Islam and Sufism 2
İmam İskender Ali MİHR
THE REUNIFICATION OF THE RELIGIONS
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I take refuge in Allah from Satan the Rejected. In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate I. CHAPTER THE REUNIFICATION OF THE RELIGIONS |
1-1-1- THE DECREES OF ALLAH ARE THE SAME IN ALL THE HEAVENLY SCRİPTURES
The decrees of Allah are the same in all the heavenly Books.
Allahû Tealâ says: “There is only one religion: To surrender to Allah. You are charged with surrendering your spirit, your physical body, your soul, your free will to Me, to Allah. There has not been any other religion than this.”
To be the owner of “Takva”, to be a believer (mu’min), to be a servant to Allah, to be the owner of wisdom (hikmet): All of these are not the events put forward only by our Master the Prophet (PBUH). All the prophets had said the same things to their nations, to the whole world, to all the universe.
As to our time, it is the age of illuminating the universe. In this time, explanations have been arriving at all the universe. And Allahû Tealâ announces that there is only one religion in all the universe.
Now, we have been seeing that Allahû Tealâ has constantly given the same things to each prophet, to each personage whom He has commissioned with explaining them, that He has given them the same orders. The same concepts are at issue.
Allahû Tealâ decrees so:
And before this, was the Book of Moses (the Old Testament) as imam (a guide) and a mercy. And this is a Book which confirms (the Books sent before it), which is (has been sent) in the Arabic language, which admonishes the unjust, and which is Glad Tidings to those who are MUHSIN (righteous).
Just as the Noble Qur’ân had been sent down as a Mercy to all the Worlds, Allahû Tealâ says the same thing for the Torah, too. He says that it also had been sent down as a guide (imam, leader…) as a Book making men reach hidâyet (guidance).
From two aspects, we see the relation between the Noble Qur’ân and the Torah. Both are a guide and a mercy. It makes men addressees to the Divine Mercy.
And both the All-Wise Qur’ân and the Torah are the Books confirming the Books prior to them.
The Torah had been sent down by Allahû Tealâ as a Book confirming the Books sent down to all the prophets before Hz. Mûsâ (Moses).
The Book of Psalms had been sent down as a Book confirming the Torah and other Books.
The Gospel had been sent down as a Book confirming the Torah and the Book of Psalms and other Books.
The Noble Qur’ân had been sent down as a Book confirming the Torah, the Psalms, the Gospel and other Books.
We see that all the Books have been confirming one another. All of them contain the same things. They have not any contents different from each other. Each one confirms those that have preceeded it, confirms the prophethood of the prophets who have come before them, confirms the messengerhood of the messengers who have come before them. We see thus that that which had been sent down are the same.
Allahû Tealâ calls men to the Guidance (Hidâyet).
He invites men to be servants to Allah.
He wills men to be saved from Misguidance (Dalâlet).
He wills them to be the owners of “Takva”.
He wills them only to reach the Happiness of this world and of the Next World.
Allahû Tealâ decrees so in the 48th verse of Âl-‘Imrân Sura:
And He (Allah) will teach him [‘Îsâ (Jesus)] the Book and the Wisdom (and) the Torah and the Gospel.
Pay heed to what Allahû Tealâ has said to our Master the prophet (PBUH): He has sent down the Book. There is Wisdom in this Book. Consequently He has sent down the Wisdom, too. He has not sent down only the content of the Book and the Wisdom, He also has taught him the Torah and the Gospel, because those in the Torah, the Gospel and the Noble Qur’ân are the same with each other.
All of them are the same teachings that that Single God has granted to all His prophets in all Ages. There is no difference in the teachings of the Books. But Iblîs (The Devil) has managed to deviate men from the Way of Allah and caused them to forget all the Holy Books. The entirety of the Books? No, He has caused them to forget all the particularities that will make men reach the worldly happiness and the Bliss of Paradise. Because of this, both the Jews and the Christians, most of the people in the Islâmic World (more than 90%) have forgotten the fundamentals of the Book.
Then, Allahû Tealâ has taught our Master the Prophet the Book, the Wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel, too. Just as He had taught Hz. ‘Îsâ (Jesus) the Book, the Wisdom, the Torah and the Book of Psalms. Just as He had taught Hz. Dâvûd (David) the Book He had given him, the Wisdom, the Torah He had sent down before him and all the books sent down before him.
The same things have occurred in all the periods of time. Allahû Tealâ confirms the previous Books with His new Book.
That means this: After each prophet has exposed his explanations, he has made men reach hidâyet (guidance), ages continue to pass. With the passage of ages, Iblîs (The Devil, Satan) manages to deform, to cause to forget, to annihilate gradually all the truths that Allah had sent down to all the prophets by means of the wrong teachings he has inculcated upon men, and those wrong teachings taught by these men to others… Pay heed! Iblîs annihilates especially the main factors that will make men reach the worldly happiness and the Beatitude of Paradise. All he desires is to drag men into Hell along with himself and to prevent them from living the happiness of this world.
Now, in the days to come, all the human beings will learn that the Noble Qur’ân, the Gospel, the Book of Psalms, the Torah, all that which had been sent down to the prophets are exactly the same with each other. They contain the same Law (şeri’at). These verses have been sent down by Allahû Tealâ in order to explain the same matters again and again.
Allahû Tealâ decrees so in the 65th verse of Âl-‘Imrân Sura:
O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Why do you dispute about İbrâhîm (Abraham), while the Torah and the Gospel were not sent down (revealed) till after him? Have you then no sense (do you not use your intellect)?
Men say: “Hz. İbrâhîm was a Jew, Hz. İbrâhîm was a Christian.” That is, they say that Hz. İbrâhîm was related to one of those two religions. The Jews claim that he was a Jew, the Christians assert that he was a Christian.
But there is not any other religion! All are the same religion. The only religion. Of a certainty, Hz. İbrâhîm, Hz. Mûsâ, Hz. Dâvûd, Hz. ‘Îsâ and our Master the Prophet (PBUH) possessed the same things. They lived the same religion. A single religion had been lived during the ages of all the prophets. All of them and those who had depended on them had surrendered their spirits, physical bodies, souls and free wills to Allah. They had been the owners of wisdom. They had been the owners of “takva”. They had been servants to Allah. They had reached hidâyet (guidance). All of them had fulfilled the same things. They had received the same Book from Allah, the same order of Law.
Allahû Tealâ says that Hz. İbrâhîm was a “Hanîf”: He believed in One Allah. They had formed a single community, he and his dependants. That is, Hz. İbrâhîm and his dependants were on a unity (tevhid).
The religion of Hanîf bears two characteristics:
1) To believe in One Allah (Monotheism).
The unification of men, that of the believers in the Way of Allah, their forming a single unity, embracing very tight one another.
2) To surrender to Allah.
Therefore, all the religions are “hanîf”. A single religion comprising the surrender of the spirit, the physical body, the soul and the free will to Allah and making men into a single group in the Way of Allah.
Then, it is wrong that men say: Hz. İbrâhîm was from us. Men have been divided into separate groups, they have made differences between them, they have even seen themselves as enemies to each other.
To consider those who belong to an other religion as enemies has become a habit still in a great many of religions. But Allahû Tealâ declares throughout the Noble Qur’ân: “There is no difference between them.” With the passage of time, men have formed the separate religions by themselves and begun to consider themselves as enemies to each other.
If the Torah, the Book of Psalms and the Gospel had been sent down after the time of Hz. İbrâhîm (Abraham), as Hz. İbrâhîm had lived before them, is it at all possible that he may be a Jew or a Christian? He had already possessed the same fundamentals on which they depended during the ages of their own prophets.
In that case, is it at all possible that Hz. İbrâhîm would have belonged to any of those religions than men named “Judaism” “Christianity” a very long time after him? We have to accept that it is those who had depended on him. Hz. İbrâhîm was the owner of the religion of Hanîf, that is to say, of the religion of believing in One Allah and surrendering to Him.
This 65th verse of Âl-‘Imrân Sura is a verse extremely noteworthy. No one can claim that Hz. İbrâhîm who was the owner of the religion of Hanîf was a Jew or a Christian. This claim is not valid considering the contents the Christians have been intending by the “Christianity” and the Jews by the Judaism. Everything has changed with the passage of time. And men have forgotten the fundamentals. Unfortunately, the same “corrosion” has arisen in Islâm, too. And the degeneration has pulled more than 90% of men out of Allah’s mercy.
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İbrâhîm (Abraham) was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was a Muslim Hanîfâ (Islâmic Monotheism) and he was not of the polytheists (idolaters and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah…).
The basis of being a Hanîf is to surrender to Allah. The only religion in the universe is the religion of Hanîf. This religion commands men to surrender their spirits, physical bodies, souls and free wills to Allah.
Our Master the Prophet (PBUH) and his Companions (sahâbe) had fulfilled it.
Hz. ‘Îsâ (Jesus) and his apostles had performed it.
Hz. Dâvût and his dependants had done it.
Hz. Mûsâ and his dependants had done it.
Hz. İbrâhîm and his dependants had done it.
All the prophets and those who had depended on them were “hanîfs”, that is to say, had surrendered to Allah.
Thus, we see that all the prophets had carried out the same things.
Allahû Tealâ decrees in the 68th verse of Âl-‘Imrân Sura as follows:
Verily, among mankind who have the best claim to İbrâhîm (Abraham) are those who depended on him, and this Prophet (Muhammad PBUH) and those who have become âmenû (who have wished to reach Allah before death and to surrender to Him). And Allah is the Velî (Protector and Helper, Friend) of the believers.
Allahû Tealâ says: “those who have the best claim to İbrâhîm.” As he was the former prophet, Hz. Mûsâ and all those who are the owners of the Books up to this day had come after him, it becomes evident why Allahû Tealâ has said about Hz. İbrâhîm “your forefather İbrâhîm” and qualified him as the ancestor of men in the Noble Qur’ân. He was the owner of the religion of Hanîf, that is to say, he was the one who believed in One Allah, constituted a single community composed of those who were in the Way of Allah and had surrendered to Allah (those who had surrendered their spirits, physical bodies, souls and free wills to Allah).
Our Master the Prophet (PBUH) acts according to the Book, the Noble Qur’ân. And the Noble Qur’ân states that both the Judaism and the Christianity have gradually altered in the course of time and the Owners of the Scripture have not fulfilled the duties incumbent on them, they have been the owners of a different religion and have separated gradually from one another.
A statute of BEING ÂMENÛ composed of seven levels…
1. You become âmenû when you wish to reach Allah.
2. You become âmenû when you depend on your murshid.
3. You are âmenû when you make your spirit reach Allah.
4. You are âmenû when you surrender your physical body to Allah.
5. You are âmenû when you surrender your soul to Allah.
6. You are âmenû when you reach “irshad”.
7. You are âmenû when you are the owner of the “truly takva”, you reach “Hakku’l yakîn” (Absolute Certainty, Closeness to Allah in truth).
In which case, “being âmenû” always existed in the Era of Hz. İbrâhîm, in the Age of Hz. Mûsâ, of Hz. Dâvûd, in the Age of Hz. ‘Îsâ, during the Ages of Hz. Lût, of Hz. Nûh, …in the ages of all the prophets, too. Now, Allahû Tealâ says that those who have been âmenû have the best claim to İbrâhîm, who is considered as the forefather of all the prophets coming after him.
When we consider the standards of being âmenû, we see that they are reduced to a whole. It is a way that men have taken until its end.
In this verse of the Noble Qur’ân, it is decreed: “Allah is the Friend of the believers.” If so, those who had depended on Hz. İbrâhîm were believers. At the moment they had depended on him, they had got rid of Misguidance. The word of the Disbelief (Küfür) had been taken out, the word of the Faith (Îmân) had been written in their souls’ hearts. All of them had attained to the honor of being believers. At the second level of being âmenû, all men had been believers. The same things were in question in the Era of Hz. İbrâhîm, too. Those who were the closest to him, those who had depended on him in that time were those who had lived the seven levels of “takva” in that Era. And in all the ages, in the Age of our Master the Prophet, all those who were âmenû were the closest ones to Hz. İbrâhîm.
Allahû Tealâ decrees in the 95th verse of Âl-‘Imrân Sura as follows:
Say: “(Allah) spoke the Truth. Then follow (depend on) the religion of Abraham as HANIF. And (also) he was not of the Pagans”.
Our Master the Prophet (PBUH) had said to all his sahâbe: Allah says only the truth. That truth is to surrender your spirits, your physical bodies, your souls and your free wills (to Allah).
He was neither a Jew nor a Christian but had surrendered to Allah as a Hanîf (the one who believes in the Oneness of Allah and that reaching Allah before dying and surrendering to Him is obligatory). He was not of the polytheists (idolaters).
So, when Allah says: “Depend on the religion of İbrâhîm as hanîfs”, He means to say: “Surrender to Allah”. Surrender your spirits, your physical bodies, your souls and your free wills to Allah. That is to say, He sees no difference between depending on the religion of Islâm of our Master the Prophet, depending on the Noble Qur’ân that Allah had sent down to our Master the Prophet (PBUH) and depending on the religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm and Allahû Tealâ says also that both Hz. Mûsâ and Hz. Dâvûd, Hz. ‘Îsâ were hanîfs. He says that our Master the Prophet (PBUH) also was a hanîf: those who believe in one Allah and surrender to Him. And Allahû Tealâ gives this order to all sahâbe: Depend on the religion of İbrâhîm as hanîfs.
You set yourself as HANIF to the religion, with the HANIF Nature of Allah, as Allah has created mankind with HANIF nature. This is the religion, which will be forever, but most people do not know.
And just think now: if the Noble Qur’ân says that the religion of Hz. İbrâhîm is the same religion like that of Islâm, if the Torah sent down to Hz. Mûsâ confirms the Book sent down to Hz. İbrâhîm, all the books sent down to all the prophets before him, if the Book of Psalms confirms the Book of Hz. İbrâhîm and the Torah sent down to Hz. Mûsâ, if the Gospel confirms the Torah, the Books sent down before it, the Book of Psalms and if the Noble Qur’ân confirms the Books sent down before Hz. Mûsâ, especially the Book of Hz. İbrâhîm, his religion, the Torah, the Psalms, the Gospel, and if there is the command: “depend on the religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm” in the Noble Qur’ân, then, are the books sent down to all the prophets not the same?
In that case, why is there this quarrel, this conflict between men? Why are men the victims of this commotion?
All the religions have to come together absolutely following the decree of Allah in this Age [the Age of Guidance (Hidâyet)]. All men should learn that they are the faithful of the same religion.
Now, our Age is the Age of Guidance. In the Age of Hidâyet (Guidance), all men will be invited to the Guidance. Those who make (men) reach Hidâyet (Guidance) and those who reach it will put their mark on this Age. This Age is that of Guidance!
Verily the first House (of worship) appointed for men was that in Mecca: full of blessing and of HIDAYET (the true guidance leading to Allah) for all kinds of beings: In it are Signs Manifest, the Station of Abraham. Whoever enters it attains security (from any kind of attack). For those who can afford a journey to there, pilgrimage is a duty men owe to Allah (fard). Whoever denies this (fard), verily Allah stands not in need of any of His creatures but everybody and everything of Him.
Allahû Tealâ expresses in an extremely clear fashion that the religion of Hz. İbrâhîm, the religion of surrendering to Allah, the religion of Hanîf, the religion of being Islâm (muslim), this religion that has taken all other names is the religion of all the Worlds. Beyti’l Harâm [the Inviolable House (of worship) in Mekke (Mecca)] had been built by Hz. İbrâhîm and his son Hz. İsmâil. This House (of worship) has been the center of all the Worlds, the center of worship in all the ages…
Allahû Tealâ decrees: “Beyti’l Harâm is a Guidance for all the Worlds. Allahû Tealâ says in the 97th verse of Âl-‘Imrân Sura: “There is the Place of Hz. İbrâhîm in it. And Hacc (Pilgrimage to Mekke) to the House (Ka’be) is a duty that mankind owes to Allah. Whosoever enters it, he attains security. It is a place of security.”
Allahû Tealâ decrees in the 159th verse of Âl-‘Imrân Sura as follows:
It is part of the Mercy of Allah that you dealt gently (and with tolerance) with them. If you were severe or harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about you. So, forgive them and ask for ((Allah)'s) forgiveness for them. And consult them in affairs. Then, when you have made a decision, put your trust in Allah. For Allah loves those who put their trust (in Him).
We are looking at the 26th verse of Al-Hadîd Sura. Allahû Tealâ says that the prophethood has been granted to the descendants of Hz. Nûh (Noah) and Hz. İbrâhîm (Abraham).
Allahû Tealâ makes known in the 27th verse of Al-Hadîd Sura that just as our Master the Prophet (PBUH) had dealt with his sahâbe gently, Hz. ‘Îsâ (Jesus) also had dealt with his apostles in the same standards.
We followed them up with (others of) Our messengers in succession. We sent after them Jesus, the son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel. And We ordained in the hearts of those who depended on (followed) him Compassion and Mercy. But the monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them; but they sought for the Good Pleasure of Allah, but that they did not obey even as they should have done. So We bestowed on those among them who were AMENU (who wish to reach Allah in this life), their (due) reward, but many of them were rebellious.
The fact that Allah ordained in the hearts of those who followed Hz. ‘Îsâ compassion and mercy contains exactly our Master the Prophet’s relation with compassion and mercy, too. He had bestowed upon Hz. ‘Îsâ the Mercy that He has bestowed also upon our Master the Prophet. He has granted to Hz. ‘Îsâ the same gentle dealing of our Master the Prophet with others. The same things were realized by all the prophets.
Allahû Tealâ has bestowed gentleness, compassionateness and mercifulness on our Master the Prophet. He has accorded the same things to Hz. ‘Îsâ, too. He has accorded all these things to all the prophets.
Lest you (pagan Arabs) should say: “The Book was sent down only to two sects before us (the Jews and the Christians), and for our part, we were in fact unaware of what they studied. Or lest you (pagan Arabs) should say: “If only the Book had been sent down to us, we would surely have been better guided than they (Jews and Christians). So now has come unto you a clear proof (the Qur’ân) from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy. Who then does more wrong than one who rejects the Verses (Signs) of Allah and turns away therefrom? We shall requite those who turn away from our Verses (Signs) with an evil torment, because of their turning away (from them).
Here, Allahû Tealâ has a warning to the Arab World, too. Allahû Tealâ decrees: Lest you should say: we were in fact unaware of what they studied because it was made to send down in other languages or lest you should say: if only the Book had been sent down to us, we would surely have been better guided than they. So now has come unto you a clear proof, the Qur’ân in Arabic language from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy.
When we consider the content, we see that all the prophets had taken and conveyed the same things in essence and that those who had depended on them had absolutely reached Felâh (the Salvation, the glad tidings of Paradise). No matter on which prophets men had depended, they had fulfilled the same commands that Allah had given to all the prophets.
Throughout the verses mentioned till now, Allahû Tealâ has spoken of being the owner of “Takva”, being a servant to Allah, of surrendering to Allah, of the manners of behavior of the prophets.
We see that the manners of behavior of all the prophets are the same.
There is a message that Allah wills to give by means of all the Holy Books:
Each Holy Book had been sent down in order to confirm all of the Books sent down before it.
Allahû Tealâ speaks of that which He had given to all the prophets in the 81th verse of Âl-‘Imrân Sura. He had given the same things to all the prophets. He had bestowed mildness, gentleness, mercifulness upon them. He had made them a guide and charged them with the duty of showing His Way to all the universe.
You see that all the prophets and those who had depended on them were fulfilling that which you have been carrying out in your relations with Allah today. In those ages also, the greatest part of mankind had not attached any importance to them, were not on their sides. And a great majority had done wrong things in a hostile manner.
All the beauties of Allah are for you in your relations with Allah. All the religions are the same with each other. There is no difference in respect of the main factors. All the Books had been sent down as a confirmer of the Books sent down before them.
Allahû Tealâ says to those who lived in all ages: “There were always messengers prior to your age, too. And those messengers who have existed in all ages have conveyed all the beauties to humankind.”
There is only one religion: the religion of Hanîf. There has been only one religion that leads men to believe in one Allah, to surrender to Allah, THAT MAKES THE SURRENDER of the spirit, the physical body, the soul and the free will to Allah obligatory throughout the human history. Only one religion!…
Requesting beseechingly from our Exalted Lord that you may reach both the worldly happiness and the Bliss of Paradise as the faithful (adherents) of the religion of HANÎF (ISLÂM) of Allah, we wish to complete our conversation here, inshaallah.
May Allah be pleased with all of you.
Allah is the Key to Happiness.
Allah is the Owner of Happiness.
Allah is the very Source of Happiness.
And Allah wants all of us to be happy, only this. He has created us for this purpose.
Although our topic is the Reunification of the Religions, in essence, this is not a reality. There is not a thing like “the religions” in the Noble Qur’ân. THERE IS ONLY ONE SINGLE RELIGION! The everlasting religion of the universe. The unique religion of Allah enjoining us to surrender to Allah and thus to be the owners of the absolute happiness in this world and in Paradise. The religion of Hz. İbrâhîm (Abraham), the religion of Hz. Îsâ (Jesus), the religion of Hz. Dâvud (David). The religion of our Master the Prophet (PBUH)… The unique religion of all the prophets, all the messengers:
The religion consists of this.
Allahû Tealâ, a Unique Allah.
The religion of “Hanîf” of Hz. İbrâhîm adopting as its foundation the unity of those who believe in One Single Allah, aiming at their constituting a single community, the unique religion of the universe. The religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm. This same religion had been lived by all the prophets and their dependants.
There are the messengers of Allah in all nations today, too. All of these messengers have been living the same beauty together with a small minority who depend on them all over the world and in the universe. But a very great part of the human beings have forgotten this unique religion of Allah throughout centuries. With the passing of centuries, everything has corrupted and men have deviated from the main goals in the Way of Allahû Tealâ.
Allahû Tealâ has sent down the same decrees. The decrees of Allah are the same in the Torah, in the Book of Psalms, the Gospel and the Noble Qur’ân. The decrees of Allah are the same in all the heavenly books.
The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books (completed), even as We produced the first creation, We will reproduce it (as the former situation). This is a promise We have undertaken. Truly, We are the one to fulfill (it).
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Verily, We wrote in the Psalms, after the Old Testament (given to Moses) that My servants who are SALIH (righteous) will inherit the earth.
In the statement: “As We began the first creation, We shall repeat (return, restore, restitute) it,” a matter has been expressed: Allahû Tealâ has uttered the same thing in the Book of Psalms after the Torah. As long as the universe continues to exist, the earth also will last and Allah will grant the earth as an inheritance to His improved servants.
Verily in this (Qur'an) is a Message, an Advice for people who would (truly) worship Allah.
For people constituted of the servants of Allah, there are advices regarding the surrenders to Allah in the Noble Qur’ân.
We sent you as a Mercy for all creatures, not for another thing.
He was not the Prophet of this minute earth only, He was created as a mercy for the Worlds.
He was sent as a mercy for the Worlds.
He was a Sender of mercy to all the Worlds.
(We dedicate this to those who consider our Master the Prophet as a Messenger, a Prophet sent only to this world).
The personage who performs the Imamat of the Era constitutes the spirit over the head of everyone who steps on the Way of Allah in all the worlds. That Spirit expresses that he is a mercy for all the worlds.
As for the Imam of our Age, he has sent as a Guidance (Hidâyet) to the worlds. For this reason, his title is the saint Guide (hidâyetchi), the one who makes (men) reach hidâyet (Guidance).
Our Age is the Age of Guidance.
Say: “What has come to me by revelation is that your Allah is the only god. Will you therefore become MUSLIM (submit yourselves to Allah)?”
Selâm (Peace), teslim (Surrendering) müslim [the one who has surrendered (to Allah)], müslüman (mussulman)… all stem from the root SİLM (Surrender, Peace):
From Hz. Âdem (Adam) who was the first man and the first prophet up to our Master the Prophet (PBUH) who was the Last Prophet, Allah has constantly given the Books of Canon Law (şeri’ât). The last Book of Canon Law is the Noble Qur’ân sent down to the Last Prophet. From Hz. Âdem up to this day, the Religion of Allah has never changed in the sight of Allah. This religion is the religion of “Hanîf” of Hz. İbrâhîm. This religion is the religion of Hz. Nuh, Hz. Lut, Hz. Sâlih, Hz. Hûd, Hz. Dâvûd, Hz. Îsâ and Hz. Muhammed (PBUH), our Master the Prophet. The unique religion, the same religion… A unique religion is present from the creation of the universe until the Day when the heavens and the mountains will be rolled up. Allahû Tealâ has said the same thing in all the Holy Books.
Allahû Tealâ gives Sahâbe as an example:
Muhammad (PBUH) is the messenger of Allah. Those who are with him are strong against the ones who are in blasphemy, (but) compassionate amongst each other. You will see them bowing and prostrating themselves (in prayer), seeking grace from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure. On their faces are their marks, traces of their prostration. This is their characteristic in the Torah; and their characteristic in the Gospel is like a seed which sends forth its shoot, becomes thicker as they become strong, and stands straight on its own stem, delighting the sowers. As a result, it fills the ones who are in blasphemy with rage at them. Allah has promised those among them who become AMENU (who wish to reach Allah in this life) and do improving (righteous) deeds, forgiveness and a great Reward.
Allahû Tealâ mentions sahâbe (the Companions of the Prophet) in the Torah and the Gospel that are His Books. He speaks of Hz. Mûsâ and his dependants; of Hz. Dâvud and his dependants; of Hz. Îsâ and his dependants; of our Master the Prophet and his sahâbe (Companions). And if Allahû Tealâ speaks of each messenger, each prophet as “His messenger and prophet”, He has revealed the same things to each of those 20 messengers and prophets odd He has mentioned in the Noble Qur’ân.
He has given a Book to each prophet. Therefore, there is a continuity. Each messenger, each prophet fulfils his mission incumbent on him and then dies. In the succeeding period of time, in that nation (community, tribe…) a messenger is absolutely commissioned. But he is not a prophet (nebî) now.
The messengers have existed continuously after our Master the Prophet in all nations (communities). What a pity that that which is said by those messengers has been rejected due to the books distorted by men.
The messengers of Allah have been living in all nations at the moment. The reunification of the religions will be realized with them.
Whatever Allahû Tealâ had sent down to Hz. İbrâhîm, Hz. Mûsâ, Hz. Îsâ, Hz. Dâvûd, Hz. Hûd, his brother Hz. Sâlih, Hz. Nuh, He has sent down the same things to our Master the Prophet, too.
YOUR GOD IS ONLY ONE GOD. BE SERVANTS TO ALLAH!
And I (Allah) created not the jinn and mankind except that they should become servants to ME (Alone).
But how do they come to you for decision while they have the Torah in which is the (plain) Decision of Allah; yet even after that, they turn away. For they are not (really) believers.
If they had depended on the standards of surrendering to Allah that are to be found at the basis of the Torah, they would absolutely have become believers. Firstly, they would have wished to reach Allah and then they would have reached their murshids. In the Era of our Master the Prophet also, there were murshids among the Jews and the Christians. And they had been present in each period of time. There were always murshids from the time of Hz. Mûsâ to that of our Master the Prophet and everyone had completed one’s lifetime by being dependent on one’s murshid. This has continued until the Era of our Master the Prophet. But the number of them was naturally very limited among the Jews and the Christians. Their number is also very limited inside the Islamic world, too.
Allahû Tealâ says that those who had applied the decrees in the Torah were the believers among the Jews, and that those about whom He tells: “they are not believers” were those who had not applied His decrees.
If the human beings wish to reach Allah just like it is ordered in the Noble Qur’ân, Allah will absolutely show them their murshids. If they depend on them, they will assuredly become believers by taking 12 blessings from Allahû Tealâ. Just like this, the same thing is valid for the Jews and the Christians, too. There are absolutely the messengers of Allah who are alive among each of them. All the Books are a Light. The Noble Qur’ân is a Light, a Guidance.
Verily, We did send down the Torah (to Mûsâ), therein was guidance and light, by which the Prophets who surrendered themselves to Allah judged for the Jews. And the rabbis (those who have devoted themselves to their Lord) and the priests, (the ascetics, scholars) judged by what they were charged with protecting that which was from Allah’s Book and they were witnesses thereto. Therefore fear not men but fear ME (O Jews) and sell not My Verses for a miserable price. And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has sent down (revealed), such are the disbelievers.
Allahû Tealâ says the same thing for the original of the Torah. And it has been announced here that the basic characteristic of all the prophets is to surrender to Allah.
You will find in the Noble Qur’ân sent down to our Master the Prophet (PBUH) this decree: “Truly, the religion with Allah is Islâm.” 3/Âl-‘Imrân-19. Because Islâm means to surrender to Allah.
Those who had judged had judged by what they were charged with the duty of protecting.
With the passage of time, this matter was distorted, corrupted. Men have begun not to give heed to a point at which they were charged with protecting. In all the periods of time, both the prophets and the messengers and the murshids are charged with the duty of preserving the basic decrees of Allah.
There is a very plain decree in the 44th verse of Mâide Sura. Allah has given there the conditions of becoming a believer:
To wish to reach Allah.
To reach and depend on the murshid thanks to 12 favors obtained from Allah.
The writing of the Faith (Belief, Îmân) into the (soul’s) heart. To be the owner of the Faith borne in the (soul’s) heart (to be a believer).
We are believers now whereas we were named previously the owners of Disbelief (Küfür), disbelievers, as the disbelief was written in our (souls’) hearts.
These men are the ones who know the decrees of Allah and preserve them.
The decree of Allah: to wish to reach Allah. And this is the fundamental decree of the Salvation.
To wish to reach Allah makes a man reach his murshid absolutely. You perform this willingly. Allahû Tealâ grants you this basis:
To make the spirit reach Allah and thus to surrender to Allah spiritually.
To surrender the physical body to Allah.
To surrender the soul to Allah.
To surrender the free will to Allah.
The salvation of the one who does not wish to reach Allah is not possible…
There is the Law of Equality in punishment (Kisas) in all the Holy Books.
