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- What are the qualities Allah SWT loves for us to show when we are afflicted with tribulation?
- How can we overcome our ego when we have wrong desires that ache if we don’t commit them?
- The ego denies the blessings of Allah SWT, but really focuses on the good that it has done. How do we defeat that trick of the ego?
- If They Were To See You
- Asking The Right Questions
- Does Allah give us many paths knowing what we will choose?
- Some of us are grown, but are still like children on the inside. What must one do with this?
- Why do we see a black spot on the forehead of the wahabis and the shining face of Ahli Sunnah wal Jamaat?
- Can anyone change Mazhab for his own benefits or is it from the ego to think like that?
- Are you speaking about collective decision making, rather than maybe making the wrong decision?
- Manners are Learned in Jamaat
- How do we protect ourselves from bad thoughts that come into our head?
- I left Islam three years ago. Is it possible Allah will forgive me if I repent?
- Is A Sheykh Needed To Understand What Kind Of Service Is Best For Us?
- Does the Sheykh need to submit his nafs to a Sheykh or is it beyond our understanding?
- Desire Of The Soul
- Are the soul and the nafs the same? If we have bad thoughts is it because the sheytan empowers the nafs?
- Who Are You Following, O Muslims?
- Strangers In This World
- What should we do when people wish us Happy New Year?
- The Prophet (AS) said there will be more than seventy branches of Islam. How can we be sure that we are in the right one?
- Why is there a need for four Mazhabs in Islam?
- We, The Millet Of Ibrahim (as)
- Sincere Love For The Kingdom Of Allah
- What Are You Intending?
- The Ehli Zikr Are Making Everyone To Remember Allah
- Should I wait until a Sheykh crosses my path while carrying on with my namaz and zikr?
- I make zikr almost 24/7, yet I still feel so lonely. How come I still feel this loneliness and pain?
- Why do Muslims now chose laziness and no discipline for learning the knowledge of Allah?
- What is the Islamic perspective on those whose bodies have been cremated?
- What is the significance of the ‘Hu, Hu’ zikr?
- More Than Cool Water
- What makes a person to make the right decisions at the right time?
- The Right Direction
- Some years ago I was asked, ‘what is your religion and what is your book?’
- If Jannat is under our mother’s feet, what is under the feet of Rasulullah (SAW)?
- Why is tazkiyah not widely taught nowadays?
- The Marifat of Knowing Your Purpose
- Why are some people born with more misfortune than others?
- Can a person only connect to the Prophet (AS) through a Sheykh or is there any other way?
- What is hubud dunya and how do I remove it?
- What is hidden shirik and how can I be safe from it?
- Can a person under the age of forty use a walking stick or cane with the intention of following the sunnat?
- Love and Be Loved
- How do we keep our hearts open when things are good in terms of this dunya?
- ‘Pray As You Have Seen Me Pray.’
- What is the relationship between anxiety and anger?
- How can we understand the essence of sabr and shukr?
- What can be done if one is negligent, and how can we stay thankful always to Allah and to the Holy Prophet (AS)?
- What is being recited before Sheykh Lokman Effendi starts to climb the mimbar e-Rasool (AS) and while he is climbing step by step on the mimbar?
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Monthly Archives: April 2018
Things happen for a reason
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Things happen in this world. People who are judging it with their intelligence, they are never going to get it. If you judge it with the intelligence of the EvliyaAllah, then you will see everything is moving perfectly. Everything … Continue reading
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Do you have passion in your heart?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alamin. Wasalatu wa salamu ala rasulina Muhammadin wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajmain nahmadulllahu ta’ala wa nastaghfiruhu wa nashadu an-lailaha ilallahu wahdahu la sharika lah wa nashadu anna sayyidina Muhammadin abduhu wa habibuhu wa rasuluhu … Continue reading
Tyrants reject the Oneness of Allah
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Over 1500 years, almost, have passed since the Prophet (AS). Still, majority of mankind, still they don’t get it. Tauhid, the understanding that there is only one Allah, it was not brought by the Holy Prophet (AS). It was … Continue reading
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The Tyranny Within
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Important thing is not to get that title, those names of Firaun, those names of Namrud, those names of Abu Jahil and Abu Lahab, which 21st century Muslims, 21st century ummat of the Prophet (AS) we are collecting those … Continue reading
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How do you do anything for the sake of Allah?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Question: How do you do anything for the sake of Allah? That is a good question, how do you do anything for the sake of Allah SWT. Some people they don’t know, ‘how do I do something for … Continue reading
How can you train your mind to be sharper and to think one step ahead?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Question: How can you train your mind to be sharper and to think one step ahead? Stick close to me, okay? Certain things you have to let go like that, and you have to practice so many things. I’m … Continue reading
In this Tarikat, how do we know that we made progress?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Question: You just mentioned that some people get stuck for years. Sheykh Effendi is saying that a believer’s tomorrow should be better than today, and then we are reaching, now, from one Miraj to the next. In this Tarikat, … Continue reading
How do we overcome the daily problems in life?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Question: How do we overcome the daily problems in life that we experience? Be in association with others. You have all these problems, usually so many times people are pulling back and they are only in sohbet, in association … Continue reading
Your Worst Enemy is Your Ego Which is Inside You
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alamin. Wasalatu wa salamu ala rasulina Muhammadin wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajmain nahmadulllahu ta’ala wa nastaghfiruhu wa nashadu an-lailaha ilallahu wahdahu la sharika lah wa nashadu anna sayyidina Muhammadin abduhu wa habibuhu wa rasuluhu … Continue reading
Sheykh Effendi is saying, you can never reach Allah because whenever you reach Allah, He is beyond that. Can you explain this.
