BismillahirRahmanirRahim

YOUR SHEYKH IS HIGHER THAN YOU

Sohbet given by Sheykh Abdul Kerim al-Hakkani al-Kibrisi


Friday 16 Shawwal, 1426
November 18, 2005
Osmanli Naks-i'bendi Hakkani Dergah, Siddiki Center, New York.


Medet Ya Syyidi Ya al-Hakkani, Medet.


If somebody is doing a favor to you, giving something to you and if
you are not being thankful to that one then Allah does not accept
your thankfulness (to Him). It is easy for the ego to say, "It's
okay. It's coming to you from Allah." Everything is coming from
Allah. But Allah chose that one, for you to look at that one and not
to look at something else.

The Sahaba-e Kiram looked at the Prophet (sws). They didn't
say, "The ayats came to us from Allah." They said, "Prophet." They
concentrated on the Prophet (sws). The Prophet (sws) was a blessing
to them, to us and to the whole mankind. Through his hand Allah's
mercy reached to us. If it is not for the Prophet (sws) then no
mercy is coming to us. Punishment will come down on us. The mercy
has reached to us because of that Prophet (sws). Today mercy is
reaching to us again because of those who hold on very tightly to
the Prophet (sws) and who show proper respect to that Prophet (sws).

We cannot put our Sheykh aside and say, "I reached to Prophet (sws)
and I reached to Allah." You will not reach anywhere then because
mercy now is coming to us through our Sheykh. Allah's Help is
reaching to us through our Sheykh's hand. If you don't like that one
and if you put that one aside then you are losing. If something
starts opening to us, if we are seeing that the world and everything
starts working (for us) and when we are saying to people (the
spiritual message of Islam) they start believing and following us,
we should not take that to our own selves. We say, "This is
happening because of our Sheykh. That person accepted because our
Sheykh's light appeared through me to that person. If it's only me
then it's not good for anything."

So many times we are watching, in these days especially, that some
people… let me say a little bit more openly, some deputies of Sheykh
Mevlana declare themselves to be Sultanul Awliya these days. But
they are hesitating to say it and because Sheykh Mevlana's blessings
reached to them and through them Sheykh Mevlana reached to so many
areas, now they are trying to put Sheykh Mevlana aside to say, "It
is me." As soon as you do that you are finished. And that's what's
happening to those. And also those who are running blindfolded after
those ones, they are looking for something for their own benefit.

If a man's station is reaching higher and higher then he must see
that his Sheykh's station is also reaching higher and higher. It's
not how much you work. I am watching those ones speaking these words
also. They say, "It's not how much you work but it's how much your
Sheykh works." If I say that to you then that goes to me also. It's
not how much I work but it's how much my Sheykh works. So it's
coming to me. From me it may come to you. It's like the army, coming
from the top and going down, breaking down to different deputies.
But there is a headquarter and it is one. Because you may reach that
headquarters and that one gave you to become the head of let's say
the air force, you are getting dizzy to say, "I am going to knock
that one down to sit and take the whole control"? For what reason?
Isn't it for the ego? If it's yours then it's going to come to you.
If Allah appoints that to you then it's going to come to you and
it's going to show in your manners.

When Grandsheykh Abdullah Daghestani qaddasallahu sirruh (it is not
for us to speak about Grandsheykh Daghestani but it's just to give
an example to you, to me and to everyone) was living in this world
physically there were so many people around him. There were so many
deputies around him also. When they were watching Sheykh Mevlana
Nazim, every one of those deputies knew deep inside their hearts
that he will be the next one. They knew that. Their ego was fooling
them a little bit but deep inside they knew that Sheykh Mevlana was
the next one. It's not because Sheykh Mevlana was running to push
others aside to appear in front of people. It was completely the
other way around. He was very humble and not appearing unless
Grandsheykh was giving him orders. So his manner was showing. His
perfect manner was showing that he will be the successor of
Grandsheykh. And finally Grandsheykh blessed him with it and he
passed from this world.

Those who didn't accept it, they didn't accept it for so many years.
They had something because Grandsheykh gave to them. They had
something but they didn't accept the last words of Grandsheykh.
Grandsheykh said, "Whoever is following me now must follow Sheykh
Nazim. He is the head." Some got dizzy at that time and some are
getting dizzy at this time. They are putting Sheykh Mevlana aside
now saying, "Well, I also took knowledge from the Grandsheykh." Hmm.
So now Sheytan is fooling. It's nothing else. Sheytan is fooling.
Some turn around and say, "Sheykh Mevlana retired." Retirement?
Squarehead! Not even the Pope can retire. How can the Sultanul
Awliya retire? Retirement is for those people whose brains are not
controlling them anymore. The higher stations that the Awliya are
reaching, they are seeing more wisely and they are seeing more
perfectly. How are you going to dare to even think such a thing like
that? But some are doing it. There must be some hidden agenda behind
that.

Those who are watching correctly see that. Sheykh Mevlana isn't
going to make announcement to the world to say, "This one is good
and this one is bad." No. He is just sending it to the hearts and
people are watching and they are seeing. Who are not seeing? Those
who are blindfolded with their ego are not seeing because they only
see themselves now. Nothing else. So Sheytan is coming to man in
every station.

