Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – The Abode of Deception [Hikam 71 & 83]
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Bismillah R Rahman Rahim Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa salatu
salam ala so you can saline water to heal so be a drummer in a
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He made the hereafter about to reward his believing servants.
He specifically made the hereafter as a special place to reward his
believing servants, only because this world cannot contain what he
wishes to bestow upon them.
And number two, because he deemed their worth too high to reward
them in a world without permanence.
That is the value that Allah subhanaw taala holds
his servants in that he reckons that this world despite the fact
that we think it's an enjoyable place, he knows it to be too
limited.
But both in terms of the quality of what he can give us, and also
in its permanence, in its temporality, really. So that's why
he made the hereafter for that.
Allah subhanho wa Taala has called this dunya the double rule.
The abode of deception, and we can clearly see it's deception.
Only those people who read the Quran who read the guidance from
Allah subhanaw taala will know it's deception. Can you imagine if
we had no idea about the hereafter through the Quran and the Sunnah,
through our messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, what would you
think of this world?
Why would you believe in another world?
For most people out there, this world is the world.
Even most Christians out there, they probably don't read the Bible
enough to really know their theology. There. eschatology,
meaning
details of the unseen, they don't have to believe in it. There's too
material for them, they they are very materialistic.
very reductionist, in that sense.
So now you understand why they would find it very strange.
However, we have a scripture that we believe in, we have guidance
that we find understanding and inspiration from. So that's why
this dunya is doddle guru. It's an abode of deception. It makes it
feel real, that this is the real world. Whereas reality, you can
say is
reality is in a sense, relative idea, there's more reality in the
hereafter because it's more permanent.
And reality in this world, there is a reality to it, no doubt, we
live in this reality.
But it's not the permanent reality of the hereafter. So that's why it
becomes an abode of deception.
And then Allah subhanaw taala commanded that this world will
eventually and everything in it will perish will end and will come
to nothing. So it is, you can say the lonely world Darren denier,
it's the lonely world, the degraded worlds, the electron
Fannia.
It's going to eventually disappear. And it's going to end
and perish. That's why it's been called the dunya. That the whole,
the the word itself dunya dunya. That's the whole reason why it's
called the dunya. The name in itself signifies its reality.
Because dunya comes from two meanings. Both of them indicate
the hereafter. Both of them indicate another one is
dunya is called dunya. Because we do know we have because of its
closeness,
something being close means that there's something else that's far
that's distant, that's to come.
Because you're not going to say something as close. If there's
nothing else
being close, gives an indication that there's something else number
two.
The dinner at her dunya is called dunya. Because of dinner, it's
dinner, dinner, I mean, it's degraded status. It's humiliated
nature, it's inferior status.
So either of those ways, that means there must be something
superior.
So it is both by ICA to Emmanuel Macron. It's both constricted in
terms of its timing, in terms of its time that it will give you and
also in terms of its play
Ace, it's only limited. Allah subhanaw taala then called the
hereafter Daru karar, the abode of permanence, the abode of
permanence, and the place of the manifestation of light,
the uncovering of secrets, where you will see what reality was, and
permanent bliss, happiness and bounties
and the place where you will see your beloved ones, and all veils
between you and your beloved ones, those you seek out will be lifted.
Its bounties will be permanent, and
it will remain forever. That's why Allah subhanaw taala made that the
abode of reward for those who worship Him for those of his
servants that worship Him, and He made that the true station Mikado
Simpkin in the Maliki Mahkota div. Mikado sink the true the real
station
for the prophets and the CDT in the champions of truth.
Allah subhanho wa Taala was not satisfied that he reward them in a
an abode, that would not remain permanent, that would be
constricted in its time and place, a place where there is defects a
place where there is filth and dirt, humiliation, degradation,
dishonor, and it is too constricted, too tight, too
limited to encompass what he wants to give them. What he has in store
for them, this world is too
limited for that.
Allah subhanaw taala wants to give them permanence. Allah subhanho wa
Taala wants to give them expansion.
Both of these things extensive he wants to give us extensiveness
both of those things are impossible in this world. And the
reason for that is highlighted in a hadith because Allah subhanaw
taala will give the lowest of the people in Jannah literally the
lowest of the millions of people in sha Allah and Jana, he will
give them 10 times the size of this world and that permanently.
That just gives an indication. So can you imagine for Keifa br Allah
can you imagine what the people at the highest realms will be
getting?