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Question: Sheykh Effendi is saying, you can never reach Allah because whenever you reach Allah, He is beyond that. Can you explain this. Do you want me to explain what is beyond that? Don’t jump all the way there. … Continue reading
Show Modesty and Respect in the Month of the Holy Prophet (AS)
BismillahirRahmanirRahim We are asking support from our Sheykh, to say something and to listen to something. That is the way of this Tarikat, which is sohbet. That is going to give us boost and ammunition to fight against the sheytan. … Continue reading
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How do you fight the voices that tell you that you are too weak to follow your Sheykh?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Question: How do you fight the voices that tell you that you are too weak to follow your Sheykh? Ah. Don’t follow your Sheykh directly. Okay? Then, don’t try to be like him. Try to be like someone who’s … Continue reading
Don’t be arrogant
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Allah SWT is saying ‘My servant, he becomes beloved to Me when he fulfills all his obligations. Then, he comes nearer to Me when he fulfills those things that are not obligation.’ See how merciful Allah is? He is … Continue reading
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How do we stop the waswasa when it comes?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Question: You said in a couple of sohbets that you can see that you’re wrong when you get into this sohbet with your own sheytan, that you kind of start sinking into this. I’m asking, how can we stop … Continue reading
Don’t push Allah away from our life
Auzubillahi minasheyatnir rajim. BismillahirRahmanirRahim. Destur Medet ya SahibulSaif. It is not that we don’t know that Allah is close to us. We know, everybody knows, that child running knows. When he’s growing up and he’s stuck in a situation, he’s … Continue reading
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He revealed to His servant what He revealed
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alamin. Wasalatu wa salamu ala rasulina Muhammadin wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajmain nahmadulllahu ta’ala wa nastaghfiruhu wa nashadu an-lailaha ilallahu wahdahu la sharika lah wa nashadu anna sayyidina Muhammadin abduhu wa habibuhu wa rasuluhu … Continue reading
How do we get our diploma on the night of Laylatul Baraat?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Question: Today you spoke about the 15th of Shaban, getting the diploma. How does one get that diploma? The diploma of having your Sheykh being happy with him, is there Prophet being happy with him, his Rabb being happy … Continue reading
Isra Mi’raj: Gift for the Ummat
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Hasbinallah wa nimal wakeel. Nawaitul arbain, nawaitul uzla, nawaitul khalwa, nawaitul riada, nawaitu suluk. Hasbinallah wa nimal wakeel. Tarikatuna sohbet wa Khayru fil jamiya. Medet ya Sahibulsaif. We are asking from the oceans of knowledge of our Sheykh, Sahibulsaif, … Continue reading
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Clean your heart with submission
BismillahirRahmanirRahim How are you going to get connected? You get connected when you understand that you are a Murid and that one is a Sheykh. You get connected when you say ‘I am the one who’s learning. That one is a … Continue reading
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How do we understand the evilness of the ego?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Question: How do we understand the evilness of the ego? Oh, the evilness of the ego? Muslims are not believing in the ego. They are not concentrating, they are not trying to understand. People in Tarikat. Ah, they’re busy … Continue reading
Beg for Allah’s Forgiveness
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Allah SWT is finding every excuse to forgive us. Finding every way to forgive us. He is finding every night, calling out to those ones – is it only to Muslims? No. Is it only to believers? No. It … Continue reading
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How do we know when our crying is real or not?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Question: When the Prophet (AS) is saying, ‘Make yourself to cry’ how do we know when our crying is real or not? You don’t know when you are pretending, you don’t know when you are sincerely crying. You should … Continue reading
Listening With Your Heart
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Allah SWT created Hz. Insan. For what? To represent Him. Allah SWT is saying, ‘now, know Me.’ How is mankind going to know Allah if he doesn’t already know Allah, that Allah has given him that knowledge? Do you … Continue reading
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The Protocol of Obedience
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alamin. Wasalatu wa salamu ala rasulina Muhammadin wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajmain nahmadulllahu ta’ala wa nastaghfiruhu wa nashadu an-lailaha ilallahu wahdahu la sharika lah wa nashadu anna sayyidina Muhammadin abduhu wa habibuhu wa rasuluhu … Continue reading
Knowledge From the Heart
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Hasbinallah wa nimal wakeel. We are asking support from our Sheykh, insyaAllah, for him to send us something that is going to benefit us, here and hereafter. Tarikatuna sohbet wa Khayru fil jamiat. This Tarikat it is based on … Continue reading
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Be Alive, Aware and Awake
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Everything that we are going to start doing, that is going to be important, it’s going to begin with difficulty. Not much to look at. It may even be dirty. But the results, now, it is going to help … Continue reading
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How can one get rid of stubbornness?
BismillahirRahmanirRahim Question: How can one get rid of stubbornness? How were the Prophets and those who followed them able to ‘hear and obey’ consistently? If you live in a place like this, if you have a farm, especially dealing with … Continue reading
