Mawlana Sheikh Mehmed Adil. Translations.

There is a hadith: Indeed, Allah does not look at your appearances or your wealth, but He looks at your hearts and your deeds. Allah the Almighty does not reward you based on your appearance, your face, or your eyes. Allah the Almighty looks at your actions, your good deeds, and your obedience to Him. People today - although it was like this before, it's even worse now - place a lot of value on their external appearance, their looks and their form. They place no value on their inner selves at all. Their inner selves even become worse. They think their outer appearance has become beautiful according to their own ideas. They torment themselves for their ego. They get into all sorts of difficulties. But none of it has any value. If you tell them to pray two units of prayer for Allah's pleasure, they won't even do that. They do various things. They don't eat, they do this and that, they run around. They have operations. They change their faces, their eyes. For their ego. All for a body that will decay. No matter how much you beautify it, how much you try, after a while it changes again. They will have to have it done again. Then comes the second, third, fourth operation, and life is over. Whether the exterior has really become beautiful or not - only Allah knows that. They think it's beautiful according to their ideas, but they never look inward. You are busy with your exterior, but you yourself don't even see your exterior. Others see it. Allah has given you your eyes, given you your ears, given you everything. He has given you these so that you can see your surroundings. Not so that you make others stare at you. Allah the Almighty has created you. Be grateful to Allah. Allah has created you in the best form - in the form that suits you. Our eyes, our nose, everything... Everything has become as Allah the Almighty wanted it to be. There is no reason to change that. Look inside yourself. If you would only spend one thousandth of the effort you put into your outer appearance on your inner self, your heart, and your soul, you would reach the highest ranks. One should not attach importance to the external. One should not attach importance to the worldly. These things are not done for Allah's pleasure. Nobody says: "So that Allah loves me, let's correct our nose, plump up our lips." Nobody says: "Let me inflate my eyes like this for Allah." So everything is for the world. For the ego. To be liked by others. But this is not real affection, it's just about collecting lustful gazes. That makes the whole thing even worse. May Allah protect us from that. Satan deceives in every imaginable way. The temptations of the end times are much greater. There wasn't so much of it before. Now everyone has neglected their inner selves. They only look at the exterior. Instead of paying attention to your behavior, your upbringing, and your character, you are busy with your outer appearance so that people look at you lustfully. May Allah protect us from that. May Allah not let us follow our ego. May we be satisfied with what Allah has given us, inshaAllah.

Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah you have an excellent example (33:21) Allah, the Exalted and Almighty, says: The Prophet - peace and blessings be upon him - is your best example. Not only for Muslims, but for all of humanity, the Prophet - peace and blessings be upon him - embodies the most perfect example. Whoever follows him becomes truly human. He behaves in a dignified manner. To the best of his conscience. Therefore, all Tariqas, especially the Naqshbandi order, strive to put into practice the way of life, the words, and the deeds of the Prophet - peace and blessings be upon him. Of course, no human being can perfectly resemble the Prophet - peace and blessings be upon him. His actions are the Sunnah. As a Tariqa, it is our duty to always adhere to the Sunnah. Among all people, he is the most exalted. He is the Prophet - peace and blessings be upon him - whom Allah, the Exalted and Almighty, has chosen as an example for humanity. That is so. Where his example is followed, there is neither oppression nor evil. There is only goodness. This is the path of the Prophet - peace and blessings be upon him. Some criticize the Muslims and presume to judge: "This is not allowed, that must not be done." Praise be to Allah, our Tariqa shows everything that the Prophet - peace and blessings be upon him - taught. It follows his path. The Tariqa does not stand outside the Sharia. The Tariqa is the heart, the innermost core of the Sharia. The path of the Prophet - peace and blessings be upon him - is light, guidance, and mercy for humanity. Whoever follows him finds true happiness. He lives well in this world and, inshaAllah, it will be even better in the Hereafter. May Allah grant us all success on this path. May Allah help us follow this path, inshaAllah. May He protect us from following our ego, inshaAllah. May we attain this beauty, inshaAllah.

