Mawlana Sheikh Mehmed Adil. Translations.

"Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min 'ilmin la yanfa', wa min qalbin la yakhsha'." The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, says, "O Allah, we seek refuge from a heart that does not fear You, and from knowledge that has no benefit." Allah Azza wa Jalla says, "La yasa'uni ardi wa la sama'i, wa lakin yasa'uni qalbu `abdi al-mu'min." Allah says this in a Hadith Qudsi through the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. "I do not fit anywhere, except for..." You cannot put Allah, Azza wa Jalla, into any place. You cannot know how Allah is. Allah says, "...nothing can contain Me, except for the heart of my believing servant." The heart is very important. Allah, Azza wa Jalla, may only fit into the heart of a believer. The heart is the most important part of a human being, both physically and spiritually. The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, also said, "There is a piece of flesh in the body of every person." "If it is sound, the whole body is sound." "And if it is corrupt, the whole body is corrupted." Again, physically, if the heart isn't working, they will perform an operation; they will do anything to fix it. But people must also look after it spiritually to fix it. Physically, most people try to fix it nowadays. Doctors are very knowledgeable. They perform perfect operations. Many of them save people from death. They repair the heart, and that person's life continues. When the heart is good again, the body can continue on without problems. Until their time comes and they pass away. But the spiritual heart is even more important. You must prepare it; you must work to fix your heart. You must follow the way of the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. The way of the Prophet is the way of fixing hearts. It takes away all of this illness. It takes away darkness. It takes away bad things. Then, Allah enters your heart. First, your heart must be clean. How can you do this? Of course, first of all, the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, shows us. In the Quran: "Qul in kuntum tuhibbun Allah fa-ttabi'uni yuhbibkumullah." (3:31) "Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, and Allah will love you." And to follow the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, you cannot do it by yourself. Someone must show you the way. On this path, there must be guidance. If there is no guidance, you will get lost. Even in this dunya, in a small place like this, if we were without Abdul Matin Efendi, we would be lost. We wouldn't know which way to go. So he shows us the way. This is important because many people are tricked by Shaytan. They say, "There's no need for a Sheikh, no need for the Sahaba, not even a need for the Prophet." They say, "We can just look in the Quran and find our own way." These people, from the very first step, fall from a great height into an endless depth. They do not continue on this way; from the first step, they destroy themselves. Allah will never be happy with them. And for these people, this connects to the hadith: "ilmun la yanfa'u." Knowledge that brings no benefit. Useless knowledge. These people read and read, and after a while, they think they don't need any guidance. "I can find my own way, I don't need to follow anybody." Nowadays, this way of thinking is far too common, everywhere in the world. It is because people want spirituality; they want spiritual satisfaction and happiness. And so people come to believers. They come to get some guidance. Many people are coming to this path, and Shaytan is not happy about it. So he makes them give examples from the Quran and Hadith based on their own understanding. They say, "No, this is exactly what is written in the Quran and some Hadith." "You must not do this." "You must look for yourself." "Don't follow anyone." This is what Sayyidina Ali was referring to when he said, "kalimatu haqqin yuradu biha l-batil" — "a word of truth that is used to achieve a false end." They use a word that is true to achieve something bad, something untrue. The word itself is true, but the intended meaning is false. Because of this, many people are cheated, and Arab people are especially cheated by this. Because they know Arabic, they look at it and say, "Yes, this is true." But in reality, they are being cheated. And because of this, they are losing what Allah Azza wa Jalla wants to give them. To make your heart clean is not difficult. Alhamdulillah, we follow the regular teachings of Islam, the teachings of humanity. Don't harm anyone, don't cheat anyone, don't steal from anyone, don't do any bad things to people. And we continue our five daily prayers. This is not difficult. With this, your heart will become clean and ready for Allah Azza wa Jalla. It is not like those other people. They have hearts full of hate, full of hatred. They don't respect anyone. First of all, they don't respect the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and his people. Whenever they are reminded of what he said, they become angry. The most important thing is to respect the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. As the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, said, "You will not be a true believer until you love me more than your own self, your family, your father, and your mother." This is an order from the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Alhamdulillah, we love him. You don't lose anything by saying you love him. Alhamdulillah, we truly love him, and we lose nothing by it. So why are these other people so angry? Because they are envious. And envy is the greatest attribute of Shaytan. It was because of this attribute that he was thrown from Paradise. He said, "I will make all people like me." So, he is trying. If people are not believers, okay. That is their choice. But if they are believers, he puts this illness in their heart. He fills the heart with darkness, bad things, filth, and illness. He puts every bad thing into their hearts. And what is in their heart eventually shows on their face. Mawlana Shaykh used to say their faces become ugly. This is what Shaytan does to people. And tariqa is the way to clean this. Allah established the `tariqa` through the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. It is a blessed way. Alhamdulillah, we are in this blessed place. And we thank Allah for this. The light of Allah is flowing from here. From this masjid, this Baitullah, the House of Allah. All masjids are the houses of Allah. Everyone can come; no one can prevent them. This is what we are trying to do in the tariqa: we try to give people everlasting happiness. Not just a little happiness that then fades away. And we bring good tidings to people, telling them not to worry, because other people condemn everyone to hell. But we say what Allah says in Quranu Adhimu Shan: "Wa-Allahu yad'u ila Dar is-Salam." (10:25) And Allah calls people to Paradise. Insha'Allah, we will enter Paradise and, insha'Allah, we will help more people to come to Paradise as well. May Allah bless you and keep you safe, and may Allah make you a means of guidance for people, insha'Allah.

May Allāh ﷻ make our gathering a blessed gathering. AlhamduliLlah we are servants of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Allāh ﷻ created everyone and gave him a secret. Some follow the right way and some follow the wrong way. This is one secret of Allāh ﷻ. Some people say, “Why this, why that?” This is not your business. You must be thankful to Allāh ﷻ, He ﷻ put you on this way. You are from the lucky people; a lucky one. If you are happy with everything Allāh ﷻ gives you, you are lucky. You have enough food, a place to stay, a roof over your head, it is a pleasure; this is the saying of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Of course, you must also work, you must look after your business, your work. You must do whatever you can. But if you cannot reach a higher level, you don’t get sad, you don’t get angry about the situation. You accept and thank Allāh ﷻ. There is a saying, “القناعة كنز لا يفنى”, To accept and be happy with what you have is a treasure that can’t finish. Maybe some people find a treasure, but it will finish or they will want more. There is one story about this. Of course, people of this time also - Allāh ﷻ created all people the same, but the time and luxury, what they used to eat is different from the luxury of old time. It’s very easy. The easiest thing is to have luxury and get used to luxury. It’s not difficult. Some people maybe think it’s not easy to get used to luxury; it is very easy. But to accept what they are, what they have, this is not easy for many people. They don’t accept this. But if they are seeing what Allāh ﷻ gave them, they will accept, they will be happy and there will be no problem for them. As we said, people of old times had no luxury like in this time. If somebody was born in one village, until the end his life, he will not go out from this village. You know, even people in Cyprus, in this Island in the middle of the big sea, there are people who didn’t go out of the village, they didn’t know the sea. They hadn’t seen the sea. Of course, they had problems but they were not used to luxury, so they were humble, they accepted, they were not causing problems to the others or to themselves. Once upon a time there was a sultan or king. He had problems. Of course, he was ruling all this Sultanate. He had many problems with his family, his children, the people, his neighbors. As many people he had to look after: ten people a few problems, hundred people more problems, thousand, more, a million, more and more and more. Aside from this story. Today is Friday here in Argentina and there is elections. People are running for elections to get a headache, to get what these people want. People must run away from this, not run for it. So this Sultan was speaking to his Wazīr, minister, and he was going around the palace. He was looking from the balcony of the palace. He saw one man working in his garden. The Sultan said speaking to the Wazīr, “I am very stressed because of the people. I have many responsibilities. I cannot sleep at night thinking about this kingdom, about the people, about this, about that. Look at this man, he is happy. He doesn’t have any burden upon him. He is poor and he’s not unhappy. He is happy. Every day, he is coming like very fresh, very good.” The Wazīr said, “This is because he doesn’t have anything. We will make a test for him: how will he be if we gave him money.” He said, “Okay.” They took one bag full of gold and wrote on it “A hundred pieces of gold.” And they secretly threw this into his house and wrote “This is a hadiyyah (gift) for you. This is a hundred pieces of gold, hadiyyah for you.” They put 99 pieces of gold. They threw it inside and were watching him. That night, this poor man counted them. “This is 99.” He called his family. He counted them but turns out they’re 99 not a hundred. He woke up his wife, “Look at this. They said it’s a hundred. We must count together.” They started counting together. He brought his family, his children. All of them were looking here and there, maybe they can find it. So the whole family didn’t sleep all night. The next day, he couldn’t come to work. After that, he came late and the sultan was seeing him unhappy. This is the attribute of people. They don’t appreciate what they have. They are looking for what’s missing. They have 99 gold coins. Maybe their whole life, they cannot take ten gold coins. They have all of this and they were looking only for this one missing coin. Day after day, they were like this looking for it. And they are still maybe looking for it. This what qanā’a, contentment means: you must accept what you get and be happy with it. If what you have is enough for you, it’s okay. This is what ṭarīqah, Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is teaching people. To not give any value for dunyā, for material things. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is the most generous among all human beings. Our teaching is coming from Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, imitating him ﷺ in everything. Many times, he ﷺ was hungry, not eating for many days. And he ﷺ was known for tying a stone on his ﷺ stomach. When Allāh ﷻ sent him ﷺ something, he ﷺ wasn’t thinking, “I didn’t have anything, now we have so many. I must keep this.” Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam didn’t leave anything for the next day. For this, they are putting human beings now in one shape (mold), in the whole world. “Global”, they say. They are only looking after their desires, their ego’s happiness. Not thinking about ākhirah, about the next life. This life is to work for the next life. If Allāh ﷻ helps you and helps people, you will find this in the next life. Maybe people say, there aren’t much people. But jewels are also not much on earth. Keep yourself as clean and precious in the Divine Presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. May Allāh ﷻ bless you.

Insha'Allah, may our gathering be accepted today. According to a hadith of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), when 40 sincere people gather with hearts devoted to Allah Azza wa Jalla, their hearts are like the heart of Sayyidina Ibrahim (alayhi salam). Sayyidina Ibrahim (alayhi salam) is one of the great prophets. There are seven prophets known as *Ulul 'Azm*. They are the mighty prophets. Many things happened to him when he was a youngster. Without any external guidance, Allah guided him directly to become a prophet. He grew up in a land ruled by Nimrod. He was a tyrant. This man was a tyrant. He controlled the entire region—the Mediterranean, the Middle East—and forced the people to worship him. All the people made statues of him. So, to have a statue or something like that is not good. And Sayyidina Ibrahim's stepfather, whose name was Azar, not his actual father, was the one making these statues, profiting from his service to Nimrod. But as a boy, Sayyidina Ibrahim (alayhi salam) wondered, "Why are they doing this?" Later, he showed the people that they could get no benefit from worshipping these statues. When he became older, maybe ten years old or so, he watched his people worshipping these things. He said, "This is not my God." "They cannot be God." "They can't even benefit themselves." "Only some people benefit from this, while the others are paying for it." And Allah gave him the inspiration to look for the true God. This is also mentioned in the Holy Quran. At nighttime, he saw a star. He said, "This is my God," because it was very high, shiny, and beautiful. "This must be God," he said. And this star was perhaps a planet or something similar. After a little while, it disappeared. So he said, "I don't like a god that disappears." "One that comes and goes." "That is not for me." After that, he saw the moon. And looking at the moon, he said, "This is much brighter than that planet, that star." "This must be God." But after a little while, the moon also disappeared. He said, "Oh, this is also not God." "I don't like this." "Perhaps I will be lost." "I must look for something else." Then, daytime came, and the sun began shining. Everything became visible, and the sun was big. He said, "Yes, this is bigger and must be God." But after this, of course, the sun also went down at sunset. He said, "This is not it." And he said, "I cannot accept this." "I am not one of those who associates partners with God." "I have only one God." And then Allah opened his heart and his understanding, and he began saying to the people, "What are you doing?" "This is not the right way." "Don't do this." Some of the people were happy with his message, and some were not. And though people complained, nothing major happened until one day, when they were holding a celebration. On this day, they all went out of the city, and he went into the temple where they worshipped their idols. He took an axe and broke all of them. And he placed the axe in the hand of the biggest idol. When the people returned and looked at their temple, they saw what had happened. Nimrod also heard about it. He asked, "Who did this?" They replied, "We heard a young man speaking against them." "Saying this is not good." "That there's no benefit from this." "Perhaps he did this. For sure, he did this." And they brought Sayyidina Ibrahim and asked him, "Who did this?" He said, "Well, the axe is in his hand." "He must have done it." They said, "Are you crazy? How could he do this? He can't do anything, he's just standing there, made of stone!" At that moment, he proved his point: they were not gods, they were only stone and nothing else. And all the people agreed with him. Because the people were convinced not to worship his idol, Nimrod became furious and seized him. He ordered a great fire to be built. For 40 days, or perhaps months, they collected wood until it formed a mountain. And