Read the Text of the Sermon Below:
'My dearest disciples,
Assalamoualaikum Warahmatullah Wabarakaatuhu.
It
gives me great pleasure to know that the Kerala Jamaat is holding its
Jalsa Salana on the 22nd & 23rd December
2019. Masha-Allah. May Allah (swt) bless your efforts and
reward you immensely in this life and the hereafter for all your
sacrifices and works for the cause of Allah. I pray to Allah (swt)
that this Jalsa Salana may prove to be a step forward towards realizing the aims and objects for which the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam
has been founded. Like I keep saying, the banner of Islam has to be
raised high; higher than all other banners, and the message of the
Holy Quran has to be conveyed to every human being, of every colour,
race and culture, etc. We are witnessing a dark era wherein there is a
sense of frustration all round. Despite all worldly comforts there is
unrest and uneasiness in every heart. This is because people have
abandoned the worship of the One True God.
Alhamdulillah,
in this darkened era, Allah has manifested His light of guidance
through the advent of His Chosen One, i.e. this humble self, the
Khalifatullah (Caliph of Allah). I have often made it clear that you
should not be happy just with the fact that you are called Muslims
and that you believe in the Shahada
– Laa Ilaaha Illallah, i.e. There is no god but Allah. Those
who read the Holy Quran know well that God Almighty is not pleased
with mere verbal statements nor does mere talk develop any inner
goodness in a person. Unless the nature of one’s deeds and actions
undergoes correction, nothing can be achieved.
Faith: word and deed need to match
There
came a period among the Jews also when only verbal pronouncements
remained and they too were content with just such talk. With their
lips they uttered many statements but their hearts were filled with
impure thoughts and poisonous matter. This was the reason why that
nation was visited by numerous afflictions and tormented by many
troubles and was humiliated so much that its people were likened to
monkeys and swine.
The
point to ponder here is this: did they not believe in the Torah? Of
course they did and they also believed in the prophets but God
Almighty did not like the fact that they should be believers in name
only and should pay only lip service to their faith and that their
hearts and their tongues should not be in harmony.
Deliverance
cannot be attained until such time as the heart believes and this is
manifested only when deeds and actions testify to it. Until this is
achieved nothing is of any avail.
Remember
this well that if a person states that he believes God to be one,
without any partner, and also believes in the Holy Prophet of Islam
(pbuh) and likewise, believes in other matters of faith, but if the
declaration is limited only to being a verbal statement and the heart
does not acknowledge it, then these will be mere utterances which
cannot lead to deliverance. Deliverance cannot be attained until such
time as the heart believes and this is manifested only when deeds and
actions testify to it. Until this is achieved nothing is of any
avail.
I
state the truth that the real objective is achieved only when one
turns to God having left all other diversions to one side, when
religion (i.e. the Deen of Islam) is given true priority over
the actualities of this world.
Remember!
A person can deceive other creatures. People can be deceived by their
observance of a person who offers his five daily prayers or does some
other good deeds, but God cannot be deceived. Therefore, good deeds
should be performed with a genuine feeling. This is the one thing
that adds beauty to one’s deeds and enhances them.
The true meaning of 'Kalima'
Now,
it should be remembered what the Kalima which we
recite daily, means? The Kalima means that a person
affirms verbally and testifies with his heart that for him the one
who is worthy of worship and love, and the one who is the objective
is GOD ALMIGHTY and none beside
Him. The word ‘Ilaaha’ has the meaning of being ‘the
beloved’, ‘the true objective’, ‘the one who is worshipped’.
This statement (i.e. the Kalima) is the whole teaching of the
Holy Quran in a concise form which has been taught to the Muslims.
Because it is not easy to remember a great and detailed book, this
Kalima has been taught so that a person can keep the essence
of Islamic teaching constantly in mind. The truth is until this
reality develops within a person there is no deliverance. That is why
the Holy Prophet of Islam (pbuh) has said: “He
who declares there is no god but Allah will enter Paradise.”
He
who truly believes in “Laa Ilaaha Illallah” (there is no
god except Allah), such a person will enter paradise. People deceive
themselves if they think that a parrot-like repetition of the words
will grant them entry into paradise. If that were the only reality to
be found in it, then all deeds would become redundant and useless and
the Shariah (religious law) would, God Forbid, be
deemed irrelevant. But this is not the case – The reality of this
is this, that the meaning which is comprised within it should enter
the heart in practice. When this occurs, then a person in fact enters
paradise. It is not just after death, but in this very life that such
a person is in paradise.
It
is a true fact and is easily understood that when there remains no
other beloved for a human being besides God and no other objective,
then no pain or sorrow can trouble him. Such is the lofty station of
those who create a true change in themselves and those who attain to
spiritual heights.
The many types of Idolatry
You
may be thinking that we do not worship idols; it is God that we
worship. Remember, it is a very basic, lower (moral) state that human
beings should not worship idols. The Hindus who are not aware of many
truths, even they are abandoning the worship of idols. The meaning of
‘Ma’aboud’ (One who is worshipped) is applicable not
only to worship of other human beings or idols, but also to other
things which are worshipped and the Holy Quran states regarding these
that the self and its desires are also ‘Ma’aboud’ (that
which is worshipped). A person who ‘worships’ his own self or
follows his selfish desires and is, in fact, totally consumed by
them, he too is an ‘idolater’ and a polytheist. The ‘Laa’
(in ‘Laa Ilaaha Illallah’) does not only negate the
physical kind, rather it negates all kinds of ‘Ma’aboud’
(gods), be they of the self or of a wider appeal, be they ‘idols’
which are hidden within the heart or are visible ‘idols’. For
example, when a person relied completely on material means, this too
is a kind of an idol.
