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SERMON 108
About the Might of Allah
Everything submits to Him and everything exists by
Him. He is the satisfaction of every poor, dignity of the low, energy for the weak and
shelter for the oppressed. Whoever speaks, He hears his speaking, and whoever keeps quiet,
He knows his secret. On Him is the livelihood of everyone who lives, and to Him returns
whoever dies.
(O' Allah!) The eyes have not seen Thee so as to be
aware of Thee, but Thou wert before the describers of Thy creation. Thou didst not create
the creation on account of loneliness, nor didst make them work for gain. He whom Thou
catchest cannot go farther than Thee, and he whom Thou holdest cannot escape Thee. He who
disobeys Thee does not decrease Thy authority, and he who obeys Thee does not add to Thy
Might. He who disagrees with Thy judgement cannot turn it, and he who turns away from Thy
command cannot do without Thee. Every secret before Thee is open and for Thee every absent
is present.
Thou art everlasting, there is no end to Thee. Thou
art the highest aim, there is no escape from Thee, Thou art the promised (point of return)
from which there is no deliverance except towards Thee. In Thy hand is the forelock of
every creature and to Thee is the return of every living being. Glory to Thee! How great
is Thy creation that we see, but how small is this greatness by the side of Thy Might. How
awe-striking is Thy realm that we notice, but how humble is this against what is hidden
from us out of Thy authority. How extensive are Thy bounties in this world, but how small
are they against the bounties of the next world.
A part of the same sermon about the
Angels
Thou (O' Allah) made angels reside in Thy skies and
place them high above from Thy earth. They have the most knowledge about Thee and Thy
whole creation, the most fearing from Thee, and the nearest to Thee. They never stayed in
loins nor were retained in wombs. They were not created "from mean water
(semen)" (Qur'an , 32:8; 77:20). They were not dispersed by vicissitudes of time.
They are on their places (distinct) from Thee and in their positions near Thee. Their
desires are concentrated in Thee. Their worship for Thee is much. Their neglect from Thy
command is little. If they witness what remains hidden about Thee they would regard their
deeds as very little, they would criticise themselves and would realise that they did not
worship Thee according to Thy right for being worshipped and did not obey Thee as Thou
hast the right of being obeyed.
About the bounties and guidance of
Allah, and those who are ungrateful
Glorified art Thou, the Creator, the Worshipped, on
account of Thy good trials of Thy creatures. Thou created a house (the Paradise) and
provided in it for feasting, drinks, foods, spouses, servants, places, streams,
plantations and fruits. Then Thou sent a messenger to invite towards it, but the people
did not respond to the caller, and did not feel persuaded to what Thou persuaded them nor
showed eagerness towards what Thou desired them to feel eager. They jumped on the carcass
(of this world), earned shame by eating it and became united on loving it.
When one loves a thing it blinds him and sickens his
heart. Then he sees but with a diseased eye, hears but with unhearing ears. Desires have
cut asunder his wit, and the world has made his heart dead, while his mind is all longing
for it. Consequently, he is a slave of it and of everyone who has any share in it.
Wherever it turns, he turns towards it and wherever it proceeds, he proceeds towards it.
He is not desisted by any desister from Allah, nor takes admonition from any preacher. He
sees those who have been caught in neglect whence there is neither rescission nor
reversion.
About Death
Whatever they were ignoring has befallen them,
separation from this world, from which they took themselves safe, has come to them and
they have reached that in the next world which they had been promised. Whatever has
befallen them cannot be described. Pangs of death and grief for losing (this world) have
surrounded them. Consequently, their limbs become languid and their complexion changes.
Then death increases its struggle over them.
In some one it stands in between him and his power
of speaking although he lies among his people, looking with eyes, hearing with his ears,
with full wits and intelligence. He then thinks over how he wasted his life and in what
(activities) he passed his time. He recalls the wealth he collected when he had blinded
himself in seeking it, and acquired it from fair and foul sources. Now the consequences of
collecting it have overtaken him. He gets ready to leave it. It would remain for those who
are behind him. They would enjoy it and benefit by it.
It would be an easy acquisition for others but a
burden on his back, and the man cannot get rid of it. He would thereupon bite his hands
with teeth out of shame for what was disclosed to him about his affairs at the time of his
death. He would dislike what he coveted during the days of his life and would wish that he
who envied him on account of it and felt jealous over him for it should have amassed it
instead of he himself.
Death would go on affecting his body till his ears
too would behave like his tongue (and lose functioning). So he would lie among his people,
neither speaking with his tongue or hearing with his ears. He would be rotating his glance
over their faces, watching the movements of their tongues, but not hearing their speaking.
Then death would increase its sway over him, and his sight would be taken by death as the
ears had been taken and the spirit would depart from his body. He would then become a
carcass among his own people. They would feel loneliness from him and get away from near
him. He would not join a mourner or respond to a caller. Then they would carry him to a
small place in the ground and deliver him in it to (face) his deeds. They abandoned
visiting him.
About the Day of Judgement
Till whatever is written as ordained approaches its
end, the affairs complete their destined limits, the posteriors join the anteriors and
whatever Allah wills takes place in the shape of resurrection of His creation. Then He
would convulse the sky and split it. He would quake the earth and shake it. He would root
out the mountains and scatter them. They would crush each other out of awe of His Glory
and fear of His Dignity.
He would take out everyone who is in it. He would
refresh them after they had been worn out and collect them after they had been separated.
Then He would set them apart for questioning about the hidden deeds and secret acts. He
would then divide them into two groups, rewarding one and punishing the other. As regards
the obedient people He would reward them with His nearness and would keep them for ever in
His house from where those who settle therein do not move out. Their position would not
undergo change, fear would not overtake them, ailments would not befall them, dangers
would not affect them and journey would not force them (from place to place).
As for people of sins, He would settle them in the
worst place, would bind their hands with the necks, bind the forelocks with feet and would
clothe them in shirts of tar and dresses cut out of flames. They would be in punishment
whose heat would be severe, door would be closed on the inmates - in fire which is full of
shouts and cries and rising flames and fearful voices. Its inmate does not move out of it.
its prisoner cannot be released by ransom and its shackles cannot be cut. There is no
fixed age for this house so that it might perish, nor period for its life that might pass
away.
A part of the same sermon about the
Holy Prophet
He treated this world disdainfully and regarded it
low. He held it contemptible and hated it. He realised that Allah kept it away from him
with intention and spread it out for others by way of contempt. Therefore, he remained
away from it by his heart, banished its recollection from his mind and wished that its
attraction should remain hidden from his eye so that he should not acquire any clothing
from it, or hope for staying in it. He conveyed from Allah the pleas (against committing
sins), counselled his people as a warner (against Divine chastisement) and called (people)
towards Paradise as a conveyor of good tidings.
About the Descendants of the Holy
Prophet
We are the tree of prophethood, staying place of
(Divine) Message, descending place of angels, mines of knowledge and the sources of
wisdom. Our supporter and lover awaits mercy while our enemy and he who hates us awaits
wrath.
.Forward to Sermon 109.Back to Sermon 107.