he lit this fire, but no one could get near it because it was burning everything for kilometers around. So they wondered, "How can we do this?" They made something they used for throwing stones—a catapult And they placed Sayyidina Ibrahim in it, and he was flung directly into the fire. But everything is in the hands of Allah Azza wa Jalla. He commanded the fire, "O fire, be cool and safe for Ibrahim." And it became cool for Ibrahim (alayhi salam), like a garden with flowing water. Because the fire was so strong, they couldn't harm Sayyidina Ibrahim. Through this miracle, Allah showed the people that they should follow Sayyidina Ibrahim (alayhi salam). Still, Nimrod, in his pride, did not accept what happened. He refused to be a follower of Ibrahim (alayhi salam). He began preparing a great army to fight against Sayyidina Ibrahim (alayhi salam). And Allah performed another miracle. He sent a swarm of small, very weak insects against them: mosquitoes. The mosquitoes descended upon them like a cloud. The soldiers in the army were wearing iron armor. These mosquitoes came to them. Allah gave them a different power than our mosquitoes have. They ate through everything, leaving only skeletons. The soldiers ran away in terror. Nimrod also fled and locked himself in his castle. But Allah sent the weakest of the mosquitoes after him. It was even disabled. It went up through his nose and into his brain. And it began to eat. Every time it ate, he was in excruciating pain. He would command his servants, "Hit my head!" And the pain would stop for a little while. Slowly, slowly, this mosquito—and this is also a miracle from Allah Azza wa Jalla—grew bigger and bigger. So he had to have them hit his head stronger. This is how Allah Azza wa Jalla chose to torture him in dunya before akhira, perhaps to make him accept, but he would not accept. This is a characteristic of some human beings. When they have power, some people exhibit one of the worst human attributes: pride. They see other people as lower than them. Because of this, he saw everyone as lower than him, and he refused to accept the truth. He remained like this for a long time, and in the end, he was screaming for whoever was near him to hit his head very, very hard, until his skull fractured. And he died because his head was broken. When they opened it, the mosquito inside was still alive, but it had grown as large as a bird. Of course, these are some of the many miracles associated with the prophets, specifically with Sayyidina Ibrahim (alayhi salam). He is the Father of the Prophets. Hundreds of prophets came from him. Two main lineages descended from him: one from Sayyidina Ishaq and one from Sayyidina Ismail. The prophets who came from Sayyidina Ishaq include Sayyidina Musa and the other prophets of Bani Israel; all of them came through Sayyidina Ishaq (alayhi salam). And from Sayyidina Ismail, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) descended. So he is the great-grandfather of the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). The hadith also says that his heart was full of belief, of iman. And for this reason, in every salat, in every prayer, we mention Sayyidina Ibrahim. Of course, Sayyidina Ibrahim (alayhi salam) also did many great things. One of the greatest is connected to the Hajj we must perform in Islam. He built the Kaaba. He and Sayyidina Ismail built the Kaaba together. It is, of course, big, maybe 9 or 10 meters high. And how he built the Kaaba is also one of his miracles, and the proof is still there. In front of the Kaaba, there is the Maqam Ibrahim. Many times throughout history people have damaged the Kaaba, but they could not destroy this station. This stone served as a scaffold for him to build the Kaaba. He would stand on this stone, and the stone would rise up and come down on its own. When he needed to place a block higher, the stone would rise. He would stand on the stone, and it would lift him up. It was only he and his son, Ismail (alayhi salam), there. There was no equipment or anything to help them. Alhamdulillah, when he finished, Allah Azza wa Jalla told him, "Call the people to come to Hajj, to make the pilgrimage." There was nobody in that area. It was only the two of them. But he did not question it; he simply made the call, inviting people to come for the pilgrimage. It was like the adhan, insha'Allah. But there was nobody there to hear it. Yet the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said that this call was heard by every soul who would ever perform Hajj. So millions, even billions of people, heard this call across centuries, across thousands of years, and they have been accepting and coming for this invitation ever since. This is the invitation of Allah, delivered through Sayyidina Ibrahim (alayhi salam). May Allah place us on his path, as the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) mentioned: As-Sadiqin, wal-Qanitin, wal-Mustaghfirina bil-Ashar. This means to be among the truthful, the devout, and those who pray for forgiveness from Allah night and day. May Allah bless all of you, insha'Allah, and grant you a heart like that of Sayyidina Ibrahim (alayhi salam).

Alhamdulillah, this gathering is very precious, very valuable. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says Allāh Azza wa Jalla says, Allāh ﷻ orders the angels to put their wings under the feet of people who are gathering for this, for His ﷻ love, for listening to advice, in shā’a Llāh. This is the most important thing for human beings. It is the most valuable thing also. To find insha'Allah, good people who are giving advice and showing way of Prophet ﷺ ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. And those who know the value of this are very rare, very few in this world now. Most people in this world are running after material things. And material things are listening to their desires to make their ego become happy. And this is the most important thing for nearly everybody. Very rare are the people gathering for the sake of Allāh ﷻ. For this, Allāh Azza wa Jalla praised them and gave them the most valuable thing. In old times, it was better, of course, than this time. In this time, there are many things that make people not think about anything or about spirituality. There is this machine, there is television, there is internet, there is telephone, there is television, and it is just making people go after their egos; “How to make our ego be satisfied.” And they running after making themselves happy. This is the most important thing for people of this time. People of old times had less of these material things. So, most of them were looking after their worshipping or after good things to do. But also, even in that time - because Allāh ﷻ created human beings the same - when they found some occasion or some chance to get benefit, material benefit, they were looking after this also. Before, there was big ulama, big awliya also. They were giving sohbah, giving advice to people. And from these people, some of them understood, and some of them even did not understand. Especially in India, there are many big ‘awliya from our ṭarīqah and from other ṭarīqahs; especially from the Chistiya ṭarīqah. AlhamduliLlah, these people spread Islām in India. Millions of people came to Islām without war. There was Shaykh Nizamuddin an ‘awliya in New Delhi. He was famous. He has thousand, 100,000 of murids. He was famous and he was very generous. Once, one poor man heard about his generosity. He went to him to get something. Shaykh Nizamuddin Awliya was really generous. And when this man asked something from him as sadaqah, he was looking here and there, but he couldn’t find anything. Because ‘awliya don’t leave anything. They quickly distribute it. So it’s difficult to find something. Sometimes they cannot find anything. He only found his old shoes. What will he do? Because he cannot let the one who asks something from him to go empty handed. He said, “Take this. It is my old shoes. Sorry.” This poor man looked and took it; what shall he do. But he was disappointed, not happy with this. He took it and went to one inn, around this area, or a little bit far, to sleep that night there. And at that time, there was also a murid of Shaykh Nizamuddin Awliya. He is an ‘alim, a big ‘awliya and a big trader also. He was coming from a place. He was trading and bringing wood to Delhi. So he must stay one night there before coming to Delhi. He stayed in that same inn. When he entered this place, he said, “Oh, I am smelling my Shaykh’s perfume.” He was looking around to find from where this smell was coming. He went after this smell until he found a room that the smell was coming from. He knocked on that door. The poor man opened the door. This Shaykh was called Amir Khusrow. They greeted each other: Salamualeykum, wa aleykumsalam. He said, “From where is this smell coming? I smell my Shaykh’s perfume.” He said, “Yes, I went to him. He didn’t give me anything; he only gave me his old shoes.” Amir Khusrow said, “I will give you all my gold, just give me this.” The man said, “Are you joking!” “No, I’m not joking. If I had more, I would’ve given you.” The poor man asked him, “Why are you giving all this for this [shoes]?” He said, “If you knew the value of these shoes, if you had money, you would’ve given me double this [amount].” This is the difference between who knows the value and who doesn’t know the value. So we must, in shā’a Llāh, be happy with what Allāh ﷻ showed us and that He ﷻ put us in the way of the mashāyikh, way of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. It is priceless. Because this is not for a very short time, it is forever, in shā’a Llāh. In shā’a Llāh, may Allāh ﷻ make us be from the people who know the value, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ bless you.

