Truth Has Arrived and Falsehood Has Perished – Tafsir 17:81
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Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘aalameen, was salaatu was salaamu ‘alaa Ashraful 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.”
﴾أَطِيعُواللَّه وَأَطِيعُوٱلرَّسُولَ وَأُوْلِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ… ﴿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)
Lovers of the Divine Reality Make Their Mi’raj Through the Heart
And always a reminder for myself, ana abdukal ‘ajeez, wa dayeef, wa miskin, wa zhalim, wa jahl. That if not by the Grace of Allah (AJ), that cease to be in existence. By Allah’s (AJ) infinite rahmah and mercy that continues to give us life, with all our shortcomings, with all our wrongdoings, Allah (AJ) huwal Ghafoor ur Raheem, endless oceans of generosity and mercy. And awliyaullah (saints) come into our life to bring realities into our heart and illuminate our path. “A’uzu Billahi min ash Shaitanir Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Wa qul jaa alhaqqu wa zahaqal baatil, innal batila kana zahoqa.”
﴾وَ قُلْ جَآءَالْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَطِلُ، إِنَّ الْبَطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا ﴿٨١
17:81 – “Wa qul jaa alhaqqu wa zahaqal baatil, innal batila kana zahoqa.” (Surat Al-Isra)
“And say, Truth has come, and falsehood has perished. Indeed falsehood, [by its nature], is ever perishing/bound to perish.” (The Night Journey, 17:81)
And that for lay people, ordinary people, when they asked that, ‘Give us an understanding of haq,‘ that Allah (AJ) describing everything created by haq (truth), and that the light is haq, and they said this is a description of Allah (AJ). And from Mawlana Shaykh’s (Q) teaching that as you draw near to that Divine reality, that Allah (AJ), the adab and the respect, the manners will begin to explain to the heart of the seeker because Prophet ﷺ, with a physical Mi’raj (Ascension) and the seekers and lovers of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, lovers of the Divinely Presence, lovers of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, their mi’raj is through the heart. And in that heart, as they draw near, Allah (AJ) begins to clarify within their heart that, ‘Remember, nothing is like unto Me. That I created haq but haq is never a description of Me.’
The Light of Prophet ﷺ is the Reflection of Allah (AJ)
It means that Allah (AJ), as much as one is moving towards Allah (AJ), as much as Allah (AJ) is moving away. There’s never a point in our soul, whether within our life or within our death, that you draw into the presence of the Creator. Then that would mean you share a space, you share an air, you share a breath. And the adab (manners) is that there’s no way to approach. As much as you’re approaching, as much as Allah (AJ) is moving away to remain as a mystery, but leaves for us the sign, ayah, min ayat Allah.
The sign and the greatest signs of Allah (AJ) is Nurul Muhammad ﷺ. That the light of Prophet ﷺ is the reflection of Allah (AJ), is the description or the manifestation of all these haqqaiqs and realities. That these attributes, although they describe Allah (AJ), they be known to the believer and to the seeker through the realities of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.
Haq Contains the Element of Ha – the Oceans of Al Hayat, the Ever-Living
So, there’s no way to approach and say that, ‘I’ve seen the haq.’ It means then you would be claiming something in the vicinity of Allah (AJ). So, they begin to define that haq and truth, it has elements within it. That ha and the importance of that ha is for the oceans of al-Hayat (Ever-Living). That Allah (AJ) is going to begin to define this Muhammadan reality from Haqqiqatul Muhammadiyah ﷺ.
This reality, through its huroof (Arabic letters), will show its elements in what we understand from the world of kalaam (words). What we are saying of haq, its elements in which Allah (AJ) creates it is known through its huroofs. Like the salt and the flour, it gives you description of what’s being baked. That ha of haq is the oceans of hayat. And Allah (AJ) when going to make that haq, He creates it from the oceans of al-Hayat, the eternal oceans of the Ever-Living.
Allah (AJ) Eternally Sustains Haq With the Qaf of Qayyum
When Allah (AJ) going to make the qaf, it’s going to be, “Qaf, wal Qur’an al Majeed.”
