Yahya Rhodus – Futuwwa Poems of Praise
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The importance of adapting to reality and following the culture of Islam is emphasized. The speaker uses a depiction of Islam as a way to express their desire to live in a world where everything is possible. The importance of the Prophet sallahu Senan's praise for the holy grail and the importance of receiving gifts is also discussed. The segment concludes with a recitation of a prayer and a statement about the holy spirit.
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words before turning it over to Sheikh Ali. And I really want to
just translate this very beautiful Casita, this poem that said up to
Fatah recited, and he's recited on other occasions as well. And just
very briefly introduce these very blessed and radiant words by
saying, there is a tendency with Islam, in the modern world, and
especially in places like the United States of America and the
Western world, to only focus on what is practical. If someone's
speaking, if they don't give you a practical benefit, that somehow
there's no worth and what it is that they're saying. And while it
is very important to be practical, first, we have to decide define
what that really means, and understand it correctly in all of
its dimensions. But secondly, we have to also understand that the
Muslims who came before us in the quote, unquote, traditional Muslim
world, across the world, the remnants of this tradition, which
still remain, when you go, and you experience the beauty of these
places, they're all pretty much the same. In their reality, even
though there's a cornucopia of beautiful diversity, outwardly,
inwardly, they're very similar. If you go to gatherings in Morocco,
they're very similar to gatherings in Egypt, they're very similar to
gatherings in Indonesia, and Turkey, in Yemen, and so forth,
and so on. And there's an incredible traditional beauty,
about how they understood how to live how to implement the Quran.
But in particular, the Medicis, the gathering of remembrance, and
what it is that they asked for, and what it is that they do in
those gatherings. And I personally believe that this is one of the
single most important things to grow here in these lands in which
we live, this understanding. And you could look at it from the
following perspective, that one of the very blessed souls said Islam
is not a serial is Suriname is truth. And according to the
dictates of truth, you have to conform yourself to truth, as
opposed to making truth conform to what it is that you want. Your
Hawa, your desires, if that was the case, and I remember this
always, from previously being a Christian before I became Muslim,
and just you hear different people think just all these really wild
things about what they think is going to happen in the afterlife.
And some people think this, and some people think that and, oh, I
think this is going to happen, I think that's going to it's just
all how up. And it's all based upon their desire in illusion,
truth you have to conform to. And what we have to realize is, while
there are certainly good things in the modern world that we need to
adopt and use for the sake of Allah to Allah, there is a lot of
toxicity as well. And the more and more we distance ourselves from
these traditional ways of living, the more harmful it's going to be
on us in for us, in this world, and in the next. So I'm saying
that to say, we have to force ourselves to understand the
discourse of the Olien, the Saudi and the righteous, and the great
saints who came before us force ourselves to conform internally to
seeing the beauty and and understanding why they speak like
they speak and say what it is that they say, even if we don't
understand. Some of the slides that were reciting aren't even in
English. But a lot of the poems that we used to recite when we're
in gatherings in these spaces, we didn't understand either.
And still don't, but you still benefit immensely from them.
Because the secret of them penetrates the heart because they
came from hearts that were alive with the remembrance of Allah had
very real connections to Allah and His Messenger, real connections,
living connections. And so in that light, I want to just translate
this because it's so incredibly beautiful. And this is a poem by
Habib it been Mohammed had have she who passed away about a little
over 100 years ago in the year 1333 of the hijra, and he was
known for his intensely close connection to the Prophet
sallallahu Senan he said, How well to an Aussie if at Habibi body, my
fame and for odd minutes then add Qurani I tried or I am trying to
describe the beloved Salah liason with some of that which my heart
is understood from the Quranic praise. So he's acknowledging that
his praise really is following what he understands from how Allah
praises the Prophet sallallaahu Santa for Wadjet to Kohli, Leia,
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the conclusion that everything that I have said, does not even
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gifts that Allah gave our profit satellites and ocean shot just the
smallest fraction. Not even an atom is weighted the smallest
fraction of this divine gift. Min a and you're able Melkonian how
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every single tongue has been unable to articulate men by the
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Allah has himself has praised him in the Quran. What truly is the
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Allah de corte Hassan, he was sued Kofi Imani. So I asked Allah to
bless me with the bat, firmness, fortitude, steadfastness upon that
which he has singled me out with in having these gifts that he's
given me my understanding of the prophesy Sam and to have true
pneus in my faith will come my father colobus Euro alkyne and
just as he has given my heart the secret of connection to the
prophet be Habibi be his beloved Eumundi be dedica Janani as it
even feels my entire internal been with it. Fair issue for you the
Creighton Habibi, Mona Aman. What is the result of that if this
happens? I will live
in the remembrance of the beloved Munna Amen. In a state of bliss.
Just pleasure upon pleasure, will be the Vickery mon bossy. 10.
Jimmy has a mandate through his remembrance, I will be in a state
of bust, expansion, happiness, joy at all times will fulfill Akbar.
And then in the next world, I will attain great success Bureau at
watchI. And gazing upon his face his countenance, while the law who
any and his contentment of me the agenda makhani, in the very
greatest and best of all places, so you see the connections. So the
NG had pointed to that line that we recited, that tell us what will
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say to her deja vu, or said Android spoke about, and that last
line arena was her Rhossili that caused us to see the face of the
messenger. Well, what well idea well Batali, and His blessing wife
and his daughter, but we have a double and we asked her that if
we're not from Advait, we asked for that with a dub. Well, Ben is
for holy, and that her best blessing children that are these
great blessing children of them rugby Ajibade Ebola, we ask you to
quickly answer that prayer. They all ask for the same things
because they know that when you're close to the Prophet slicin him
and the his blessed family and the close companions to the prophesy
centum is that it will be a means for you to experience all of the
different types of bliss in paradise. We have lots of
political data that bless us to understand these meanings have our
hearts to be attached to them and to be means for them to come to
life and our own hearts and the hearts of our family and the
hearts of those that are in this community and throughout the
places like the United States of America and the Western world and
whatever Muslims may be on the face of this earth whistle a lot
is getting hammered and what I do is have your sentiment handed out