In shā’a Llāh, may Allāh ﷻ give us to be all the time in good gatherings like this, in shā’a Llāh. Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, the best thing for the mu’min is to be helpful to other people. In everything, helpful in teaching people, or in any kind of help. This is a ḥadīth, the best one is who is best for his family, his country, and human beings. Of course, most people, think if they do this, they will lose something from their benefit. If you help one and he becomes better than you, you think you will lose. This is the thought of people, but not the thought of believers. The believer not like this. The believer helps everyone. Also who has good thinking must know this. If you are in a good position, your neighbor is in a good position, the other one is good and other is also good, all people will be happy and there won’t be a problem. But shayṭān is envious. He is teaching people to be envious. He doesn’t help them to be helpful to each other; no. He wants nobody to help the other, nobody to be happy. This is Alhamdulillah what Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is teaching human beings. This teaching was Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam’s teaching. When Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was teaching and telling people about Islām, the people of his ﷺ tribe and those around him ﷺ when he ﷺ was living in Makkah Mukarramah, were envious, not accepting. Because they don't want. They have proudness and they don’t want anybody to be like them. They wanted everyone to be below them. And many of them know and Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam showed them miracles. He ﷺ told them what’s important. They even knew Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam before he ﷺ became a Prophet. They know he ﷺ is honest, not lying, not doing any bad thing. But the biggest thing that destroyed them is envy and proudness. As it is mentioned in Qur’ān also, ‘Wa Qālū Lawlā Nuzzila Hādhā Al-Qur'ānu `Alá Rajulin Mina Al-Qaryatayni Ažīm’ (Qur’ān 43:31). They say, why is it coming to Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ - they call him ﷺ “Muhammad” only - and not coming to this one. They have one wise man who was living in Arabia. He was a wise man and everybody knew his position is higher than theirs. From their proudness, they were saying some things that the mind doesn’t accept. Allah Azza wa Jalla, chose Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and is not asking for peoples’ opinion, “Whom shall I choose? Do you want to make elections?” Even this man who they said is wise became Muslim later. And they were calling him saying, “Prophecy must be yours. You must be the Prophet.” He told them, “No. Now, I accepted Islām and he ﷺ is the Prophet. The highest one is Sayyidina Muhammad ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.” Even with this, they didn’t accept. This is a very bad character to be proud and envious. This is the character of shayṭān. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh, if you see somebody, al-ḥamdu liLlāh who has a good business, has enough to live, has a good family, is teaching good adab, good manners, we are happy with them the most. This is the happiness for us and for believers; all believers also. Who are not believers are not happy. Everything they see, even if not for Muslims or for believers, they get envious from anybody. For this, they are fighting the whole time and not happy. Tariqa people, alhamdulillah, have good adab, good teaching. It’s been like this the whole time, since the time of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam until now. Who are in the way of Prophet ﷺ, way meaning ṭarīqah, are helpful for each other and for other people also. If they see somebody who’s in need for help, they help him as much as they can. And of course, after the Ottoman time ended, many things changed in the world; especially in Muslim countries. And when Muslim countries lost good manners, other people also, the whole world lost it. Slowly, slowly this good manner became less and less. And it nearly finished. If you find some people helping or are trying to help, people misunderstand them or don’t believe them. In the time of Ottomans, there was like ṭarīqah, all ṭarīqah people - there were teachers for the traders and for each occupation. For each what he wants to become. What will this boy be? Maybe he wants to become a butcher. They put him in a butchery to learn how to become butcher with an owner or master. The other wants to become a carpenter. Also the same, they put him in a place with a master of carpentry. Any profession he must learn like goldsmith or blacksmith or other, they were going through this process. And when they were beginning it, they were beginning with du’ā’, taking him to the shop and beginning with Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm, praying for him and beginning like this. There are of course many professions, not one, maybe a hundred, two hundred, as much as there is. Each must be with the master of the profession he is happy with until many years. And when he finishes - of course there are many degrees. Each degree is called a different name: after 2 years like this, after 4 years, after 6 years. And when he finishes, they test him, ask him some things and give him a certificate. And this, of course, during all this time they are teaching him adab, good behavior, respect for the old and young and everyone. After that, they also make a ceremony, du’ā’ and give him this certificate. And these people were helping each other. If there is a customer coming to him, if he sold something and his neighbor near him didn’t sell anything yet, he sends him this customer. He says, “Today I made enough. So the other one must also be happy.” What happens then? This is happy, the other is happy, the other is happy, the whole country becomes happy. If he said, “No, every customer must be for me. I must take them all,” he also will not be happy because he will think, “O look, these people are looking at me that I have too much business yet they don’t have. They are envying me. I am doing all this, but they cannot do anything. Also the country becomes an unhappy country. And it was like this for hundreds of years, until these shayṭān people came and taught them to be envious and to kill each other, to be not happy with anyone. Because in the Ottoman time, they were living with 70 different people, ethnicities. And what we were saying applied to all. It’s not that if he was Muslim, he will not send his customer to the Christian or Jewish or other people. No, if he had a customer, he will send him to the others also, to make everybody happy. But these shayṭān people make fitnah and make people be against each other. And when this happened, happiness went and fitnah came. And after this, what happened? Maybe millions of them left the country. And they came to this place. From that good country, they came to a place for dunyā. But when coming for dunya, there is no benefit for most of them. Yes, from envy they destroyed everything and made people miserable. Allāh ﷻ gives provision, rizq for everybody. And you must believe in this. Don’t be envious, in shā’a Llāh. as we said, millions of people came here. In shā’a Llāh, maybe half of them were Muslim. But when they came here, they lost this also. In shā’a Llāh, may Allāh ﷻ give hidayah for others also, in shā’a Llāh. Because we cannot say this for children or grand grandchildren - ok also for this - but Allāh ﷻ is able to give hidayah for new people also; no problem. A place like this is, insha'Allah, throwing light in the hearts of people, insha'Allah. Just like the butterflies come to light, may He ﷻ make these people come to Islām through places like this. May Allāh ﷻ give us good understanding, insha'Allah, and keep us safe from every badness, insha'Allah.

‘Innamā Ya`muru Masājida Allāhi Man 'Āmana Billāhi Wa Al-Yawmi Al-'Ākhiri’, (Qur’ān 09:18). Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says in the Qur’an, those who believe in Allāh ﷻ and the last day, the next life, make this house for Allāh ﷻ. It means Baytu Llah. The Jami, Masjid is the house of Allāh ﷻ. What does it mean? It means everybody can come, enter, do ‘ibadah and take reward, in shā’a Llāh. AlhamduliLlah we are traveling from place to place. Masha’Allah, they make nice places for Masjid and Dergah. In shā’a Llāh, all of you will be surprised on the Day of Resurrection how Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is giving you reward for what you had done in this life. Some people make big things; some people make small things. Even if they do good things without knowing it, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla knows. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says in the Qur’an, ‘Faman Ya’mal Mithqāla Dharratin Khayrāan Yarah (7) Wa Man Ya’mal Mithqāla Dharratin Sharrāan Yarah (8) (Qur’ān 99:07-08). This means who does a very small good thing, as small as dust, Allāh ﷻ will reward him for that. And who does a bad thing, Allāh ﷻ will forgive him if he asks for forgiveness. There is a good thing in this also. Who does a bad thing, if he repents and asks for forgiveness, Allāh ﷻ forgives him. And He ﷻ turns this sin into reward for him. For this, some people will be surprised, saying, “We didn’t know of all these good things.” “From where is this reward coming, like a mountain coming to us?” “From where is this?” “We weren’t good people all the time.” “We were doing bad things, so from where is this coming!” You were doing bad things, but when you asked for forgiveness, Allāh ﷻ changed it to reward. Allāh ﷻ is Generous. He ﷻ is not afraid for it to finish. Creatures don’t give too much. Some are generous but they can also be afraid that maybe they will finish. But Allāh’s ﷻ treasures are endless; there is no limit. He ﷻ is always giving people. One cannot imagine how much He ﷻ will give on that day. What must you do with this? You must believe in Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and His ﷻ generosity. We are poor people and we are doing as much as we can, but we ask Allāh ﷻ to help us in the life here and the other life also. So we must be grateful to Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. He ﷻ likes people who thank Him ﷻ, not those who complain. Now, people of this time are all the time complaining about everything. They are not happy with anything. It is difficult to make them happy. Who made this? Shayṭān. He made people unhappy and not satisfied. But Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “If you are thankful, I will multiply what you have.” If you thank Allāh ﷻ, Allāh ﷻ will make all the goodness you have continue. If you have a good village, if you have a good land, or anything, you must be thankful for it. And He ﷻ will make it continue for you. If not, if you are not thankful and only complaining, it will be cut. This is our advice for people who want happiness in both lives: here and hereafter. Here it is important, but the most important is the next life. The other one is forever, but what’s important is to prepare here for that life. Some people of old times thought they were clever. The ancient people in Egypt or other places knew there was another life and they prepared for it. But they weren’t so clever because they didn’t prepare good deeds for ākhirah. They just put gold or instruments in their graves, thinking, “When we go to the next life we can use it.” And this in the other life is like garbage; it’s nothing. In paradise, there are houses from gold and from jewels. For this, you can only enter with good deeds, not by taking money and gold with you into the grave. May Allāh ﷻ give people good understanding. Those who understand this will be happy and not worried about anything. And people will be very happy with them, in shā’a Llāh. May Allāh ﷻ give good understanding to this country, other countries, and everywhere. They are harming people for something that will be a punishment for them in the next life. Everybody must know that Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will ask about our deeds. Allāh ﷻ is happy with people who help each other, not harm each other. May Allāh ﷻ make us from those who help each other.

