Rajab: Surah Al-Munafiqoon, The Hypocrites
From the Realities of Mawlana (Q) as taught by Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi
A’uzu Billahi Minash Shaitanir Rajeem
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the rejected one
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, 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.
Atiullaha wa atiur Rasula wa Ulil amre minkum
﴾ياأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُواللَّه وَأَطِيعُوٱلرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ…﴿٥٩
4:59 – “Ya ayyu hal latheena amanoo Atiullaha wa atiur Rasula wa Ulil amre minkum…” (Surat An-Nisa)
“O You who have believed, Obey Allah, Obey the Messenger, and those in authority among you…” (The Women, 4:59)
Glory to Him Who is the Creator, the Light
InshaAllah, with the holy month of Rajab, inshaAllah, starting and “Subhana man huwal Khaliq an-Nur.”
سُبْحَانَ مَنْ هُوَ الْخَالِقَ النُّورْ
“Subhana man huwal Khaliqan Nur”
“Glory to Him who is the Creator, the Light”
Allah (AJ), inshaAllah, to dress us from these divinely lights that Allah (AJ) want to bestow upon the heart of the believers. Ana abdukal ‘ajeez, wa dayeef, wa miskin, wa zhalim, wa jahl and but for the grace of Allah (AJ) that we are still in existence. Abiduna bi Madadakum an Nazarakum Sayyidi Ya Rasulul Kareem Ya Habeebul Azheem.
Allah (AJ) Can Only Be Found in the Heart of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ
InshaAllah, Haji Shahid, we can read from Surat al-Munafiq, the first five verses. That for Rajab, again, always the people of tafakkur (contemplation) that Allah (AJ) knows what He’s going to reveal as far as ma’rifah (gnosticism). This journey into the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ started at the first lunar month through Surah Tawbah then Surat al-Kahf to be from the Ashab ul Kahf, people of the cave, the cave of the Divinely Presence – the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Allah (AJ) says, ‘I can’t be found on heaven or on Earth but on the heart of my believer, the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ’.
“. عَنْ وَهَبِ بِنْ مُنَبِّهْ، قَال رَسُولَ اللَّه ﷺ، قَالْ اللَّه عَزَ وَجَلْ: ” مَا وَسِعَنِيْ لَا سَمَائِيْ وَلَا اَرْضِيْ وَلَكِنْ وَسِعَنِيْ قَلْبِ عَبْدِيْ اَلْمُؤْمِنْ [حَدِيثْ اَلْقُدْسِي – اَلْغَزَالِي فِي اَلْإحْيَاء، وَ اِبنِ عَرَبِي فِي اَلْتَرَاجِمْ، صفحه ٢٢٤]
‘An Wahab ibn Munabbeh, Qala Rasulallahi ﷺ, Qala Allah (AJ): “Maa wasi’anee laa samayee, wa la ardee, laakin wasi’anee qalbi ‘Abdi al Mu’min.” [Hadith al Qudsi, Al Ghazali fi al Ihyaa, wa Ibn ‘Arabi fi al Tarajim, Safha 224]
Narrated by Wahab the son of Munabbeh that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, that Allah (AJ) said: “Neither My Heavens nor My Earth can contain Me, but the heart of my Believing Servant.” [Holy Hadith, by Imam al-Ghazali in Al Ihya, and by Ibn ‘Arabi in al Tarajib, Page 224]
We Have Traversed From Surah at-Tawbah Through Surah al-Jathiya to Arrive at Rajab
Then all the light from Surat al-Kahf into the kingdom through the 27th surah (chapter) that Allah (AJ) wants us to understand that, ‘What I bestow upon the kings of creation, things that can’t be even imagined.’ Then to the Divinely lights of Surat al-YaSeen and all that Allah (AJ) testifies, “YaSeen. Wal Qu’ranal Hakeem.”
﴾يس ﴿١﴾ وَالْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ ﴿٢
36:1-2 – “YaSeen. (1) Wal Qur’anal Hakeem. (2)” (Surat YaSeen)
“YaSeen. (1) By the Qur’an, full of Wisdom. (2) (YaSeen, 36:1-2)
That testifying by the name of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and the realities of ya and seen and that every wisdom is now emanating in this cave that you’re entering and this Divinely lights and presence that you are moving to. Then we went to Surat al-Qamar, then the 45th Surah Jathiya, the 54th Surah Qamar and the reflection of the Divinely presence that those entering the cave, being dressed by the cave that they’re going to be reflected upon by these Divinely lights.
The 7th Month, Rajab, Holds the Power of 63 – Surah Munafiq
Then we arrive at the 7th lunar month, the immense power of 7. The reality of Rajab, all the blessings that are coming in Rajab and then what Allah (AJ) gives to us of that surah, the 63rd surah would be munafiqeen (hypocrites) and Surat al-Munafiq. The immensity of what Allah (AJ) draws our attention in this way of ma’rifah (gnosticism) because as we’re being dressed in these lights, they remind for us: don’t think Allah (AJ), once He bestows these favors upon the servant that shaitan (satan) is not leaving them alone.
