The Key to Unlocking the Powers of Our Souls

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 

The following is taken from the swuhbah by Shaykh Muhammad Nazhim Adil al-Haqqani (q.s.), from the 02^nd March 2023. 

We live in a world of possibilities, a world where everything occurs for an asbab, a reason.  That is a characteristic of this worldly life, not the characteristics of the Divine realm.  In life, what Allah (s.w.t.) places before us choices.  We have to make the right choice in order to benefit.  It is like a huge table filled with all kinds of food, and we are free to pick and choose what we want to eat.  On one side of the table, there is Divine food, food for the soul, every single nourishment needed by our spiritual selves; nothing is missing.  The prophets and saints beckon us to this side of the table.  However, many reject the invitation because the journey to that side of the table is arduous.  There are many qualifications to be met before we can get the food.  If we wish to achieve goodness, we must be prepared to take the difficult route. 

The other side of the table is filled with worldly food, and Shaythan calls to this side of the table.  The journey to this side is easy, so it is favoured by most.  People are impatient.  They want instant results, they want quick gratification, they want the maximum pleasure, from the minimum of effort.  The reason is because each generation becomes more and more dependent on technology, and lose the treasures of their Divine Gifts because they do not exercise them.  Technology can make things easy for our physical bodies, but it cannot raise the spirituality of the soul.  We must develop our spiritual being, in order to rise to the Divine Presence. 

We are special.  We carry Allah’s (s.w.t.) secret.  We have one foot on Earth and one foot in the Heavens; we are both a physical creature needing worldly nourishment and endowed with earthly strengths, and a spiritual being, needing spiritual nourishment and gifted with spiritual powers in his soul, the magnitude of which far exceeds his physical strengths.  We are always invited to the table of spiritual food; we are never cut off from it.  Daily, Allah (s.w.t.) adds new food to that table, more invigorating and refreshing.  We must have faith in the spiritual powers of our souls, and are never heedless of our needs. 

سُوۡرَةُ المَائدة

قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ ٱللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَآ أَنزِلۡ عَلَيۡنَا مَآٮِٕدَةً۬ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدً۬ا لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَءَاخِرِنَا وَءَايَةً۬ مِّنكَ‌ۖ وَٱرۡزُقۡنَا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٲزِقِينَ (١١٤) قَالَ ٱللَّهُ إِنِّى مُنَزِّلُهَا عَلَيۡكُمۡ‌ۖ فَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بَعۡدُ مِنكُمۡ فَإِنِّىٓ أُعَذِّبُهُ ۥ عَذَابً۬ا لَّآ أُعَذِّبُهُ ۥۤ أَحَدً۬ا مِّنَ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِينَ (١١٥) 

Said Jesus the son of Mary, “O Allah our Lord!  Send us, from Heaven, a table set (with viands), that there may be for us ― for the first and the last of us a solemn festival and a Sign from You; and Provide for our sustenance, for You are the Best Sustainer (of our needs)”.  Allah Says, “I will Send it down unto you: but if any of you after that resists faith, I will Punish him with a penalty such as I have not Inflicted on anyone among all the peoples.” (Surah al-Ma’idah:114-115)