Since Prophet Adam (alaihi-salam), they changed and denied the religions revealed in every century by saying that they were the words of ignorant primitive people. Such assertions made by disbelievers are quoted, and answered in many parts of the Quran al-Karim. For example, Allahu Taala says after the thirtieth ayat of Muminun Sura: “They didn’t believe Prophet Nuh (Noah ‘alaihi-salam’), so we drowned them in water. For the people we created after them, we sent a Prophet from amongst them...

It is impossible to escape torment in the Hereafter for those who deviate as much as a hair’s breadth from the creed and iman communicated by the Ahl as-Sunna scholars, the great and pious people. It is understood by the human mind, the Quran alKarim, all hadith sharifs and the great religious men’s perceptions through the eye of their hearts. There is no possibility of this being wrong. Words and books of those who deviate as much as a hair’s breadth from what these great people communicated...

The first thing necessary for all people is to have iman and the creed of the Ahl as-Sunna scholars as communicated in their books. It is these scholars who have explained the way of our Prophet Muhammad (alaihi-salam), who have comprehended murad-i ilahi (the divine purpose) of the Quran al-Karim, and who have extracted the Prophet’s purpose from the hadith sharifs. It is the way shown by them that will save us on the Day of Rising. It is the Ahl as-Sunna scholars who have transferred the...

Allahu Taala declares in the Quran al-Karim, in the eightieth ayat of Nisa Sura that obedience to Prophet Muhammad (alaihi-salam) is obedience to Him. Then, unless His Messenger is obeyed, He will not be obeyed. In order to make it known that this is absolutely certain and clear, He declared in an ayat Karima: “Of course, it is certainly so.” Thus He gave no opportunity for some people who cannot think properly to see these two orders as obedience different from each other. Again, stating...

[Allahu Taala declares in many places of the Quran al-Karim that this is so. For example, He declares in the thirty-first ayat of Ali Imran Sura: “Oh my beloved Prophet (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam)! Tell them, ‘If you love Allahu Taala and if you want Allahu Taala to love you in turn, adapt yourselves to me! Allahu Taala loves those who adapt themselves to me’.”] Allahu Taala does not like any of the things that are incompatible with the Ahkam Islamiya. Is it possible that rewards will be...

To have iman means to begin following Prophet Muhammad (alaihi-salam) and to enter through the door of bliss. Allahu Taala sent him to invite all the people of the world to bliss and declared in the twenty-eighth ayat of Saba Sura: “Oh my beloved Prophet! (sall-Allahu alaihi wa sallam) I sent you to humanity so that you should give the good news of endless bliss to all the people in the world and to guide them along this way to happiness.” Endless Blıss First Fasicle: 31

It is called ibadat (worship) to do the fard and sunna and to avoid the haram and makruh, that is, to observe the rules of Islam in order to attain Allahu Taala’s love and receive thawab (rewards in the hereafter). There is no worship without an intention. In other words, it is necessary first to have iman and then to learn and observe the rules of Islam in order to follow Prophet Muhammad (alaihi-salam). Endless Blıss First Fasicle: 31

Then, the thing which is of the highest necessity, which is the most important fard for every Muslim, is to learn iman, the fard and the haram. There is no Islam unless these are learned. Iman cannot be maintained, the debts to Allahu Taala and to human beings cannot be paid, intentions and morals cannot be corrected and purified unless the basic principles of Islam are learned. Unless correctly intended, no fard will be accepted. It was declared in a hadith in ad-Durr-ul-Mukhtar: “Learning...

It is written in the seventy-third page of the book Mir’at ulMaqasid concerning an intention for an abdast (ritual ablution, wudu) in Ibni Abiddin (rahmatullahi alaih) and in the fifty-fourth page in the translation of Milal-Nihal that there are three kinds of actions: The first is masiyyat, that is, sinful actions. These are the actions which Allahu Taala dislikes. It is masiyyat not to do what Allahu Taala has commanded to be done, or to do what He has prohibited. The second one is taat,...

Religion means the way prescribed by Allahu Taala in order to guide people to endless bliss. The unwholesome ways which people make up under the name of religion are not called religion; they are called irreligiousness and disbelief. Since the time of Prophet Adam (alaihi-salam), Allahu Taala has sent mankind a religion by means of a Prophet every thousand years. These Prophets (sall-Allahu alaihi ajmain) are called Rasul. On the other hand, in every century, by making the purest person the...

‘Malak’  (angel) means ‘envoy’, ‘messenger’ or ‘power’. Then the Hamalat al-Arsh  and then the four archangels will be annihilated. At the second sound  all angels will come back to life. The Hamalat al-Arsh and the four  archangels will rise before the second sound of the Sur. That is, these  angels will be annihilated after all the living creatures, as they were  created before all.

In  Islam, iman means believing that Rasulullah (sall-Allahu Taala alaihi  wa salam) is the Prophet sent by Allahu Taala; knowing to be the truth  and saying with belief that he is the Nabi, the Messenger chosen by  Allahu Taala, believing in brief what he conveyed briefly and in detail  what he conveyed in detail from Allahu Taala, and saying the Kalimat  ash-shahada with the mouth whenever possible. Strong iman is such that,  as we know for certain that fire burns and serpents kill by...

Rasulullah  (sall-Allahu Taala alaihi wa sallam) said that the first of the  essentials of Islam was “to say the Kalimat ash-shahada”; that is, one  should say, “Ash’hadu an la ilaha illa Allah wa ash’hadu anna Muhammadan  abduhu wa rasuluh.” In other words, a sane person who has reached the  age of puberty and who can talk has to say, “On the earth or in the sky,  there is nothing nor anyone but Allahu Taala who has the right to be  worshipped and Who is worthy of deifying. The real Deity is...

The  Quran al-Karim is the Kalam al-Ilahi (Divine Speech, Word of Allahu  Taala). Allahu Taala sent the Quran al-Karim to Muhammad (alaihi-salam)  through an angel named Jebrail (Gabriel, alaihi-salam). The words in the  Quran al-Karim are in the Arabic language, and they descended in ayats  (verses), letters and words arranged together by Allahu Taala. The  meanings carried by these letters and words convey the Kalam al-Ilahi.  These letters and words are called the Quran al-Karim. The...

What  is initially necessary for every person to do is to say the kalimat  at-tawhid and to believe its meaning. The kalimat attawhid is: “La ilaha  illa Allah, Muhammadun Rasulullah,” and it means: “Allahu Taala exists  and is One. Muhammad (alaihisalam) is His Prophet.” To believe this fact  means to “have iman,” and to “become a Muslim.” A person who has iman  is called a ‘Mumin (Believer)’ and a ‘Muslim’. Iman has to be  continuous. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid doing acts that...

The  debt of gratitude and human duties to be performed and believed by  human beings towards Allahu Taala with the heart, tongue and body were  defined by Allahu Taala and communicated by His beloved Prophet  (sall-Allahu Taala alaihi wa sallam)! The human duties which Allahu  Taala showed and ordered are called Islam. One thanks Him by following  the way His Prophet taught. Allahu Taala does not accept or like any  thanks, any worship incompatible with or outside this way, because there...

Man has two kinds of heart. One of them is piece of flesh in his chest, which also we call ‘heart’. The other one is a force placed in that piece of flesh. Whenever we say, “heart,” we will mean the latter. Belief and unbelief, love and hostility all take place in this second heart. Man’s limbs are under the command of this heart. An owner of a pure heart will follow reason and will always do useful things. A person with an unhealthy and wicked heart will follow the nafs and will always do...

ALLAH EXISTS Shaikh Muhammad Rebhâmî, one of the renowned Islamic scholars, relates in the fifteenth page of his book entitled Riyâdun-nâsikhîn, borrowing from the book entitled Zâd-ul-muqwîn: The Byzantine Kaiser sent an envoy to Me’mûn bin Hârûn, the seventh Abbasid Khalîfa. An awesome and arrogant man was with the envoy. The envoy said to the Khalîfa, “This man is an irreligious unbeliever. He does not believe in a creator. Byzantine priests failed to answer him. If the Islamic scholars...

Performing dhikr is done by repeating the name of Allâhu ta’âlâ or by seeing someone who is a Walî. If you cannot find a Walî, you can make râbita to a Walî whom you have heard of before. It is stated in a hadîth-i sherîf: “When they are seen, Allâhu ta’âlâ will be remembered.” In other words, seeing a Walî is dhikr of Allâhu ta’âlâ. This is one of the hadîth-i sherîfs quoted in Irshâd-ut-tâlibîn, in Ibni Mâja, in Edhkâr, in Râbita-i sherîfa of ’Abdulhâkîm Efendi, and in the eleventh letter...

The source and even the best of pleasures here and in the Hereafter is to attain love and the grace of Allâhu ta’âlâ. To be close to Allâhu ta’âlâ means to attain His love. One’s spiritual closeness to Allâhu ta’âlâ means to attain His love. He who has attained this happiness is called Walî or ’Ârif. It is necessary to perform the fards to become a Walî. The fards entail holding a belief compatible with the faith taught by the Ahl as-Sunna savants, avoiding the harâms, performing the worships...

We hear about some ignorant and idiotic people who are quite unaware of Islam’s beautiful ethical principles and human rights. They are wasting their lives at sports fields, beaches during the days and at places of amusement, indulging in luxuries, debaucheries and indecencies with girls and boys, or in music, gambling and alcohol, at nights. They are obtaining the money they need for their pleasures, completely disignoring the legitimacy of their earnings. With this eccentric, fraudulent and...

The only way to attain happiness here and in the Hereafter is to be a Muslim. And being a Muslim requires believing the facts such as that Allâhu ta’âlâ exists and is One, that He sees and knows everything, that He is the maker [creator] of everything, that Muhammad ‘’alaihis-salâm’ is the Prophet, that after death there will be everlasting blessings and a sweet life in a place called Jannat (Paradise) and an everlasting burning in a place called Jahannam (Hell), that Muslims will go to...

When we say that we love someone, it is understood that we have a figurative affection for him. All Muslims, regardless of whether they are ignorant Muslims, bid’at holders, or pure and faithful Muslims, love Rasûlullah in this manner. Affection that much will suffice for being a Muslim. To attain love that will facilitate the reception of fayd, one must learn and love his words, actions, behaviour and morals. Someone is obeyed when he is loved in the full sense; he will be followed in every...

While fayds and blessings flow abundantly in sohbats, the second method will yield them only in drops. But, only a single drop of it is more valuable and delicious than all earthly earnings. Visiting his grave will cause an increase in the number of drops, but falling into the traps of lâ-madhhabîs, heretics, impostors, and false shaikhs causes a full stoppage of the drops. Connection between hearts and souls results from believing, loving, and desiring. If a Muslim attends the sohbat of a...