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Sohbet given by Shaykh Mevlana Nazim,

16 Ramadan 1405

June 5, 1985

"Try to acquire more love of ALLAH Almighty because love covers, love includes
everything"

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Don't suppose that Shaykh
Nazim is giving a lecture. Shaykh Nazim is nothing. If my Grand Shaykh does not
send his heavenly spiritual support, it is impossible for me to say even one
word. Grand Shaykh is nothing if the Prophet (saws) does not give him support
him by his prophethood's spiritual, heavenly support. And he also, beloved
Muhammad (saws) is nothing if God Almighty does not support
him by his Divine Power.

That is the way. You must give value to these communications that come in such a
manner. I don't know what I am going to say to you.
I am only waiting for what They open to my heart to say to you, and through your
asking, I am also hearing and listening. I am asking from my Lord, Almighty God,
to make us among those who are listening and keeping and acting.

Now, it is a new day, a new meeting here. We are always asking for a new thing.
Every new thing is tasteful (kullu jadidun ladhidh). Our egos are always
interested in new things. That is their hobby. We are asking from our Lord,
Almighty God, new and tasteful favors. Everything in the Divine Presence is new.
Everything from the Prophet (saws) is new. Everything from Grand Shaykh is new,
as well. Now today there comes a sign for an important point. We are looking for
what that is.

What is the most important thing for servants? Which thing is most important and
most acceptable in the Divine Presence? Which thing is also most precious to the
Lord of the heavens, and even most precious among the children of Adam? That is
a very important thing we must know and we must try to obtain. If you do every
action that you do with love, that is acceptable in the Divine Presence.
Therefore, those actions which you do with love are tasteful to that worker or
worshipper, and also to his Lord. If you love your work, it is easy for you to
work. If you don't like it, it is a burden on you. Almighty God invites His
servants to worship with love. "Otherwise," He says, "I am not in need of your
worship. I am only looking, amidst your worshipping or amidst your actions,
whether they are coming with love." Oh believers, you must give so much
attention to this point.

In earlier times, in vessels using oars, there were slaves. They rowed, but not
one of those people did it because of love. Don't be like a slave, no. God
Almighty does not want that. If you do something, you must do it with love, love
of God Almighty, every action. You can pray, but you must pray with love, love
not by force, beating you with a whip and then you pray. "No need," says God
Almighty. "I don't like such worship." Every action that you can do with love -
that is more lovely to your Lord, Almighty God.

However, we have lost that now. We are trying to do everything out of habit, but
without asking for that love, like robots, doing everything but they are not
tasting. You are Muslims, You are believers. You must believe in your Lord and
you must love Him. Everything that you are presenting to His Divine Presence
must be with love. That is important. Therefore, God Almighty offers His
servants so many ways to remember Him, so many forms of worship and so many
charitable deeds to give Him the highest praise. Then, what do those actions,
those forms of worship, bring? What is their fruit? All worship, if it does not
bring love for our Lord, is refused. Not acceptable. If our worship makes love
for God Almighty grow in our hearts, then it is alright. Keep it. Follow that
way.

You may follow anyone. If you can see from those meetings that some love is
awakening in your heart for God Almighty, then you must
keep with those meetings. The love of God Almighty is not so easy, because you
can't imagine Him. He is beyond our imagination. Therefore God Almighty has put
His Divine representation into His prophets. Finally, He gave that Divine
representation to His beloved Muhammad (saws). He was beloved by his Lord,
Almighty God.

Therefore, the hearts of his Companions were filled with
God Almighty's love. The Prophet represented Truth, Reality, Haqq. He
represented his Lord Almighty, so that whoever looked at him saw that he was God
Almighty's representative. 'Whoever looks at me sees truth, reality in me" (man
raani fagad raa al-haqq). All the Companions' hearts were caught and were filled
with that Divine love. For that reason, when the idol-worshippers (mushrik) came
and saw the relationship of the Companions with the Prophet (saws) they would
say to each other, "We have seen so many kings, but not one of them is given as
much love and respect by his Companions as the respect, the highest respect and
the highest love, which
Muhammad (saws) is given by his Companions." They were astonished.

