My Cats Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Al-Haqqani An-Naqshibandi, Sohbat of the 7th of June, 2013. Go ahead Ay Yaran Shah Mardan. As-salamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu. Shah Mardan's Yaran, beloved friends, Salam (peace & greetings) to you. And may it be a Salam coming from above. May it be a Salam coming from the Kingdom of Malakut. How nice! How nice is the salam from Malakut. Go ahead Ay Yaran Shah Mardan. Dastur (asking permission). You should not enter anywhere without Dastur (permission). Say - Dastur. When you say Dastur, help/ support comes to you. If you enter anywhere without Dastur, they will hit you on the head. Go ahead Ay Yaran Shah Mardan. O Allah's Lion, we want to be full of love for you. We want to be given more. We are asking for strength to carry out our Lord's servanthood. Servanthood for our Lord is not a simple matter. We are asking for it. Let's ask for strength for our Lord's servanthood. It's Adab (good manners). Our way is the way of Adab. Go ahead O Shah Mardan, teach us from today's grants. May our strength, power & energy increase. May our glory be greater. Our Lord Ta'ala wa Taqaddas created us, He created us beautiful. Beauty is a grant for us from Allah Almighty. Go ahead O Shah Mardan, whatever is our grant for today, we are asking for it. What we want is - "Fas'alu Ahla Adh-Dhikri In Kuntum La Ta'lamun" (21:7) (to ask the ones who know) Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Subhana wa Ta'ala. We are asking for power. Whatever is our service today for the Lord of glory and might, whatever we must do, how we must be, how we must behave, what we should ask for, what we should do, what we will be... these are the things we should ask for. O Shah Mardan, teach us. His teachings never end. His instructions never end. "Addabani Rabbi fa ahsana ta'dibi" (Hadith) How will we stand in the Presence of our Lord? What should we ask for? How should we behave? Allah created us beautiful. The most beautiful creation that Allah Almighty created is mankind. Mashallah. Go ahead O Shah Mardan. Tell us something so we will benefit. O Shah Mardan. Mankind is in need of one thing. Mankind is the privileged servant who has been dressed with most the honourable dress. Mankind is such a privileged creation that even the angels wanted it, but Allah Dhul Jalal said - No. They are My special creation, My representatives and I have granted them Divine Grants. Mankind are My deputies on earth." This is only for the Children of Adam. "Khalaqa l-insan; 'Allamahu l-bayan" (55:3,4) Allahu Akbar. How nice is the Bayan (clear expression) of our Mawla Almighty. Go ahead O Shah Mardan. We want to learn. May Allah Almighty give us the capability to learn. We want to learn. Ta'allamu. Learn, right? Learn. "Kulla Yawmin Huwa Fi Sha'n" (55:29) The glory Allah Almighty gives His servants is not the same. "Kulla Yawmin Huwa Fi Sha'n" (55:29) Every day has a new glory. Dress from that glory. Then listen to what Shah Mardan is saying."kullu amrin dhi balin lam yubda' bi Bismillahi fa huwa abtar"(every action not begun with Basmala is cut off) Allahu Akbar. www.saltanat.orgpage 1
Allah Almighty gave you such a glory that no other creation has that glory. That glory & honour is for the Children of Adam. He (swt) said - They are my deputies. Did they teach this? They are not teaching it, because they are ignorant. " 'Allama l-insana Ma Lam Ya'lam" (96:5) Allah Almighty has taught mankind what they did not know. "Khalaqa l-insan; 'Allamahu l-bayan" (55:3,4) What we mean by Bayan - whatever the glory is for that day, He's teaching it. Who is there to teach? Who is teaching? Habibi Kibriya. The Great Habib (sas) is teaching. He's teaching from Malakut. The worlds of Malakut, we know their name but we don't know their reality. Until you enter the world of Malakut, only then you will understand. Malakut. What is said at the end of Surat al-yasin? Fa Subhana lladhi BiYadihi Malakutu Kulli Shay'in Wa 'ilayhi Turja'un(36:83) Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar. They must teach this. It is a shame that people are far from these realities. They remain ignorant and become tasteless creatures. They become ugly. What makes people ugly? What makes people ugly is not knowing their selves. He who doesn't recognize his Lord is ugly, rubbish. The Lord of Might and Glory Jalla Jalaluhu didn't create you as rubbish. Go ahead O Shah Mardan. People and Jinn adore your words. Humans and jinn pay attention to Shah Mardan's worlds. They listen carefully. As they listen, they get more power and perfection. After getting perfection, they get nur (light). After getting nur, they wear the dress of honour of being Allah Almighty's servant. In dunya (this