That, ‘Okay, you got and that’s congratulation and that’s good for you’ or shaitan is, ‘No, I’m coming after you. Any sign of light on you, any sign of blessing upon you, I’m coming after you until Allah (AJ) names you to be a mukhlis (sincere) where you should be safeguarded and mahfuz.’ At least he’ll be attacking and Allah (AJ) will be guarding and cleaning the servant.
Beware of Hypocrites Who Deceive You
So, surat al-Munafiq then is then drawing to us an attention of the danger that you face. Your danger is not from unbelievers. Your concern is not the Christians and Jews, ‘Oh my God, they’re going to make problem for us.’ No, no, they have nothing to do with you. To them, their religion; to you, your religion. Allah (AJ) didn’t draw His attention that that’s a danger for you in this spiritual path. What’s a danger for you is the one whom you think they’re Muslim. You think they believe and Allah (AJ) then begins to describe. InshaAllah, we’ll recite the five verses at the beginning of surat al-Munafiq, inshaAllah, Haji Shahid.
.بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ قَالُوا نَشْهَدُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُ وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَكَاذِبُونَ ﴿١﴾ اتَّخَذُوا أَيْمَانَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ سَاءَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٢﴾ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا فَطُبِعَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ ﴿٣﴾ وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَقُولُوا تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖ كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَةٌ ۖ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ هُمُ الْعَدُوُّ فَاحْذَرْهُمْ ۚ قَاتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ ﴿٤﴾ وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا يَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لَوَّوْا رُءُوسَهُمْ وَرَأَيْتَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ ﴿٥﴾
63:1-5 – “Izaa jaaa’akal munaafiqoona qaaloo nashhadu innaka la rasoolul laah; wallaahu ya’lamu innaka la rasooluhoo wallaahu yashhadu innal munaafiqeena lakaaziboon.(1) Ittakhazoo aymaanahum junnatan fasaddoo ‘an sabeelil laah; innahum saaa’a maa kaanoo ya’maloon. (2) Zaalika bi annahum aamanoo summa kafaroo fatubi’a ‘alaa quloobihim fahum laa yafqahoon. (3) Wa izaa ra aytahum tu’jibuka ajsaamuhum wa iny yaqooloo tasma’ liqawlihim ka’annahum khushubum musannadah; yahsaboona kulla saihatin ‘alaihim; humul ‘aduwwu fahzarhum; qaatalahumul laahu annaa yu’fakoon. (4) Wa izaa qeela lahum ta’aalaw yastaghfir lakum rasoolul laahi lawwaw ru’oo sahum wa ra aytahum yasuddoona wa hum mustakbiroon. (5)” (Surah Al-Munafiqoon)
“When the hypocrites come to you, Ya Rasulullah (pbuh), they say, “We bear witness that you are certainly the Messenger of Allah.” And surely Allah knows that you are His Messenger but Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are truly liars. (1) They have made their false oaths as a shield, hindering others from the way of Allah. Indeed, evil indeed is what they do.” (2) This is because they believed, and then abandoned faith; therefore, their hearts have been sealed so they do not comprehend. (3) When you see them, their appearance impresses you, and when they speak, you listen to their impressive speech. But they are just like worthless planks of wood leaned against a wall – they think every cry is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah condemn them; how can they be deluded from the Truth? (4) When it is said to them, “Come, the Messenger of Allah will pray for you to be forgiven,” they turn their heads in disgust and you see them, Ya Rasulullah, turn away in arrogance. (5) (The Hypocrites, 63:1-5)
Sadaqallahul Aliyyul Azim.
Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi (Q): Barakta Rasul e Kareem Ya Habeeb ul Azeem. InshaAllah, Yahya, you can recite the English nice and slow, not fast, inshaAllah.
Reciter:
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem.
“When the hypocrites come to you, Ya Rasulullah (pbuh), they say, “We bear witness that you are certainly the Messenger of Allah.” And surely Allah knows that you are His Messenger but Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are truly liars. (1) They have made their false oaths as a shield, hindering others from the way of Allah. Indeed, evil indeed is what they do.” (2) This is because they believed, and then abandoned faith; therefore, their hearts have been sealed so they do not comprehend. (3) When you see them, their appearance impresses you, and when they speak, you listen to their impressive speech. But they are just like worthless planks of wood leaned against a wall – they think every cry is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah condemn them; how can they be deluded from the Truth? (4) When it is said to them, “Come, the Messenger of Allah will pray for you to be forgiven,” they turn their heads in disgust and you see them, Ya Rasulullah, turn away in arrogance. (5) It is the same whether you pray for their forgiveness or not, Allah will not forgive them. Truly, Allah does not guide the rebellious people. (6) They are the ones who say to one another, “Do not spend anything on those immigrants with the Messenger of Allah so that they will break away from him.” But to Allah alone belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth, yet the hypocrites do not comprehend.” (The Hypocrites, 63:1-7)
Do Not Be Fooled By People’s Outwardly Appearances
Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi (Q): Sadaq Allahul Azeem wa barakta Rasulul Kareem ﷺ. It draws our attention to just because somebody is giving their shahada (testimony of faith), they’re praying and have all the outwardly appearance. The qir’at (recitation) is impressive. They speak in a way that they have studied many hadith, memorized much of the Qur’an and Allah (AJ) is then drawing the believer: ‘Be very careful’. Not only they’re dangerous but Allah (AJ) is very angered by them and the curse of Allah (AJ) is upon them. For us not to live a life of judgment and you look for somebody to judge but to give us an understanding and that’s why we stopped at the fifth ayatul kareem (generous verse of Holy Qur’an).
