Advice for Happiness in Both Lives

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

‘إِنَّمَا يَعْمُرُ مَسَاجِدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ’

(Qur’ān 09:18)

‘Innamā Ya`muru Masājida Allāhi Man ‘Āmana Billāhi Wa Al-Yawmi Al-‘Ākhiri’

‘The mosques of Allah are only to be maintained by those who believe in Allah and the Last Day.’ 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, “فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ (7) وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ (8)”, ‘Faman Ya’mal Mithqāla Dharratin Khayrāan Yarah (7) Wa Man Ya’mal Mithqāla Dharratin Sharrāan Yarah (8)’, ‘So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it (7) And whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it (8).’ (Qur’ān 99:07-08).

Which 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, “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, 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; 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. 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 of what you have from goodness to continue. If you have a good village, if you have a good land, anything; you must be thankful for it. And He ﷻ will make it continue for you. If not, if you are not thankful 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, people of old times, thought they are 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. Life in paradise: there are houses from gold, from jewels. For this, you can only take good deeds not by taking with you money and gold, putting it in 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.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq.

Al-Fatiha.

•⁠ ⁠Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق

18 October 2025/ 26 Rabih Al- Akhir 1447

Dergah Olavarría, Argentina

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