Ahmad Arshad – Discourse At Khanqah #11
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We have entered the
second Ashura of Ramadan,
which is
the Ashura of Magpira.
And
one of the things that we are required
is to reflect on our shortcomings
in ourselves, in our
and really seeking Allah
help to rectify them.
The relevant and
or
akhwal or state
that is useful
is what we call as Maqami Khov.
Now
or
or they
are very,
similar terms,
but there are very nuanced differences between them.
Hope, as I mentioned yesterday, when we're talking
about,
that huzin is something internal. Internal grief,
internal sorrow,
usually about something
in the past.
And when it comes to hope, or if
you want to call it fear, it is
really
this loss of security
and safety
or fear
that is external in nature, and
usually
it has to do with the future of
a person. I'm afraid I won't get into
such and such place. I'm afraid this might
happen.
I'm afraid that might happen.
And the Quran talks about that that, you
know,
that this kind of hope is is present
and, you know, people get tested by it.
So, I mean, this whole you know, when
it comes to, let's say, an army person
like it,
it can be extremely healthy. And
I have heard masha'at say in my own
teachers that
it is the
other side of the coin of Mahaba.
So inshallah, when we talk about,
it it probably makes more sense that, and
is the other side of the
coin, which is the coin of Mahabbat.
You know, one side is Mahabbat, the other
side is.
For us, half is what? I mean, it's
very apparent to the Quran,
addresses
in
in 2 specific ways.
You know, there's a there is that
parents approach that a person
does something good, they will be rewarded
in this dunya and.
And then there's also the
sticks approach that if you do not do
it, there's a negative marking.
If you fail to do what you're supposed
to do, then the negative marking happens
that
that he biz, that, you know, that such
a person will be punished not only in
this dunya, but
they will be punished in the as well.
Right? So these are punishments. And so the
basic fear here when we talk about
and, you know, it's very relevant for us,
is that we should have the
punishment
from
Allah
of just looking at our own
sort of
and the lack
of any
and the lack of any,
anything
that we have collected for
is severely lacking.
So all of that creates that
that fear within us.
That, oh my god. I don't know what's
going to happen.
Right?
It's also fear of,
you know, making Allah angry,
his wrath.
So, at least
this is required.
I mean, this is like the bare minimum
for a woman to have that.
And if we don't have that, you know
what happens then then?
Falling into a sense becomes extremely easy.
And the way that the have explained this
is very edgy that, you know, you have
a 2 year old
sitting next to us, and that will change
our mannerism that we will not indulge in
sin. But when a person is alone and
despite knowing that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is
watching them at all times,
they don't have, like, the basic the basic
fear that the person is still falling into
sin.
So we don't even consider
or give consideration to Allah
as we would give consideration to, let's say,
a 2 year
old. So it's very interesting. So it means
that the basic
fear, the is missing in our lives.
And so the one of the things that
we have to make dua for and, again,
this is something, you know, we have to
make dua. Allah give me a healthy of
you
and, you know, hope of what might happen,
hope of consequences. We don't know. We don't
know what's going to happen.
Right? We don't know what is in store
for us. We don't know. We have the
story of Shaitan in front of us. We
have the story of Balam Barood in front
of us.
And we have seen how both of them,
they were rejected despite
being people of worship, people of Irul, people
of Ma'arifah,
all of that.
Allah accepts whomever he wants, and Allah
rejects whomever he wants. There is no binding
Allah is.
So a higher level of hope,
you know, for the Hawass,
you know, this is usually what we call
hasiyat.
And hasiyat is really,
a fear that has azmuth of somebody,
the Khaleq, and azmuth and
of somebody,
so
that is what we call.
So for example, you know, if
this sort of thing that you might have
for your parents as well,
it's it's it's not necessarily that you're afraid
of punishment,
but there's that respect,
that honor that we give to our parents,
our fathers, our mothers.
And and so that stops us from doing
certain things and, you know, keeps us away
from certain things. Right?
So that is what is.
And so
the
of Allah their
is they they try their level, but they
have the initial hope,
but now the is is losing that connection
with
What I mean, I don't want to do
anything that I will lose my
connection with Allah.
So that is what what's driving their.
Right?
Of course, they
do not want to commit any sin, disobedience.
They have the fear of. But, you know,
now because of their connection with Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala, the dialogue with Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala,
it morphs and evolves into something even more
deeper.
And the deeper is, you know, like, I
don't want to do anything that will, you
know, disappoint
disappoint others.