Safeguard Yourself From Those Who Use Religion to Infiltrate It
When it is said to these people, their madhab, their belief and whoever they are and everyone has to identify themselves and, ‘Am I like this? Do I know somebody like this? Or will I come across somebody like this?’ Then in this way of ma’rifah (gnosticism), safeguard your heart. It’s Allah (AJ), not the shaykh, not anybody else is saying but Allah (AJ) gives all the first description of hypocrisy and using the religion as a means to distract and to move people away from the deen (religion).
They come in many forms into the religion. They’re coming from other faiths, hiding themselves, pretending to be Muslim, pretending to put doctrines and belief and extremist ideology that had nothing to do with Islam and infiltrate it, place it, put it. Whatever their different characteristics that Allah (AJ) describing how upset He is by who they are, what they represent. Then comes to: And when it’s said to them that “Come so that we can verify who you are. Come to the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and ask istighfar (seeking forgiveness)” whether live or spiritual at the holy Rauza Sharif (Holy burial chamber) in the presence of Madinatul Munawwara (Luminous city of Prophet ﷺ). Allah’s (AJ) “Come to Prophet ﷺ.”
Holy Qu’ran is Timeless, All Creation is Under Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ
Remember, we talked from the time reality and timeless reality. No mind people, they think, ‘Everything is just dunya. This is regarding when Prophet ﷺ was alive.’ Allah (AJ) gave a Qur’an for 63 years of life, that was it? Or this Qur’an was a story from beginning of time to the end of time and for all time because Allah (AJ) has no time.
So, the reality that Allah (AJ) want, ‘I have no time. When I’m speaking, I’m speaking from an ancient reality of souls from galaxies and planets and universes.’ We have no understanding because Allah (AJ), ‘I created you and I created that which you don’t know. All of them are under My Qur’an. All of them under Rasulullah ﷺ, Rahmatan lil’alameen.’ Every creation is under the authority of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.
﴾وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَ ﴿١٠٧
21:107 – “Wa maa arsalnaka illa Rahmatal lil’alameen.” (Surat Al-Anbiya)
“And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad (pbuh)], except as a mercy to the worlds/creation.” (The Prophets, 21:107)
Allah (AJ) States to Ask Prophet ﷺ for Forgiveness
Allah (AJ) is saying, ‘Then verify them.’ Say, ‘Come, come and ask for Prophet’s ﷺ istighfar and forgiveness.’ What they say? ‘And they avert their faces and you see them angered and distend’. ‘What are you talking about? You shirk, it’s not allowed. This is…what, what…’ Their whole being becomes angry. Anybody who’s been for umrah and hajj (pilgrimage), that’s all you see there.
﴾وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا يَسْتَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّـهِ لَوَّوْا رُءُوسَهُمْ وَرَأَيْتَهُمْ يَصُدُّونَ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ ﴿٥
63:5 – “Wa-itha qeela lahum taAAalawyastaghfir lakum rasoolu Allahi lawwaw ruoosahumwaraaytahum yasuddoona wahum mustakbiroon” (Surat Al-Munafiqun)
“And when it is said to them, “Come, the Messenger of Allah will ask forgiveness for you,” they turn their heads aside and you see them evading while they are arrogant.” (Holy Qu’ran, 63:5)
That you know they just want the abode of bad manners, bad character; anything they can get you to do sort of a bad manner in Madina, they try so hard. ‘Do like this. Put your back like this. Don’t put your hand like this.’ Allah (AJ) saying, ‘Go to Prophet ﷺ and make your istighfar. Ask for Prophet’s ﷺ forgiveness, at least to verify that you’re not a hypocrite.’
Dajjal Tries to Disengage Our Beliefs to Move Towards Allah’s (AJ) Anger
Because Allah’s (AJ) punishment not on the other beliefs, Allah (AJ) is giving His testimony of punishing them like wood for a fire because they testified that they believe but they really don’t believe. So, then why are they there? The reason they’re there is to work for shaitan (satan) to move people away from Rahman and that’s why the danger. That’s why we described that what is dajjal (man of deceit/ anti-Christ) coming to do?