We (in the Torah) commanded them: "Life for life, eye for eye, nose for nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth, and wounds equal for equal." But if anyone gives up his right to the retaliation by way of charity, it will be an atonement for himself (for his sins). And those who fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah has revealed are unjust (wrong-doers, cruel).
There is the Law of Equality in punishment (Kisas) in the Torah just like in the Noble Qur’ân. Whatever there is in the All-Wise Qur’ân, there is also in the Torah and the Gospel.
It has become definite that the Guidance (Hidâyet = reaching Allah spiritually before death) existing in the Qur’ân exists also in the Torah. Hidâyet (Guidance) is the surrender of the spirit, the physical body and the soul to Allah.
And there are the Lights. All the Holy Books take as a basis the formation of the guidance through three lights named mercy (rahmet), virtue (fazl) and blessings (salavât, benedictions) that Allah sends.
And in their footsteps, We sent Îsâ, son of Maryam, confirming the Torah that had come before him, and We gave him the Gospel, in which was guidance and light and confirmation of the Torah that had come before it, a guidance and an admonition for the owners of “Takva” (the Pious).
Hz. Îsâ has come as a confirmer of the Torah.
Our Master the Prophet has come as a confirmer of the Gospel and all the Holy Books prior to it.
Hz. Îsâ has come as a confirmer of the Book of Psalms, the Torah and all the Holy Scriptures prior to them.
The Gospel that confirms the Torah had been sent down to Hz. Îsâ. It also says the same things. There is guidance and light therein.
There is guidance in the Noble Qur’ân. There is guidance also in the Gospel and the Torah.
There is light in the Noble Qur’ân. There is light also in the Gospel and the Torah.
The Glorious Qur’ân confirms the Gospel, the Psalms and the Torah and those that have preceeded them.
The Gospel confirms the Psalms, the Torah sent down before it and all the Holy Book that had come before it.
The Book of Psalms confirms the Torah and all the Books that had preceeded itself.
The Torah conforms all the Books that had preceeded itself. Furthermore, not only the events occurred before them but also the events that will happen in the future take place therein. Allahû Tealâ mentions our Master the Prophet (PBUH) both in the Torah and the Gospel. Allahû Tealâ has established a firm causal chain between the Holy Books. He has said the same things therein. All the holy books are each a guide.
The practice of “Takva” exists both in the Torah, the Gospel and the All-Wise Qur’ân. Just 7 “takvas”.
The practice of “Fısk” exists both in the Torah, the Gospel and the Qur’ân. Allahû Tealâ decrees so:
Let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah has sent down (revealed) therein. And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has sent down (then) such (people) are the Rebellious (those who have gone out of the Way of Allah after having entered it).
5/Al-Mâ'idah - 48:
And We have sent down to you the Book (this Qur’ân) in truth, confirming the Scripture that came before it and “Muheymin” (trustworthy in highness and a witness) over it (Old Scriptures). So judge among them by what Allah has sent down (revealed), and follow not their vain desires, diverging away from the truth that has come to you. To each among you, We have prescribed a Law and a clear way. If Allah had willed, He would have made you one nation, but that (he) may test you in what He has given you; so compete in good deeds. the return of you (all) is to Allah; then He will inform you about that in which you used to differ.
If Allah had willed, He would have made possible for you to carry out (apply) the unique Law (şeriât) He has given you. Allahû Tealâ commands our Master the Prophet:
Saying, “Establish religion and make no divisions in it”, He (Allah) has ordained the same religion for you as that which We ordained for Noah - that which We have revealed to you - and that which We ordained for Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. The thing (invitation to Allah and to have faith in Allah) to which you invited was hard for those MUSHRIK (who attribute a partner to Allah). Allah chooses to Himself those whom He pleases, and guides (takes) unto Himself those who turn to Him.
Allahû Tealâ says that their Canon Law (şeri’at) is present exactly in the All-Wise Qur’ân. Here also, He says: We have made a unique Law for all nations.
Here is a judgement: Allahû Tealâ makes known that He has sent down this Book (this Qur’ân) in truth for the confirmation and protection of those Books.
In the 48th verse of Mâide Sura, this act of protection is present. The Glorious Qur’ân bears a decree protecting all that should be protected in the Torah, the Gospel and the Holy Books sent down to the prophets before them. He has sent down this Book (the Qur’ân) in order that It should confirm and preserve them. And He has sent down all the Holy Books - the Qur’ân, The Torah, the Gospel… - in truth. There is “Takva*” in the Noble Qur’ân. There is “Takva” in the Torah, in the Gospel, too.
(*Takva stems from the root “vikâye” that means: to abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden and to perform all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained.)
There is “Hidâyet” (Guidance) in the All-Wise Qur’ân. There is Hidâyet in the Torah, in the Gospel, too.
(Hidâyet: reaching Allah before death.)
There is Light in the Noble Qur’ân. There is Light in the Torah, in the Gospel, too. There is the surrender of the human spirit, physical body, soul and free will to Allah and the decrees that should be preserved in all of these Books.
Thus, it has been seen that centuries have passed since then, and Iblîs (the Devil, Satan) has managed to alter, distort everything.
In such a design, it has become definite that the decrees, the properties and the aims of the Books of Allahû Tealâ -the Noble Qur’ân, the Torah, the Gospel…- placed at our disposal are the same.
We see that a multitude of religions that have not any heavenly books but might have them many centuries ago and afterwards had disappeared have been finding nowadays a field of practice in the world besides the Jews, the Christians and the faithful of the religion of Islâm who have their heavenly books.
A great many religions… that split still human beings into groups, into various sects and signs indicating that the constant effort of Satan have resulted successfully on this matter…
Satan desires men to be split into separate camps. His aim is to ensure that the group in each camp may be an enemy to all the other groups apart from itself. And throughout the human history, the matter upon which the Devil (Satan) has dwelt the most, that he has elaborated and in which he has succeeded is the enmity.
These vices are present in all the human beings. The souls of men have been created with 19 vices. Now, some of these constitute the grudge, the enmity, the hatred. Unless men will purify their souls, diminish the vices, place the good qualities (haslets) of the spirit under the name of “virtues” into their souls’ hearts instead of them, and passing beyond them, annihilate all the vices in their souls’ hearts by reaching continuous zikir, the constitution of a milieu of peace and tranquility will busy humankind too much due to the ceaseless effort of Satan.
Allahû Tealâ wills only the peace and the religion of “Hanîf” of Hz. İbrâhîm (Abraham) that is the unique religion in the universe (the Arabic name of this religion is Islâm) and enjoins that all the vices in men’s souls should be annihilated through continuous zikir and that the good qualities (haslets), the virtues should replace them. And the goal that the person wants to reach is to bring to an end the quarrel between his soul and his spirit and to reach the peace and serenity. It is to terminate the quarrel with other men in his outer world and to reach peace and calmness. It is to finish the resistance to the orders and the interdictions of Allah in his relations with Him and to reach a complete peace and tranquility respecting both the commands and the interdictions and to live a state of uninterrupted peace and calmness.
This state is named happiness and Allahû Tealâ wants only one thing from men: their being happy: In this respect, the Noble Qur’ân is
1) an Invitation to Happiness
2) a Prescription of Happiness
3) a Guarantee of Happiness
In that case, there are the souls of the human beings, the vices of their souls, the vain desires of their souls behind their being uneasy and unhappy.