Allah subhanaw taala says fella I'm gonna have some coffee alone
mean karate or even just be Mirkarimi I'm alone. Nobody no
knifes no living being knows that which has been kept concealed for
them in terms of those things, which will gladden their eyes,
something that gladden your eyes gladdens your hearts. The eye is a
way to the heart Jezza and Bhima Colonel yet Milan, clearly saying
reward as a reward for that which they used to do. Allah subhanaw
taala also says
in a hadith Bootsy This is not in the Quran that to label the salah
Hain murder I you know not well at all don't send me what a hot
Allah, Allah called be Bashar that I have
prepared for my servants, the pious ones among them.
That wish no I have seen, no ear has heard the likes of in fact,
it's something that
you will never conceive in your, in your heart. It's not something
even that you can think of its beauty, its permanence, etc. It's
mind boggling.
Allah subhanho wa Taala has
kept the value of his pious servants at a really high level.
He really values. Allah subhanho wa Taala is generous. Allah
subhanho wa Taala is honorable, ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada has the
ability to honor when there's an honorable individual in the world,
the kind of hospitality that they provide, the kind of assistance
that they can give the kind of attention that they can have is
something we understand. So if Allah subhanaw taala, with all of
his beautiful names, all of these qualities, then you can imagine
what he will give for those who have fulfilled his dictates in
this world.
So he doesn't want to give in a world that is going to perish.
Because
whatever seems to be the build up in this world, whatever seems to
be the structure in this world, eventually it's going to end and
we see Allah gives us signs by things being destroyed.
Allahu Akbar. In fact, he says that the existence of these things
are just like give me a ranch. They will disappear for a few
days.
In a bar
it's in some narrations. It mentions that if this is this is
really, really powerful. It's a mind, it's really thought
provoking. One proverb says, that if this dunya, if this dunya, if
you imagine it to have been made of gold, and the akhirah, to have
been made of clay, so this dunya was going to be made of gold, dark
era was going to be made of clay.
Then, which one would you prefer?
Which one would you take this world of gold, which is temporary,
or world in the Hereafter, which is made of clay, but it's
permanent? So he says,
locked out all through the intelligent one would take that
which would remain forever over that which would not remain
despite what it's made of. Now, that's just a, that's just a
question.
That is just a hyper hype, a hypothetical scenario, whereas the
reality is actually the opposite anyway, because this world is made
of clay. And that world is made of gold, and it's permanent. So even
if it was not like that we should take the Hereafter. And when it is
like that, when when both of the positives are on the side of
permanence, and the goal is on the other side, then why not? But that
then requires belief to believe in and this is where the belief comes
in.
See, all of this is all hypothetical. It's all it's all
theory, isn't it at the end of the day, it's only as good as we make
it our belief. And the more we make our belief in this, the more
Eman we have in this, that is how much stronger this will become.
And the secret is for me, for me and my experience, the secret of
getting away from the world and focusing on the hereafter is to
remember your death to remember the hereafter, there is no other
way to do it. Because if there is no concept of the afterlife, and
etc, etc, to deal with it, then you become indulgent in this
world, the only way to take yourself away from the world even
a bit is to focus on the Hereafter. And try that's that's
the only way Why would you otherwise. If you're not going to
the hereafter to Allah subhanaw taala Why would you
but that requires belief to do that. And the belief is
strengthened by our scar, etc.
By keeping regularly our heart in tune, otherwise, when our hearts
become out of tune, without any thicker, then it starts falling
apart.
There's another narration which says that
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at karate.
He says no, uh, whoa, that the fortunate one is the one who
adopts and prefers that which will remain and who's bounties will be
permanent, over that which is to be depleted, and whose punishment
never stops.
Punishment here means trials, tribulations of this world they
never stopped, it's never you know, you may have a good year,
you may have a good month, but eventually something will come to
mess you up a bit.
And he sends forth to that which he is going to arrive at. He sends
forth for the abode to which he is going to go.
And he sends forth from that which he has right now in his hand,
before he leaves it for the one who will be happy to spend it.
That's so beautiful.
He said he spends of that which, if he leaves behind
those who leaves it behind to Wilson, be happy to spend, he
spends from that to that abode, which he is going for. So he's
investing for his hereafter and the people who are going to spend
and enjoy that.