When he knows that, ‘These people of Islam, these people of this belief, they have a power. They have an authority. They have a reality. I cannot take them own in a battle just like that because Allah (AJ) with them, Prophet ﷺ is with them. So, I have to come and disengage their belief so that what? Allah (AJ) will be angered by them.’ It’s not something small. You say, ‘I can do it. I don’t do it. I don’t have to ask you, asked you. You know, that’s you and then I’ll believe something else.’ Dajjal wants to take the person out of belief into the ghadab and the anger of Allah (AJ).
Consider Yourself in Danger If You’re Not Asking Prophet ﷺ for Forgiveness
So, we go now the reverse way: if you do not ask Prophet ﷺ for forgiveness and you are not one directing yourself to the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and saying that, ‘Allah (AJ) has commanded me to be in your presence and asking your forgiveness. Please accept my forgiveness and don’t let me to be from munafiqeen (hypocrites) and live a life of hypocrisy.’
If you’re not doing that then you’re in a danger. So, we give the reverse of the understanding. One – you described the munafiq (hypocrite). You see how dangerous that is, how the verbiage is very angry from Allah (AJ) because He’s not taking. When they teach the ma’rifah (gnosticism) that all this creation is for Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and Allah (AJ) says many times, ‘You come against me, no problem.’ But if you come against the Rasul (Messenger), Allah’s (AJ) anger is now coming in a fierce vengeance upon that being.
Allah (AJ) Will Not Forgive Those Who Come Against Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ
So, Allah (AJ) then describing in Surat al-Munafiqeen: then live a life the reverse that make sure you are continuously going to the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and asking istighfar. “Sayyidi Ya Rasulul Kareem” that’s why we say, “Rasulul Kareem” (Generous Prophet), that you are the generous servant of Allah (AJ) and you are the loving symbol of Allah (AJ) and how much Allah (AJ) is safeguarding that He knows the character of Prophet ﷺ so the ayat al-kareem, the next one Allah (AJ) is saying, ‘Whether you forgive them and ask not for forgiveness of them; anyone of them, Allah (AJ) will not forgive them.’
﴾ سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ لَن يَغْفِرَ اللَّـهُ لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ ﴿٦
63:6 –“Sawaon ‘alayhim astaghfarta lahum amlam tastaghfir lahum lan yaghfira Allahu lahum inna Allaha la yahdee alqawma alfasiqeen” (Surat Al Munafiqun)
“It is all the same for them whether you (Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)) ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness for them; Allah will not forgive them. Indeed, Allah does not guide the defiantly rebellious/disobedient transgressors.” (The Hypocrites, 63:6)
The crime that they have committed to come against Prophet ﷺ, even use the word of “shirk” (polytheism) against Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Every type of deceit that they plot and they plan against the reality of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, even Prophet ﷺ becomes pitiful from the verse and has pity upon his nation, ‘Forgive them, they don’t know what they’re doing.’ Allah (AJ) says, ‘You forgive them, you don’t forgive them. I will not forgive them.’
“Jaooka” – Run Towards the Presence of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Holy Qur’an, 4:64)
These high crimes and misdemeanors are not forgivable by Allah (AJ). It’s not something small that ‘You can believe what you want, I believe what I want.’ Allah (AJ) says: no, this is a crime that whether Prophet ﷺ takes your case to ask your forgiveness. Allah (AJ) making it so severe, ‘I will not accept it,’ so it’s not something small. When awliyaullah (saints) coming and teaching in our life, “Jaooka fastaghfaro Allaha wastaghfara lahumur Rasul.” That ‘Run! Live a life in which we are running to the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.’
﴾وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ جَاءُوكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّـهَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللَّـهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا ﴿٦٤
4:64 – “Wa law annahum idh zhalamoo anfusahum jaooka fastaghfaro Allaha wastaghfara lahumur Rasolu lawajado Allaha tawwaban raheema.” (Surat An-Nisa)
“And if, when they had oppressed/wronged themselves, they had but come to you (O’ Muhammad (pbuh)], and asked forgiveness of Allah, and asked forgiveness of the messenger (pbuh), they would have found Allah Acceptor of Repentance/Forgiving, Merciful.” (The Women, 4:64)
That, ‘You are my father and I’m your child. I’m not considering myself an adult. I’m not considering myself of any authority or anything. I’m no one. I’m no one and I’m just coming to be under your jubbah (cloak), under your khirqah, under the shade of your rahmah (mercy) and that you take my case to Allah (AJ) and that you present what I’ve what done wrong and ask for forgiveness for your hisab and your account is immense in Allah’s (AJ) presence.’ That’s their teaching is to safeguard us from this holy verse (Holy Qur’an, 63:6).
To Reach to Prophet ﷺ, Go to Awliyaullah, the Lovers of Prophet ﷺ
So, it’s not something small. Why the tariqas (spiritual paths) teach to do this and the other ones they don’t teach to do that? This is our tafaraq, this is our differences. No, they actually teach that to safeguard us from Allah’s (AJ) punishment, for if you don’t do that and a shaitan is teaching you and a shaitan is dealing with you, he’s taking your key away and entering and pushing you into an ocean of hypocrisy which Allah’s (AJ) ghadab and anger is going to hit that servant.
