O
my disciples in Tamil Nadu and the whole of India who have entered
into a covenant with me,
Assalamoualaikum
Warahmatullah Wabarakaatuhu
It
is true that today your number is small and you are being treated in
every way. For the cause of Allah, you will have to bear all sorts of
disagreeable things, you will have to pass through some heavenly
trials also that you may be tried in every way. Your way to victory
will not be through dry logic or your returning abuse with abuse. If
God does not wish to destroy us, we cannot be destroyed by anyone.
How shall we win without human support? Through righteousness!
Through trust in Allah! Put forth every effort that we become
righteous, and that Allah may become our eternal Support and Help.
As
you are heirs of truth, you are bound to be treated with enmity. Then
be warned and let not your egos prevail over you. Endure every
hardship and reply gently to all abuse so that you may be rewarded in
heaven… Do not deride and do not indulge in mockery. Your speech
should betray no meanness or ribaldry [i.e. your behaviour and talks
should always be upright, without any vanity, vulgarity, arrogance or
buffoonery], so that the fountain of wisdom may be opened for you.
Wise
words conquer hearts. Coarse and vulgar language promises disorder.
It is my principle that till one prays for one’s enemy, one’s
mind is not wholly cleared. Allah (swt) has said: “Call
on Me, I shall respond to you”. (40:
61)
He
has not said that He will not accept a prayer in respect of an enemy.
I believe that to pray for an enemy was the practice of the Holy
prophet (pbuh); that is how Hazrat Umar (ra) became a Muslim. There
should be no personal enmity with anyone and one should not be
miserly and tyrannical. I am grateful that I can recall not one among
my enemies for whom I have not prayed more than once. That is what I
tell you and teach you. God Almighty is as much averse to anyone
being persecuted and being treated as an enemy as He is averse to
anyone being associated with Him.
He
does not desire that mankind should cut asunder from each other, and
he does not desire that anyone should be associated with Him. This is
the way that entails praying for those who deny us. Thereby one’s
mind is cleansed and expands and one’s resolve becomes firm. It is
an attribute of God that He forgives the evil ones for the sake of
the good ones. You, who have established a relationship with me,
should become a people concerning whom it has been said that
whosoever keeps with them will not encounter misfortune.
The
true purpose of the internal and external limbs and faculties that
have been bestowed on man is the understanding of God and His worship
and His love. That is why, despite occupying himself with diverse
projects in this life, man does not find his true welfare except in
God.
Having
had great wealth, having held high office, having become a great
merchant, having ruled a great kingdom, having been known as a great
philosopher, in the end he departs from all these involvements with
great regret. His heart constantly rebukes him on his total
preoccupation with worldly affairs and his conscience never approves
his cunning, deceitful and illicit activities.
An
intelligent person can appreciate this problem in this way also that
the purpose of everything is to be determined by its highest
performance beyond which its faculties cannot operate. For instance,
the highest function of a bullock is ploughing or irrigation or
transportation. Its faculties are not adapted to anything else.
Therefore, the purpose of a bullock’s life are just these three
things. It has no power to do anything else. But when we look into
the faculties of man and try to discover what their highest reach is,
we find that he seeks after God, the Exalted. He desires to become so
devoted to Allah that he should keep nothing as his own and all that
is his should become for Allah.
He
shares with other animals his natural urge towards eating, sleeping
etc. In industry, some animals are far ahead of him. Indeed the bees
extracting the essence of different types of flowers produce such
excellent honey that man has not yet been able to match them. It is
obvious therefore, that the highest reach of man’s faculties is to
meet God, the Exalted. Thus, the true purpose of his life is that the
window of his heart should open towards God.
Africa Calling
Before
I end my message, like I have always said that, the persecution and
the blood of Hazrat Bilal (ra) had not been shed in vain. This blood
is not without any importance! As you know, Hazrat Bilal (ra) was an
African who sincerely accepted Islam, and even accepted to undergo
all types of persecutions. There was always on his lips: “Ahad!
Ahad!” (i.e. God is One!).
So,
don’t you think that Allah (swt) will bless the African countries
and send among them His Chosen One and send along with him His divine
blessings? So, this has been fulfilled in this era where Allah (swt)
has chosen this humble self in Mauritius, this small island which
forms part of the African countries. He has therefore blessed the
African countries and people through this humble self’s advent in
Mauritius with the rise of a new Divine Manifestation. So, I can say
that Allah (swt) has chosen the African countries for the Jamaat Ul
Sahih Al Islam so that they may have very strong ties with the
victory of Islam. Insha-Allah.
