Ahmad Arshad – Discourse At Khanqah #09

One of the things that

we have been emphasizing when we talk about

the spiritual states, the halal, the,

the

that a person may go through,

is that you really have to put in

the effort.

This is called.

It's called. It's called.

And that is read also alludes to

to this that a person who strives and

makes efforts,

the path of Allah, Subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah

opens up the gates of Hidayat for such

a person.

Now what is this Mujaddah?

You know, it is

translating

that

putting in the himma

and then manifesting that into some action.

It is recognizing the truth

and aligning your

with the truth

and making the effort to get it.

This is really what the is

when we talk about

and that you recognize the ultimate truth,

the hack.

And then you align all of your faculties,

all of your energies

that Allah

has bestowed upon you

in gaining that help.

Everybody has some energy. Right? One of the

things that

I remember that in one of our leadership

programs,

somebody asked this question about time management.

It's like, you know, like, how do you

manage your time?

And and the person answered and, you know,

she was,

like a CEO, c CIO of some big

university for a long time.

And that that answer stayed with me. She

said that it's not really the time that

we're managing because everybody has the same time.

Job is scheduled for 24 hours.

What we do is we manage our energy.

And where are you spending

your energy?

There's energy different in different people. Some people

are naturally,

you

know, and some people are naturally

energetic.

But whether you're whether you're energetic,

where is it that you are spending that

energy?

Because the time is ticking for each and

every one of us exactly the same way.

It was the same for

It was the same for the Sahaba al

Khiram, this one,

All the awliya, all the ullam. No. It's

the same. Time is the same, But it

is the energy,

and we all know this from experience.

Well, maybe not you yet, but

you know, the energy, it's a graph that

goes up

and then it goes down.

Meaning, the himma that a person might have

at your ages,

It is double, triple,

quadruple

of what somebody might have

when they're older.

So this is why.

That when a person does in

their

that is the that's the the path of

the. So, you know, it is this is

the time to actually do the

That, you know, we have to become people

who are able to put that intention and

that Himmat

into the right action.

We cannot become people who are just

fantasizing

all the time,

daydreaming all the time.

Muhammad says that I love those

We're able to put this anchor

on the stars. We need to aim high.

So this is really

and now different people have different kinds of,

you know, for army like us, you know,

we have to make a, for example, for

the

Recognizing that, you know, there is this.

This is this reconstruction

of

from

to that needs to happen.

And so you have to pick pick pick

because,

again, it's difficult to change we we have

established this already.

It is difficult to change behaviors and habits

and likes and dislikes. So, you know, you

have to put in the to do that.

So our likes become the like the likes

of Rasulullah

Our dislikes

become like that of Rasulullah

Our wants become like that of Rasulullah

So this is called

and I will say, you know, a lot

of Sufis too, you know, they don't put

enough

emphasis on this. They will put emphasis on

ill.

They will put emphasis on extra

Even those there are that can be considered.

Means, you know, self made

Oh, I'm going to do this. I'm going

to do that. I'm going stand up on

one

foot in the middle of river

and, you know,

and do, like, 1,000 times

of something special.

Those are some those are extra things.

What is really required from us as part

of the Sharia is that

the armir construction

of a rihlak in the image of that.

So that takes mujahaja. You know, I I

know. I mean, there's so many short shortcomings.

All we need to do is just look

at ourselves and pick up any sila book,

and the difference is quite apparent.

Right? So for

an Al Muslim, for us, for people like

us, we should really

be emphasizing that, that it becomes our second

nature. And second is, you know, looking at

our at our deeds, our

and slowly making this that

becomes it.

That is this sincerity

in all of our actions because a lot

of times, you know, as as Hadim

used to say

that all Ibadid begins with the riya,

then it becomes riya, then becomes Ibadid.

A lot of times for us, we get

stuck in the riya.

A lot of it is showing off. The

the big way we can tell is, you

know, what are we doing when we're alone?

If we don't show the same shock and

zak

and love and muhabbat and energy in our

ibadat when we're alone,

And let's say we are doing, you know,

showing it, let's say when we're in a

public place or in a masjid or akhanafa,

that sort of thing.

