Himself as a fire – not that it is Allah (AJ), but, ‘I am going to make you to be cold so you’ll direct yourself to My heat and My warmth. Otherwise, you are never going to search Me out.’ If Nabi Musa (as) wasn’t cold, he wouldn’t be looking for that.

﴾إِذْ رَأَىٰ نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ امْكُثُوا إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّي آتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى النَّارِ هُدًى ﴿١٠

20:10 – “Iz ra aa naaran faqaala li ahlihim kusooo inneee aanastu naaral la’alleee aateekum minhaa biqabasin aw ajidu ‘alan naari hudaa” (Surat Taha)

‘When he saw a fire and said to his family, “Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance.”’ (Taha, 20:10)

Seek the Remedy for the Condition You Are In

So, it means every condition that Allah (AJ) puts us in makes us to seek the remedy. That becomes the reality of our path. With that, it means this way is the way of tafakkur, of contemplation. It means I sit and I begin to contemplate, ‘Ah, so there is a wisdom. There is a wisdom of everything that has been given to me of a test because I am to seek out its solution. I would not be sitting here and being in their company and chanting through my heart and through all my being because I am scared and I want a solution. I want something from Allah (AJ).’ Then Prophet ﷺ inspiring within the heart, ‘Yes, that’s why the condition. That is why the test. That is why Allah (AJ) brings the difficulty so that that heart whom Allah (AJ) is calling to His Divinely Presence, they seek a remedy.’

Welcome Muharram, the First Month of the Hijri Calendar

So, we said many times, this is a reminder because every Muharram is an opening of our path. Every twelve months while Allah (AJ) gives us a life to live and a breath to breathe, it is a movement towards Allah’s (AJ) Divinely Presence. Every Muharram is its beginning. That we step with the right foot, we shower, welcoming the holy month of Muharram.

We step with the right foot and begin to move, ‘Ya Rabbi, I am making my hijrah and my movement to Your realities. I am begging, ya Rabbi, let me to leave my badness and move towards goodness and its darajats (levels).’ Everybody slowly, slowly to leave badness and bad character and bad desires and moving consistently to the Divinely Presence and to that which Allah (AJ) is pleased.

Contemplate to Understand Your Tests Instead of Trying to Discard Them

Then they begin to teach the wisdom of the imtihan (testing): don’t be so quick to try to dump it. Don’t be so quick to get rid of it. Don’t be so quick to think that there should be a drive-through solution for every test that has been given until you have found its wisdom. Because those of tafakkur and the people of contemplation, they understood why this sickness is visiting. It humbles you and makes you to understand that the grave is very close to you. Don’t think it to be far.

The grave can come in an instant with a tufan (hurricane), with a zilzalah (earthquake) and with anything and you are in the grave! So sickness comes and a reminder, ‘Ya Rabbi, my grave is very close. I begin to contemplate that grave is very close. Am I prepared for that grave?’ Everything that comes to us, humbles us.

We Are Ignorant That Allah (AJ) Provides Us With Everything

When rizq and sustenance and titles and different achievements have been brought down, everything becomes humbled in the presence of Allah (AJ). We said before when the reality of the zilzala moves and sifat al Qahar (The Subduer) begins to visit the Earth. Then Allah’s (AJ) vengeance…saw something writing about Allah (AJ) like, ‘Allah’s (AJ) revenge upon the Earth’ as if it is an ego to beat people. It is not that! Never to think bad of the Creator, of our Creator, but the reality of it, ‘Ya Rabbi, what is the hikmah (wisdom) of sifat Qahar to come upon the Earth?’

Allah (AJ) said, ‘I am fed up with that which they worship other than Me, that which they call upon other than Me, that which they rely upon other than Me.’ It is Allah (AJ) giving everything. How much in Allah’s generosity – feeding, giving, doing everything and yet they call upon everything else other than their Creator. So He is fed up. It’s enough, ‘I make all that they worship to become like dust.’ Look at all those resort areas. These poor people, Allah (AJ) send a rahmah, a mercy, upon them; how all of it is beatific and they call these areas like ‘paradises’. What paradise? Paradise is only in the heavens. This dunya (material world) has nothing to do with paradise, but they called it paradise and Allah (AJ), ‘But it was but one shout. I show you it doesn’t look anything like paradise anymore. ‘