The soul is full of the vices that oppose all the commands of Allah absolutely, that are reluctant to execute His orders and that desire to do whatever He has forbidden. At the beginning, the soul’s heart is full of vices 100%. Whenever you wish to reach Allah, you attain to the post of irshad (murshid) by taking 12 favors from Allah, you repent in front of him, you begin the soul’s purification from that point on. Thanks to the zikir you do, the virtues, out of the mercy, virtue and blessings particles, begin to accumulate around the word of Faith (Îmân) in your soul’s heart (that Allah has written at the moment you depended on your murshid) and stick to it very tight. No power is able to expel them from there. And the soul’s heart begin to be filled gradually with virtues, that is to say, with the beauties that will obey all His commands and not commit any acts forbidden by Him.
Now, this being filled up, with each accumulation of 7% of light, makes the spirit draw near to Allah, the spirit that has set off towards Allah by leaving the physical body at the moment the person depended on his murshid. And in the end, it makes him reach Allah. With each accumulation of 7% of light, the soul surpasses the stages of Emmâre, Levvâme, Mülhîme, Mutmainne, Râdiye, Mardıyye and Tezkiye respectively. While there were no virtues in the soul’s heart at the beginning, there were only the vices of the soul, when that point is reached, 51% of light accumulates. The area of domination of Satan has decreased from 100% to 49%. Do not forget: Satan can only influence the vices of the soul! The method of annihilating those vices is to do Allah’s zikir. Allah has taught this to all the prophets, all the messengers beginning from Hz. Âdem (Adam).
While the soul’s heart is full of the vices, he desires the orders of Allah not to be fulfilled whereas the good qualities of the spirit demand them to be fulfilled in any case (the spirit is full of the good qualities, of the beauties).
Therefore, there are two opposite forces to each other in our inner world. They are in constant quarrel. Wherever there is a quarrel, a conflict, there is an uneasiness, unhappiness there. For this reason, the human beings are unhappy. There is a ceaseless conflict in their inner worlds.
The intellect that has often gained consciousness in an environment outside the orders of Allah often consents to the demands of the soul and carries them out. Beyond the quarrel between the soul and the spirit in your inner world, an attitude in this direction urges man to un an easiness once more, because Allah causes him to taste an immaterial torment immediately after each sin is committed. The spirit also applies a torment to the soul.
In which case, there are absolutely the vices of his soul behind his being unhappy in his inner world. Do not forget that Satan has the possibility to influence them constantly. Whoever wants to get rid of the influence of Satan is obliged to annihilate the vices in his soul (’s heart). Allahû Tealâ has given its formula in His All-Wise Qur’ân.
You are uneasy in your outer world, too. In your discussions and behaviors with other people, you wish to put them in their places, to be superior to them, to be respected. You want to prove them that you are superior to them. You hurt them, treat them brusquely. You cause them to be uneasy but at the same time you too become troubled, because Allahû Tealâ applies a torment to you.
Know that you are at the command of Satan when you break someone’s heart. Satan has overcome you once again in a new event. Thereafter you will experience uneasiness. You will be uneasy once again as that person will take revenge on you. And you cannot stomach revenge to you. You too will attempt to take revenge on him. If you can, you will be troubled once again. If you cannot, there will be an accumulation of stress, you will be again troubled.
You are also uneasy in your outer world. The means to get rid of this is to annihilate the vices of the soul (’s heart). Beginning from the moment you will annihilate them, you cannot behave badly towards others. You will always behave towards them so as to make them happy. You will so experience easiness, happiness after each event. No one will take revenge on you. You are always happy.
It is not possible for your subconscious accumulation to be formed, because there is no more resistance in your inner world. The soul and the spirit are in a complete concord. You have reached peace and tranquility. Neither will you do wrong to others nor will they take revenge on you, nor will there be any subconscious accumulation in your inner world arising from your being unable to take revenge on others while you burn to take revenge on them. None of these is in question.
As for your relations with Allah: whenever the vices in your soul (’s heart) are purified, you will attain to a complete quietness. You will fulfil all the orders of Allah, you will not commit any acts forbidden by Him. Thus, Satan cannot dominate you at any point.
The goal that Allah wants to make all the human beings reach is this. He enjoins this exceptional creature of His named “man” to live an uninterrupted state of peace and quietness, that is, happiness both in his inner world, in his outer world and in his relations with Allah as regards the orders and the interdictions.
The first surrender in Islâm is the surrender of the spirit to Allah. You experience happiness in the half part of the day and in the other second part, you continue still to behave so that you will be unhappy. When you surrender your physical body to Allah, your happiness surpasses 80%. But when you annihilate all the vices in your soul (’s heart), you will succeed in it 100%. From the point on, you will live the happiness 100% in your inner world, in your outer world and your relations with Allah.
This is the goal of happiness of Allah for all the human beings, the unique order He had given from Hz. Âdem (Adam) who was the first man and prophet to the Last Prophet to whom Allah has sent down the Last Book of Canon Law (Şeri’at):
TO SURRENDER YOUR SPIRIT, PHYSICAL BODY, SOUL AND IN THE END YOUR FREE WILL TO ALLAH AND THUS TO LIVE AN UNINTERRUPTED STATE OF HAPPINESS!
The word of Islâm means to surrender. (This is) a way of happiness that passes through surrendering your spirit, physical body and soul and in the end your free will to Allah…
Besides the religion of Hz. Mûsâ, the religion of Hz. Îsâ, the religion of Hz. Muhammed Mustafa (PBUH) there were the religion of Buddha, the religion of Conficius and a great many other religions apart from them. Such conceptions of religions exceeding 50-60, perhaps 100 have split the humankind into so many groups, sects. However, there are not religions, there is only one religion. That religion is that of Hanîf (Hanîf means the ability to believe in One Single Allah, to surrender to Him and thus to experience peace and quietness, in other words “Islâm”) of Hz. İbrâhîm. That religion is that of Hz. Âdem. That religion is the religion of the mankind today, too.
At this moment, each faithful of each religion thinks that his own religion is true and other religions are false, on the wrong way. Furthermore one group (sect) in each religion considers all other religions outside their own religion as an enemy to themselves and are busy with inciting this enemity. Unfortunately, there are such types of men in each religion. Some of them do not remain on this basis of thought, they put it into practice and so attempt terrorist actions, shed the blood of the innocent people. The events occurred in the USA are the most manifest sign of this.
ALLAH DOES NOT ENJOIN THE ENMITY. ALLAH ENJOINS THE FRIENDSHIP.
And the enmity is of the vices of your soul (’s heart). Allahû Tealâ who has ordered you to annihilate all the vices of your soul (’s heart) in a categorical fashion enjoins you also to get rid of the vices of enmity, grudge and hatred in order that you should attain to a state of peace and tranquility.
Now, if some men in all the religions make declarations such as: “Other religions are false, only our religion is true, we are enemies to whomever is in the other religions, you also, be enemies to them.” If they want thus to instigate everybody to be enemy to the adherents of the other religions, this is an act forbidden by Allah definitely.
Allah commands the Friendship, the Love.
Verily, We created man (man’s soul) in a period of time (calendar) in which he will be able to attain to the most beautiful (best) stature.
95/At-Tîn - 5:
Then We reduced him to the Lowest of the Low.
Allah has created the soul in a period of time in such a fashion that he can annihilate all the vices in his soul (’s heart) and become the most beautiful if he begins to do zikir and reaches continuous zikir by possessing the required conditions. But as the majority of men do not perform this, they will go to Hell.
There has been a single religion of Allah in the world from the time of Hz. Âdem up to this day and there shall be so until the Day of Judgement. And that is the religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm, our ancestor.
Allahû Tealâ commands this to our Master the Prophet in the Noble Qur’ân:
You set yourself as HANIF to the religion, with the HANIF Nature of Allah, as Allah has created mankind with HANIF nature. This is the religion, which will be forever, but most people do not know.
