My
dear daughters,
Assalaamu
Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakaatuh.
Congratulations
to you all for your special meeting this 23rd
June 2019. May Allah purify your intellect and enable you to educate
yourselves and all our Siraj Makin members with utmost devotion.
Ameen.
Today
I would like to expound on the importance of Zikrullah
(Remembrance of Allah). Allah talked about the importance of His
remembrance in many verses of the Holy Quran, among which, He says:
Remember
Me, and I will remember you, and be thankful to Me, and be not
ungrateful to Me. (2: 153).
You
need to know that Zikrullah is very important in one’s
spiritual life. Zikrullah is the food of the soul. Remember,
Allah loves us, and craves for our love also. He wants us to remember
Him always, in any and every situation which may crop up in our daily
life. Be it in happy days and sad days, Allah should always be in
your mind, to thank Him and to ask of Him to give you the strength
and courage to deal with all problems of life and to advance in
spirituality, and to become a sincere and pious help for His cause.
The
help of Allah is vital for the success of a cause. And the most vital
of causes is the Cause of Allah. We women and girls of the Jamaat Ul
Sahih Al Islam should never forget to remember Allah and to give Him
thanks and be grateful to Him.
We
should always thank Allah, for everything, even if it be a problem or
calamity, because Allah knows what is best for us. He guides us to
unimaginable situations to gauge our faith and reaction, to see if we
are really sincere towards Him and His Divine Manifestation. Many of
us have lost many things in the path of Allah, but in return Allah
has promised us a goodly reward, be it in this world and the
hereafter.
So,
you must not be discouraged. Keep up your connection with Allah
through your obligatory Salat (prayers) and the voluntary
prayers as well, and recite His attributes. Seek Him through His
attributes.
In
the beginning of the Divine Manifestation, Hazrat Khalifatullah
(atba) had received revelations about the importance of the
attributes of Allah and we used to study the attributes of Allah in
our Study-Circles. We should know what we are saying, what we are
asking of Allah. As we are not born Arab people, and Arabic is not
our mother tongue, so along with Arabic, we should also know the
translation in our different local languages. In Kerala, you speak
Malayalam. So learn the attributes of Allah and put them into
practice in your daily lives by reciting them and meditating on them.
Reflect on one attribute of Allah at a time. See the greatness of
Allah through His attributes.
In
any situation that you may be, remember Allah, ask of Him, talk to
Him. He is the Lord of all the Worlds, of all people, of all
languages.
You
as the chosen lady-helpers of the world in the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al
Islam, you should form a solid bond with Allah so that Allah may help
you in your everyday lives, and help you in your Dawa towards
the other people. Remember, you should always be in Pardah and
do Dawa, and reflect the true teachings of Islam wherever you
are.
You should keep yourselves happy inside; do not worry about the
burden of the world. Say, “Hey problem, I have a Big/ Mighty
God!” Put your trust in Allah and do not let go of this trust.
Your bond with Allah will rely on this unbreakable trust. If the bond
of trust is broken, and you leave Allah midway, then Allah shall also
leave you, but if you strive in the path towards Allah, you will
definitely get the mercy of Allah at the end of the tunnel of
difficulties and trials.
Ours
is a bright future, and this future is in our hands. Allah has
entrusted to us this future, and now, it is for us to know how to
bring about the positive prospects of that bright promised future. If
we plant good, we shall harvest good. So, do not let go of
Remembrance of Allah, and keep on doing your duties with diligence
and love.
Have
love for your works of Deen. Do not take it as a burden to be
discharged as soon as possible. If you love Allah and His cause, and
the works entailed, then Allah shall help you in this work, shall
guide you and purify your intellect with the necessary knowledge to
bring people towards Allah. Do not remain inactive. Be active in the
path of Allah. Make the necessary efforts and Allah shall bless your
efforts and bring you to the pinnacle of success in this world and
the hereafter.
Insha-Allah,
through your frequent Siraj Makin sessions we get to come closer and
closer. Insha-Allah.
Congratulations
once again. May Allah bless you all in your special meeting and keep
on doing your works with love and sisterly love for one another, all
for the sake of Allah. Insha-Allah.
(Being a Special Address given by Hazrat Ummul Mumineen Fazli Amena Varsally, Sadr Siraj Makin – International, for the Bi-monthly gathering of the Siraj Makin at the Noor'ul Islam Masjid, Mathra- South Kerala on 23 June 2019).
For a report on the Program, click here.