Idolatry
of this type is like tuberculosis which gradually takes the life of a
person by attacking him from inside. The visible idols are very
easily recognisable and, by the same token, it is easier to rid
oneself of them and I see that hundreds and thousands of people are
moving away from them. Your country (i.e. India) which was at one
time full of Hindus, so, did they not little by little abandon
idol-worship? And even among the Hindus today, there have sprung up
sects who no longer practice idolatry. But the meaning of idolatry
does not end here. It is correct that the apparent form of
idol-worship has been abandoned but a person carries around with him
thousands of ‘idols’ and even those who call themselves
philosophers and logicians cannot extricate these ‘idols’ from
within themselves.
The
fact is without the blessing of God such ‘worms’ cannot be
removed from within. These ‘worms’ are very subtle and it is
these which cause the greatest harm. There are people who, under the
influence of their own selfish emotions go beyond the rights and
limits imposed by God, and in this way overstep the limits of the
right of the people. It is not the case that these people are the
ones who cannot read or write, rather, a great many among them are
known as ‘Sufis’ and ‘Faqih’. But despite all
this they too will be found to be the victims of these ills. It is
abstaining from such ‘idols’ which is courage itself and the
cognisance of these ‘idols’ is understanding and wisdom of the
highest order.
It
is these ‘idols’ which cause malice between people and thousands
get killed and a multitude of evil deeds spring up daily because of
them. A person snatches the rights of another and reliance on
material things is so great that God is considered almost to be a
redundant element (in worldly matters). People who understand the
true meaning of ‘Tawheed’ (unity of God) are few indeed.
But if people are reminded, they instantly reply: ‘Are they not
Muslims and do they not recite the Kalima?’ What is regrettable
is that they have considered it sufficient merely to recite the
Kalima with their lips.
'Kalima': When the Heart Believes
I
say this with a complete certainty that if a person becomes aware of
the reality of the ‘Kalima Tayyeba’ or Shahada
(i.e. the declaration ‘there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is
His servant), and if he adheres to it in practice, then, he could
achieve great progress and could witness the most wonderful
manifestations of God’s power in himself and all around him, in his
overall life.
Understand
this matter well that I tell you this neither as some ordinary
messenger who is giving you a message, nor am I telling you a story.
I am speaking/ advising you as the Khalifatullah of this era and I am
here to bear witness. I have to deliver the message which God has
vouchsafed to me. It does not concern me whether anyone listens to it
or not. You yourselves will be answerable for that. I have to fulfill my duty. I am aware that there are many who have entered my Community
(Jamaat) and they believe in ‘Tawheed’ (unity of God), but
I am sorry to say that they do not in fact believe in this. He who
usurps the rights of his brother or is dishonest or does not abstain
from all kinds of immoralities, such a person is not in my view a
believer of ‘Tawheed’.
I
say this because a belief in the unity of God is such a blessing that
when a person acquires it, there comes about him an unusual and
powerful positive change. The ‘idols’ of rancour, ill-feelings,
jealousy, pretence and the like, no longer remain and he comes closer
to God. Until such time as the inner ‘idols’ of pride,
selfishness, display, rancour, and animosity, jealousy and meanness,
malice and reneging on promises, and such like, actually depart, they
remain within.
Until
such time how can a person be said to be true in his declaration of
‘Laa Ilaaha Illallah’ (there is no god but Allah), because
there is in such a person negation of complete trust (in God).
Thus,
it is a certain fact that the mere recitation of the belief of God is
alone, without any partner, cannot be of any benefit. One minute a
person is reciting the Kalima and the next minute, at the
slightest action which is against his wishes, he turns to anger and
wrath as his ‘gods’.
I
say this repeatedly and it should always be remembered that as long
as there remains these hidden ‘Ma’aboud’ (gods), you can
never hope to attain the station of a true ‘Mohid’ (one
who truly believes in the unity of God). As long as there are rats on
this earth, do not imagine yourselves to be safe from the plague.
Similarly as long as there are ‘rats’ within, one’s faith is in
danger. Listen with attention to what I say and try to take some
steps to put it into practice. I do not know who from among this
gathering will be here again and who will not. That is why, I have
thought it necessary to say a few words to you on this subject on the
occasion of your Jalsa Salana, so that I get this golden opportunity
to fulfill my duty Alhamdulillah Summa Alhamdulillah, Ya Rabbul
Aalameen.
So,
the summary of my message which will be translated into your local
language (i.e. Malayalam) on the subject of the Kalima is this
that Allah the Almighty should become your ‘Ma’aboud’,
i.e. your God, you Beloved and Objective, and that you will achieve
this lofty status only when you are purified of all types of inner
vices and all the ‘idols’ which are in your heart are removed by
you, Insha-Allah.
May
Allah be with you and may He shower His choicest blessings on all of
you who have travelled long distances to be in the Headquarters of
the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam, South Kerala in the Noor’ul Islam
Mosque to attend the two-day Jalsa Salana and also to listen to my
words, the Khalifatullah, the Muhyiuddin, Al-Massih Maoud of this
era. Ameen, Summa Ameen'.