By
the grace of Allah (swt) our Naib Amir of the Tamil Nadu Jamaat,
Salim Sahib is doing dawa (tabligh)
with the African people. His tabligh
has been very successful where in Congo and Ghana, our brothers took
the Bai’at
and accepted the Khalifatullah of this era. May Allah continue to
bless the efforts of our Naib Amir and my other disciples who are
regular in tabligh
activities with other people of the other countries, and I pray for
all of you will be successful in this noble work, Ameen
Summa Ameen.
Special Advices for the Jamaat
I
hope that you will not turn your back from this announcement, this
advice. Never be deaf to this call. Contribute every month according
to your means and capacity, and I request the Amirs, Naib Amirs,
tabligh secretaries, finance secretaries to send me a report every
month to know about the management of our Jamaat worldwide. I have
many times sent this, to request you to send me reports every month,
including also every Sadr and Naib Sadr of the Siraj Makin (ladies’
side). They also must send their reports to me directly and send a
copy of this report to the Ummul Mumineen Sadr Saheba International,
but is a must that every Sadr must send all their reports. You can
give a copy of your reports to the Amir in your respective branches,
and you must send me the reports of all your works. As the prophet of
Allah I must know about all this. So you should send your reports
first to me, and then to the others.
Be
careful, Allah (swt) is watching you and you have been chosen by the
prophet of Allah. Do not make Allah angry with all of you; the
consequences will be very serious. Listen carefully what I am telling
you and don’t lose this blessing. Pray a lot that you remain
sincere in the Divine Manifestation and obey Allah’s Khalifa. Allah
(swt) has the power to replace you with other more sincere and
devoted people. So I pray for all of you. May Allah have mercy on you
and forgive all of you and help you in this blessed cause and bless
you in your businesses, in your jobs and your everyday lives.
So
what I want to tell you is that, our [Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam’s]
future is linked with Africa. Africa’s population approximately
amounts to 1.3 billion, even more than that. They are in the same
situation as the Arabs in the time of the Holy prophet (pbuh). They
are as dried wood or dried leaves, spread over miles and miles in
different areas. There is need for those hands which will burn them
to ashes. Such ash, that will be like an antidote containing such
chemical elements that will revive not only the African but the whole
world. Insha-Allah. Ameen.
And
Alhamdulillah Summa Alhamdulillah
there is a big success in Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar in terms of
Dawa, and
many people getting to know the Divine Manifestation of this era and
accepting it. I ask you to keep in contact with our website, and
youtube channel. You will see in how many villages, towns from which
the people have integrated the Jamaat. Alhamdulillah.
And also they are working actively for the construction of our
mosque. From my last visit to Mayotte and the Comoros, and Madagascar
as well, where the population is largely Muslim and Christian, many
of them have integrated the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam, and what is
interesting these countries also form part of the African countries.
So
I have personally gone in these three countries and I have seen how
the people are very poor. So I am conscious of the importance of my
duties (I and all my disciples around the world). We have been
following with great interest the hard struggles of the people of
Africa for their livelihood and development. As the Khalifatullah of
this era, Insha-Allah,
if Allah permits me through His divine instructions, I will announce
an Africa fund.
Insha-Allah
the object of the plan is to make humble contributions in the
spiritual, moral, mental and physical development of Africans.
We
are conscious of its importance in African countries, Insha-Allah,
I and my Jamaat will pray for the welfare of all the African people.
Our prayer is that Allah (swt) guides all the African people and
other people around the world in their genuine and truthful
deliberations and makes them fruitful. May Allah enable in this era,
with the rise of His divine manifestation and Jamaat Ul Sahih Al
Islam, the unity in African countries and other countries around the
world where they all stand as one body, Insha-Allah.
Alhamdulillah
- All praises belong to Allah.
May
bless all my disciples in Tamil Nadu – India. I wish all of you a
Jalsa Salana Mubarak. May Allah (swt) enable you do what should
please Him. Ameen.
I
thank you all for your kind attention.
Assalamoualaikum
Warahmatullah Wabarakaatuhu.
[Special Address of Imam- Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam Hadhrat Khalifatullah Munir A. Azim (atba) of Mauritius on the occasion of the 3rd Jalsa Salana of the Tamil Nadu Jamaat (India), 29 December 2019].
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