There's a there's a difference

in the zahir and the bathe.

There's a difference, you know, and

really, I mean, the the correct word for

that is there's nifaat there.

So we have to bridge those gap, and

we have to bring and this takes.

Where is it taking?

When we're alone in our seclusion.

In our solitude, in making our seclusion and

solitude and

pure and full of haya, it takes effort.

And, you know, like, ulama had written for

example,

they give the hadith of mubarakah that

Rasulullah

would shorten his prayers,

the Afar prayer that he used to meet.

If he would hear like a baby cry.

So they take from this that, you know,

that kind of Khuzuri Akalb is not actually

required in the Falt prayer. This is something

that you have to practice in your Nawaf.

So are we able to do that? Are

we able to really prolong our sujood, make

dua like,

you know, like we really have read it

in the books, like our masha'i used to

do. If not, then that takes

too.

That takes And in general, you know,

making an effort to fulfill hukukuri baat,

That is also because

this deen is all about balance.

It's about the middle way. It is recognized

recognized the hukub of Allah

living in Allah conscious life, Allah centric life,

but then also making sure that we are

fulfilling the hukub of

those around us. Should giving them respect, respecting

our elders, our, you know, father or mother,

you know, respecting our brothers and sisters and,

you know,

and all. So, I mean, everybody has a

right. I mean, Allah

has made this

deen a very communal deen.

This concept of

is very strong in this.

And it it requires that we have to

make

to fulfill those rights. But how do we

do it?

With that

Do not let your and your, but you

know,

your offspring and your relationship

distract you from Allah. Meaning,

the secret of Allah is there but you

still fulfill the rights of others.

And for the, this is where the and

the is

finding the, finding

ways of getting rid of the, you know,

distractions and,

you know,

all of the good stuff that we usually

talk. About.

How do I find Jamiyat in my? How

do I find? How do I find jazz?

How do I and

stuff like that?

So this is

really what they focus

on. That that takes riyazat as well. It

means you have to make in your you

have to make

in your and you have to, you know,

follow the surnah utterly, entirely.

You know, you have to cleanse yourself of

the

shortcomings

of the razayil.

You know, like, not not intellectually, but spiritually

you have to get. Because one way is

to stop yourself of doing something, committing something

with your mind, like, forcing it, which is

good because

we're stopping us. But the other is to

really try to scrub

that disease from within us. Right? Getting rid

of the cancer from within us.

That

is.

And then the,

for example,

their

is all about, like, and

really that kind of annihilation and,

you

know,

those are great people. But, you know, for

us, at least we can start focusing on

the little things.

So in Ramadan,

Ramadan is all about riyazat and.

It's recommitting ourselves.

And, you know, it it happens. Sometimes people

burn out. 8 days, 9 days, it's like,

oh, I've been doing this for 8, 9

days, and people will burn out. Can I

read this much for can I do this?

It's like reminding ourselves

of the the you know,

it's

it's not that long. And before we know

it, it'll be over with. And all it

will take is just one weekend of rest

and then that's it. We'll forget all the

that we made

and and we'll be fine again.

So, you know,

keeping at it

and adding to it and especially, you know,

istighfar,

especially making gua,

especially doing the extra nawafil,

you know, of course the Quran, reading of

the Quran.

And any other adkar that you might find

yourself

in, this is the time to really bring

it into our lives.

Okay. So may god will Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala

allows us to realize the full,

you know, like the the full, like, rahma

of this month

and

commit ourselves to riyazat and mujahidah and Mehmed.

And may

Allah allow us to become somebody

through that who's pleasing in

Allah for a few minutes.

Just close your eyes and bow your heads

in humility, humbleness.

Find that stillness within you.

Let go of all the thoughts of the

dunya and everyone in this dunya. Negate everything.

Affirm Allah

And make intentions

and make intentions to Allah.

It's for Yazad, the Jaliyah that are descending

upon us.

They're entering our call of 2 fingers at

the lower left chest.

And our call is absorbing us to the

liad,

and all the

filth and

all the darkness,

all the hardness is exiting this and feel

with your intuition that your call is calling

out to Allah. Feel that your call will

say, Allah, Allah, Allah, and that you understand.