These are words for me and for those who are the deputies of Sheykh
Mevlana, for them not to think that they have reached to that
station and they are going to do as they like. If you are driving
the car for forty years and you are going back and forth on the same
road for forty years, you still have to hold the steering wheel
properly and you always have to be in an awakening station watching
what's ahead, what's behind and what's around you. A little bit of
heedlessness may bring an end to you. It's the same thing in this
Way too. It's the same thing for those deputies of Sheykh Mevlana
too.

This is to me and to every deputy. Of course, I am not declaring
myself as a deputy. Grandsheykh gave me that title. Am I worthy of
that? No. I know that I am not. But because he says, "You do it," I
am trying to do it. Some might be in higher stations. They are. We
are not looking to that. We are looking at the road that we are
traveling on and we have to carry that correctly. We have to hold
onto that steering wheel correctly. If you are driving that bus and
if you make a mistake then you may bring so many people with you
into danger. So there's more burden on your neck. So you have to be
wise and opening your eyes more correctly and you must ask
more, "Medet Ya Sheykh Mevlana, medet, medet, medet."

If the deputy is only seeing himself now and he is seeing something
wrong in his Sheykh then he is losing. As I said earlier, you must
not see anything wrong in your Sheykh. If you give one chance,
opening one door, Sheytan is going to run to open ten doors. And
that ten may multiply to a hundred. That hundred may multiply to one
thousand. Then you will come to the station where you will declare
war against your master. Eh, of course, they know that they cannot
declare war openly because it may bring an end to them. They are
still trying to go underneath. But there are eyes watching.

History is always repeating and through history we have always seen
such things like this. When some people raised their heads against
Abdul Qadir Geylani (qaddasallahu sirruh) they turned around and
they became Wahhabis. They became the head of the Wahhabis. They had the
knowledge. They learned the book knowledge. But they lost the spiritual
connection because whatever was going to reach to them from Allah was supposed
to reach to them through the hands of Abdul Qadir Geylani (qaddasallahu sirruh).
Because they put that aside, they learned the knowledge but they finished
themselves. And in the history books today they are called Wahhabis. Wahhabis!

So we must open our eyes and hearts, and ask to be the correct ones
to stay on the Sirat-ul Mustaqim. In the days that are approaching
it is going to become more dangerous. Of course, Grandsheykh is
saying, and not only Grandsheykh is saying but all the saints that
came and passed are saying, "The army of Mahdi, the believers in the
time of Mahdi, are going to divide into three different groups. One
group is going to turn to become unbelievers in Mahdi, one group is
going to become martyrs in that war, and one group is going to stay
and live with Mahdi and Isa (alayhi salam) after the war." Everyone
is putting their ideas in it also (saying), this happened, that
happened, this is going to happen and that is going to happen. Mahdi
(alayhi salam) is not going to come from the sky with a basket. And
the key of Mahdi (alayhi salam) is in the hand of Sheykh Mevlana. He
is holding that key. He is the master of Mahdi. (You may) take it
the other way. (But) he is the master. Those who have a little bit
of idea say, "Okay, my duty is to look at Sheykh Mevlana and nothing
else. Whatever Sheykh Mevlana turns me to, that's what I have to
look to." Anywhere that Sheykh Mevlana is going to turn us
saying, "Look to this one now", that's what we have to look to.
Otherwise, it is very dangerous.

People have been tested in the time of the Prophet (alayhi salatu wa
salam) and Allah and His Prophet (sws) is saying to us that the
people of Ahir Zaman are also going to be tested. And Holy Prophet
(sws) is saying to us, "Be careful from the confusion of Dajjal
because the confusion of Dajjal is very great. It may swallow so
many people in it." Dajjal is also human in his physical form. Allah
is going to give some other powers to him just to show to his people
and to test (the believers). The bottom point of the whole thing is
coming back to faith now. If your faith is strong, if you are
holding tightly and you are submitting yourself tightly to that one
whom you have held onto then you are in safety. Otherwise, there is
a big question mark staying there.

This is to me, to you and anyone who is going to listen. If anyone
wants to take it to themselves then take it. If anyone says, "No, I
am not accepting these words", then don't accept. Anyone who is
going to attack me, the doors are open twenty-four hours. I am just
saying the conditions that I am in and the whole world is in.
Sheytan is coming. If you are finding a little wrong in your Sheykh
then Sheytan is going to knock you down. Finished! Sheytan found one
wrong… one wrong, not one million. He found one mistake in Allah
saying, "How did You do this? I wasn't supposed to be making
prostration to Adam. He is supposed to be making it to me because I
have been worshipping to You for all these many centuries and You
have just created that one." He said that it's a mistake. That
knocked him down and finished him. Centuries of worship came to zero
and he lost everything.

If we keep that alive in our own selves then we will watch correctly
everything that we do, and we turn around and we ask our Lord, "Ya
Rabbi! Don't make us from the disobedient ones. Disobedient ones
today are the ones who became disobedient to their masters. We
believe and we accept that our master Sheykh Mevlana Nazim al-
Hakkani al-Kibrisi Hazretleri is the Sultanul Awliya. He is the
master of the masters. We believe in him, we accept him and only
from him we hear Your words and Your orders. We don't know anything
else. We hear through him. We are hearing through him his Prophet's
(sws) and Your Prophet's (sws) words. We cannot understand the
hadith or anything. We just watch him. Make us to understand more
correctly and make us to show more obedience to him. If we have any
wrong thinking in our hearts then take it away from our hearts for
the love of that one."

Wa min Allahu taufiq

El-Fatiha.

Transcribed by Nakshobondi@yahoo.com