He grants wisdom to whom He wills, and whoever is granted wisdom has indeed been granted abundant good.(2:269) Allah the Almighty gives wisdom to some people. Whoever has been given wisdom has been granted great blessing. What is wisdom? It means to recognize the good, to act accordingly, and to make it accessible to others. That is true wisdom. If something is spoken without wisdom, it will be misunderstood, no matter how beautiful the words may be. Because wisdom is lacking. Everyone sees the exterior, but conveying the underlying wisdom is another matter. Recognizing the deeper truth within it, that is a whole other dimension. Why are we mentioning this? Because everywhere people are acting like scholars. 'We possess the knowledge,' they claim, they chatter, hold sermons, and make themselves important. But only a few have wisdom. Groups lacking wisdom emerge, who - despite all reason - reject the time-honored traditions of Islam. "That is not Sunna," they say. 'That has never existed,' they proclaim grandly. What does that bring you? What benefit do you derive from it? It serves only your self-satisfaction. Out of pure self-promotion, they attack established truths. "That is not possible," they say. "That is not allowed," they say. While there are so many things not allowed, so many forbidden things, you attack the practices of the Muslims? Why? It is simply a lack of wisdom. While disbelief and immorality prevail everywhere, they leave that aside and say: "One must not fast in the month of Rajab, that is not allowed." "Rajab has no value," they say. This tradition goes back to the Companions, to the time of the Prophet himself. The Companions practiced it, the successors practiced it, generation after generation practiced it. You declare a fourteen-hundred-year-old tradition to be inadmissible. What is that if not sheer foolishness? Nothing but a lack of wisdom. Indeed, that is exactly it. Wisdom is of the utmost importance. Whoever surrounds themselves with people lacking wisdom and listens to their words harms themselves. It brings no benefit. May Allah protect us from their evil. Those lacking wisdom are either fools or traitors and hypocrites. Nothing else. May Allah protect us from their evil.

وَلَا تَقۡرَبُوۡا مَالَ الۡيَتِيۡمِ اِلَّا بِالَّتِىۡ هِىَ اَحۡسَنُ حَتّٰى يَبۡلُغَ اَشُدَّهٗ​ ۚ وَاَوۡفُوۡا الۡكَيۡلَ وَالۡمِيۡزَانَ بِالۡقِسۡطِ (6:152) "Respect the rights," Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, commands. Do not violate the rights of others. Allah forgives everything. Allah is forgiving, but the right that you have taken from another person can only be forgiven if you sincerely ask that person for forgiveness and return their right to them. If this injustice persists until the Day of Judgment, it will weigh heavily against you. Allah will take from your good deeds and give them to him. If you have no more good deeds, He will load the sins of the person whose right you violated onto you. Therefore, you must give everyone their due in this world while you are still alive. No one should think: "I deceived him and made a profit." That is not a profit, but a loss. In this world, you can still reverse this loss. If you give the person their right while you are still alive, you reconcile with them. But if they do not forgive you, then it will be very difficult for you. Therefore, as long as you live, you should be careful not to violate anyone's right. If you owe debts to others, you should go to them and reconcile with them. You must return their right to them. For many people pose as Muslims but violate the rights of others. This can also happen on a spiritual level. Not only materially. He ignores the right and harms him. That too is a violation of rights. So, if you are given an opportunity to be just and you act against the right, then you commit a very great sin. Our Prophet, may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, says: "The worst sin is false testimony." In a hadith, our Prophet says about false testimony: "The worst sin is false testimony." Then he says again: "False testimony." And again: "False testimony." The Companions said: "We wished the Prophet would not say it anymore." He repeated it so often that it became clear: false testimony is the worst form of violation of rights. Therefore, in order not to become a false witness, one must also respect the right on a non-material level. Not only materially, but also spiritually, the right must be respected, that is very important, may Allah protect us from it. May Allah not let us follow our ego. Our ego makes the bad appear good. May Allah protect us from that.

Tonight, the first Thursday of the holy month of Rajab, which transitions into Friday, we celebrate Laylat al-Raghaib. The day itself is also blessed. It brings great blessings. Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, is full of generosity and goodness. In His goodness, Allah wants to give. Allah, the Almighty, wants to give to those who ask Him. He invites us: "Come and avail yourselves of My gifts." But people do not accept these precious gifts. Instead - Allah forbid - they gather dirt and impurity and take pleasure in it. They carry it on their heads, in their eyes, and in their hearts. They pay no attention to the true treasures. They do not see them, they do not recognize them. Allah, the Exalted, has given us these blessed days as a gift. Every Friday is a blessing. All the days of these three months are also blessed. And as a special grace, Allah, the Exalted, has given us these special days. Raghaib is the night in which wishes and desires are fulfilled. This night is for all that we should yearn for. And what should we yearn for? For the Hereafter. We should yearn to follow Allah the Almighty and the path of our Prophet - peace be upon him. Our yearning should be: to follow the example of the Prophet and to live as Allah wishes us to live. That is it. These are the things we should yearn for on the Night of Wishes. What we should wish for are good things. Allah, the Exalted, has established what is permissible and what is forbidden. Allah says, direct your wishes towards what is permissible. What is permissible will also benefit you. It will elevate your rank. What is permissible are the good things we should wish for. Pure things also benefit the human body. They benefit the soul even more; they elevate spirituality. We should be grateful to Allah for making these days known to us. Many people know nothing about them. Neither about Rajab, nor about Shaban, the three months, the prayer - there are many people who know nothing about all of this. They are people who only yearn for worldly things. May Allah guide them. May He also grant them His grace, inshaAllah. Our task is to deliver the message; To tell people about these blessed days and good things. These are the good things. The good thing is to be grateful for Allah's gifts. To nourish our body and soul with these gifts. What is nourished by forbidden things brings no benefit: Neither to the body nor to the soul - it only brings harm. May Allah let these gifts continue. Blessed be these days and nights. Thanks be to Allah, this is our first blessed night in the holy three months, even though all nights are blessed. Today is the first of the blessed nights of the holy three months. Then follow Laylat al-Miraj and Laylat al-Bara'a. Then in Ramadan comes Laylat al-Qadr. Thanks be to Allah for that. Anyone who wants to can have their share in it. There is no limit. It is not only intended for one person; it is enough for everyone and more. Even if there were a thousand, million, or even billion times more people than on Earth, Paradise would be enough for everyone. There is room for everyone, do not worry. May we stay on Allah's path, inshaAllah. May these days and nights be blessed for us, inshaAllah.

O Allah, bless us in Rajab and Sha'ban and let us reach Ramadan. Blessed be they: The holy three months have begun today. Praise be to Allah. Regarding the month of Rajab, Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, says: 'It is my month.' Sha'ban is the month of our Prophet. Ramadan is the month of the Ummah. Praise be to Allah. We have reached the beginning of the holy three months. In peace, with faith, praise be to Allah, a thousandfold thanks. He has brought us to this state and given us such a beautiful path. What Allah wills, happens; what he does not will, does not happen. We could have been like the people of last night as well. Praise be to Allah. One must also be grateful for this. May Allah forgive them and us all and have mercy. For where there is sin, one must repent and ask for forgiveness. Even if others sin, we all must repent and ask for forgiveness. We do not agree with these sins, whether they are our own or those of others. May Allah forgive us. May Allah be merciful to us all. May He guide us. Guidance is the greatest gift. To be on the path of Allah is the greatest gift. May He grant guidance to those who are not. One must have pity on them, for Allah has not destined it for them. We could have been like them as well. By Allah's grace and generosity, we will, Allah willing, remain steadfast and be on the path of Allah until the end of our lives, Allah willing. May we, Allah willing, not follow Satan and not fall for his tricks, with which he makes evil appear good, and may he not deceive us. We pray in honor of these blessed three months. These are the important things. As for the others, they would not have behaved like this if Allah had granted them guidance. Allah has created things as they are. One cannot oppose Allah's will. One cannot oppose Allah's wisdom. Allah knows what He is doing! We cannot, by Allah, interfere in Allah's affairs. Some people say: 'If it were up to me, I would give guidance to all people, I would bring all people to the right path.' Allah, the Almighty and Exalted, wanted something else. Allah's wisdom must not be questioned. Allah does not wrong anyone. He does not treat anyone unjustly. This month is the month of Allah, the Almighty and Exalted. If you believe in Allah, then do not interfere in his affairs and do not say: 'It could have been like this or like that.' Be on the path of Allah. Be as Allah has commanded you. Thank Allah. Thank Allah at all times. May He make us steadfast. May He not make our feet falter. May He protect us, Allah willing. Blessed and blessed be they. May they bring blessings to the Ummah, Allah willing. We await the Sahib. The state of the world is bad. The one who will put it in order is the Sahib, the Mahdi, peace be upon him. We ask Allah that he comes. May Allah send him. The Ummah has been left without guidance. May He bless these days, Allah willing. May they be rich in blessings. May they be blessed. May they lead to good, Allah willing.