‘They came against My Prophet. They called this shirk (polytheism). They start to say bad and they’re angered by even the thought of asking Prophet ﷺ for help, for madad, for support.’ That would then carry through to all his lovers: ‘Why you go to these shaykhs?’ Oh, they are all the lovers of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and Allah (AJ) just ordered everybody to go to Prophet ﷺ. If you want to reach to Prophet ﷺ then go to the lovers of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. They are the walking hadith of Prophet ﷺ. Where Prophet ﷺ described, ‘You’ll be with whom you love.’
عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: … فَقَالَ (رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ): ” أَنْتَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ.” ]اَلْمَصْدَرْ: مُسْلِمْ:. ٧٥٢٠]
‘An Anasin (ra): … Faqala (Rasulullahi) ﷺ: “Anta ma’a man ahbabta.”
Narrated Anas ibn Malik (ra) that …the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “You will be with whom you love.” [Source: Muslim 7520]
The Light of Prophet ﷺ is Always Present in Heavenly Associations
They have so much love for Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, the minute they call or they don’t call upon him, the ruhaniyat (spirituality) and the light of Prophet ﷺ is present. Imagine if you meditate and contemplate and the light of Prophet ﷺ comes, do you ever go back to being normal? The light of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, as soon as that light becomes present, shahidan (witness), mubashiran (bearer of glad tidings) wa nadheeran (warner).
﴾يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا ﴿٤٥﴾ وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى اللَّـهِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَسِرَاجًا مُّنِيرًا ﴿٤٦
33:45-46 – “Ya ayyuhan Nabiyu inna arsalnaka Shahidan wa Mubashshiran wa Nazeera. (45) Wa daiyan ila Allahi`bi-idhnihi wa Sirajan Muneera. (46)” (Surat Al-Ahzab)
“O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a Witness and a Bearer of Glad Tidings and a Warner. (45) And the one who invites to Allah, by His permission, and as an illuminating lamp spreading light.” (The Combined Forces, 33:45-46)
It means that that light came and took from your atoms and placed it into its being and under its being is shahidan because light diffuses. It’s not physical. We’re talking about timeless reality. In a world of light, as soon as we have an association of light and the majlis (association) of Sali alan Nabi ﷺ, always the ruhaniyat of Prophet ﷺ is present in the association.
Strive to Enter Sayyidina Muhammad’s ﷺ Heart So Allah (AJ) Sees You There
When that light come, imagine just for us to understand, everyone has maybe nice white lights. All of a sudden, a majestic beatific green light comes. What happens in that green light? It diffuses everything. It goes into all the white lights. Doing what? When it goes into their light, it’s grabbing them and bringing it back into its light to intercede for them. For one atom of you is as if all of you. All Prophet ﷺ needs – take one atom of you and put the nazar (gaze) on that light. Put the mubashiran (bearer of glad tidings). Put every light and blessings and tajjalis (manifestations). They say the tajjali of Rajab doesn’t come to us. Allah (AJ) opens everything to the reality and the soul of Prophet ﷺ.
So, we don’t have to wait for this tajjali to hit us way out, wait until it comes. But if you’re in the heart of Prophet ﷺ, the minute Prophet ﷺ is receiving from Allah (AJ) is dressing his heart. He’s dressing that ‘You be with whom you love. You love me, you’ll be with me. You’ll be in my heart, not only on my entire wujood (existence). You’ll be in my heart. The minute Allah (AJ) look to my heart, put a tajjali, He sees you there’ because Allah (AJ) looks to the heart of Prophet ﷺ. Say, ‘How come he’s in that heart?’ Say, ‘Because he loves me more than he loves himself. He did everything to show that love, to be with that love. Everyday they struggle for that love.’
Those Who Think They Have Direct Access to Allah (AJ) are Being Fooled
Of course, Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ loves them all and when Allah (AJ) looks, He’s happy, ‘They love you and I love them because they love you and you love them.’ Every tajjali (manifestation) and blessing and rahmah (mercy) comes upon them. This is the way. This is the fastest, most powerful way to the divinely presence. That Allah (AJ) giving, ‘Be careful! When these dajjals come and these shayateen (devils) come, their only purpose is to pull the key of belief out.’
So, the person thinks that they have direct access to Allah (AJ) and Allah (AJ) in Surat al-Munafiqeen is, ‘Be careful. Oh, you companions of the heart and the lovers of this reality, shaitan will be fiercely against you and every step of the way, he’s moving and coming at you.’
وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَقُولُوا تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ ۖ كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَةٌ ۖ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ هُمُ الْعَدُوُّ فَاحْذَرْهُمْ ۚ قَاتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ ﴿٤﴾
63:4 – “Wa izaa ra aytahum tu’jibuka ajsaamuhum wa iny yaqooloo tasma’ liqawlihim ka’annahum khushubum musannadah; yahsaboona kulla saihatin ‘alaihim; humul ‘aduwwu fahzarhum; qaatalahumul laahu annaa yu’fakoon.” (Surah al-Munafiqoon)
“When you see them, their appearance impresses you, and when they speak, you listen to their impressive speech. But they are just like worthless planks of wood leaned against a wall – they think every cry is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah condemn them; how can they be deluded from the Truth?” (The Hypocrites, 63:4)
Awliyaullah (saints) come because they know the game. They’re mahfuz. They’re guarded by Allah (AJ). They see what he’s doing and they see that he’s coming for their belief. He’s coming to waswas and whisper to them, ‘Shirk (polytheism), this is shirk. This is shirk.’
Ask to Always Be Under the Sultanate of Prophet ﷺ
Allah (AJ) giving in holy Qur’an in this holy month, the month of Rajab – the month of lights and blessings said, no, you better live a life in which you are continuously asking istighfar (forgiveness) from Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and that you are running into that presence, begging Prophet ﷺ, ‘Take my case. Keep your nazar (gaze) upon me. Put your holy foot upon me. Stamp me with your foot. Stamp your foot on my head. Don’t let me to move under this authority and kingdom of shaitan. That I want to be under your sultanate (kingdom), under your nazar, under your muhabbat and your love.’
All of that is then the immensity of these blessings because Allah (AJ) gives us in Rajab this immense warning because it’s going to be completed by the end of this journey. We end up on the 12th month of hajj and Surat al-Kawthar because you’re entering into the heart of Prophet ﷺ so you’re journeying into this light, into these realities. This is the source of where Qur’an is emanating.
Our Annual Journey Ends With Surah al-Kawthar in the Month of Hajj
At the 7th and most powerful month, Allah (AJ) warning that, ‘When you’re going, don’t listen to shaitan try to distract you from this maqam (station).’ Your life is about always being in the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. It’s the source of every emanation and every blessing and that’s the location of holy Qur’an’s emanations. By the 12th month, the 12 times 9 we’re at Surat al-Kawthar. That the hajj for arifeen (knowers) is to be at the fountain, the fountain of every reality, every knowledge. Everything coming into existence is flowing through the kawthar which is in the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.
Shaitan Hits Our Mental Capacity Until We Lose Our Faith Thinking We are Clever
We pray that Allah (AJ) dress us and bless us and that the people who are asking these questions that you have to understand that these are questions that you ask but more dangerous is why are you asking that? Ask any question you want, not a problem. We are a people who try not to insult anyone and try to be of service to everyone. But the overwhelming danger is know that shaitan (satan) is moving and the shayateen (demons) are everywhere and if they begin to touch you, the sign of their touch is your madness and your mental capacity is leaving. They hit and they hit and they hit and the person begins to lose their faith, lose their mentality, lose every sense of logic and reality and every sense of love into this Divinely lights, into Divinely presence.
Shaitan make it appear as if they became clever. Oh, you just now became clever and thought of all these new things and that this is an inspiration from Allah (AJ) and Allah (AJ) want me to worship him alone. Say, yeah, everything is worship of Allah (AJ) but Allah (AJ) is giving in surat al-Munafiqeen that, ‘Live a life of running to the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Don’t be like munafiqeen. Don’t be like those whom angered Allah (AJ) and said their being is like a wood just to be burned because the badness of the character, the badness of how they think is not something accepted by Allah (AJ).’ (Holy Qur’an, 63:5)
Admit You are an Oppressor to Yourself and Seek Forgiveness for Yourself and Loved Ones
So, then the tariqs (spiritual paths) come and they safeguard us from that by making everything about “Jaooka.” (Holy Qur’an, 4:64) That run! You are an oppressor to yourself. First thing to admit is that you are an oppressor and you have done things wrong and what shaitan comes to fool people that, ‘Why you have to ask for forgiveness? You’ve done nothing wrong.’ Before you know it, you’re already in difficulty. So, awliyaullah (saints) come into our life, ‘No, no the whole beginning of the day keep asking istighfar (seeking forgiveness) for all the things you know you’ve done wrong and the things that you didn’t know you’ve done wrong and the things you are about to do wrong.’
Then when I’ve finished asking all those istighfars, I continue my istighfar for what my children are doing wrong, what my family are doing wrong, what my community are doing wrong. “Ya Rabbi, Astaghfirullah ‘Azim wa atubu alayh. Astaghfirullah ‘Azim wa atubu alayh bi sifat al ‘Azim.” That Your Might and Your Majesty has no comprehension. The vastness of Your power, the minuteness of my existence, ya Rabbi, by that vastness of power, wash away everything I have done wrong. Everyday, this is their shower, “Astaghfirullah ‘Azim wa atubu alayh. Astaghfirullah ‘Azim wa atubu alayh. Astaghfirullah ‘Azim wa atubu alayh.”
أَسْتَغْفِرُالله الْعَظِيْمِ وَأَتُوْبُ إِلَيْهِ.
Astaghfirullahul ‘Azim, wa atubu ilayh.
I ask forgiveness from Allah Almighty, and I turn to Him in repentance
Allah (AJ) Dresses Us With Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem When We Ask for Istighfar
Then Allah’s (AJ) answer to that servant every time they make istighfar (seeking forgiveness) is, “Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem – In My Name and reality that may you know or you don’t know, under sifat of Rahman (The Most Gracious attribute of Allah), I will wash you; under sifat al Raheem (The Merciful – attribute of Allah) I will wash you. It means I’ll clean you in dunya (material world) and I’ll clean you in akhirah (hereafter) and I’ll place you in the reality of what Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem stands for.’ Every time we ask for istighfar, every time Allah (AJ) jawab and answer is “Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem.”
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
“Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem”
“In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful”
Become Sweetened With Salawats and Durood Sharif
So, as an immense cleansing when they’re making istighfar (seeking forgiveness), Allah (AJ) is dressing them, dressing them, dressing them. The middle of the day, when they spend their whole day making istighfar at the beginning towards the middle of the day, they begin then to make their salawat (praising upon Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ) on Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. You have to shower before you praise upon that reality. The shower of the believer is istighfar. When they make their istighfar, continuously making istighfar by the end of the middle of the day, they ask, ‘Ya Rabbi, now we want to be sweetened by the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.’ “Allahumma Salli ‘Ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ‘Ala Aali Sayyidina Muhammad.”
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَ سَلِّمْ.
“Allahumma salli ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa ‘ala aali Sayyidina Muhammadin wa Sallim.”
“O Allah! Send Peace and blessings upon our master Prophet Muhammad and upon the Family of our master Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon him)”
Those Who Truly Love Prophet ﷺ are Constantly Dressed By Him to Their Capacity
They keep then making their salawats and durood sharif (praising upon Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ) and reciting different salawats to be fragranced and beatified by the light and the reality of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ which has no time and no limitation in our understanding. We said this world of people, they live a time reality and everything is based on their mulk, their dunya, their material understanding. If we enter a timeless reality, what does that mean? That Prophet ﷺ will come and make salawat upon us. That if you are making continuous salawats in the day, imagine that your tasbih (prayer beads), you’re all from afternoon on, “Allahumma Salli ‘Ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ‘Ala Aali Sayyidina Muhammad. Allahumma Salli wa salim wa barik ala Sayyidina Muhammad,” what does that mean? That the light of Prophet ﷺ now is with you, accompanying you, dressing you, blessing you.
Because Prophet ﷺ said, ‘You’ll be with whom you love.’ That this is a sign of love and that light then attaches itself with that servant and begin to dress them and that’s why shahidan, ‘My light is witnessing you. Of course, I’m shahidan from what Allah (AJ) gave to me, I’m witnessing with you, I’m companion with you. Mubashiran, that every tajjali (manifestation) that coming to me, I’m dressing you to the capacity that you have. I can’t give you more ghashiya – you’ll be dead.’ Everyone to their capacity of how much they can contain from the reality of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Then they receiving, receiving until they become mubashiran.
Tariqah Teaches Manners to Gain Nazar From Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ
They become glowing lights like ornaments filled with lights that angels are astonished because angels don’t receive those maqams (stations). Angels are of a stagnant reality. What Allah (AJ) created them, they stay. They don’t have an ascension. They’re astonished that the believer, how one moment they’re down, next moment they’re at lights that are astonishing because of they figured out who to be loving. They were into their own deeds and their own action, thinking they’re going to lift themself and they can’t lift their pants more less lift themself off the ground.
When they finally realize, ‘No, you. It’s not you lifting yourself, it’s who do you love. The one you love is the one who’ll be raising you’ because that one who Sayyidina Muhammad’s ﷺ soul is in a continuous mir’aj (ascension), lightning speed beyond imagination. As soon as you attach your salawat and your love onto that light, that light grabs you and shoots you into the heavens, dresses you and bless your soul with ornaments and lights that the angels are astonished by that. Wa Nadheeran (warner), that he begin to give you isharah (signs), ‘Don’t do, don’t do these things. Do good things. If you want me to be with you, stick with the good, stick with the good.’ That’s why then the tariqah (spiritual path) comes to teach manners. The tariqah come to teach manners with all these lights and all these realities. That’s why they teaching manners.
If Your Rizq is Falling Short, Something is Wrong With Your Character
Anyone whom is having difficulties and energies and things that are not meeting in place, they have to review their own case. You have to review your own case. Why are things coming short? Why is rizq (sustenance) not coming? For tariqah (spiritual path), the biggest understanding is when rizq is cut and rizq is in difficulty, something’s wrong with the character and Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ is not happy. So, everything in the hisab (account) of the person has to go step by step, step by step. ‘What am I doing that he’s (Prophet ﷺ) not happy with?’