world), you were not sent to plant tomatoes, squash, plant date trees, or plum trees. If people...go ahead O Shah Mardan, how nicely you are expressing it. If people knew their real honour, they wouldn't work in the fields, or plant trees or ask for official employment. We have an Official Employment already. We already have a Duty. What else are you striving for? They want an official employment. What a worthless employment you are asking for! Weren't you already given a duty? You have been given the true Duty. The real Duty is service at the Door of the Lord of Glory. The most honourable Duty. But you are planting squash, tomatoes, and planting trees. You were not created for this. Ya Rabbi, forgive us. Go ahead O Shah Mardan, these people are heedless. You were not sent to dunya to grow tomatoes, trees or date palms. But because people do not know their reality, they run towards dunya, wanting to take something from dunya. What can you get from dunya? What will you take? The doctor is saying - I studied for years and years. Why? To be a doctor? And then what? Why are you working as a doctor? To make a living. O Shah Mardan...I am looking for a job to make a living. Strange. Did Allah Almighty create you without a job? O our Lord, you sent us Shah Mardan to teach us this. Go ahead O Shah Mardan. O people, you were not created to plant fields, make cars, herd sheep, or plants gardens. "Wa Ma Khalaqtu l-jinna Wa l-insa 'illa Liya'buduni" (51:56) Were you created to grow tomatoes, and squash and plant date palms? I didn't create Men and Jinn except to serve Me (51:56) For My servanthood. This is our job. Ay Yaran Shah Mardan. Hay hay. Hay hay. He created you a lion. You left being a lion and you became like a little cat. Like a lame cat, you are always going around to steal something. Cats are always stealing. Right? There is no thief better than a cat. Cats are thieves, right Ruqiya? By the time you turn your head, they grab it and disappear. Well, are you www.saltanat.orgpage 2
going to be like that thief cat? How can that be? Cats are thieves. It looks for the opportunity to grab and run. How can you do that? Are you a thief like them? You forgot your service. Say - Bismillahi r-rahmani r-rahim. Say it, the key to the treasures of Heavens and Earth, say Bismillahi r-rahmani r-rahim and start your service. Your service - Wa Ma Khalaqtu l-jinna Wa l-insa 'illa Liya'buduni (51:56) I don't leave humans and jinn to work in the fields. I don't leave them to plant trees. I don't leave them to wander over the seas. I am their Creator. I gave them honour. Go ahead Shah Mardan. O Shah Mardan, your Yaran admire you. I am asking. I will ask the Pope also. I am also asking the Jewish Rabbis who are very curious about dunya. Lord of Glory, Allah Dhul Jallal, did He create you to make guns & bombs? There are skyscrapers - 40 floors, 50 floors, maybe more. Did He create you to make these buildings? "Hal min Khaliqin Ghayrillahi." There is no Creator except Allah. No... Doctor, what happened? Well, I became a doctor. And then what? I was appointed to a hospital. I was appointed and I am working as a doctor there. Leave being a doctor. Do your service for Allah. If these people knew the wisdom of their creation, they wouldn't busy themselves in fields or with trees, cars or horses. That is why...asta'idhu Billah... Prophet Isa (Jesus) 'ala nabi alayhi salatu wa salam. What did his disciples say? His disciples said - Hal Yastati'u Rabbuka An Yunazzila 'Alayna Ma'idatan Mina s-sama'i (5:112) Masha'Allah. Look what they learned. Such a great Prophet, Prophet Isa. His disciples were asking a childish question. They asked - can your Lord lower a table from heavens? O foolish disciples! Where does your rizq (provision) come from every day? Does it come from earth or from heavens? The great Prophet, Isa could not teach them this. They didn't know, so they asked - can Your Lord send a table from heavens? From where does your daily rizq come? What foolish talk is this? We want a table from heavens, they said. Send us a table from heavens. The rizq table that is sent everyday, does it come from earth or from heaven? It comes from heavens. But mankind is ignorant. Because they were ignorant, they asked this question to their Prophet. Wa khuliqal "insana zaluman jahula." Zaluman jahula. (33:72) (Man was made, Unjust and ignorant.) Prophets came to train them. The great Prophet Isa couldn't teach them that. He said to his disciples - your rizq comes from heavens anyway, why are you asking for a table from heavens? It is a miracle. They wanted a table to be sent with different types of food on it. The rizq that is sent to you every day comes from heavens anyway. But you, O mindless people, you are not paying attention. They asked the Great Prophet. We want a table from heaven so we can eat. The table you eat from every day is from heavens anyway. Ay Yaran Shah Mardan. You are teaching but people no longer have the ability to learn. People think they invented many different ways to make a living but they have left their true service. Wa Ma Khalaqtu l-jinna Wa l-insa 'illa Liya'buduni (51:56) I created people and jinn for my servanthood. But they have left My servanthood and they are looking for easy/ illicit gains. "We can do it too. We can collect our rizq." No, you cannot. O Isa, can a table come down? - they asked. All the rizq that is sent down to the nations, where does it come from? If Rahmah (rain - www.saltanat.orgpage 3