The month of Rajab begins, if Allah wills, this evening. The three blessed months: Rajab, Sha'ban, Ramadan. Rajab has another special feature, it is one of the Haram months: Rajab, Dhul-Qa'da, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram. These four months are the Haram months. They have a special status. Rajab is one of them. It has both the merits of the three blessed months, as well as the merits of the Haram months. In the month of Rajab, one should take the opportunity and benefit from this blessed month. It begins, if Allah wills, from this evening. This evening after sunset, the first day of the month of Rajab begins, if Allah wills. Of course, one has to observe the moon, but people nowadays don't even know where the moon rises and sets. Therefore, we go by what the state says. May Allah accept it, if Allah wills. In this month there is also a partial Khalwa, an hour, two hours, as much as one can manage. The other type of Khalwa is currently not allowed. That is, sitting there for 40 days and doing a Khalwa, an ascetic practice, is not allowed now. Because people cannot endure that. For this reason, one can, by seeking refuge in the mercy of Allah the Almighty, retreat to worship every day, for example, between Salāt al-Maghrib and Salāt al-ʿIsha', between Salāt al-ʿAsr and Salāt al-ʿIsha', or between Salāt al-Tahajjud and Salāt al-Ishraq, with the intention of a "partial Khalwa". There are supplications that are to be recited during these times, and there are Dhikr that are to be performed. There are tasks that one can do, and one attains their blessings. There is no one in the Naqshbandi order who does not do Khalwa. Grand Sheikh Mawlana Sheikh Nazim showed leniency in every respect, because it is difficult for people to endure hardship. Therefore, he said that this partial Khalwa also takes the place of the great Khalwa. Our Prophet, peace be upon him, said to his companions, so that there would be mercy for those who will live in the end times: You are obligated to fulfill something 100%, and if you omit even 1% of it, you will be held accountable for it. "In the end times, it is enough for them if they do even 1%," he says. Therefore, thank Allah, one should take advantage of this relief where it exists. Of course, there is also fasting. Whoever can fast the three months should fast. Whoever cannot fast them completely can fast the first day tomorrow. Then on Thursday, Laylat al-Ragha'ib, one should also spend it fasting. Furthermore, one can fast on Mondays and Thursdays throughout the month. Whoever can fast more should fast. This will bring you great benefit. It will benefit people, if Allah wills. In addition, there are daily prayers. In the month of Rajab there is a special Salat consisting of 30 Rak'a. This Salat can be performed every two days in two Rak'a. In each Rak'a, one Fatiha and 11 Ihlas are recited. Thus, 30 Rak'a are completed for the entire month. That is, it is not absolutely necessary to pray every day. By performing two Rak'a every two days, one can also benefit from the merits of the month of Rajab. There are special supplications for the month of Rajab. These include: 'Subḥāna l-Ḥayyi l-Qayyūm', 'Subḥāna llāhi l-Aḥadi ṣ-Ṣamad' and 'Subḥāna r-Ra'ūf', which are changed every ten days. The exact instructions for performing this and other Dhikr are available in writing. That is what is coming up now. May Allah bless you. May these three months be blessed. May they lead to good, if Allah wills. May our faith be strengthened. May it be guidance for the Muslims and protection from the evil of Satan. May it be protection from the evils and temptations of the end times, if Allah wills. With the intention that we reach Mahdi, peace be upon him, if Allah wills. May Allah bless you. May even more beautiful days come, if Allah wills. May the days of trial end. May beautiful days come with Mahdi, peace be upon him, if Allah wills. May Allah enable it for all of us.

There is no permanence except with Allah. There is nothing that endures except Allah. Allah, the Almighty, is the only one who is eternal. Everything passes away. Everything has an end. Good and bad things pass away. Whoever is with Allah, the Almighty, wins. The other loses. Allah created everything so that people may learn lessons from it. Man can learn a lesson from everything. But man does what his ego desires and only looks at that. He doesn't even think about learning lessons. Life passes him by. As if he is doing something good, he rejoices in the new year and makes some plans. Instead of doing good, he does bad. To whom does he do bad? Man does bad to himself. Man's greatest enemy is himself, that is, his ego. That is why one must be with Allah, the Eternal. Another year is coming to an end. Tomorrow is the last day. What does it mean that tomorrow is the last day? Man should take stock. Have we done good or bad this year? Where have we made mistakes, where have we done good? One should think about it and ask Allah, the Almighty, for forgiveness for one's mistakes. If one has done good, one should continue it even more. The good is what endures. Bad has no permanence. Everything imaginable has already happened to every person in this world. Those who have tormented, oppressed, and done bad things to others, these tyrants, who have existed since Cain, the Pharaohs, and Nimrods, where are they now? They have passed away. What has remained? Their oppression has remained. Their deeds will be held against them. Even if those who have done good have passed away, they will find their reward with Allah's permission. Man believes he will live forever in this world. But that is not so. Act accordingly and take stock appropriately. At the end of each year, stock is taken. In trade, one takes stock: What was our profit, what was our loss? The real trade is the trade for the Hereafter. Let's take stock for that, inshaAllah. May Allah help us to do good deeds. And may Allah forgive us our sins, inshaAllah.

قُلۡ هَلۡ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِٱلۡأَخۡسَرِينَ أَعۡمَٰلًا (18:103) ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعۡيُهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَهُمۡ يَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمۡ يُحۡسِنُونَ صُنۡعًا (18:104) Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, explains who the greatest losers among people are: They do something, think they have done it very well, and boast and rejoice. They think, 'We have done very good deeds.' But in reality, they have achieved nothing. What they do harms themselves, harms others, they are useless things, they commit sins. They consider it an advantage, believing they have gained a benefit for themselves. They boast, rejoice, and say: 'We have accomplished this.' But their actions are sins, harming people and above all themselves. It has always been like this, but now, with the new year approaching, everyone is in a frenzy. 'How should we celebrate New Year, what should we do?' They decorate their houses and everything around them. They believe it will bring them benefit. On this night, they sink even deeper into sins. They think, 'If we start the new year like this, it will be good.' They confuse the thoughts of all people. They mislead others into doing the same. What they do brings no benefit. In the Hereafter, they will be held accountable. Unless they repent. If they repent, Allah is certainly forgiving. Whatever you do, the gate of forgiveness is open. Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, says: 'Repent, so that I may let you enter Paradise.' 'Avoid Hell and enter Paradise,' says Allah. Allah invites people to Paradise. Satan, however, invites them to Hell. But people turn away from Paradise and follow Satan's invitation to Hell. There is a chance until the gate of repentance closes. The gate of repentance remains open until the last breath. After death, there is no more possibility of repentance. Repent before you die. Ask for forgiveness for your sins. Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, is forgiving. May Allah forgive us all. Let us recognize good as good and evil as evil, and let us avoid evil. If we have done something bad, we should be ashamed and repent. Let us ask Allah for forgiveness, inshaAllah. Man makes mistakes and asks for forgiveness. Perhaps he was misled and could not distinguish between good and evil. Allah's will is done, everything is under His command. We must pray to Allah that He does not mislead us. May we not belong to the wrongdoers, inshaAllah.

قُلۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱللَّهَ فَٱتَّبِعُونِي يُحۡبِبۡكُمُ ٱللَّهُ (3:31) Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, commanded our beloved Prophet in the glorious Quran to say this: "If you love Allah, then follow me, so that Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, will love you." The only desire of a Muslim in this life is to attain the pleasure and love of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic. Our beloved Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, shows us this path. Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, says about the Prophet: "Follow him, love him, walk the path he has shown, love him." Everything revolves around the love for our beloved Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: to love him, to honor him, to show him respect. This is our greatest duty; it is Fard (obligatory). Those who do not do this are not of sound mind. Their minds are not intact. There were such people in the past, but today they come up with new things: He was just a human being, his time is over. He brought the Quran, his task is done. We look into the Quran and act according to it. We do not need the Prophet. Where does this come from? From the Devil. The Devil has sworn to lead people astray and into Hell. That is why he uses all possible means to lead Muslims away from the right path and into Hell, while non-Muslims are already misguided anyway. Lately, people keep appearing who claim: "We only orient ourselves by the Quran and act exclusively according to it." We are guided by it. "Hadith, Sunnah, and so on, we do not need that," they say. Those who say, "We do not want Hadith," are not of sound mind. Because both the Hadith and the Quran came from the blessed mouth of our beloved Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. People followed him. How can one accept one and reject the other? A person with reason would not do that. One must be crazy to say such a thing. Today, there are people who sow doubts in the hearts of people in such a way. Those who listen to them have a bad fate and have strayed from the right path. Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, is angry with them and has excluded them. They think they are particularly clever and try to instill these thoughts in others as well. And those who listen to them are also led away from the right path. Their end will not be good. The most important thing is to honor our beloved Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, to believe in him, to listen to his blessed words and to follow his path. There is no: "I accept that, I accept this half, not the other half." That is not how it works. May Allah protect us from evil. These are the deviations of the End Times. This is what the disbelievers undertook after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire to destroy Islam. Those who do this are traitors, hypocrites. May Allah protect us all from their evil, inshaAllah.