﴾ق ۚ وَالْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ ﴿١
50:1 – “Qaf, wal Quranil Majeed.” (Surat Qaf)
“Qaf. By the honored Qur’an.” (The Letter Qaf, 50:1)
It means that that ocean of Qayyum and realities is going to be opening upon that haq. It means that oceans of hayat and the secrets from Holy Qur’an that dressing and making Qayyum, that is self-sustained. Self-sustained realities that this haq is not in need of anyone to sustain it other than Allah (AJ) is the Sustainer of the haq.
This means that they saying that you’re trying to draw that you cannot describe Allah (AJ), but Allah (AJ) is the Support of haq. Allah (AJ) is the Sustainer of haq. Allah (AJ) is what gives the ha its Hayat, gives the qaf the Qayyum. It’s eternal dress that nobody going to feed it, nobody going to sustain it. Its sustenance, its energy, its existence comes from Allah’s (AJ) Divinely Presence.
Look to the Sun to Understand the Power of Hay and Qayyum
It means then in our lives, they begin to teach that light of eternity, the reality of eternity like the sun. Because it’s always a reminder for myself that why to understand these realities? Because it gives us an understanding of our path. When Allah (AJ) wants us to understand eternity and haq, one sign of haq is the shams, is the sun. On this Earth, Allah (AJ) gives us a sign that, ‘Just for you to understand My Haq, look to the sun. It’s Hay and it’s Qayyum.’ Its power of Hayat (Ever-living) is sustained by Allah (AJ). It’s Qayyum because we don’t know when that sun came into existence and when that sun is going.
Don’t listen to the people at school thinking that, ‘Oh, there are 30 billion years left.’ They can’t tell you what happened 40 years ago more than give you a time stamp on the sun! When it came, when it goes, beyond our understanding when Allah (AJ) created that reality. But for Earth is for us to look and understand Hayat and Qayyum, that which is alive and eternal.
Sayyidina Muhammad’s ﷺ Soul is More Powerful Than the Sun
And they said in many different talks that the soul is of that reality. The soul of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ more powerful than that sun. And in our life, we see that that sun was the same sun for Sayyidina Adam (as), for Sayyidina Nuh (as), for Sayyidina Ibrahim (as). This means that it resembles an eternity. And as much as you approach that sun – all of its benefits and all of its realities – it nourishes life on this Earth. It heals life on this Earth. And if we were to approach the sun, it would burn everything away. Imagine then the light of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, where when we recite within these naat, ‘Hayyu al Qayyum’ that, ‘Your light, how does the light of the sun and the moon?’ Just the green dome of Madina, how does, and outshines the light of the sun and the moon?
ہے نور تیرا شمس و قمر میں
تیرے لبوں کی لا لی سحر میں
پھولوں نے تیری خوشبو چُرا لی
سارے نبی تیرے در کے سوالی
Hay Noor tera shams o qamar may
Tere labo ki, Laali sahar may
Poolo ne Teri, Khushbu chura li
Saare Nabi tere dar ke sawali
Your light is in the Sun and the Moon, The dawn has the redness of your holy lips,
All flowers have stolen your fragrance, All prophets are at your door seeking help.
And
When the green dome of Madina comes into my sight
The whole of dunya (material world) is buried in its light.
These naats and these nasheeds (songs of praise) that we recite, awliyaullah (saints) want us to understand that these awliyaullah, they’ve been dressed from that reality. They’ve been dressed from what Allah (AJ) wants insan (human being) to be dressed. That bring out the reality of your hayat, of your eternal dress, that which is not going to be perishing. Bring out the reality of your qayyum, your eternity. It means bring out the power of your soul.
Allah (AJ) Speaks Only to Prophet ﷺ in the Holy Qur’an
So when Allah (AJ) is describing, “Qul.” We said before is a reminder that when we read Holy Qur’an, we’re imagining Allah (AJ) speaking to us. It has a different understanding. When awliyaullah (saints) are teaching that when you read Holy Qur’an, this is a dialogue between Allah (AJ) and Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and you don’t exist. Don’t put yourself in an existence or in a place of importance. So, “Qul ja al haq,” Allah (AJ) is speaking to Janab al Haq ﷺ. There is one speaking, one being spoken to. So who’s the “Qul” to? That you are the Haq of Allah (AJ) and verily, ‘When the truth comes, falsehood perishes.’
﴾وَ قُلْ جَآءَالْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَطِلُ، إِنَّ الْبَطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا ﴿٨١
17:81 – “Wa qul jaa alhaqqu wa zahaqal baatil, innal batila kana zahoqa.” (Surat Al-Isra)
“And say, Truth has come, and falsehood has perished. Indeed falsehood, [by its nature], is ever perishing/bound to perish.” (The Night Journey, 17:81)
Holy Qur’an Emanates From the Soul of Prophet ﷺ
This means everything is existing within a falsehood; it’s delusions and it’s illusions. And Allah (AJ) is giving the isharat (sign) of that light that, ‘My Qul, My Qaf wal Qur’an al Majid (Holy Qur’an, 50:1) on that eternal tongue.’ We said before that nothing can hold the Qul of Allah (AJ). The Qul and the Speech of Allah (AJ), Allah (AJ) says that, ‘If I speak to the mountain, it will be dust.’
﴾لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُ خَاشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ …﴿٢١
59:21 – “Law anzalna hadha alQurana ‘ala jabalin laraaytahu, khashi’an mutasaddi’an min khashyatillahi…” (Surat Al-Hashr)
“Had We sent down this Qur’an on a mountain, verily, you would have seen it obliterated to dust (from its power)…” (The Exile, 59:21)
But I speak to the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, manzil al Qur’an, the Holy Qur’an is emanating from the soul of Prophet ﷺ.’
Everything Exists Within La Ilaha IllAllah Muhammadun Rasulallah ﷺ
So, that Qul of Allah (AJ) is like a power to the haq (truth). That haq is the sign of Allah’s (AJ) signs that, ‘I created from your light, ya Nabi Muhammad ﷺ and I created everything in truth. I created everything with the Muhammadan light.’
قَالَ رَسُولَ اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: “أَوَّلُ مَا خَلَقَ اللهُ نُوْرِ نَبِيِّكَ يَا جَابِرْ.”
Qala Rasulullah ﷺ, “Awwalu ma khalaqAllahu nuri Nabyika, Ya Jabir.”
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: “The first thing that Allah created was your prophet’s light (referring to himself (pbuh)), O Jabir.”
Because everything exists within La ilaha illAllahu Muhammadun Rasulallah ﷺ; can’t be in La ilaha illAllah because it means that there’s nothing here but Allah (AJ). So, La ilaha illAllah is the power of Muhammadun Rasulallah ﷺ.
لَا إِلَهَ إلاَّ اللهُ مُحَمَّدٌا رَسُولْ الله
“La ilaha illAllahu Muhammadun Rasulallah.”
“There is no deity but Allah, Prophet Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”
So, then everything is within that kalima. So, Allah (AJ) describing all this creation is bi haq Muhammad ﷺ, ‘You are My Haq. You are from the oceans of Al Hayat (Ever-living) and your soul is Qayyum (Self-sustaining). And every soul and every light is from that light.’ So when Allah (AJ) give you your soul, He takes from the light of that haq (truth) and put it into the body. And Allah (AJ) describing that when that haq, Janab al Haq, the master and the sultan of haq, wherever that haq moves, it hits the falsehood because everything is existing in a false illusion.
Realities of Zikr Can Positively Change Your DNA
We said before with the realities of sound, you have to use your heart and contemplate. We said the sound that you make is giving you your appearance, your idea, your understanding. Even now, they have scientists saying that sound can change your DNA. And their science is haq (truth). You make a certain zikr (Divine remembrance) and sound, your DNA structure can become and change.
There are scientists who say that sound on water and they saw the crystals changing. They said hate, hate, hate and the crystals of the water under electron microscope were changing. They became darkened. As soon as you said something positive and something loving, it changes because this whole world of form is form. Then becomes its atoms and molecules; they become a light. That light becomes an energy. That energy is based on sound that we talked about two weeks.
Beware of Shaitanic Sounds
So, it means everything is manifesting based on its sound. If its sound is low and bad and cursing like today’s music. Why shaitan (satan) is propagating and spreading bad sound on the Earth? And when dajjal comes, from awliyaullah‘s teaching, he is going to release a song. And in 40 days that song will cover the Earth. And whoever hears that will lock into their ear. And like the pied piper, they told stories of the children, he plays a sound and everybody begins to follow. You see it now.
You see every sound in every concert is based on an ideology; not ideology, idolatry, wrong word. Right? Every rock concert is like an ancient idolatry event – fire going, an idol comes onto the stage and then asks everybody for their hands up. Why hands up? Because they’re giving them bayah. They say, ‘Put your hands up and swear your allegiance to us,’ and they make fire go and they say pyromaniac, what pyrotechnology. Fire, they make fire everywhere. Why? Because they understood the importance of sound.
The Heavenly Sound of Prophet ﷺ Will Shatter All Falsehood
This reality of sound is what is making people to manifest. And what Allah (AJ) is describing in this ayatul kareem (Holy Qur’an, 17:81) that when Prophet’s ﷺ light, the light of haq (truth), the highest reality of light – that’s why that light appears on Judgement day. If they don’t know their Islam, they have to go and study.
Bi wal hamd, that Prophet ﷺ will make du’as (supplications) that intercede for all creation. Why? Because the sound of Prophet ﷺ begins to shatter everything. Allah (AJ) will make all falsehood begin to approach Prophet ﷺ. They’re coming for the intercession of the master of sound whose name is Hamd ﷺ. Allah (AJ) giving us clues everywhere. The master of sound of the heavens has arrived upon the Earth: Ahamd in the Divinely Presence, Muhamd for Earth. It means that the master of sound is coming and begin to make a sound in which all falsehood will perish, but of a Divine perishing. This means it will be crushed, brought down and Haq of Allah (AJ) will begin to come, so it shatters the false.
One Shout From Allah (AJ) Can Extinguish Everything & Raise It Back
It means they emanate. They will come with all their false understandings, false belief, false practices, all those things that were not pleasant to Allah (AJ). But Allah’s (AJ) rahmah (mercy) will shatter it with the hamd of Prophet ﷺ, and then rebuild it, sayidatan wahidatan. Allah (AJ), ‘But one shout and We make it to be dust.’
﴾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)
In Surah YaSeen again says, ‘And it’s but one shout that We raise you back into Our Presence.’
﴾إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ ﴿٥٣
36:53 – “In kanat illa sayhatan wahidatan fa idha hum jamee’un ladayna muhdaroon.” (Surat YaSeen)
“It will be no more than a single Blast/Shout, when at once, they will all be brought up before Us!” (YaSeen, 36:53)
Whose shout? From the oceans of Oneness, Allah’s (AJ) shout will shatter everything and nothing will be in existence. It means order comes to Prophet ﷺ – make this sound, everything will be crushed. Make this sound and bring everything back towards its reality.
Those Who Are Overcome With Falsehood Will Burn in Sayyidina Muhammad’s ﷺ Light
It means that reality, that is towards the understanding of the greatness of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ because they underestimate the greatness of their Prophet, alaihis salatus salam. If we understood what Prophet ﷺ is sending to the heart of awliyaullah, of these realities from Allah’s (AJ) Divinely Presence; that when that haq comes, every falsehood is perishing and then falsehood in its nature is nothing, zahoqan. It’s easy to be destroyed. Wherever Prophet’s ﷺ light goes, falsehood goes. Falsehood and the light of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ cannot be together.
﴾وَ قُلْ جَآءَالْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَطِلُ، إِنَّ الْبَطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا ﴿٨١
17:81 – “Wa qul jaa alhaqqu wa zahaqal baatil, innal batila kana zahoqa.” (Surat Al-Isra)
“And say, Truth has come, and falsehood has perished. Indeed falsehood, [by its nature], is ever perishing/bound to perish.” (The Night Journey, 17:81)
That’s why they run away from the mehfil (gathering). They don’t even have the ability to enter into the mehfil. It’s not something people are choosing, ‘Oh I’m gonna come, I’m not gonna come.’ No, you have no choice to come! If you’re overridden by falsehood, the falsehood within that person is saying, ‘No way do I want to go to that light because I’m going to vanish. I’m going to be burned in that light.’ Because it knows, the shayateen know, the bad nafs (ego) knows that, ‘Those are the haq of Allah (AJ). Those are the lights of Allah (AJ). If we approach them, we become non-existent.’
Fattabioni: Follow Prophet ﷺ to Acquire the Love of Allah (AJ)
So, when they begin to describe Prophet ﷺ, that the light of Prophet ﷺ, wherever it moves, every falsehood begins to perish. Every falsehood, by its nature, is like nothing, non-existent. By understanding that, we understand that Ahbab an Nabi, not the scholars because you can know something but have no love for Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. A scholar, anybody can read and memorize. Ahbab an Nabi are the lovers of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, that they achieved high levels of faith in which they love Prophet ﷺ more than they love themselves.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ: ” لاَ يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ وَالِدِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ ”.
Qala Rasulullahi ﷺ, “La yuminu ahadukum hatta akona ahabba ilayhi min walidihi wa waladihi wan Nasi ajma’yeen.”
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, “None of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father, his children and all mankind.”
Based on that, they have been overtaken by that love. It emanates and occupies every part of their reality, “Qul in kuntum tuhibbon Allaha fattabi’oni yuhbibkumullahu”
﴾قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّوْنَ اللَّـهَ فَاتَّبِعُوْنِيْ يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّـهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوْبَكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّـهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿٣١
3:31 – “Qul in kuntum tuhibbon Allaha fattabi’oni, yuhbibkumullahu wa yaghfir lakum dhunobakum wallahu Ghaforur Raheem.” (Surat Al-Imran)
“Say, [O Muhammad], “If you should love Allah, then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” (Family of Imran, 3:31)
Ahbab an Nabi Must Be Qamar, Following the Sun
Allah (AJ) gave to them the secret that, ‘You want My Love, you are approaching Me with so much sincerity. If you want My Love, follow Prophet ﷺ. Follow with your entire being, Prophet ﷺ.’ That’s why the importance of the sun. They realized their life, they have to be qamar (moon). They have to be a planet in which it follows the sun exactly, completely. They don’t look right, they don’t look left. They’re not occupied by other people’s thoughts and opinions.
They look only to the light of Prophet ﷺ and they keep moving, keep moving. And the light of Prophet ﷺ begin to burn away every falsehood from them. There’s no other promise like that. That if you say no, you’re following Allah (AJ) and Allah (AJ) going to burn away falsehood. No, you’re incorrect in your belief.
Shaitan Didn’t Respect the Nurul Muhammad ﷺ Within Sayyidina Adam (as)
That was the belief of shaitan because shaitan said, ‘I don’t need Adam (as), that nothing should come between me and Allah (AJ).’
Allah (AJ) saying, ‘You’re wrong. Make sajdah (prostration).’
He said, ‘I’m not making sajdah,’ and left.
﴾وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ السَّاجِدِينَ ﴿١١
7:11 – “Wa laqad khalaqnaakum summa sawwarnaakum summa qulnaa lilmalaaa’ikatis judoo li Aadama fa-sajadooo illaaa Ibleesa lam yakum minas saajideen” (Surat Al-A’raf)
“It is We Who created you and gave you shape; then We bade the angels prostrate to Adam, and they prostrate; not so Iblis; He refused to be of those who prostrate.” (The Heights, 7:11)
So, it means then Allah (AJ) begin to describe, if the light that was in Sayyidina Adam (as) was Nurul Muhammad ﷺ, the ihtiram (respect) of the light of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ made all the angels bow down, bow down to that light. So, when that haq (truth) begins to move in our life, it begins to hit every type of falsehood.
Prophet ﷺ Praises Upon Us Ten Times When We Praise Upon Him Once
So, when Ahbab an Nabi, and the lovers of Prophet ﷺ, that every hadith is beginning to describe them. That, ‘Remember me once, Allah (AJ) sends me ten times to make salawat upon you’; now they’re turning into suns because their remembrance of Prophet ﷺ is immense. Tremendous amounts of salawats on Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. As a result, Prophet ﷺ is continuously praising upon them and they begin the relationship of fusion.