They're going to do that while this person while he was gathering
it and treasuring it and hoarding it. He was obviously sacrificing.
So he leads a life of sacrificing holding these things because he
doesn't spend it
and he leaves it for somebody behind them and doesn't invest for
the hereafter of what you went on. So I do the alone says that I
heard Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam saying Hulu and first second beta.
Release yourself.
Release yourself by obedience. Well, I'll be sue her kina Alma
Hoffa, and
Cover yourself in the garb of fear when you're Hirata complete
unfussy calm and make your hereafter for yourself be selfish
and disregard. Make your hereafter for yourself
was that your company moussaka Rico, and make your efforts your
endeavors
for your permanent abode, where I learn more and nakoma, unclean and
raw, I don't know that very soon very soon, you will be taking your
journey where it Allah He set your own and you will be
traveling to Allah subhanaw taala Where are you honey and communica
Illa salehoo I'm an encourage them to move
and the only thing we should be to benefit you and which will enrich
you there will be the good deeds that you have sent forth. Oh her
snowthrower been juicy to mu or the Great, excellent reward that
you will be given in necom in nama Toka de Munna Allah condemned them
you are only going to
that which you have sent forth. What to jazz una anima is left
home and you'll only be rewarded for what you've done in the past
for Allah. Dan ACOEM the herder for dunya the hottie for dunya
Dunia and Marathi be Jana tiene Alia. So, let not this degraded
worlds
deceive you,
take you away from the high levels of the gardens, the gardens of
bliss in the hereafter fucka and cushy fellow Kena
waterfowl at what are called Omri musta, Cara who wa Rafa Mahieu
among Colaba.
So,
it should be as if
the way you should live is with these veils having been removed
doubts, to have been alleviated. And everybody will then get what
their permanent abode is. And they will recognize the their abode the
place where they may be destroyed the place where they may be going
back to
the next one, he says, robot, robot, talk taka for Minarik what
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this one is related.
He says sometimes he gives while depriving you.
Sometimes he gives while depriving you, and sometimes he deprives you
in giving.
And that definitely has to be unpacked. This is, again, a very
important point he's making here because it will inshallah
alleviate any depression one has, when they feel that they have a
setback,
when they feel that things aren't going the way they expect it to go
things that would like their heart would want them to go there
knifes. So what he's saying here is
the dominant state of the nostril Amara,
which is the evil inciting self and the lawanna.
Not motivating. The evil invite inciting self. And the
dilemma is the
the censoring self.
The dominant state, in both of these situations, is that it will
generally expand the nerves will expand, you will feel good. When
you're given something and you receive something. When you when
you earn more, when you somehow receive more.
The highest expense, the knifes expense. I mean, it's quite a
normal state. I mean, this is what we live for, essentially, is what
we live for. When we don't get something it contracts, you don't
feel happy in that state. You feel like you're being deprived. This
is our normal state unfortunately.
The reason is that when it's given that it's food, that's the food of
the knifes that's its desire is being fulfilled. So clearly,
there's no doubt that it's going to expand with that with that. And
when,
when it's prevented when when gifts are prevented, bounties are
prevented from it, then that is like you're cutting it supply.
You're severing its supply. And you're it's not going to give you
you're not you're not giving it its desire.
So then there's no doubt that it's going to become contracted. It's
going to have this desire for it. And the reason for all of this.
Now we think this is a normal state that this is what we live
by. Yes it is. But it's only because he says they generally
have your own behavior. Well either me for me her its own
only because it is ignorant of its Lord and doesn't have
understanding doesn't comprehend the situation, follow Fahima to
any law, law limit annulment, I know,
I know, I thought if it really had the understanding about from Allah
subhanaw taala, it would know that things being withheld from it is
Allah gifting it. That is a bounty, that prevention is a
bounty, that withholding is a bouncing about a bounty. And it
being given is sometimes a prevention from Allah that Allah
is preventing something good from coming to him when he gives
something to them. Again, this doesn't make it fully clear, but
we'll get to it.
So
over here, a one in need only the one, understand this from your
Lord. And don't
accuse him.
When you don't have something don't accuse him because you could
be making a major mistake.
