“This (Quran)
is enlightenment for mankind and guidance and mercy for a people who have
Faith with certainty. What! Do those who commit evils think that We shall hold
them equal with those who believe and do righteous deeds - that equal will be
their life and their death? Ill is the judgment that they make. And Allah created
the heavens and earth with truth and so that every soul may be rewarded for
what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.” (45: 21-23)
By the grace of Allah, Allah (swt) gives me once again
the opportunity to continue the explanation on the subject of the three Friday
sermons that I had made in the month of Dhul-Qaddah
(that is to say, on 28 August as well as on 04 & 11 September 2015).
It is a subject which is so vast and important and I
hope that by the grace of Allah, every Muslim around the world and all my dear
disciples who are in the different countries of the world understand what I’m trying
to make them understand, in their own interest, for their own good vis-à-vis
their Creator and I recommend you to try to make an analysis of what I said in
those Friday sermons, and today it’s the fourth sermon which I am doing on the
same subject. It is for your own benefit if everyone gets to reform himself; for
he will then have no fear on the day when he will have to appear before his
Creator. So if everyone understands what I say, then everyone will have to
clear all their discussions/disputes, their passions and hatred and grudges
they have towards their brothers of the same religion, and the disputes and
wars that exists between them.
The majority of people who are engaged in wars
(between themselves) and who do nothing to calm their anger and passions are
people who cannot become the friends of Allah. So I make an appeal to you all
without distinction that it is high time now to give up, to abandon all peccadilloes
(vain differences and arguments), all unimportant things because it is now time
to engage in the great and extraordinary work (of religion). So I never tire of
telling you every time that you need to adopt this path, because without it we cannot
come under the shadow of Allah, in the refuge of Allah in peace.
But the goal is not just to come under the refuge of
Allah in peace. A real man is one who does not hesitate to come in the
battlefield (precisely, for the cause of God) at a time when there is
apparently no support for him, but nevertheless he makes the leap and comes
forward. And then he presents all that he possesses, all that has to be
presented, and he does not care what happens behind him (as he looks before him,
not behind) for his passion, his love and desire to serve religion is so strong
in his heart, that he comes forward voluntarily and presents himself and all that
he possesses in the service of religion.
If you create this kind of desire in
your hearts, it is you therefore who shall become those people who will be in
the shade, under the refuge of Allah in peace. But until now, you have not yet
developed such a passion; such passion which is like a flicker that can at any
moment create a great flame (of devotion). Therefore, if you have not yet
reached that ideal (at this crucial point), then all these words shall be words
that you will understand of course, but you will not know how to benefit from
them. So it is high time that each of you deeply reflects and analyzes his own
being in such a way that no aspect of his own being remain in darkness.
Bear in mind that all the people who are under the
influence of their anger, those whom their anger and passion dominate them,
then it is impossible that the words of wisdom and knowledge come out of their
mouths.
There are many people who write to me and there are those who send
emails also to tell me to pray for them, but as soon as I get ready to pray for
them, duahs (supplications for them) do
not come out (of my mouth) in their favour, and so I understand immediately
that these are people who have not adopted the path that Allah wants them to take.
Therefore, their direction is different from the direction that we have adopted. If you let yourself be dominated by your desires and passions and anger, then
it will not be possible for you to have the words of knowledge and wisdom come out
of your mouth and the people who have entered into the refuge of Allah fail to
plead in your favour, because it is the same God Who keeps His servants from
praying for such people. At that moment, the goal of having the upper hands on
the great scholars (of the world) becomes impossible (to accomplish).
So if your anger, your passion wins over you, then it
will not be possible for you to accomplish this desire to become the friends of
Allah. So, to become the comrades of Allah, you should never say, “It’s because of the knowledge I possess
that I got to become a great personality.” If you flatter yourselves, if you
flatter the knowledge you have, if you boast of your good memory, or the high
position you hold in your workplace, and if you show yourselves arrogant or
selfish to the general public, then this shall certainly be a grievous thing.
Never take yourselves as more superior to others.
Instead, you should show yourselves
as the most humble person found on earth, a very humble one indeed. And before
anyone comes to greet you (with the greeting of peace in Islam), take the first
step and greet first, do not boycott others and do not keep any grudge against
them. Become humble people, because it is the humble people who realize that
everything they have – such as knowledge, wisdom etc – come from Allah alone.
And always make this prayer with humility and sincerity: “O
Allah! Enable us to become (truly and completely) Yours.” When
you shall become for Allah, therefore shall begin from that moment on the
subject of the supplication which Prophet Musa (as) had made:
Oh Lord! I am truly in great need of
whatever
good you would bestow on me!
(Ameen).
(28: 25)
Place your trust in Allah; it is certainly Allah who will
decide what capacity that needs to be developed in you and up to what limit
too. Leave this work to Allah (count on Him). And certainly those plants
which/whom Allah protects; the reason for this special protection is that
precisely without Him, these plants can never reach to their maximum capacity.
It is the hand of God that saves them from the unbelievers, from
external/strange/foreign things and Allah creates such an environment so that
these plants can reach to their maximum capacity.
Good words and words of
wisdom and knowledge cannot therefore come out from the mouths of people who go
against God and His commandments, and who refuse to become good plants. On the
contrary, every word which these types of people pronounce is a source of
disorder. Actually when you look at the homes of those people who let
themselves be overcome by anger, you will see that there is disorder in their
environment and in their society/community also there shall be disorder, and
this disorder can also be seen in their relationship towards others. They
spread disorder everywhere.
So if you want to talk with the help of the Holy
Spirit, for verily true knowledge is that which is obtained from the Holy Spirit,
then, you must remove all the personal desires, passions and anger that are found
in you. It is only then that the words of knowledge shall come out of your
mouth and at that moment the heavens shall consider you as a beneficial
being/person for the world.
I intensely pray that in the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam there
not be found no one who ridicules and speaks evil against his brother or makes
sick jokes about him. It is a very bad thing to abase one’s brother and break his
heart (hurt him), and expose his flaws (or to blame him) in public. All this is
very serious in the eyes of Allah and the divine punishment for it will be
terrible. So put into practice kindness, say good words for your brethrens, and
certainly also a sense of humour is also permissible. Someone who knows that if
he opens his mouth he may say stupidities, then, it is better for him to stay
quiet. Keep silent, for then you can avoid many blunders, disorders, disputes,
wars etc.
So the sense of humour is a very high quality. I pray
that every member of the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam cultivates a sense of humour
that will bring in its wake the ability for you to come under the shadow, in
the refuge of Allah in peace and enable you to become among the comrades of
Allah and serve the religion Allah with pure and sincere hearts, Insha-Allah, Ameen. I thus conclude my
Friday sermon on this subject.
---Friday Sermon of 02 October 2015 ~(18 Dhul-Hijjah 1436 Hijri) delivered by the Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Saheb (atba) of Mauritius.