So just like, you know, in our own
muhabbat and this is where the the connection
between muhabbat and hasid comes in. When you
love somebody
so much,
you are afraid
to do anything
to disappoint.
So when we love Allah,
this is how
Muhabbat and Hasid work together.
When we have this intense Muhabbat dialogue with
Allah, I do not want to do anything
to disrupt that connection.
And I'm afraid. So this is the hashid
that has the asmit
that has the
and that is very healthy.
Right? And, you know, when when when people
say, you know, that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
protects aulia of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala from,
you know, Guna and all of that. This
is this is what happens.
It's not that they're masoo,
nawz billah. You know, they're only the anbiya
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Their
in terms of, they are extremely vigilant of
this connection.
They're extremely vigilant of this connection and whenever
they do something
that disrupts it, they they clearly notice it.
You know, so for example, lights are on.
If somebody comes in and just turns the
light off,
because we're so used to the light, we'll
notice it. Who closed the light? People will
turn.
So exactly like that, you know, awria for
Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, they're very vigilant,
aware of that connection.
That misput that they have with Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala. And anything that disrupts it, And,
of course, we know that a sin, you
know,
all of that will will disrupt that connection.
So they become extremely aware of that, and
so they rush towards Tawba so they can
restore that connection.
So this is what Khashiya did. And
is an even higher level, you know, you
can say and, you know, we seek Allah
help to gain that has
is
not necessarily fear in terms of I'm afraid
of a snake or a lion.
It is
hayba of somebody being in awe of someone.
That is what Khushu is.
That is what Khushu. And when our salah
we are required to have Khashiyyah and Khushu,
both of them.
One is that you are in utter state
of, you know, you understand and recognize the
Azmat and Muhammed and
and,
you know, of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and
haybah. This haybah of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is also halaqa.
Start in, you know,
a lot of times within this, you know,
specifically
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to send upon
a person that causes this hayba,
causes them to go into the state of
haba.
So there's no apparent
reason to be afraid.
And even there
even their
are showing, you know,
they have done they are supposed to. But
this is what they say that
that they are afraid of, Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala. You know,
in a sense that Allah
does not need anyone and anything,
and so he can choose to
have people do all of this, and he's
gonna say, you know, I reject it.
So all of these are states of and
as I've said, they're nuanced differences.
But the the you know, it it it
it is to remain in awe for Allah.
It is to remain cautious because
sometimes if we only rely on Mahaba,
a person can become lax.
A person can become lax, but Allah
is, you know, and Allah
is.
Right? We can become lax with each other
because we're insan and we are related and
k?
But there is no laxing with Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala. So that should always be the
caution should always be there that
and so it's it's something that we should
ask the to give us and, you know,
very easy to see how much hope we
have.
Again, as I said before, what are we
doing in our solitude?
What are we doing? What sort
of halal are we stuck in?
You know, ifalaq,
especially when a person is alone.
And this is a very easy kind of
judgment, you know, judgment call a person can
do to themselves
that,
you know, if a person feels hayah with
Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala,
in indulging certain things,
in their private just like they do in
public, you know, it's just that there's a
healthy dose of health measure.
However, if that is not the case, then
then it's it's a very dangerous condition to
be in because the hope is not there,
but
even worse, you know, hypocrisy might be there.
The thought might be there that we might
worry about how other people think of us
and how they judge us and have no
concern whatsoever of how Allah
thinks of us and how he is judging
us.
So it's a it's a promotion. So
in these 10 days, we ask Allah that
Allah gives us such hope that this keeps
us away from the life of sin. The
bad,
bad
that
Allah gives us a state of
that, you know, Allah
is on us, and Allah is on us.
But we don't want to lose that connection.
And Allah gives us that we
whatever we might do, it's it can never
be enough. It can never be enough. It
can never be enough.
It can never be enough and Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala,
if he chooses to reject us, that is
his other.
There's no questioning it. It's only his mercy
through which Allah
chooses not to reject. This is his rahma,
his garam, his father,
and and and, you know, so
being in awe in of that, that is
we ask Allah that Allah also blesses us
with that.
For a few minutes, close your eyes by
your head and your humbleness.
Let's do all the talk of the demon
and negate everyone and everything in this domain.
From Allah's
presence, they'd make me
They're entering our our is absorbing those
and all the negativity,
all the filth,
and all the darkness, hardness, lust is exiting
it.
You can feel your call is calling out
to him
that your call is saying, Allah,
Allah, Allah.
We have to be listening to each.