﴾إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَامِدُونَ ﴿٢٩

36:29 – “In kanat illa sayhatan wahidatan fa idha hum khamidoon.” (Surat YaSeen)

“It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished/destroyed.” (YaSeen, 36:29)

We Turn to Allah (AJ) When Our Distractions Break

There is no more hotel. There is no more water, no more power. It looks like a complete devastation has been visited upon that land. For the people of tafakkur (contemplation), understanding and looking and Allah (AJ) says, ‘But one shout and it will be vanishing.’ Yet, we still watch and say, “Nah, it can’t be. This is still far away from me.” The Ahle Tafakkur and contemplation, they are on their hijrah (migration). They are looking and they say, ‘Ya Rabbi, the grave is very close.’ When all that they worship is brought to crumbles, what’s left?

The ‘abd (servant) with his Creator. All that was distracting him from his Creator is down and now everybody praying to their Lord for water, for sustenance, for everything they are in need of because they know there is no government. There is no community. There is no people that can help them other than Allah (AJ) to send support. The hikmah (wisdom) is Allah’s (AJ) love, ‘I love you. You have been distracted by all the things you build with your hands and then gave them a life as if they are going to help you when I am the one only who can help you.’

Allah (AJ) Humbles Us By Crushing Us

So, it is love. When Allah (AJ) brings down everything, it is Allah’s (AJ) calling of love. Because as soon as everything drops, your heart goes back to your Creator and everyone there is screaming out for Allah’s (AJ) help. Allah (AJ) send water. Allah (AJ) send emergency. Everyone is calling upon God now because everything that is being worshiped is being brought down. So, it means there is a hikmah (wisdom) in every test that comes in our life.

Now are you wise enough to pick up its reality? Or are you constantly trying to dump it, dump it, dump it – find someone to take it away, for what? It is just more coming until the servant can take the difficulty it has in life and begin to look at the hikmah (wisdom) in it. ‘Ya Rabbi, what is it that you want from me?’ Said, ‘I am crushing you because I want you to be a humble servant. When I crush you, I want you to be sweet.’ Many people, when they become tested, they become angry and obnoxious and horrific character, but they claim to be sweet. The testing then brings out the true identity. That one of takakkur begins to contemplate, ‘Ya Rabbi, why I have to be humbled like this? Why difficulty is coming to this?’

Rid Yourself of Your Idols to Build True Love for Allah (AJ) in Your Heart

Then the heart will be inspired. It’s that, ‘I want something from My servant. I want their good character. I want their humility. I want the akhlaq (good manners) and the understanding that is pleasing to Me.’ Prophet ﷺ comes to our life and begins to teach that, ‘These years of testing, when test come into your life, sit and contemplate its wisdom to perfect your character.’ From that thirteen years, then Prophet ﷺ was given permission that begin to move to the City of Lights. It means that of the state of the active heart. We said before Makkah is your heart. “Qalb al mu’min bayt Allah.”

قَال رَسُولَ اللَّه ﷺ، قَالْ اللَّه عَزَ وَجَلْ: “‏ قَلْبَ الْمُؤْمِنْ بَيْتُ الرَّب.” [حَدِيثْ اَلْقُدْسِي]

Qala Rasulallahi ﷺ, Qala Allah (AJ): “Qalb al mu’min baytur rabb.” [Hadith al Qudsi]

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, that Allah (AJ) said: “The heart of the believer is the House of the Lord.” (Holy Hadith)

If you want a Makkah, you have to have a heart with the love of Allah (AJ), thirteen years of struggling to keep Allah (AJ) in the heart. Every type of idol to be put away, everything idol, every type of distraction, is to pay attention to Me. Thirteen years of struggling, to keep the love of Allah (AJ) within the heart. If Allah (AJ) give a permission, it means now the hijrah (migration) every year. We are asking, ‘Ya Rabbi, make this to be the year of hijrah. That I leave my bad and go to Your good.’

Stopping at the Cave During Hijrah was a Place for Tafakkur

If Allah (AJ) grants that, ‘I am now going to let you to move into the City of Lights,’ it is all coded nicely for us. The City of Lights means the stations of malakut (heavenly realm). The City of Lights is the city of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. So what the hijrah…went with Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (as). Prophet ﷺ went with Sayyidina Abu Bakr (as) to go to Madinatul Munawarrah, but stopped at the cave. The cave is then a place for you to make tafakkur (contemplation). That, ‘If I am struggling with myself and Allah (AJ) wants me to inherit the reality, then I am going to take myself to the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Ya Rabbi, I am not stopping until I enter into the Ciy of Lights, the city of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.’

