Serious Advice for the Ummah
In commemorating the sacrifice of our ancestors Hazrat Ibrahim (as), Isma’il (as) and Muhammad (pbuh), today more than ever, we must not forget those instructions.
Serious Advice for the Ummah
In commemorating the sacrifice of our ancestors Hazrat Ibrahim (as), Isma’il (as) and Muhammad (pbuh), today more than ever, we must not forget those instructions.
My dear daughters,
Assalamu Alaykum Wa
Rahmatullah Wa Barakaatuhu.
Allah says in His
Pure Quran in Surah Ar-Ra’d (13: 29): 'Those who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of
Allah. Indeed, it is through the remembrance of Allah that hearts find peace.’
The Remembrance of
Allah (Zikrullah) is something extraordinary and sacred. It has the
power to give peace to a restless mind and soul, and give the sense of
completeness to the believer.
Remembrance of Allah uplifts the rest of the acts of worship of the believer. This is so because all acts of worship are linked to Zikrullah. We don’t have an act of worship where we don’t remember Allah and praise and glorify Him!
'The Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and so do the believers. They believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, and His messengers. (They proclaim) “We make no distinction between any of His messengers.” And they say, “We hear and obey. (We seek) Your forgiveness, our Lord! And to You (alone) is the final return.” (Al-Baqara 2: 286)
Alhamdulillah, Summa
Alhamdulillah, Allah has done a
great favour to mankind, and in the past to every nation of the world, whereby
sometimes He sends one, two or sometimes even four prophets at the same time
with the same message, i.e., to preach: “Laa Ilaaha Illallah” (There is
no one to worship but Allah).
Even today, Allah continues to pour down His favours and has chosen you, in this century to witness the advent of one of His Elects and Messengers, this humble servant to show and guide you to Allah, and to manifest such positives changes in you to enable you to see the divine light.
In the light of this verse which I have read before
you, I am thus continuing my sermon on the Remembrance of Allah. The
Remembrance of Allah (Zikr Allah) is so important that since the creation of this universe, Allah has talked
a lot about it, and both the Holy Qur'an and the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) have
stressed a lot on the Remembrance of Allah. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) used to personally engage himself in the Remembrance of Allah; wherever he went, he
used to remember Allah a lot and he also advised his companions and all the people found in his community and
also humanity at large to engage themselves in the Remembrance of Allah, even
though these people have rejected him, and that they do not believe in Islam,
in the Book of Allah
and His teachings.
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is reported to have said: "Engage yourselves completely in the Remembrance of Allah to such an extent that people consider you mad."
In the
light of these Qur'anic verses, I continue my sermon on the Remembrance of
Allah. These three verses which I have read before you show that Allah send
down His blessings and the angels pray for those types of people who engage
themselves in the Remembrance of Allah. The more we remember Allah and glorify
Him, the more Allah will remember us and will be with us.
I recommend all members of the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam in Mauritius, on the other islands, and this message of mine addresses all people from all countries, and also all my Muslim brothers, sisters and children around the world, that you all should make it a must to engage yourselves in the Remembrance of Allah as frequently as possible, even if possible at each moment of your lives. The more you will remember Allah, the more this Remembrance of Allah will become like a fortress-like protection for you, against all sorts of evils, sorrows, difficulties, illnesses, evil plots, satanic works etc. Remembrance of Allah will save you from all these and other problems which you may face; you will thus always be safeguarded under the Shadow of Allah.
'We will present Hell,
on that day, to the disbelievers. They are the ones whose eyes were too veiled
concerning My Zikr.' (18:101-102)
In the light of this verse, I continue my sermon
on the virtues and the advantages of Remembrance of Allah.
In a Hadith, Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “When a group (of people) come together to practice the Remembrance of Allah only for His pleasure, an angel proclaims in the sky: “Allah has forgiven you and replaced your sins by virtues.”
Such divine remembrance has many beneficial consequences for those who engage in such special supplications: the heart becomes sensitive, and the sensory organs become receptive to true values of life. When the God-gifted 'free will' is channelled to focus on abiding by holy prescriptions; when divine commands become the guiding code of conduct, such a believer triumphs over satanic temptations; peace and tranquillity of heart permeates the person and his surroundings; angels descent to witness and appreciate his spiritual practices in pursuit of Divine countenance, and the believer may gain a rank even above that of angels along with the approval and pleasure of God, notes Hazrat Saheb (aba).
Read the Friday Sermon Below:
“O you who believe, do not be distracted by your money and your children from remembering Allah.” (Al-Munaafiqun, 63:10)
Someone,
once, asked the Holy Prophet of Islam (pbuh): When
would the Day of Judgement be? The
Holy Prophet (pbuh) responded by asking the person what
had he done in preparation for it?
By the grace
of Allah, Allah (swt) has given me the Tawfeeq to continue the second
part of the sermon which I started last week there (Last Friday) in which I
mentioned the absolute necessity for the Mumineen (believers) to
undertake journeys/ voyages of the Holy Quran every day. Quran says that for this
voyage, there should be all kinds of provisions.
In the course of his recently concluded Tour of India in the second half of January 2017, Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Saheb (atba) of Mauritius spoke profoundly and movingly on themes of spiritual discipline and progress, addressing both his disciples and other seekers of higher spiritual wisdom. Over the course of several sessions of engagement with his disciples, Hadhrat Khalifatullah (atba) elaborated on the subject of 'Zikrullah', arguably the most important method for the spiritual elevation of the human soul. Based on deep personal experiences of being in a state of 'Zikr' and being vouchsafed with frequent Divine revelations, Hadhrat Khalifatullah (atba) explains the subtle points of practical wisdom to be deployed in the human quest for acceding to the Higher Presence and exhorts one and all to partake of the Divine treasures by following the ways and means of 'Zikr' elaborated here.
This
servant of Allah comes to taste of a special bond through which Allah reveals
Himself to His servant, and little by little – just like a gardener who waters
a newly planted seed into the soil to see it grow big, strong and productive –
this servant of Allah through dreams, visions, divine inspirations and
revelations grows from one spiritual state to the other and in capacity of exceptional
blessed instrument of Allah, he gets to receive within him such light as to
illuminate the whole world. His being becomes an object of light, a beacon of
light as to attract those who are within the nexus of the pleasure of Allah to
perceive his light, just like a radar emitting a powerful signal, to manifest
his presence among the people of the earth, especially, those endowed with true
knowledge. (Inset: Prophet Moses (as) with the tablets of the Ten Commandments, a painting by Rembrandt (1659).