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ – صلى الله عليه وسلم -: ” مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ صَلَاةً وَاحِدَةً، صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَشْرَ صَلَوَاتٍ، وَحُطَّتْ عَنْهُ عَشْرُ خَطِيئَاتٍ، وَرُفِعَتْ لَهُ عَشْرُ دَرَجَاتٍ
Qala Rasulullah ﷺ: “Man Salla`alaiya Salatan wahidatan, Sallallahu `alayhi `ashra Salawatin, wa Huttat `anhu `ashru khaTeatin, wa ruf`at lahu `ashru darajatin.”
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: “Whoever sends blessings [Praises] upon me, God will shower His blessings upon him ten times, and will erase ten of his sins, and elevate [raise] his [spiritual] station ten times.” [Hadith recorded by Nasa’i]
As you praise upon Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, Prophet’s ﷺ promise is to praise back upon you. So, now you have a love relationship of praising and taking back, you’re praising and taking back. The secret of fusion is opening within you and you’re becoming like a small sun filled with a lot of qudra, filled with a lot of power. And they show many times in the miniatures, these saintly and pious people as suns, shams. Their light is so powerful, more powerful than the light of the sun.
Falsehood Cannot Enter into a Majlis of True Awliya
And then you study the sun; how much is nourished by that sun? How much is given to us by that sun? Imagine then the sun of awliyaullah who are carrying the light and the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, that anything that is in their presence is being burned. Anything moving towards their presence is being burned. Everywhere that Prophet ﷺ pushes them and moves them is a Haq of Allah (AJ), is moving and every falsehood is running. Because the falsehood has no power to enter in and to come after because Allah’s (AJ) lights are pushing away.
If we understood that reality, then you begin to understand the difference of attending a majlis (association) of just someone versus attending their majlis. They have to at least be able to explain the reality to even think that they’re from that reality. Their associations are not like regular associations, whether it’s in person or whether it’s via technologies. The light and the sound is still moving through all the technologies and many people have dreams and visions of them.
Our ‘Amal Doesn’t Rise Without the Light of Their Association
It means those associations are the associations of haq (truth). Where Allah’s (AJ) light, Prophet’s ﷺ light, all of the awliyaullah (saints) light upon that association and begin to move and begin to destroy every type of falsehood. That can’t be achieved in your salah (prayer). That can’t be achieved in your zakah (charity). Why?
Because you could be praying and shaitan inside you. There is no promise that you pray and haq (truth) of Allah (AJ) come and destroy every type of falsehood. You pray and you act and do all your usool (principles) with you, and everything that within you is already there. That ‘amal (action) doesn’t even rise. If shaitan is inside, they say, “Allahu Akbar.” There’s no rise. When they make du’a (supplication), shaitan makes it to be dirty. The foul smell doesn’t even rise. But Allah (AJ), “Ittaqollaha wa kono ma’as sadiqeen.”
﴾يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ 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)
Ahbab an Nabi Are the Moons Reflecting the Love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ
‘Have a consciousness and keep their company. Hold tight to the rope of Allah (AJ) and don’t separate.’
﴾وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّـهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا ۚ ﴿١٠٣
3:103 – “Wa’tasimo bihab lillahi jamee’an wa la tafarraqo…” (Surat Ali-Imran)
“And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not separate…” (Family of Imran, 3:103)
These are the ropes of Allah (AJ). Their association not like other associations. They’re teaching from the world of light and malakut that to take these lights, be dressed by these lights, be built by these lights. These lights are what gives the soul a tashrif and an honour. When they look and Allah (AJ) look, malaika (angels) look, they look to the lights that been dressed upon the soul, not the lights that we think we are getting our dress from our salah (prayer), our zakah (charity), and our fasting, but the lights from the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. These lights from Ahbab an Nabi, that they are the moons that reflect the love of Prophet ﷺ upon the soul of the believer. And they give the soul all its medallions, all of its colours, all of its glory. That Allah (AJ) look to that light and sees the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ upon it. And that’s what gives the soul its honour in Divinely Presence.
We Don’t Understand the Subtleties of Our Own Heart
We pray that Allah (AJ) open more and more understanding for us from these realities and to be dressed by these realities to find the people of that reality. That that reality has a tremendous importance; and that’s why they teach the attunement. That as much as you break down your vibration, your sound, your understanding, as much as they can begin to attune the heart.