The Spiderweb Covered the Gate of Mercy

Then Allah (AJ) says, ‘Then on your path, you must stop at the cave.’ Awliyuallah (saints) come to our life and teach us the reality of that cave. When Allah (AJ) is describing that Prophet ﷺ went with the Siddiq and he went to the cave to hide from all of the difficulties of these shaitans that you were fighting. They are still running after you. They are still trying to come after you. That take yourself to the cave. Then the cave has a symbol of the spider web on the door, a dove with two eggs at the gate so that the believer understands. That, ‘Ya Rabbi, what cave am I searching for?’

Because everything Allah (AJ), these are all the coded secrets of Holy Qur’an. That you are going to go into that cave. You are going to go into that reality. This is a Baab at-Tawbah (Gate of Mercy). That is in Surat at-Tawbah when Allah (AJ) describes in the 9th surah (chapter of Holy Qur’an), 40th verse. ‘That you are not alone. That you are with your Companion and Allah (AJ) is with us.’

﴾ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَارِ‌ إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَاحِبِهِ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ مَعَنَا ۖ فَأَنزَلَ اللَّـهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَيَّدَهُ بِجُنُودٍ لَّمْ تَرَ‌وْهَا…﴿٤٠…

9:40 – “…thaniya ithnayni idh huma fil ghari idh yaqolu lisahibihi la tahzan inna Allaha ma’ana, fa anzalAllahu sakeenatahu, ‘alayhi wa ayyadahu, bi junodin lam tarawha…” (Surat At-Tawba)

“… as one of two, when they were in the cave and he said to his companion, “Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us.” And Allah sent down his tranquillity upon him and supported him with angels you did not see…” (The Repentance, 9:40)

Surat 29, Ankabut, Represents the Reality of Annihilation

It means our life and our hijrah (migration) towards the City of Lights, Allah (AJ) going to guide us to a cave. That cave has a spiderweb. That spiderweb is surat 29, Ankabut. The 29th surah of Holy Qur’an is Ankabut. If anyone understands these numbers, that 29 is the reality of annihilation, that 29 is a reflection of the 92; Meem Ha Meem Dal is Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Anytime you see the number 92, in heavenly programming, it stands for Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.

Two Dove Eggs Represent Two Creations: The Heavens and Created Forms

So, then Allah (AJ) giving isharat (sign), this cave you are looking is the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. A sign of the reality of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ is that dove is the angels and those two eggs – because this is the thaqalain – Imam Thaqalain, that ‘the Master of the Two Created Creations’; the Master of the Heavens and the Master of All Created Forms is in this cave.

These two eggs represent these two creations of Allah (AJ). That enter into the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ because you now want to go into the ‘City of Lights.’ You are going to have to make a way into the heart of Prophet ﷺ. It is Maqam al Iman (Station of Faith); to love Prophet ﷺ more than you love yourself.

وَعَنْ عُمَرَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: فَوَجَدْتُ نَفْسِي أَقُولُ: وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي أُحِبُّكَ! فَقَالَ لَهُ اَلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ: ” أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ يَا عُمَرُ؟” قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ ﷺ: ” أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مَالِكَ يَا عُمَرُ؟” قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ ﷺ: ” أَكْثَرَ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ يَا عُمَرُ؟” قَالَ: لَا. فَقَالَ اَلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ: “لَا يَا عُمَرُ، لَا يَكْمُلُ إِيمَانُكَ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ”. يَقُولُ عُمْرٌعَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: فَخَرَجْتُ فَفَكَّرْتُ. ثُمَّ عُدْتُ أَهْتَفُ بِهَا: وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَأَنْتَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي. فَقَالَ اَلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ: ” اَلْآنُ يَا عُمَرُ اَلْآنَ” [ صَحِيحُ الْبُخَارِيِّ، الْمَجْلَدُ الرَّابِعُ، رَقْمُ الْحَدِيثِ ٥٩٤]

Wa ‘an ‘Umar (as) qala: “Fawajadtu nafsi aqoolo: Wallahi ya Rasulullahi, inni uhibbuka!
Faqala lahu anNabiyu ﷺ: “Akthara min ahlika ya ‘Umar?” Qultu: Na’am. Qala ﷺ: “Akthara min malika ya ‘Umar?”, Qultu: Na’am. Qala ﷺ: “Akthara min nafsika ya ‘Umar?”, Qala: La.

