On aeroplanes, there are first class,
business and economy seating options.
Let’s say you’re travelling to London from Dubai,
and let’s say you’re in business class which costs £5,000,
and economy class costs £500.
And then there are the cheap folks - you know what I mean by cheap?
Now I will tell you how cheap minds think, how clerics think.
What will a cleric think?
‘How silly is this?! They know that each seat in business class costs £5,000
and yet they only have 50 seats for business class
whereas there are 700 seats that cost £500 each!’
Isn’t that a cheap mind?
They should have charged £5000 for all the seats.
Why didn’t they charge £5000 for all the seats?
Audience: Because not many can afford business class seats.
Oh, is that why? Wow…
Now, that makes sense
that the reason why they have more seats that cost £500
is that not everyone can afford to pay £5,000.
In a similar way, there is God’s love, paradise and this world.
Not everyone can afford God's love and God's friendship.
Who can afford it?
One who has left for God’s mission
and there are 5,000 people in front of him
and his wife calls him to say,
‘The child is troubling me, speak to him’.
‘Speak to him or I will burn him in the kitchen!’
He says, ‘I’m giving a lecture on spirituality right now’
but she calls incessantly, giving all sorts of threats.
He takes the message and mission of God to the world
but people say, ‘Oh look, he’s gone to celebrate his honeymoon’.
So, not everyone can afford it, can they?
God's friendship is a wonderful thing, but who can afford it?
It cannot be afforded.
Now, if we look at the condition of the world,
what does the world want?
You allege that God hasn't created enough special souls,
but what does the general population want?
‘I want money, I want luxury, I want everything’.
‘I want to live a lavish life’.
Even when they enter spirituality, they come and say, 'pray for my business'.
Just ponder, when you go to a fakir
and instead of asking for God, you ask him for the world,
then it was better that you had not gone to a fakir at all.
If you go to a fakir and say,
'my legs are in pain',
then the fakir would obviously assume that you are making a mockery out of him.
If your legs are in pain, then you should go to a doctor.
If your lungs or liver are malfunctioning, then go to the doctor.
A fakir is sat here so that you may be connected to God.
But the world doesn’t want God.
The world wants luxury, comfort and wealth.
What do religious people want?
They want to be recognised as pious, they want their praises sung.
We are all engaged in worshipping our lower selves.
Then will we ask God, ‘Why did you create these people?’
God has created hellfire too.
Tell me just one thing, did God create the hell-bound first or hell itself?
That would solve the problem.
Tell me, when you intend to travel to a foreign country,
do you travel first or do you first have your passport made?
So, if someone is getting their passport made, what does this signify?
It signifies that this individual intends to travel abroad.
If God is creating a hell-bound soul,
this does not signify that the next step would be to create hell.
This doesn’t reveal the next step.
However, if God created hell first,
then this means that he intends to create hell-bound [souls] later.
This would reveal the plan,
‘Oh, God is creating hell…’
Now, why is hell being created?
For the hell-bound souls he creates.
You see, the worldly person doesn't have to do anything.
Materialism is written in their fate,
and so they are earning what they are destined to earn.
But when it’s about hell-bound vs heaven-bound,
that’s when the drama ends and the melodrama begins.
For as long as you are engaged in worldliness, everything is perfect.
If Ally bhai lived in Mauritius
and was engaged in worldliness,
he would not be mired by any trouble.
He would have earned plenty from his shop.
His wife is from Malir, she would have been happy, too [but since he is here], he has to tolerate his wife's taunts as well.
Why?
Because now he is not inclined towards materialism.
Now he is advancing towards God.
He is paying the price for it.
So, when one abandons the world and endeavours to become a momin,
this is where the problems are introduced.
Now, when problems begin to arise,
most people realise it immediately
and gradually begin to think,
‘I’ll just offer salah at work, I don’t need to go to the mosque.
I’ll just sit at work with the rosary’.
They realise that there is much to lose on this path of paradise and God.
And so, they make an excuse to escape from it.
They sit with the rosary at work.
How many people are there in the world that are prepared
to observe austerity, to make sacrifices, to tolerate starvation for paradise?
The Prophet (s) did not consume food in plates of gold,
they would eat in clay pots.
The Prophet (s) would bind stones to their body and abstain from food for three consecutive days.
Do you not understand the Prophet’s (s) character,
that you, despite being religious, constantly pray to God and pester the spiritual guide and the Prophet (s)?
‘Make our lives better!’ ‘Make our businesses thrive!’
‘Give us more and more money’.
The more you make such futile prayers, the more you shall earn God's wrath.
As for recognising God and becoming connected to God,
I swear by God’s honour, regardless of what is written in your fate,
if you come here with true and pure intentions
of being connected to God
then even if you are predestined to be hell-bound,
I swear by the grace of the Lord, I shall take you where the Lord is.
However, do you have the guts?
Do you have the courage?
Religion is all about sacrifice not about absurdities.
Religion asks for sacrifices.
How many sacrifices did Prophet Muhammad (s) make?
His entire family was slaughtered. Entire family!
The entire family of the Prophet (s) was slaughtered.
The grandson whose lips were kissed by the Prophet (s),
whose neck was kissed by the Prophet (s)
was bathed in blood by the Muslims.
They allowed neither Fatima Zahra (a) to live peacefully nor Ali (a),
nor their children and the enemies of the progeny of the Prophet (s) still roam the world today.
This is why no one treads this path.
Just a few, here and there. Only those who have a furnace in their bosom brave this path.
The doors to God are open.
Forget what is written in your fate.
Come!
Face the music. Come here.
I swear by the honour of God,
I shall lead you to the path of elevated ranks of sainthood today!
Today, right here, right now,
I shall have you achieve elevated ranks of sainthood.
All you have to say is, ‘I have broadened my chest.
I am ready for any sacrifice God may as of me!’
Come with this determination
and I swear by the crown and throne of God,
I shall have you embarked on the path of Great Sainthood.
La Ilaha Illa Allah Muhammadur Rasool Allah.
Come with gallantry. Broaden your chest.
Say, ‘I am ready for all trials and tribulations.
I am pleased with God’s will and woe. Take me to the path!’
‘It is against the greatness of a Dervish to suffer and complain’.
‘Everyone prays for the security of their faith…’, but only a few pray for their own security.