mercy) does not come from above, where does it come from? I am a writer...accountant... doctor...businessman. That's how I make a living. No, you can only make a living by Iman (faith). The rizq of unbelievers, the rizq of those without faith, no matter how much they work or try, won't increase. The doctor says - I have a diploma. What is after the diploma? There is a rank above diploma? A specialist. Masha'Allah. O foolish one, does your rizq come down in a pot? If you become a specialist, where does your rizq come from? You are a specialist on paper. Does that paper give you your rizq? They don't think. Allah Almighty asks - Is there anyone who thinks? There is no one left who thinks. Who are the ones who don't think? Animals. Animals only concern - where does grass grow so I can eat. Their only concern - where does it grow, how can I eat it, is there more? Go ahead O Shah Mardan. We must understand. What is man's honour? Who is mankind? Who are you? Man Anta? Sen kimsin? They say, I am a doctor. Well, if you're a doctor, does a table come down from heavens for you? No. A table comes for the public, for everyone. Everyone has a right to that table. But what greedy ones eat is different from what those who have Adab eat. I searched through the assemblies of wisdom, 'ilm (knowledge) is last, Adab comes first, Adab is first. Go ahead O Shah Mardan, may we feel refreshed. May our bodies find health and wellbeing. Does Allah Almighty make his sick servant to work? In any establishment, if someone is sick, they send him for treatment and then he can come to work. So, only after treatment rizq will come. If no treatment, his rizq won't come. Then what will happen? He will die. Go ahead O Shah Mardan. Let them die, those whose minds can't think beyond straw. Let them remain as animals. We did not find honour by being animals. We found honour by being from mankind. Shame on people. In this entire world, there are so many associations, but there is no one to describe or explain mankind. Go ahead O Shah Mardan. Show us ways of Adab to do our servanthood for our Lord. This is Adab. I am the servant of the Sultan. If you are the servant of a Sultan, if you are working in the palace, will you have any worries? You will say - my job is insured. I have a steady job, I get my salary everyday, every month, there is food. And he is content. But these people have no minds. They invented so many things. Of what benefit are they? If you make airplanes or rockets, will you be closer to Allah? Is it taking you closer to Allah? No. It is taking you closer to satan. Don't be a satan. And don't be from the ignorant ones either. There is a saying - people are ignorant, they don't even know about iman (faith). These are the true ways. If people knew this, they'll have Adab. They won't ask, how will I make a living in Sultan's palace. Because the Sultan's tables are everywhere. Allah Allah Allah. Let's learn. Go ahead O Shah Mardan, your Yaran admire you. Let's learn. First we say - Bismillahi r-rahmani r-rahim so all doors will open. There is no need to study for many years, nor is there anything to learn from experience. Everything is - "Innama 'Amruhu 'Idha 'Arada Shayan An Yaqula Lahu Kun Fayakun (36:82). When Allah Almighty wishes something, He says "Be" and it happens. Allah Almighty does not deprive His servants of this miracle. That is a www.saltanat.orgpage 4