The heart is a very sensitive organ, very sensitive organ. If we understood the danger and the subtlety of the heart, wuquf al qalb, we would be vigilant in guarding and safeguarding the heart. They have songs that, ‘You play the strings of my heart.’ Love songs. But you can say things and people’s heart can have a love, can have a panic, can have a fear. It’s a very sensitive receiver.
Be Vigilant With Your Heart!
So, it means that that heart, when it’s trained on how to love Prophet ﷺ, how to understand that reality, it’s picking up that reception. If you place that heart in other places and to hear other things, it’s also picking up those vibrations.
So, that’s why they warn us to be vigilant with the heart. Don’t give your heart to anywhere. Don’t put your heart to listen to everything. It’s picking up those vibrations. If they’re not from the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, shaitan is infiltrating that understanding with all his dirtiness. And we say again because many people – I’m amazed at myself – how many times you can repeat something to somebody until it clicks.
Shaitan Taught Angels From His Bad Characteristics
What made the angels to fall? What made the angels to question Allah (AJ) where angels are supposed to be masum? Because their teacher was shaitan. As soon as shaitan began to teach them, he not only taught them knowledge but gave him from his bad characteristics. So, then when Allah (AJ) was going to show something, their bad characteristic intervened on their knowledge and they questioned Allah (AJ), ‘Why You made him the khalifa when You know he’s going to make bloodshed?’
How could an angel ask something like that? Because their teacher was shaitan. And Allah (AJ) saw there was a danger, ‘You’re learning from shaitan. I know who shaitan is. You don’t know him yet.’
﴾وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلاَئِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً قَالُواْ أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاء وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٠
2:30 – “Wa idh qala rabbuka lil Malayikati innee ja’ilun fil ardi khaleefatan, qaloo ataj’alu feeha man yufsidu feeha wa yasfikud dima a wa nahnu nusabbihu bihamdika wa nuqaddisu laka, Qala innee a’lamu ma la ta’lamon.” (Surat Al-Baqarah)
“And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, “Indeed, I will make upon the earth a Deputy/Representative.” They [angels] said, “Will You place upon it one who causes corruption/mischief therein and shed blood, while we praise and glorify You?” Allah said, “Indeed, I know that which you do not know.” (The Cow, 2:30)
Be Careful Where You Pick Up Knowledge From
‘I’m going to make this all to happen to stop learning from them. Learn from Bani Adam.’ “Wa alam asma kullaha.” ‘Whom I’ve taught of the lights and the knowledges of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.’
﴾وَعَلَّمَ آدَمَ الْأَسْمَاءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنبِئُونِي بِأَسْمَاءِ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ﴿٣١
2:31 – “Wa ‘allama Adamal Asma a kullaha, thumma ‘aradahum ‘alal Malaikati faqala anbioonee bi asma i haola e in kuntum sadiqeen.” (Surat Al-Baqarah)
“And He taught Adam the names – all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, “Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful.” (The Cow, 2:31)
So, it means they teach be careful with your heart and where you’re trying to learn from. It may not only be picking up knowledge, but it picks up all the bad characteristics. That’s why they’re teaching by energy. Every word they say has a frequency.
What Seems Pure May Actually Be Poison
So, not only the knowledge that somebody has, but the dirtiness of the cup you have to be worried about because they can say, ‘Oh, Shaykh, this is pure water.’ But say, ‘Yeah, that cup looks like it has waste on it!’ If you put that in your mouth, you get sick.
So, it’s not only the knowledge. Prophet ﷺ warned that their qira’at and the way they talk will be pleasing to you, pleasing to you. But it’s coming with a poison into the heart unless they are the lovers of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. And you know the lovers of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ because they talk excessively about the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.
Subhana rabbika rabbal ‘izzati ‘amma yasifoon, wa salaamun ‘alal mursaleen, walhamdulillahi rabbil ‘aalameen. Bi hurmati Muhammad al Mustafa wa bi sirri Surat al Fatiha.
Special thanks to our transcribers for their help with transcribing this suhbah.
Original Date of Suhbah: November 18, 2017
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