Mawlana Sheikh Mehmed Adil. Translations.

قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا (27:69) Allah, the Exalted, says: "Travel through the earth, look around, and learn a lesson from what you see." When we look at the state of the world and of people today, there is hardly anything human left. Everyone has lost their humanity. Hacı Anne used to say: "A person praises most what they lack themselves." Everyone claims about themselves: "I am honest" or "We are honest," yet there is no trace of honesty in them. As sad as it is, this is the current state of the world and of humanity. There is neither honesty nor reliability anymore. Everyone only follows their own ego (nafs), and whatever the ego demands, they consider to be the truth. They say: "My idea of honesty is what my ego wants." "No one else has the right to interfere in my life." "I do what I want anyway." People today tell themselves: "I have no mercy for others." The rights of the poor, the rights of their fellow human beings – they do not care about any of that at all. This is, unfortunately, the current state of humanity. Exactly for this reason, humanity has been lost. Humanity means justice; but above all else, humanity means mercy. Where these qualities are missing, wild animals are better than humans. When a wild animal finds food, it eats, lies down to rest, and simply lives its life. It holds no grudges. An animal does not think about: "How can I kill even more tomorrow? How can I cause even more damage?" Humans, on the other hand, carry this grudge within them and have an ego that is never satisfied. That is why our times today unfortunately look like this. We swim with the crowd. And because we swim with the crowd, everything seems completely normal to people. Yet there is absolutely nothing normal about it. Even if everyone else does it – do not do it. Their biggest excuse and justification is: "But the others are doing it too." Even if everyone does it, you should not do it. If everyone does bad things, then do not do them. Stay on the sidelines, keep your distance. Do not let yourself be carried away by the current, so that it does not wash you away too. Stay on this side, stand on the side of truth, be sincere. Do not rely on the honesty of your ego, but on the honesty that Allah has commanded us. The ego says: "Everything belongs to me." The situation is obvious: Even with people who are considered honest and highly praised, it turns out in the end that they are only following their ego. Nevertheless, there is no more sense of shame, so that they would say: "We have disgraced ourselves, we have lost our honor." Regarding modesty, it is said: "Al-haya'u minal-iman"; that means, a sense of shame is a part of faith. A sense of shame is something beautiful, but in the current state of the world and humanity, it is no longer seen as something good. People say: "The girl is far too modest, she doesn't leave the house, she barely speaks." Yet it is a very good thing that she feels a sense of shame. In their opinion, one should do whatever one wants, be ashamed of nothing, and indulge in everything freely; whoever does so is considered a respected person among them. Nowadays, someone who still feels a sense of shame is no longer considered respected. May Allah have mercy on our condition and send us a savior, insha'Allah. We are waiting for it, insha'Allah. May Allah soon lead people back to their true humanity, insha'Allah. They are not able to turn back on their own. May Allah send us a protector who will show us the way, insha'Allah.