Don’t Look for Other Ways

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

وَقُلِ اعْمَلُوا فَسَيَرَى اللَّهُ عَمَلَكُمْ

(Qur’ān 09:105)

“Wa-quli ʿmalū fa-sa-yarā llāhu ʿamalakum”

“And say, Do, for Allah will see your deeds.” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Do good deeds. He ﷻ will see what you do.” Whether you do good or bad, everything will be presented before Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. You will be held accountable accordingly.

Of course, mankind in the time we live in don’t know what they’re doing. They do whatever their ego wants. Now, they also do acts of worship according to their own minds. Or they don’t perform them at all. They say, “Nothing will happen. There’s no such thing.” But Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Do everything well.”

As we said, people of old times had patience. They had thought. They would pay attention to everything, wondering which would be more acceptable, which would be more beautiful. In what they eat, what they drink, what they wear, what they talk. Even where they reside, if they’re going to build a house: how to do it and what to do. They would do everything according to its principles. They would strive to do just as our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam did, according to the Sunnah. What they did is the best for both dunyā and ākhirah.

People today have been getting worse and worse for almost a hundred years; not better but worse. Why is that happening? Why are they becoming worse? Because mankind has followed his ego. He says, “I will do whatever my ego wants. It would be better and more beautiful.” Whereas it’s worse, and more terrible.

Therefore, a person who is on the way of Allāh ﷻ, who turns to Allāh ﷻ and follows the way of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, will certainly gain in both dunyā and ākhirah. He will attain both material and spiritual gain. There’s no need to look for other ways. There’s no need to look at other things. The way is in front of us. We are in the beautiful way, the way of light, the way of happiness.

There’s no need for what others show and what they say. We must stay away from them so that they may not harm us. May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ protect people from the evil of their own egos and the evil of what they do. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Ayāt, Tasbīhāt, Tahlilāt, Yasin, Surahs, Dalā’il al-Khayrāt. May Allāh ﷻ accept all the good deeds of those who recited. We gift them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ.

Ila Rūhi Nabiyyina Muhaammadin sallaLlahu `alayhi wasallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi l-kiram wa ila arwahijamee’i al Anbiya’i wa l-Mursalin wa Khudama’isharai’ihim wa ila arwahi al ‘Aimmati al arba’a, wa ilaarwahi Mashayyikhina fi t-Tariqati n-Naqshbandiyyatil-Aliyyah, khassatan Imamu t-Tariqah wa Ghawthu l-Khaliqah Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, wa sai’riSadatina wa s-Siddiqiyun.

[(Translation) To the soul of our Prophet Muhammad, Prayers and Peace be upon Him, and his family, and his companions, and the souls of all the prophets as well as of His messengers and of those who served their Sharia, and to the souls of the four Imams. And to the souls of our Mashayikh of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Tariqa, in particular to the soul of the Imam of the Tariqa Ghawth al-Khaliqa (the Help of Creation), Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, and the rest of our masters and Siddiqiyun.]

To the soul of Hala Sultān. To all our passed ones. May those who recited attain their goals insha’Allah. For happiness here and hereafter. For cure to the sick. May their troubles be cured. For a good life. For happiness here and hereafter, in shā’a Llāh. Li-Llahi Ta’āla.

Al-Fatiha.

• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق

11 July 2025/ 16 Muharram 1447

Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul