21st April: The Biggest Awliyā of Our Time

Sohbah on 21 April 2022 by Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

‎أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

(Qur’ān 10:62)

“Alā inna awliyā’a Llāhi lā khawfun a’layhim wa-lā hum yaḥzanūn”

“Verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

There are many Awliyā of Allāh ﷻ. There are hidden ones and known ones. The known one was Mawlānā Shaykh Naẓīmق. Heق is from the beloved servants of Allāh ﷻ. We say Shukr to Allāh ﷻ for favouring us and letting us follow him. 

Today by the wisdom of Allāh ﷻ is the day Mawlānā came to this world, his birthday, the 21st of April. Exactly 100 years ago in 1922, he came and honoured this world. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla created him, and he was born in this island close to Hālā Sulṭānق in the town of Larnaca. Everyone knows what a great holy man, what a great Awliyā he is, Shukr to Allāh ﷻ.

Even when he was born, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddīn Efendiق gave a Suḥbah to Mawlana Shaykh AbduLlāh ad-Dāghistānīق and said, “A son of ours is born, who will carry the burden of this Tarīqah and will take it from East to West. He will become the means of guidance to tens of thousands of people and millions of people.”

Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddīnق gave this good tidings in such details that sorry to say, he even told the size of his shoes. Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddīnق was so happy. We have a share of both the Karamah/miracle of Mawlānā Shaykh Naẓīmق and the greatness of Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddīn’sق Karamah now. When the person who told this had heard it, he became one of his Murīds. His father was a Murīd [of Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddīnق] who heard and told about it. 

Today is 100 years since then. By the wisdom of Allāh ﷻ, we were guessing that Mawlānā Shaykh Naẓīm would live for more than 100 years. He passed away physically, but he is still with us spiritually. He is guiding people. And many people are coming. Many people reach guidance through his Suḥbahs and join this Tarīqah. Furthermore, thousands and tens of thousands of people see him in their dreams by his Karamah. And this Karamah of his is going on. They become Muslim and reach guidance.

Muslims who have lost their way return to the right way. They reach guidance and go on this way. And this Karamah is the sign of him being an Awliyā of a very high rank. He has reached all of you who have come and been to this mosque, this Dergah and other Dergahs. You have joined the Wat of Allāh ﷻ and reached the Love of Allāh ﷻ through his love. You reached the love of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. With the permission of Allāh ﷻ, you will reach that in paradise as well through him and his Barakah. This door is a big door. It is the door of the friends of Allāh ﷻ. Allāh ﷻ doesn’t let His ﷻ friends down. Certainly, He ﷻ will make those who follow Him ﷻ happy people here and hereafter inshā’Allāh. 

May this day be blessed and good for all of us. Not only for Mawlānā Shaykh Naẓimق, but may his birthday be blessed for all of us. As an inheritor of our Holy Prophet ṣalla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam he is mercy to all people. As he was going on the way of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, he is a mercy and a benefit for all mankind. Even non-Muslims used to acknowledge his Suḥbahs, his preachings and his words. They used to accept them. 

Therefore, it is a holy day, a special day. It comes every year. Nothing has been done since two years because of the illness. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, this year with his 100th birthday, there is no illness left with the permission of Allāh ﷻ. It lost its effect. The way he was in this world, Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we know that his spirituality and Himmah/support are always with us and upon us. His Karamah is that he is a shield for us as he is the beloved servant of Allāh ﷻ. As we said, we will be together in ākhirah as well inshā’Allāh. We will meet again physically and we will not separate forever in paradise inshā’Allāh.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.

Al-Fatiha.

• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق

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