Because sometimes he gives you that wish the news that which the
ego desires, by that he prevents you from harder it'll produce from
being in the presence of the Holy One. And sometimes he prevents, he
withholds that which the knifes desires, but then by that, he will
complete your presence, he will give you a presence and your
congeniality with your Lord, your attachment to your Lord. So
sometimes he presents the worldly objects, its desires, its beauty,
its its fruits,
sometimes he gives those things to you. But then he prevents you from
the benefits of presence with him.
So you feel empty inside the outside, you have everything.
Sometimes he gives you the Xena to dunya. But then he prevents you
from witnessing his presence.
Sometimes he gives you the food and nourishment, the sustenance of
your body, the physical, physical sustenance, but then he will, he
will withhold from you the sustenance of the rule and the
soul, sometimes he gives you the rule of the soul.
Rather, he prevents the rule the food of the outer outer, but he
gives you the food for the inner. So all of these things are
possible. Sometimes he will give you attention of people, people
will turn to you, and they will respect you, they will honor you,
and so on so forth. Because you know, you've done something,
whatever it is, but then he could prevent the attention of Allah of
himself. You have attention of people, but you don't have the
attention of Allah on us.
Sometimes he can prevent, he can withhold and keep people's
attention away from you. So you don't get any fame. But then Allah
subhana wa Tada is,
his attention is on you.
Sometimes he gives you knowledge, he gives you understanding of this
knowledge, you can give good understanding, good explanation,
but he has prevented you from really knowing that which is
really notable
and recognition of that heracleum gnosis of him.
Sometimes he may not give you too much room, but your connection to
Allah subhanaw taala. And understanding or him is great. And
that's why you have some of the shield that we've had of the past,
in the Salah cell in the Forcella cell and the more they weren't or
the MA in terms of having studied for years and years and years.
They knew they knew they fought for the for the line, they knew
what they had to do in their life. And they were very particular
about it. And they had the presence of Allah, whereas you had
others who are great Allah MA in the sense of, but they didn't
necessarily have the same manifest them. You could have both as well.
Because generally, but it's also possible that if you just focus on
one thing and focus on the external, which is the people of
the external and you don't focus on the inside, the one who is
successful is the one who gets both.
Sometimes he may prevent, he may give you the honor of this world
but may prevent the honor of the hereafter. Sometimes he may not
give you honor in this world But give you a great honor in the
world. And this is the greatest sense of solace and comfort,
especially for those people who don't have because this world at
the end of the day is is temporary and when you feel vulnerable and
you feel everybody's against you and you feel in this world that
you know like like the Muslims are going through. But if they keep up
if they keep up their the Eman then the real place the real
playing field is the hereafter. That's That's what really helps a
lot. Sometimes he may give you
honor with people, but then prevent you from honor with Allah
subhanaw taala sometime he may not give you any of an honor among the
people, but then he will give you honor with ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada.
Sometimes he may give you the service of people, people will
assist you help you and so on. But then he will prevent you from he
will prevent from you.
The witnessing of the one who makes all of these things happen.
And sometimes you won't have any service from the people who will
give you no respect etc. But you will have the witnessing of the
Hereafter.
And we were just in Mauritania and suddenly the, our host was
Mashallah.
Very slowly individual. We're driving son, he just stops on the
motorway. I mean, it's not much of a motorway, but you know, they're
not huge amounts of cars going there, you're probably the only
car for
and there was this beggar
old man with a walking stick. And so what are you doing? What are
you doing? So he, he stops himself, he reverses the car.
Right? And he says, And he gives him something, and we say let's
turn to make dua for us as well
is that he could be aware of Allah We don't know.
It's just like an old man, you know, walking in the middle, on
the side in the desert.
Because the Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu sallam said, rob the
ash borer, not true the minute Abu Dhabi low oxygen and Allah Bara
there are certain servants of Allah subhanho wa taala, there are
soiled and disheveled in appearance, you know, just like
beggars on the street or whatever. But they are so close to Allah
subhanaw taala that, if Allah subhanaw taala willed, if they saw
if they swore an oath that Allah subhanaw taala, Allah would
fulfill that oath for them. So looking at that person's state, in
that state, what's he doing now in the middle of the desert like
that, you know, what's he doing down there?
Sometimes he could give you
great administration in this world.
So you have the ability to make things happen in this world, but
he may prevent you from entry into the upper bounds. Sometimes he may
prevent or give you no authority in this world. But then he gives
you witnessing of the higher realms. So this is why all of this
dunya is our world. But it requires belief for these things
to settle in the heart. Because when we go outside again, we
suddenly see the dunya and we forget all of this.