Faqala anNabiyu ﷺ: “La ya ‘Umar, la yakmulu imanoka hatta akuna ahabba ilayka min nafsika.”
Yaqoolo ‘Umar (as): Fakhrajtu fafakkartu. Thumma ‘udtu ahtafu biha: Wallahi ya Rasulullahi la anta ahabbu ilayya min nafsi. Faqala anNabiyu ﷺ: “Alan ya ‘Umar, alan.” [Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Majladu al-Rabi’o, raqm al-hadith 594]

Narrated by Sayyidina ‘Umar (as) that he said: “I found myself saying, ‘By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I love you!’ The Prophet (pbuh) said to him, ‘Is it more than your love for your family, O ‘Umar?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He (pbuh) said, ‘Is it more than your love for your wealth, O ‘Umar?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Is it more than your love for yourself, O ‘Umar?’ He said, ‘No.’

The Prophet (pbuh), said, ‘No, O ‘Umar, your faith will not be complete until I become more beloved to you than your own self.’ Sayyidina ‘Umar (as) said: So I went out and thought. Then I returned and shouted, ‘By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, you are more beloved to me than myself.’ The Prophet (pbuh) said, ‘Now, O ‘Umar, now [you got it].’ [Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 4, Hadith #594]

Even Shaitan Has Abundant Love for Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ

Inside the cave, there is a hole. Everyone in their heart has a hole, a black spot, in which shaitan enters into the heart of the person through that spot and makes a fitna, makes every type of confusion within their heart to make them to fall, to make them to have doubt, to make them to be in difficulty. Then that way, these are all long understandings. But in a short synopsis that you enter into that cave, that hole. What happened in the cave when Prophet ﷺ was with Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (as)? There was a hole in which a snake was coming out and Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (as) put his heel, he put his qadam (foot) into the hole and the snake was eating the qadam of the Siddiq until Prophet ﷺ awoke from his nap and the tears of Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (as) was dropping upon Prophet ﷺ.

‘Why are you crying?’ ‘Because something is eating my foot and looks like it is going to be coming towards you.’ Immediately, moved his foot and take that shaitan out, take that snake out and said, ‘This is a shaitan‘ and asked the shaitan that, ‘You know that the foot and qadam of the Siddiq is forbidden to you?’ The shaitan himself said, ‘I have so much love for you. I bit the foot of the Siddiq because I just wanted to see you one time.’ Even the shaitan loves Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, but he has a role to play. He took the gaze and thrown away. But for us in our lives, in this cave and in this way and in the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, Allah (AJ) giving us a guidance that, ‘Your heart will never be safe unless you are accompanying the Siddiqs.‘ “Ittaqollaha wa kono ma’as sadiqeen.”

﴾يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللّهَ وَكُونُوا مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَ ﴿١١٩

9:119 – “Ya ayyuhal ladheena amanoo ittaqollaha wa kono ma’as sadiqeen.” (Surat At-Tawba)

“O you who have believed, have consciousness of Allah and be with those who are truthful/Pious/sincere (in words and deed).”  (The Repentance, 9:119)

Keep the Company of Ahlul Sunnah wal Jama’a to Be Safeguarded

If you are taking a path of Allah’s (AJ) consciousness, of a reality, keep the company of these truthful servants who are truthful in their character and in their deeds. Their qadam will hold that hole so that these shaytateens (devils) stop coming out. Everybody will have dreams of snakes attacking them. Either you have already had many or they will be coming. But why? These are mushkilat (trials). These are shayateen. That they are increasing at every moment, coming to the believer. What Allah (AJ) wanted for us? Not take a life by yourself, isolate yourself, that you are going to fix yourself. Keep the company of Ahlul Sunnah wal Jama’a. Keep the company of the jama’a (congregation). Maybe amongst this jama’a, there maybe a siddiq, there maybe a sadiq, a truthful servant of Allah (AJ).