He’s not happy with any type of deceitful action where you conduct yourself in an inappropriate way with people, unknown. You think the rest of the world doesn’t know what you’re doing; they don’t have to know. All that has to know is Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, he knows. If he’s upset by the character and these are people who are lovers, this is an immense rahmah (mercy) because they don’t want to punish in akhirah.
Shaykhs are Spiritual Doctors Prescribing Meditation
So, the punishment of dunya (material world) for these ahbab, these lovers, is if Prophet ﷺ is not happy, they get an isharah (sign) into their heart “not happy”. They get a dream come to their life “not happy”. If the rizq begin to be in difficulty, something is wrong with what they’re doing. Prophet ﷺ wants it fixed, wants that bad action, bad character, the way the person is conducting themself known and unknown to people must be changed because these are all like a hospital. When you go in with some sort of difficulty, immediately the doctor knows. You don’t know, the doctor knows. They look at you in one second and say, ‘Look like you’re gonna have a heart attack just by the color of your lips.’ You think nobody knew. You don’t think the doctor know their whole life was to train like that. What about then spiritual doctors? But because the adab (discipline) of the shaykhs, they stay quiet and they can’t reply to people. They can’t talk with people. But the signs are for those who follow signs and look into the signs. They want you to meditate.
So, when somebody says, you know, ‘I have this difficulty. My money is not coming, rizq not coming, job is not opening, sickness not going away,’ they send you the email back, ‘Meditate.’ They come back and say, ‘Oh, you keep sending email that says “meditate”.’ Are you not reading these emails? So yeah, they’re reading the email, but did you want somebody to give you a direct answer? They have an understanding is you never approach the horse from the mouth and from the rear, right? Why? Because he’s gonna bite you if you go from his mouth and try to say, ‘Hi, I’m coming in, I’m going to ride you.’ You come to his mouth, he bites you in a second. If you say, ‘I’m going to go from the back and jump onto you and then ride you’, he’s going to take those two feet and give you a concussion and hit you in the head.
Meditate to Understand What You’re Doing
So, this is the ego of people is much more dangerous than that example. There’s no way to deal with the ego of people that they attack you back. They become very angry. Tariqah (spiritual path) comes with the subtlety of teaching that when you are claiming things are in difficulty, the rizq is not opening, the sustenance is in this, a sickness is coming with this, this is a school of tafakkur (contemplation). They’re teaching how to love Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and then meditate, connect you heart, take your muhasabah (accounting).
If you’re not meditating, maybe that’s your own understanding. You don’t want to know what you’re doing. They want you to sit at night and contemplate, ‘Why nothing’s opening for me?’ They said, ‘You really want to know? We’re going to start pushing into your heart for you to understand what you’re doing. Don’t do that anymore. Stop all of these actions that you’re doing and you begin to start to clean.’ That’s nadheeran (warner), that’s from Prophet ﷺ. They said from the beginning of Surat al-Kahf, they control your boat. They’ll bring it up and take it down, bring it up and take it down so that they can control the khuluq and the character.
﴾فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا ۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا إِمْرًا ﴿٧١
18:71 – “Fantalaqa hatta idha rakiba fes safeenati kharaqaha, qala akharaqtaha litughriqa ahlaha laqad jita shay-an imra.” (Surat Al-Kahf)
“So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, Al-Khidr tore it open. [Moses] said, Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing.” (The Cave, 18:71)
People of Tafakkur Pay Attention to Every Isharah
Because when the servant is reaching to ikhlas (sincerity) and wants to reach to ikhlas but they’re not able to control the characteristics that they are exhibiting then that’s why then these imtihans (testing) are coming. Then sit and meditate. What’s going on? What are you doing wrong that these things are coming short? When they sit and they begin to meditate then they begin to write: ‘I’m doing this wrong. I’m doing this wrong. I’m doing these things wrong.’ As soon as you identify these things that you’re doing wrong, you make your istighfar (seeking forgiveness) and begin to change them. ‘I’m not going to do the wrong, I’m going to do the right.’
That’s why then the people of meditation and tafakkur, they contemplate everything. Everything that’s sent to them is an understanding. It’s not to be wasted. Every isharah (sign) that coming into their heart, pay attention to it. It has an immense, immense reality. That people are distracted by their dunya (material world) and the dunya at the same time is collapsing. That build your akhirah, build your connection with Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ to have noble works and noble characteristics. Time is finishing. That Prophet ﷺ want to sign on their reality to grant them from what Allah (AJ) want to grant them and that requires that their khuluq and their character to be of a noble characteristic, inshaAllah.
Subhana rabbika rabbal ‘izzati ‘amma yasifoon, wa salaamun ‘alal mursaleen, walhamdulillahi rabbil ‘aalameen. Bi hurmati Muhammad al-Mustafa wa bi siri Surat al-Fatiha.
Special thanks to our transcribers for their help with transcribing this suhbah.
Original Date of Suhbah: February 12, 2021
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