miracle. It is a Divine Grant. He does not leave you to be in the fields or offices, or worthless jobs, or to be WC employees. It is not befitting of mankind. Mankind's honour is different. Those in the service of the Sultan are not left to clean the WC. Hasha. They are muqarrabin. "Ula'ika l- Muqarrabun" (56:11) They are close to the Lord of Glory, they are near to Him. O Shah Mardan, your Yaran adore your knowledge. Let us learn slowly and find comfort. Those at the Sultan's door don't worry about sustenance. Who forgets his Lord becomes an animal. People of today forgot their humanity - What will we eat? What will we drink? How will we live? This is their concern. These things are not important. Hasha minal huzur, people are not created to fill the WC. Teach this to people. Your Lord Dhul Jalal didn't create you to fill the WC. Shame on those who don't know this, who don't teach this. Our honour is different. You are working to fill the WC. Your honour made angels to be in awe. The angels said - we would like to be from them. No, He (swt) said. Their honour is different from your honour. If they forget their honour, mankind loses the level of humanity and falls to the level of animals. Animals only eat & drink. O our Lord, you sent us Shah Mardan who teaches us. O Shah Mardan, your Yaran admire you. Let's learn and teach. There is a saying, that people don't want to do anything difficult. All their work goes easily. But they don't know their honour. They became prisoners & slaves of dunya. Allah did not create you as the servant of dunya. Do you pray? No, I'm working so I don't have any time to pray. Did He create you for working at a job or for His servanthood? Go ahead O Shah Mardan, MashaAllah. May Allah send us holy ones to train/teach these people. O Shah Mardan, O Shah Mardan, everyone admires your words. How nicely you are speaking. How nicely you are explaining. "We want to get a certificate and this and that." Then what happens? Well, the doctor has so many certificates, poor guy. They don't eat anything other than boiled potatoes, boiled cauliflower, boiled onion. Even cats have better taste. They don't eat boiled onion. Cats say - I want meat, what are these boiled vegetables? No. When the cat finds an opportunity, if there is a piece of chicken, he quickly grabs it and runs. What is that cat doing? It quickly runs to the roof. It enjoys itself on the roof, then licks its whiskers like this. How nice. These foolish Children of Adam are running after it. Look, as soon as we find something, we grab it and run. He has a doctor's certificate but he eats boiled cauliflower, onions, artichoke. But we are watching carefully, whenever there is a piece of chicken or meat we watch from far. And when these heedless Children of Adam are not paying attention, by the time they can turn their heads, we grab it and run to the roof. You can't find them. How can that be? Do you have a certificate? I am the certificate. We are smart & cunning. Cats grab and run to the roof. They run and climb up. Then they eat and then clean their face and wait until there is another opportunity to grab something. Heedless Children of Adam, when they don't pay attention, cats grab & run. And these people work so hard for so many years, poor people, to become doctors, engineers, this and that, but they don't accomplish anything because they don't have the skills of cats. www.saltanat.orgpage 5
Cats have many skills. I have so many cats here. Some are on the roof, some are in trees, some are in the kitchen, some are in sacks. They watch - are Children of Adam paying attention? Then they grab & run. Well, do you have a certificate? What certificate? How do you know to eat this chicken? Our certificate is our talent. When we find something, we grab and go. But you can't do this. Allah Allah Subhan Allah. Go ahead O Shah Mardan, What a nice explanation. What a beautiful, clear expression. What is wanted of us is Adab. The essence of Adab is servanthood. Perform your servanthood and a table will come from heaven. May it come down without any trouble. O our Lord, save us from those trying to make us forget our servanthood. These people are working for so many years. Some save money, some save land, and they save/ accumulate it in the WC. It has no value. What about service for Allah? O our Lord, we are Your servants. O Shah Mardan, the world admires your knowledge. Look at that cat, how nice it is laying in its owner's lap. It has no worries. It doesn't need a certificate, nor does it need masters, or whatever. It sits there. And what the doctor eats is whatever this cat didn't steal. What happened to the food? It is gone. Go ahead O Shah Mardan. Let's wake up. Let's perform our servanthood for Allah. Let's live comfortably and with honour. O our Lord, accept us. May we have no worries left. Our only concern is Your servanthood. Wa Ma Khalaqtu l-jinna Wa l-insa 'illa Liya'buduni (51:56). You created us for Your servanthood. O our Lord, grant us care & protection. Send us your good servants. So they can teach us. Ay Yaran Shah Mardan. O Shah Mardan, how beautiful you are, how nice you are. Let's say - Bismillahi r-rahmani r-rahim so our worries will go away. May our troubles and sorrows disappear. Let's know our humanity. May our dunya and akhira be happy. Fatiha. Video link: http://saltanat.org/videopage.php?id=8001&name=2013-06-07_tr_kedilerim.mp4 www.saltanat.orgpage 6