And the proof of all of this is in the Quran, to Arsa and Takahisa.
You may be that you dislike something
but it's better for you. So finally, what he says here is it
it often happens. He says sometimes he gives you while
depriving you, sometimes he deprives you in giving. It often
happens that on account of the worldly adornment, luxuries and
pleasures that Allah Most High. It often happens that on account of
the worldly adornments luxuries and pleasures that Allah Most High
grants to someone, one becomes immoderately involved in those
mundane activities. To the extent that one is deprived of the
success and sweetness of obedience. When the ego is engaged
in the pleasures of the world cannot experience the pleasures of
obedience.
It also often happens that one's deprivation of worldly pleasures
is regarded as a misfortune. However, when is given the success
and sweetness of worship in lieu, the servant should not therefore
focus his gaze on the superficial, worldly best vows and
deprivations. This is really important because somebody could
misunderstand from everything we've said that let's leave
everything abandon everything and just focus on the hereafter.
That's not what it's telling us to do.
It's telling us to disassociate our knifes from it and our heart
from it that's what he's saying. If Allah gives you take it and
accept it ask Allah for if you but keep your focus somewhere else.
Don't think that because you've been given this you get happy with
it, he's just saying that this is generally the way the knifes act
but know better and understand the reality of this. That's what he's
saying. So let no nobody misunderstand that I must just
give everything up Subhan Allah in our trip to Mauritania, I said to
one person that was in the buggy or to shake bus son. I said to him
that one of the reasons we came is to see the Zuid here and he sent
me a right to be honest, he said he said this is not as good. I
mean they live without without electricity. The only other CEC
they have is from solar panels. So they literally have like one bulb
in one room, no fridge, nothing of that nature. No, you know, no TV,
anything of that nature. Nothing. Right. You go there at night, they
will have to sacrifice a goat for you because they don't have a
fridge where they can and that's what exactly what they did. You
know we used to we used to go at nighttime and they used to have
food within a short amount of time meet where you get the meat from.
We know that it's fresh, it doesn't smell or anything. It's
really good.
Properly organic. And then he said to me, he said,
he says you could be down there. And as long as your heart is not
attaches in Ireland, he says, As long as your heart is not
attached, you could be as a head there with everything around you.
And he says, somebody here may not have anything around him. But his
desire, his heart is on everything outside. So Zuid is a state of the
heart.
So what this is saying is just understand that when he gives you,
it doesn't mean anything. And if he doesn't give you also don't get
angry with him. Because there's bounties in all of these states,
just make it the right thing, get your focus correct in all of these
things. So that's why he's saying it also often happens at once
deprivation of a worldly pleasure is regarded as a misfortune don't
think it's a misfortune basically.
However, one is given the success and sweetness of worship in lieu,
the servant should not therefore focus his gaze on the superficial
bestows in the provisions. The worst person is the one who
doesn't have the world and doesn't even have sweetness of faith.
Because their heart is too much they want it when is okay, I don't
have it. I don't have it, you know,
the service should not therefore focus his gaze on the superficial
bestows and deprivations you should understand the reality of
everything and discharge the right of every occasion. That's the main
thing, discharge the right of every occasion. There's a hadith
in Muslim Muhammad, in which the Prophet sallallahu sallam said,
do not suspect Allah with respect to his decree.
Do not suspect Allah with Rick with respect to his decree,
whatever He decrees on those suspect him, always think well,
may Allah subhanaw taala give us the trophy? May Allah subhanaw
taala give us the Tofik to understand reality. Because I
think what conclusion I've come to really is that as long as your
focus is right in the world,
then you're successful.
Because that focus will help you to worship more, it'll help you to
unravel situate, there's always situations coming on us. If you
have the right focus, and the right understanding based on that
knowledge, then you're doing set the do what caribou then you're
trying to hit the mark, or you're trying to get close. And you're
trying to accept the glad tidings, when you don't have the right
perspective of how things should how we should approach this world,
then we'll be aiming in the wrong direction. Allah wants us to aim
in the right direction. He knows we're not going to always hit the
mark. But at least if we're aiming in the right direction, we'll get
close.
So this is very important to have the right set of mind right frame
of mind optimism in that regard, love for Allah subhanaw taala and
great trust and this is where all of these things come into.
Then you will be successful, whatever situation you're in