Their qadam (foot) can put a hole onto that because of their love to Allah (AJ), love to Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. They are mukhlis (sincere). Allah (AJ) forbids shaitan (satan) to attack His mukhlis (sincere). They become mahfuz (safeguarded). They reach a maqam (station) in which Allah (AJ) says, ‘You are mahfuz (safeguarded).’ Masoom (innocent) is only for the prophets. Mahfuz means We are guarding you. As much as these shaitans are coming, We are guarding you with Budala, Nujaba, Nuqaba, Awtad wal Akhiyaar wal malaika wal jinn; seven categories of beings Allah (AJ) will send to protect the believers.

Siddiqs of This Way Teach You to Block the Hole of Shayateen

So, it means our life is to enter into that cave and to take the way. For us, it became very easy because the foot of that reality was Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (as). Out of 42 tariqahs (spiritual paths) from Imam Ali (as), one tariqah from Sayyidina Abu Bakr Siddiq (as) and Allah (AJ) guided us to Naqshbandiyya tul Aliyya. It means Sayydina Abu Bakr (as) is the father of our way; made it so much easier. That as soon as you are mentioning the name of Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (as) and all Ashab an Nabi (as), they are all Siddiqs, great Siddiqs. That you took the path, the spiritual path of their reality.

It means you are in that cave with them. In that process of loving Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, entering the heart of Prophet’s ﷺ love, to be ashiqeen (lovers). The siddiqs and the great shaykhs of that way, their madad and their support, every support they are lending to you to plug that hole of those shayateen (devils) and block them from coming up and destroying the believers path so that they can enter into the Siddiq of Madinatul Munawarrah, to be dressed by the lights of Madinatul Munawarrah, to be blessed by the lights of Madinatul Munawarrah, to be granted the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ until they can take their farewell badge to Prophet ﷺ from struggling in Madinatul Munawarrah, the City of Lights and realities of light, to be dressed by companions. Now lets go back and conquer Makkah, not a single fight, not a single killing, just by “Idha jaa a Nasrullahi wal Fath.”

﴾إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّـهِ وَالْفَتْحُ ﴿١

110:1 – “Idha jaa a Nasrullahi wal Fath.” (Surat An-Nasr)

“When there comes the Divine Support of Allah and the Victory.” (The Divine Support, 110:1)

Are You Accompanying a Siddiq That Will Teach You to Block Snakes?

That Allah (AJ) dressed Prophet ﷺ with a light, dressed the companions with a light. Just the movement of that light was enough to destroy all the remaining idols. We said three of the big shayateens (devils) that were left in Makkah ran when they saw the light of the Prophet ﷺ and 124,000 Sahabi (as) filled with the lights of Allah’s (AJ) rida and satisfaction. [It] Was enough for those stubborn shaitans even to move and to leave.

That is the way of our reality. It’s that we are taking a hijrah (migration) to the love of Prophet ﷺ, to accompany. Is our life accompanying one of these siddiqs? Are we on a path that is involved and has a hand from these siddiqs? They will teach us how to block those snakes. They will teach us how to enter into Madinatul Munawarrah to be dressed by the light and the rida (satisfaction) of Prophet ﷺ.

Redirect Yourself Towards Prophet ﷺ So Your Bad Characteristics are Removed

That was all the na’at shareef (praisings on Prophet ﷺ) that we were reading. We are dressed with the love of Prophet ﷺ. It means, no doubt, they redirect themself to the heart. Every badness begin to go away and Allah (AJ) dress that heart from the heavenly lights of iman, the heavenly lights of Islam, Iman wal Maqam al Ihsan (Faith and the Station of Moral Excellence).

We pray that Allah (AJ) dress us and bless us in this holy month and these ten holy days from the reality of the hijrah (migration), from the reality of Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (as), from the reality of Imam Ali (as), from the realtiy of all Ashab an Nabi ﷺ, all Ahlul Bayt an Nabi ﷺ, all Shuhada e Karbala, Shuhada e Badr; all those whom gave their life and their way to the love of Allah (AJ) and the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Ya Rabbi, dress us from their light.

Subhana rabbika rabbal ‘izzati ‘amma yasifoon, wa salaamun ‘alal mursaleen, walhamdulillahi rabbil ‘aalameen. Bi hurmati Muhammad al-Mustafa ﷺ wa bi siri Surat al-Fatiha.

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Original Date of Suhbah: September 25, 2017