Alhamdulillah. We are here in this special place. This is a special place where the Tariqa grew in Argentina and in South America. Through this nice city. Allah chose this city and gave it, Masha'Allah, beauty, nice weather, and everything. And from this city, Alhamdulillah, the Tariqa is growing—thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, maybe millions, insha'Allah. Alhamdulillah, we are happy. Last time I came, I didn't visit here. We surrender ourselves to Allah Azza wa Jalla, and through Mawlana Sheikh, Allah guides us. Alhamdulillah. Last time, perhaps it was not suitable to come here. This time, Alhamdulillah, it happened beautifully. To see sincere people growing from the east to the west of this country. Mawlana Sheikh was very careful to give good things to people. And if he received anything from people—like a thank you, a smile, or any very small thing they gave to Mawlana—Mawlana never forgot. And I remember Dr. Abdun Nur. It was maybe '85 or '86. At that time, I was living in Cyprus, and he was the first person we saw coming from Argentina to Cyprus. At that time, he was there for nearly one month. We spoke to him every day, meeting with him there. He was telling us about Argentina—some places very dangerous, some places like this, like that. We were just listening as if we were listening to a story or something. And Mawlana Sheikh was giving sohbet, speaking every day. We ate together, we prayed together. And he was a new Muslim. He came from Konya. One of Mawlana's murids named Mustafa sent him to Cyprus, and he came this way to Cyprus. He was a new Muslim. I think—well, I don't know if he became Muslim in Cyprus or before. He was in Konya. As I said, we were listening to him as we listen to a story. And of course, Mawlana had very high vision—seeing maybe 100 years ahead—and he was giving very good teachings to him, speaking to him, answering whatever he was asking. And we were thinking, "This is someone coming from Latin America, and these people are very strong Christians. Who will come from there?" We weren't paying much attention to this. Something like this. But Mawlana gave him madad and nazar, looking to him to spread this. Of course, after this I left Cyprus. I didn't see many people, but I heard that after him, he brought many people. Ahmad, Abdul Raouf, and others came from Argentina, but I never met them at that time there. It is very important for whoever has madad, or is following a Sheikh, to be strongly following him. Mawlana appointed him as the contact for Islam, through whom the Tariqa would come to this area. But after this, I didn't see him. Rahmatullah alayh. I never heard about him until I came here nine years ago. And I remembered him and asked them, "In the old times, I met one Dr. Abdun Nur here. Do you know him?" At this time, I didn't think—but when I came to Argentina, I asked. They said, "Yes, he was here, but he left Mawlana Sheikh." This was, Subhanallah, unlucky for him. But still, he will get reward because he was the first to contact people here. But of course, he missed a huge thing. This is an important example for mureeds, for people following Mawlana, because not only him—there were some other people also the same way. They thought they were Sheikhs—they left Mawlana Sheikh, they said, "We are following other people," and they left. Your Sheikh, Murshid is happy with you, Mawlana is happy with you, the Prophet Sall'Allahu Alaihi Wasallam is happy with you, Allah is happy with you—no problem for you. If you want problems for yourself, you can leave this and follow other people. This is a big lesson for mureeds. I am saying his name because many people are asking to mention the name. But we mentioned it because everybody must know how it was, how the Tariqa came here, how we know this way. We must be careful for ourselves, not to go out of the way. As I said, Mawlana was not happy, of course, with him because of what happened. Not happy with him, not happy for him to lose what he got. For Mawlana, to have one person brought to Tariqa, to Islam, to the right way—it is more valuable than the whole world. He lost this. He was not happy, angry for what happened. The Awliya Allah, they are great people. We must be careful with them. He first came through the place of Sayyidina Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi and was sent to Cyprus. This brings to mind Shams-i Tabrizi, who was also with Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi. He was a great dervish. Throughout his life, he would sometimes be in places where people did not know him. Sometimes people would cause him problems, so he would leave Konya, traveling here and there. Once, while traveling, he became very, very tired and took rest in a mosque. After the Isha prayer, he fell asleep in a corner of the mosque. Before closing the mosque, the muezzin saw him there. The muezzin told him, "Get out! What are you doing here?" He said, "I am very tired and I have no hotel, nowhere to go. I will just sleep here until Fajr." The muezzin insisted, "No, you cannot stay here!" He replied, "I will not do anything. I'm just sleeping here. When Fajr comes, I will leave." But the muezzin insisted and threw him out. Of course, Shams-i Tabrizi was not happy. After throwing him out, the muezzin found he couldn't breathe. Little by little, he began to lose his breath. He went to the imam, and the imam asked, "What have you done?" When the imam saw his condition, he knew this man must be someone important. He ran after Shams-i Tabrizi, pleading, "Oh please, please, forgive him!" And Shams-i Tabrizi said, "I will pray for him to die in iman." And then he died. And I asked Abdun Nur's wife—Alhamdulillah, he was Muslim when he passed away. And this also is the baraka of Mawlana. Because all these thousands of people came through him. Alhamdulillah, he passed away in iman. Allah bless you, bless him. Insha'Allah, Allah keep you safe and on the way, staying strongly on this way, insha'Allah. Spreading the real Islam, which is with Tariqa. Without Tariqa, it will not benefit like what the Prophet Sall'Allahu Alaihi Wasallam said—that it must be with Tariqa. There are very different people within Islam, and all of them are not happy with Tariqa. Some of them say this is shirk. Some of them say, "No need for this. Why this?" Some of them are saying it is like sweets after food—so the food is most important. Tariqa is like dessert—if you eat or don't eat, it's not necessary. But it is very important to keep our iman, our belief. Without iman, without belief, Islam is not strong. For this, it is very important, showing the way straight from the Prophet Sall'Allahu Alaihi Wasallam for all human beings. Unfortunately, nobody knows about this. And the enemy of Tariqa—the first enemy, Shaitan—is whispering to people to make them enemies of this. May Allah keep us safe from him. And Allah bless you, keep you, make you to be hidayat for others also, to show these people the sweet taste of Tariqa, insha'Allah.