How is it that so many majestic kings have so many companions but not one of
them is given such respect and love? Yet they never understood what the secret
was because their egos denied that he could be a prophet. Therefore, the
Prophet, beloved Muhammad (saws) represented his Lord, Almighty God and his
Companions were attracted by that love. They did everything and with their
physical bodies with love, with an endless love, for their Prophet (saws).
Spiritually, as well. They gave everything for the sake of Muhammad (saws)
because they knew well that he was the vicegerent of God Almighty, His
representative. Each one, when they wanted to address the Prophet (saws) would
say, "May the most beloved beings to me, my mother and father, be sacrificed for
you, O God's Messenger" (fadaka ummi wa abi, ya rasul Allah). They sacrificed
their lives for their Prophet, who represented the Lord of the heavens. Then, we
are also in need of someone who may represent the Prophet and may represent his
Divine love within himself so that we can find a way to be in connection with
the Divine love of the Lord of the heavens.

The Prophet (saws) gave a sign, an indication, of such people. It is a simple
sign but it is right: "They are those people who, when you see them, cause you
to remember the Lord, Almighty God" (idha ru'u dhikr Allah). when you look at
those people who have Divine love in their hearts, there quickly comes to your
heart the remembrance of your Lord Almighty, through the Prophet's heart falling
on your heart. Therefore, if we are asking to acquire love toward our Lord
Almighty, we must look for such people.

Now in our time most of them are hidden, because in our time Islam is only a
form, some actions, and most people say, "It is a gymnastics exercise" - yes. If
it is a gymnastics exercise, how can you taste love? Tasteless things! And most
people are trying to make all Muslims only act like robots, doing actions, doing
exercises, and no more. For this reason, in our time people are fighting against
the spiritual way (tariqat).

That is the reason, because spiritual ways make people taste love. However,
scholars can't taste. They are such hard people, such difficult people. They
can't give any love for Islam and for its actions to people. It is impossible.
They can't do that. Other religions, as well. They are trying to give love but
they can't. For this reason, at the time of the Prophet (saws) most of the Jews
of Madinah were against Islam and its Prophet (saws). Why? Islam gives love;
they can't give it. People find love and taste in Islam and run into it, but
they can't give it. Even though they do not taste it, yet they are stubborn,
quite stubborn people.

Still they are trying, but it is impossible for Christians to give a person
Divine love. Prohibited. Finished. That door is closed. We may give, we can
give, that is our authority. Scholars can't give it, but we may give. These are
not my words because we are speaking as the words come. And that is our meeting.
We are asking for more love, every day to increase in the love of our Lord
Almighty, through His saints (awliya). For this reason, at every He makes His
saints represent His love and to transfer Divine love from their hearts to your
hearts. But stubborn people and envious people reject that. They do not want to
come to our meetings, and we are not in need of them. We are asking for love. If
anyone is asking to approach His Lord with Divine love and increase in love, it
is alright.

As we have been given we are speaking. They have for me a scale (mizan) and they
are looking at your love pressure every day (not blood pressure), whether it is
increasing or coming down. I hope it is increasing. We are trying to give that
love to our sisters, brothers, my sons, my daughters. That is the aim. The
Prophet (saws) said, "If two days are the same, equal for you, no improvement,
it means that you are losing; no sale" (man istawa yawahu, fa-hua maghbun). It
is not the object of that Tradition (hadith) that you are going to increase in
bodily actions.

For example, if you pray forty cycles today, tomorrow you will pray forty-one
and after tomorrow, forty-two. No, that is impossible. But every day you must
put more love with your actions and send it to your Lord's Divine Presence, and
He looks and sees that today My servant is sending Me more love than yesterday.
That is the meaning, so that we must increase in love for our Lord every day.
Therefore, one of the Grand Shaykhs said, "A little bit of love is more
important, more lovely to Me than praying for seventy years without love"
(muhabbah) (dharra min al-muhabbah ahabbu ilaiya min 'ibadati saba'in sanah bila
muhabbah). Try to acquire more love of God Almighty because love covers, love
includes, everything. Oh believers, Satan and his workers are putting enmity
among you and also making coldness (burudat) between yourselves and your Lord.
Therefore, beware. Don't come near the works of satans because that extinguishes
the love of God in our heart.

We are asking forgiveness for every action that makes that coldness between
ourselves and our Lord, and saying, "I seek forgiveness from God" (istighfar
Allah). "And we are thankful that God Almighty gave us from His Divine love and
increases it; we are thankful. Praise belongs to God. Praise belongs to God and
thanks be to God"

(al-hamd Allah, al-hamd Allah wa shukr Allah ).

al-Fatiha.


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