30/Ar-Rûm - 31:
Turn back to Him (Allah), and have TAQWA (piety) for Him, and perform regular prayers, and do not be among those who are MUSHRIK (those who attribute a partner to Allah).
Do not be one of those MUSHRIK (those who attribute a partner to Allah) since they split up their religion, and become Sects, and each party rejoices in the knowledge with it.
The religion that Allah had ordered to Hz. Âdem is the religion of Hanîf that means to surrender the spirit, physical body, soul and free will of the human being to Allah.
The religion of Hanîf is the unique religion in the universe that commands men to constitute a unique community (there should not be two opposite communities) in the Way of Allah and that commands the Oneness of Allah.
Allahû Tealâ has created all the human beings with the properties with which they can live the requirements of the religion of “Hanîf”. It is Allahû Tealâ who has brought forth the religion and it is Allahû Tealâ also who has created mankind.
1. factor: To believe in Allah, in One Single Allah, that is to say, to accept only one God as Allah.
2. factor: to constitute only one community in the Way of Allah. To put an end to the quarrel, conflict, war… between various communities, to annihilate these discords.
3. factor: to surrender to Allah. To surrender the spirit, the physical body, the soul and in the end the free will to Allah.
Allahû Tealâ has brought forth a religion, only one religion: the religion of Hz. Âdem. This is also the religion of the last men who will be living when the Day of Judgement comes: The Religion of Hanîf. The order given by Allah to the Prophet of that religion He has named Islâm in Arabic (a word synonymous to Hanîf), to Hz. Muhammed Mustafa (PBUH):
You are related to the religion of Hanîf, fulfil the requirements of this religion of Hanîf. So direct yourself to that religion, the religion of your ancestor İbrâhîm. We have created men with the disposition of Hanîf. And we made the religion also as a religion of Hanîf, that is to say, as a unique religion that will make men reach peace and quietness. You too will live that religion.
PLEASE PAY HEED TO MY WORD: Both the human beings are created with the disposition (nature) of Hanîf, are endowed with the properties with which they will be able to live only the religion of Hanîf, and the religion that Allah has brought forth is the religion of Hanîf…
Thus, Allah who has brought forth has brought forth the religion of Hanîf, Allah who has created the human beings has created all of them with the properties with which they will be able to live the religion of Hanîf.
“Lâ tebdîle lihalkıllâh (lihalkıllâhi).”
There cannot be any change in the creation of Allah.
Allahû Tealâ will create all men with the properties with which they will live this religion of Hanîf until the Doomsday as He had created so the first man.
“Zâlikeddînu’l kayyimu.”
This is the lasting religion.
This is the unique religion, the only religion that will last from the pre-eternity to post-eternity, that had formerly existed and will continue to exist.
“Ve lâkinne ekserennâsi lâ ya’lemûn (ya’lemûne).”
But most of men do not know (this truth).
Today, both the Jews and the Christians think that they are related to separate religions. So does the world of Islâm, too.
Furthermore, the adherents (dependants, faithful) of the religions existing today all over the world have been thinking that they belong to separate religions.
Allahû Tealâ says to our Master the Prophet:
This religion that We have sent down to you under the name of “Islâm” in Arabic is the religion of “Hanîf” of your forefather (ancestor) Ibrâhîm.
We have made a Law (şeri’at, Canon Law) for you that which We had made for Hz. Ibrâhîm, Hz. Nûh, Hz. Mûsâ, Hz. Îsâ. The Law of all of you is a single Law. Why does Allahû Tealâ say “Your father” (-forefather, ancestor-) about Hz. Ibrâhîm? Because it was Allahû Tealâ who had taught him the religion of Hanîf. That which He had taught to Hz. Âdem was the same. But with the passage of many centuries, men have lost again their religion. Allahû Tealâ has marked a new epoch with Hz. İbrâhîm and has been mentioning the religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm.
Allahû Tealâ decrees:
Saying, “Establish religion and make no divisions in it”, He (Allah) has ordained the same religion for you as that which We ordained for Noah - that which We have revealed to you - and that which We ordained for Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. The thing (invitation to Allah and to have faith in Allah) to which you invited was hard for those MUSHRIK (who attribute a partner to Allah). Allah chooses to Himself those whom He pleases, and guides (takes) unto Himself those who turn to Him.
The order that Allahû Tealâ has given is extremely clear:
Make no divisions (no various sects) in the Religion.
The religion of Hz. Mûsâ is the same religion. That of Hz. Îsâ is the same. Your religion also is the same religion and this religion did not begin with Hz. Mûsâ. It began with Hz. Âdem. All the people (tribes, nations) that had lived after Hz. Âdem had died out (vanished) as the Flood of Noah had envolopped the whole world. As only Hz. Nûh and his few dependants had survived, Allahû Tealâ has ordained the same thing for Hz. Nûh, that religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm. Afterwards, that religion continued by preserving the same fundamentals. Thereafter, Hz. Mûsâ lived the same religion, he and his followers. After him, Hz. ‘Îsâ and his dependants lived the same religion. And then, our Master the Prophet and those who depended on him lived the same religion. Allahû Tealâ who has created all the human beings with the disposition of Hanîf and has said to His Prophet:
“Direct yourself to the religion of Hanîf, it is your religion, too. This is the religion that will last until the Day of Judgement” has also created the religion as a religion of Hanîf in order that all men may live in a perfect concord… Here, Allahû Tealâ is giving His Command to all the human beings:
Make no divisions (no various sects) in religion!
There is no other religion named “Islâm” apart from the religion of “Hanîf”. There is only THE RELIGION OF HANÎF of Hz. İbrâhîm.
There is no other religion named Christianity apart from the religion of Hanîf.
The Jews have not a religion named Judaism apart from the religion of Hanîf. Any sect has not a separate religion apart from the religion of Hanîf. There has been only one religion, that is the religion of Hanîf. The Law of Hz. Mûsâ is just like that of Hz. İbrâhîm. As for Hz. Îsâ, he also has lived the Law of Hz. İbrâhîm.
Remember that Allahû Tealâ has given the same commandment to Hz. Mûsâ 3000 odd years ago. Hz. Mûsâ also has lived the religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm. Allahû Tealâ has given the same order to Hz. ‘Îsâ. He has lived the religion of Hanîf. Hz. Mûsâ and his dependants, Hz. ‘Îsâ and his dependants, all of them surrendered their spirits, physical bodies, souls and free wills to Allah and lived the fundamentals of the religion of Hanîf (42/Ash-Shûra - 13).
We made a Law (Canon Law, şeri’at) for Hz. Mûsâ also that which We ordained for Hz. İbrâhîm, he too lived the religion of Hanîf that Hz. İbrâhîm had lived. We made it a Law for Hz. ‘Îsâ, too. He also lived the religion of Hanîf that Hz. İbrâhîm had lived. We have also made it a Law for you. You also have been living the same religion. So set you your face (physical body) towards that religion, says Allahû Tealâ.
And… “beware! Make no divisions (no various sects) in the Religion.”
You are the same, the religion of all of you is one single religion. UNITE!
The time of reuniting has come. We are in that era. Allah has given His definite command in the 13th verse of Şûrâ Sûra: “Make no divisions (no various sects) in religion.” No divisions (no sects)!
All the faithful of any religion should know that there is only one religion, a multitude of religions deemed the religion did not exist, does not exist, will not exist. None of them is different from the others. Strip off Islâm, Christianity and Judaism from their actual “sediments”, take them out of the standards men have ascribed to those “religions”. When you put them in their original place, you will see then that there is only one religion. The religion you have named “Islâm” is not a religion apart from the religion of “Hanîf”.
The religion you have said the religion of the tribe of Juda (Judaism) is not separate in essence from the religion of Hanîf.
There is only one religion: That is the religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm.
