Perfect Īmān Is Only Through a Murshid

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

وَأَن لَّوِ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَاهُم مَّاءً غَدَقًا (16) لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن يُعْرِضْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًا صَعَدًا

(Qur’ān 72:16)

“Wa ‘Allawi Astaqāmū AláAţ-Ţarīqati L’asqaynāhum Mā’an Ghadaqāan (16) Linaftinahum Fīhi ۚ Wa Man Yuriđ An Dhikri Rabbihi Yasluk/huAdhābāan Şa`adāan”

“If they had believed in Allah, and went on the Right Way (i.e. Islam) We should surely have bestowed on them water (rain) in abundance (16) That We might try them thereby. And whosoever turns away from the Reminder of his Lord (i.e. this Quran, and practice not its laws and orders), He will cause him to enter in a severe torment (i.e. Hell).” Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-‘Aẓīm.

Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla protects and preserves those on the right way. Those who are not on the right way cause fitnah (discord) for others. They think their fitnah is good for them; that they are doing good. Whereas, shayṭān destroys their īmān.

There is īmān and Islām. The essence of Islām is īmān. Believing in Allāh ﷻ, believing in the ghayb (unseen), believing in the angels, and believing in the afterlife. These are all īmān. Only those who follow the ṭarīqah truly do this.

Others always – a group of people call themselves Jamā’ah (community) or I don’t know what else. Their īmān is based on nothing, yet they appear to be truly Muslim. But without īmān, nothing remains. This is a ploy of shayṭān. Many people have been deceived by this and followed that way. It has been a means of their disappointment and loss.

Therefore, it is necessary to connect with a Murshid (guide) and ṭarīqah, which is connected directly to our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Jamā’at, on the other hand, have no such connection. Because they lack that bond, they can quickly gather people, only to then finish their īmān and divide Muslims against one another.

They will also be deprived of intercession in the hereafter. Because they have no connection with our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Without it, there is no īmān. Without him ﷺ, without the means of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, there is no īmān. There is Islām, but no īmān. They are not believers; they are Muslims.

You must pay attention to that. Muslims who want to perfect their īmān connect with a Murshid so that they can reach our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. May Allāh ﷻ grant people this beautiful way. May Allāh ﷻ help them. May He ﷻ protect them from shayṭān, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Dalail Al-Khayrāt, Salawat, Tasbihāt, Yasin. We gift everything our brothers read from all over the world sfirstly to the blessed soul of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, his ﷺ Ahlu l-Bayt and ṣaḥābah, souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya.

To the souls of our Mashayikh. To the souls of all Muslims and Mu’mins. May those who recited reach whatever good goals they have. For our strength of īmān. For happiness here and hereafter. Li-Llahi Ta’āla.

Al-Fatiha.

• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق

19 September 2025/ 27 Rabih Al-Awwal 1447

Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul

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