Our Tariqa is about being together, giving good advice, and listening to advice. The Naqshbandi Tariqa is one of 41 Tariqa ways that come from the Prophet, sall'Allahu alayhi wa sallam. One lineage comes from Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. And the others come from Sayyidina Ali. The Sahaba, the companions of the Prophet, sall'Allahu alayhi wa sallam, are the highest of people. The highest people in the Ummah are the Sahaba, the companions of the Prophet, sall'Allahu alayhi wa sallam. Among all human beings, the prophets are the highest. There are 124,000 prophets. And the highest among them, the one who completed the religion, is our Prophet, sall'Allahu alayhi wa sallam. His name is mentioned with the Name of Allah: La ilaha illallah, Muhammadun Rasulullah, sall'Allahu alayhi wa sallam. So he is the highest, and we are fortunate to be from his nation. All prophets followed the same path; there is no difference between them. You cannot make a distinction. They all brought the command from Allah. The revelation came gradually, but it was not yet complete. It was completed with the Prophet, sall'Allahu alayhi wa sallam. For this reason, not only Muslims, but also Christians and Jews, do not claim that another prophet came after Prophet Muhammad, sall'Allahu alayhi wa sallam. Every prophet who came would say, "After me, a prophet will come." And the last prophet before the Prophet, sall'Allahu alayhi wa sallam, was Sayyidina Isa, alayhis-salam. And he, of course, was a believer in the Torah and said, "Allah will send the last prophet after me. His name will be Ahmad." This is what he said. So it is clear; people must understand that the religion is one. And we must believe in this. Each prophet who came accepted what Allah gave him and taught the people the principles of the religion. Of course, the religion was revealed step by step, until the Prophet, sall'Allahu alayhi wa sallam, in the last year of his life during Hajj, declared, "Today I have perfected your religion for you." Of course, many things the Prophet foretold in his prophecies have already come to pass. And there are still many prophecies that have not yet happened, but they will, insha'Allah. This is especially true regarding Sayyidina Isa, alayhis-salam, and his miracle, which Allah Azza wa Jalla mentioned in the Quran, the true word of Allah Azza wa Jalla. We Muslims are the only ones whose scripture has remained completely unchanged, unlike those of other religions. They have their books, but they have been altered. Only the Quran, for us Muslims, has been preserved exactly as it came from Allah Azza wa Jalla. We can draw a comparison, though any example falls short of the reality. For instance, consider a criminal investigation, a scenario you often see in movies. A crime is committed, but nobody knows what happened, who did it, or how it occurred. As a result, innocent people are often imprisoned or even given the death penalty. And afterwards, no one ever knows what truly happened. But Allah Azza wa Jalla knows. And Allah Azza wa Jalla is the Most Truthful; everything He says is the truth. And in the Quran, He tells us many such things. One of these stories is from the time of Sayyidina Musa, alayhis-salam. Someone killed a man and left his body in a certain place, causing the people there to be suspected of the murder. So they came to Sayyidina Musa, alayhis-salam, and asked: "Who killed this man?" "We must have justice," they said, because in their law there was qisas, which is retribution. If someone kills, they are killed. If you cut someone's hand, your hand is cut. If you cut an ear, your ear is cut. This was the law of retribution applied to the perpetrator. "A tooth for a tooth," as they say. So they came to Musa, alayhis-salam, Kalimullah, the one who speaks with Allah. They said, "Ask Allah Azza wa Jalla for us how we can find out who killed this man." Sayyidina Musa asked, and the command came: "Slaughter a cow, and strike the dead man with a piece of it." They asked, "O Musa, what kind of cow?" He said, "The cow must not be too old." Then they asked again, "We understand, but what color should it be?" He said, "Its color must be a brilliant yellow, a pleasing, golden-yellow." Still, they kept asking, "The description is not yet clear to us. What must this cow be like?" And the answer came: "It must be a young heifer of a brilliant yellow color, one that has never been put to work. It must be like this, like that." And then they said, "Alright, now we understand. We will do this." And they searched for this cow throughout the entire land and could only find one that fit the description. They asked its price. The owner was a poor, devout man, and Allah inspired him to say, "The price is its hide filled with gold." They had plenty of money, but they were very stingy. Nevertheless, they paid the price, filling its hide with what amounted to a ton or more of gold. And when they had slaughtered the cow, they took its tongue and struck the dead man with it, and he woke up. He said, "It was my nephew. He killed me for my money." Allah gives such examples in the Quran so that people may believe. And regarding Sayyidina Isa, Allah Azza wa Jalla tells us about Sayyidatuna Maryam. She was always worshipping and praying when Allah sent an angel to her, and she became pregnant without marriage, without any man having touched her. And Allah, who created everything, gives an example for the creation of Sayyidina Isa, saying he is like Sayyidina Adam, alayhis-salam. He created him from dust, then said to him, "Be," and he was. Then, at the end of the story of Sayyidina Isa, there was a traitor, as everyone knows. Allah says in the Quran that He made this traitor resemble Sayyidina Isa. So they seized the traitor, killed him, and put him on the cross. And in the Quran, Allah Azza wa Jalla tells us, "Wa ma qataluhu wa ma salabuhu wa lakin shubbiha lahum." (4:157) "They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him. It was only made to appear so to them; they only thought they had." Instead, Allah says, "Bal rafa`ahullahu ilayh." (4:158) Allah raised him from this world up to Himself, to Heaven. He was raised to the Second Heaven; there are seven heavens in total. And he will return to reveal the truth to all the people who were deceived, so that they will know the real Isa, alayhis-salam. Not, as they claim, the "Son of God." Anyone who thinks, even for a moment, cannot believe such a thing. Allah Azza wa Jalla has no shape; He has no place. All of space, the universe, light, sound, time, centuries, history—all of this was created by Allah Azza wa Jalla. Therefore, you cannot say someone is the son of God. It is impossible for anyone with a sound mind to believe this. As for these other religions, their scriptures were corrupted by their own religious leaders. Many of these changes were made for money and personal gain. They have led millions, even billions, of people astray from the path of Allah Azza wa Jalla. Someone might ask, "How could a priest, a rabbi, or other religious leaders do such a thing?" There are many examples. Consider the rabbi from the time of Sayyidina Yusha, alayhis-salam. He knew the Ism al-Azam, the Greatest Name of Allah, and anyone who knew it and called upon it could do anything. Yet even he fell into their trap. They deceived him with the promise of marriage to a beautiful woman, and so he betrayed Sayyidina Yusha, alayhis-salam. So you see, they are not innocent people. They are followers of Shaitan. They changed many things, perhaps 95 or even 99 percent of their holy books. Alhamdulillah, the greatest miracle of the Prophet, sall'Allahu alayhi wa sallam, is the Quran al-Adhimu-sh-shan. It is in our hands today, sent down from Heaven, without a single change. All goodness and all knowledge are contained within it. For this reason, we await Sayyidina Isa, insha'Allah. Everyone, believer and non-believer alike, is waiting for someone to come. Everyone has this feeling, and it is from Allah Azza wa Jalla. He has placed in people's hearts the expectation that someone will come to bring happiness and justice to this world, after all the corruption and oppression. Insha'Allah, we are close. The time is not far. Insha'Allah, Sayyidina Mahdi, alayhis-salam, is coming, and Sayyidina Isa, alayhis-salam, will descend from heaven. He will cleanse the world of all its filth, insha'Allah. May Allah make him to come soon, and insha'Allah, we will be with him. Sayyidina Isa, alayhis-salam, will follow the religion of the Prophet, sall'Allahu alayhi wa sallam. It was the wish of Sayyidina Isa, alayhis-salam, to be from the Ummah of Sayyidina Muhammad, sall'Allahu alayhi wa sallam. This is a tremendous honor. Alhamdulillah, we must be thankful to Allah for this. May Allah bless you.

Insha'Allah we are gathering for the sake of Allah. May Allah make us happy. Alhamdulillah, we are together, traveling from place to place in Argentina. Yesterday, masha'Allah, was our murid gathering—a nice gathering in Cordoba—and today, alhamdulillah, we have come to Mendoza. Mendoza is a wonderful place, on the border where you can see Chile nearby. So our murids, masha'Allah, have made a dergah, a mosque, and are living here with their families. It is a very nice place with water running from a spring. We are at an altitude of about 2,000 meters. It's cool and nice, very nice. And here, I want to make a point: I want to talk about two opposite things. This place, you know, its name is Las Vegas. The other place, also called Las Vegas, is its opposite. This is Paradise; that is Hell. Here, it is cool with water flowing everywhere; there, it is in the middle of a desert. That place has very nice buildings and very fancy, shiny cars. It has luxurious hotels and swimming pools. There are women with too much makeup. But in reality, it is just like the Dajjal: when you see it from the outside, it looks very nice and very good, but once you go inside, you are finished. And it isn't just people seeking spirituality who are affected; even ordinary, non-spiritual people are finished there. It is destroying families and destroying humanity. Of course, there are casinos everywhere in the world, but that place is the headquarters of gambling. It was built in the middle of a desert. It has hot air, bad air, and no greenery around. Subhan'Allah, they cheat people with money and a glamorous appearance to make it seem good, and people flock there, not only from America but even from our own country. Gamblers from all over the world feel they must be able to say, "I gambled in Las Vegas," even if they lose a lot of money. Alhamdulillah, here it is the opposite. It looks rustic; they built it with their own hands, finding wood from here and there to construct the building. But these are sincere people; Allah loves them and helps them. He also guides other people through them. I was here nine years ago, and coming back now, masha'Allah, it has grown, and they are building bigger. This is a Paradise in this Dunya and a Paradise in the Akhira as well. People who want happiness should not focus on appearances, but on the reality of things. You must look for the wisdom in everything you see. Even when you look at that evil place, you must also find the wisdom in seeing how evil can capture and destroy people. These gamblers, they give up everything for their gambling. In our country also, there is a so-called "paradise" of gambling; many people come, mostly from Turkey, to gamble in these satanic hotels. They welcome them and give them everything: food, a place to sleep, and even a return ticket. Because they will be left with no money, the return ticket is provided by the hotels or the casinos. Gambling is the worst thing for a person's well-being. Because when someone gets involved with gambling, they cannot stop. Perhaps addictions to other things, like alcohol or drugs, can be treated, but with gambling, it is a success if even one man in 10,000 can save himself. May Allah save us from this bad habit and from the evil people who lure others to casinos and similar places, offering them many things just to take their money. Here is the Halal Las Vegas, and that is the Haram Las Vegas.

We are happy. For everything comes from Him; everything happens by His will. So, you must be happy and thankful, and speak about the good things Allah has given you. We think that the greatest good for a human being is to be a believer. Alhamdulillah, this is what Allah gave us. We are happy with this. And we know that Allah also gave you this great favor and made you a believer. This is a very precious thing. And to thank Allah for this belief, so that He may continue this gift He has given us, what must we do? First of all, be good to people. With animals. With the planet. With the earth. With water. With everything. You must be doing good. This is for our own benefit. The benefit for us is that if you respect everything—everyone, every animal—this world will be like paradise. But unfortunately, they are not doing this, and because of this, they are suffering in this world. So, something is wrong with us, with human beings. Allah made everything most perfect. He created us in the most perfect shape, with perfect thinking and behaving. He showed us and taught us everything we must do. But people follow what they like. What they call "freedom." But when your freedom comes up against another's freedom, there will be a clash. When you go beyond your limit, and he has a limit, and others have limits—when all people go beyond their limits, it leads to war like this. So what is the solution for this? To follow what Allah Azza wa Jalla shows us and tells us to do. Allah says the religion is easy, not difficult. Alhamdulillah, we are here... We are on the other side because it was sunny and hot. So we brought people to this side, and they are relaxed and happy. There is no need to make things difficult for them, so they are not listening, thinking, "It is very hot," or "There is no place to sit." Alhamdulillah, now everybody is good and happy. This is the order of Allah. He said to make it easy for everyone. Yassiru wala tu'assiru. Make it easy, don't make it difficult. And this is one of the... Of course, there are some rare occasions that can be difficult for people, but at other times, "fa inna ma'al 'usri yusra." After difficulty comes ease and happiness. Like fasting: you fast the whole day and you become thirsty and hungry, but when you break your fast at Maghrib time, it is the happiest and most delicious experience for those who are eating. Those who do not fast don't know this happiness. And Hajj is also like this. Because it is once in a lifetime, it shows people what it is like on the Day of Resurrection, with the kafan, the heat, and going there. This one is a little difficult, but happiness comes after. And this principle is also for doing good things like this. But to prevent people from doing bad things, it must be made difficult for those who want to do them. You must not accept it. And if you can, you must prevent them from doing it. You must prevent this as much as you can. This is the opposite of making good things easy. For people who do bad things, you must make it not easy for them. Many people these days are doing things... you cannot imagine what bad things, and the sheer quantity of bad things that people are doing. So, whatever you know about and can prevent, you must prevent. In this world, what you do is good for the one you prevent from doing bad things. And Allah rewards you for this. Because maybe he will harm himself, or harm other people, or harm society. So it is good to not make it easy for him. Because there is an Arabic saying: "al-mal as-sa'ib yu'allim as-sariqa." Goods that are left unattended teach people to steal. This is an Arabic saying: "al-mal as-sa'ib yu'allim as-sariqa." Meaning, if you put your clothes, or money, or anything somewhere without taking care of it, you teach people to steal. For this reason, don't give these people any chance to learn to do bad things. Someone might say, "How can we do that?" We can. So many times, even these days, there are many people cheating others. "Give me money, I will do business... this is a good opportunity... you give me one, I will give you ten." So people get cheated. And this person takes from you, and takes from another, and another, and he learns to do this. We are living in a time when people have forgotten good manners, honor, or any good thing. They are not thinking about this. Slowly, when somebody cannot do bad things, insha'Allah, Allah will make him at least come back to the way of humanity. Alhamdulillah we are... We were here nine years ago. This is the second time. Alhamdulillah, we are happy that, insha'Allah, Muslims, and especially the tariqa people, are growing. And the tariqa people are making people happy with Islam. Because Islam is wrongly understood in every place. Even in Islamic countries, they don't understand Islam. For this reason, we must teach people about tariqa and about Islam, and insha'Allah, Allah will open their hearts to become believers, insha'Allah. And this is the road to paradise. Paradise in the dunya also. When you have satisfaction and happiness in your heart, you are in paradise here as well. And if you don't have this, even if you have a whole city full of money, you are in hell. For this reason, for the sake of Allah, we are calling people to happiness. We are travelling for the sake of Allah to help people save themselves from this fire of bad deeds. Every time someone does a bad thing, a fire enters his heart, one more fire. Of course, there is a chance for people who do this to repent and ask for forgiveness from Allah while they are in this world. If they do so before dying, Allah will forgive them. But after one dies, it is finished. Insha'Allah, Allah will give hidayah to all people, insha'Allah. Thank you for listening. May Allah bless you, may Allah keep you safe—you, your family, your children, your neighbors, and your country—and may you be, insha'Allah, among the believers, insha'Allah.