We have sent down this Qur’ân in Arabic language.
As the Qur’ân has been sent down in Arabic, Allahû Tealâ has used the word of “Islâm” that is the exact equivalent of “Hanîf”. Otherwise, Islâm is not a “new” religion. Christianity also is not a “new”religion. The religion that Hz. Mûsâ had lived during his lifetime was not a “new” religion.
There has never been a second religion. There is only one religion that had begun with Hz. Âdem and will continue till the Day of Judgement: The religion of Hanîf of Hz. Ibrâhîm. That is to say, with its Arabic name: the religion of Islâm.
The order that Allahû Tealâ has given to our Master the Prophet is categorical: Our Religion is the religion of Hanîf. Set you too your face (physical body) towards that religion. That religion is the lasting religion. You will live only that religion.
Before you, Hz. Mûsâ and his dependants had lived it. Firstly, Hz. İbrâhîm and those who had depended on him had lived it. Hz. Mûsâ and his followers, Hz. ‘Îsâ and his followers, all of them had lived the religion of Hanîf. Allah has never changed His religion in any epoch, He says.
There cannot be any change in the creation of Allah!
Allahû Tealâ has created men with the disposition of Hanîf. He has established in the universe one single religion that men whom He has created with the disposition of Hanîf can live: the religion of Hanîf.
We want you to know that the time of the reunification of the religion has come! And this will be absolutely realized. There are not 2, 3, 4, … 20 religions. There has never been.
Men had definitely lived the religion of Hanîf during the Era of any prophet on whom they had depended. With the passage of time, the Devil (Satan) has dragged men into divisions, into various sects in religion.
All the religions lived in the Ages of Hz. Mûsâ, Hz. ‘Îsâ and Hz. Muhammed Mustafa (PBUH) were exactly the same But nowadays, let alone their splitting up from each other, men become enemies to the faithful of the other religions, murder the sinless, innocent people. In such a design, the order of Allah: “make no divisions (no various sects) and men’s being divided into separate religions are incompatible. Above all, the fact that people belonging to different religions consider others as enemies, kill them without mercy, massacre thousands of innocent people unjustly…: TERRORISM!
Allah has commanded Friendship.
If we who are living our religion, all of us, if we are living the religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm, if this is the religion that we have to live, if we are created with that disposition, that nature, by Allah, if we are endowed with the properties of living that religion, if all men have lived the religion of Hanîf during the Era of each prophet, if there has never been an other religion apart from that single religion, then, o! those who have been reading us, listening to us, just think: shall we not still realize that we have fallen into a great trap of Satan?
Who desires the Enmity? Îblîs (The Devil) desires it, Satan desires it.
Who wishes the Friendship? Allah wishes it. If Allahû Tealâ says: “You have not separate religions. The religion of all of you is the same, the unique religion. Unite then upon it, make no various sects!”, should we not put an end to this enmity, by coming to our senses?
We have to come to our senses, as the faithful of the religion of Hanîf.
Each event of terror, each crime incites to a new crime, because men are addicted to the vice of revenge. There are the vices of revenge, of grudge, of hatred, of enmity… in their souls (’ hearts). They will reciprocate the enmity made to them with the same weapon. Such an event will provoke the retaliation of the opposite side. That means that blood will be shed unjustly on this globe of the earth God knows only during how many years.
All the faithful of the religion have to act in order to save the world from this disaster. We should live once again the religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm lived during the periods of time of all the prophets at the end of the world. Everyone thinks that he belongs to a religion separate from that of others. There is not such a thing. There is only one religion. When we scrutinize the fundamentals of that religion, we see the same thing in all the Holy Books.
Allah wants everybody to surrender to Him but most of men do not know how they will surrender themselves to Him. Now, Allah has granted that knowledge to us.
How will you surrender to Allah?
How will you live the religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm?
The days to come will pass with conveying those fundamentals to the entire world.
The world has finally come to a point of reunification.
You will see that Allah’s enemies who desire to set persons by the ears will not be able to succeed in it for long. After a while, grudge and revenge will come to an end. The humanity will enter a period of peace and tranquility. Now, we have to join together in order to arrive at such a point.
Thanks be to Allah that the basic data of this are ready.
Allahû Tealâ says:
Our messengers are present in all eras, in all nations absolutely. We send continuously a messenger in each nation (community, tribe…), we bring to life, we commission a messenger in it and when the one dies, we absolutely appoint an other in place of him at the same time. We never leave any nation (tribe…) without messenger. If We had left it without him, We would not have punished that nation, community…). Whereas, there has not been any nation that did not get its deserts (that was not deserving of punishment). Men who will assemble in Hell after the Day of Judgement will represent both the periods of time in which they had lived and the men in that time and place where they had lived, no matter in which part of the world they had lived. Any nation is not excepted from this. Now then, consider this as a glad tidings.
Consider this as a glad tidings that the messengers of Allah have been living at the moment in all nations definitely. They will join together step by step in the near future. They are those who know whatever We have taught you. They are those taught by Allah. He has been teaching them just like He has been teaching us. And these men who are to be found in each nation will gather together in the days to come. This is the book that has initiated the progression step by step towards the worldwide peace.
You will absolutely witness that the messengers in all nations, communities will emerge one by one in the days to come. And this grudge, this enmity will be made to terminate.
My dear brothers and sisters! We serve only Satan with grudge, enmity. Terrorism is not a way out. It is a whirlpool that drags men into Hell. The command of Allah is not enmity, it is friendship.
ALL OF US, WE SHOULD BE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FRIENDSHIP AND DO NOT FORGET: WE HAVE BEEN CREATED FOR THIS. WE HAVE BEEN CREATED IN ORDER THAT WE SHOULD BE FRIENDS, NOT ENEMIES!
Now, the human beings will be in a circle of friendship hand and glove after some conflicts, some events of shedding blood. They will unite in the Way of Allah heart to heart. Allah be praised that the main factors of this are present today in all the nations as messengers and in the near future the messengers in all nations will emerge one by one. And they will absolutely establish a togetherness with the Imam of the Era.
This is a declaration. Thus, let us know this:
Terror can bring forth no other things than blood-shed, enmity, grudge.
The Command of Allah is to prevent the blood-shed.
And therefore, we say openly and proudly that your religion, their religion, our religion are not separate. We all have a unique religion. We all are the faithful, the adherents of the same religion: the religion of Hanîf of Hz. İbrâhîm.
Therefore, we are obliged to know, to learn that we are only the faithful of a single religion, that our Prophet had lived that religion and we also should live it, and apply it in our lives.
If you place into its proper place the fact that you are in reality the faithful of a unique religion, no matter to which religion you are related now, you will absolutely find in your own Book the verses related to it. And as a result, you will see that just like there is no other religions than the unique religion, there is also no other thing than the friendship.
The basic command of Allahû Tealâ: “Make no divisions (no various sects) in the Religion. Live the religion of Hanîf.”
In which case, do not split into various sects, separate groups, and especially into communities that are enemies to each other!
Live the religion that make men reach all the beauties, of Allah!
Put an end to the quarrel between your spirit and your soul in your inner world!
Terminate the conflict between you and the other people, other communities, other nations in your outer world!
Finish the quarrel in your relations with Allah by annihilating the elements opposing His orders and prophibitions.
In a design of peace and calmness, be united, be all together, receive each other with open arms, embrace the future altogether!
Dear readers, my very close friends, my cordial friends, this is the testament of Allah for all of you! We request beseechingly from our Exalted Lord that He make you both the owners of the worldly happiness and the Bliss of Paradise in the Afterlife through your living the requirements of the disposition of Hanîf in this world.
May Allah be pleased with all of you.
With our prayers.