Salvation Is in Thankfulness

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

Praise and thanks be to Allāh ﷻ for everything. He ﷻ is showing us these beautiful days. Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim used to say, “يَوْمٌ جَديد، رِزْقٌ جَديد”, “Yawmun jadīd, Rizqun jadīd,” “A new day, a new provision.” We should make shukr for every breath we take. We should make shukr for being on the way of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. There is no greater blessing than this.

People are not aware of the blessing. They are not aware of the blessings that Allāh ﷻ has given them. They get sad about unnecessary things. They get devastated about useless things. All the favors given are the favors of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Therefore, if there is this īmān, it is superior to everything. There is no need to worry about anything else.

Since the world’s creation, it was created as a test. The test is the pleasure of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. The test is to be pleased with Allāh ﷻ [‘s will]. People, may Allāh ﷻ protect us, say, “We are tired of life.” Some take their own lives, some do something else thinking they will be saved. No. Salvation is only by making shukr for the things given by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.

If you are pleased with what Allāh ﷻ has given you, Allāh ﷻ will be pleased with you. But no, if you are not pleased, then trouble will be upon you again, torment will be upon you again, evil will be upon you. Therefore, the most important thing is to be content with what Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla has given. May Allāh ﷻ make us from those who are content and make shukr, in shā’a Llāh. May He ﷻ not let us obey our egos.

“ تَفَكُّرَ سَاعَةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةٍ”, “Tafakkur sā‘atin khayrun min ‘ibādati sab‘īn sanah,” says Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Contemplating for an hour is better than worshipping for seventy years. You worship for a hundred years, and you object all the time. But if you think for an hour and contemplate, what is this wisdom behind this and so, if you understand that wisdom, then you will have attained more beautiful worship than that of a lifetime, than seventy years worship. May Allāh ﷻ make us all among those who are pleased, insa’Allah, for the sake of the blessed Friday, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Tasbīhat, Tahlilāt, Surahs. May whatever good goals those who recited have be reached. May we all be happy here and hereafter. If all the recitations are dedicated (gifted) to one – they can be dedicated to one, they can be dedicated to a million, they can be dedicated to everyone and they will attain the thawāb. May Allāh ﷻ accept it. We gift them firstly to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, his ﷺ Ahlu l-Bayt and ṣaḥābah, souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya. To the souls of our Mashāyikh, Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim, Mawlana Sheikh ‘Abdu Llāh ad-Dāghestānī, Hajjah Anna, Hala Sultan. We gift it to the souls of all Mu’mins and Mu’minahs, Muslims and Muslimāt. May Allāh ﷻ accept it. Li-Llahi Ta’āla.

Al-Fatiha.

• Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbaniق

13 June 2025/ 17 Dhu l-Hijjah 1446

Fajr Prayer – Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul