Speech 1

Mahmut Efendi Hazretleri   Yavuz Selim Mosque 1997

“This is sending down of the Book, wherein is no doubt, from the Lord of the Worlds.”  The Qur'an, Chpt.32 ‘As Sajda -The Prostration’ Verse 2

This Qur’an belongs to the Lord of the Worlds. Those who do not believe say- it is nothing but a lie. They say -it was concocted by Muhammad and that he was helped by others. Allah confirms that this Qur’an is definitely from Him; the Lord of the Worlds. He says:

“Now you can speak of it what ever you like since you have been giving the leave but the moment death comes to you I will catch you by the throats and I will not let you go ever.” Chpt.32 ‘As Sajda-The Prostration’ Verse 2

How great the Qur’an is and how bad it is to deniy it.

The disbelievers are asking: “How come the resurrection after death is possible?
Surely recreating after death is even easier than creating out of nothing. For Allah is the Great, creating a man is not more difficult than even creating an ant. Allah does not make anybody a kafir (disbeliever). It is the Satan (devil) who brings faith (emaan) or disbelieve (kufr) to a man’s heart. Satan hoped that he would separate man from Allah. It was a false hope since he has no power to do so. He can only whisper bad feelings into man’s heart. It is up to you to follow his steps. If you don’t follow him he won’t be able to force you to follow him. He has no such power. If you follow him then the kufr which is in you will come into the open.

“With it , came down the Spirit of Truth”. Chpt.26 ‘As Shu’ara-The Poets’ Verse 193

The sprit of Truth is Angel Gabriel (Jebreel). He was called so because he was a mean to refresh the hearts dying of ignorance and darkness of kufr(disbelief).

“Upon your heart that you maybe one of the warners” Same Chpt. Verse 194

From our Prophet’s heart it had flown to his tongue and from his tongue to our hearts. We did not belive in Muhammad(peace be upon him) for nothing. We believed in him through his miracles. In our Prophet’s time poetry was quite popular and advanced as was medicine in Prophet’s Jesus time and magic in Prophet’s Moses time. When our Prophet recited the Qur’an poetry had faded away. All famous poets had failed. There you have a miracle. Another miracle: one day, in the time of war, the army ran out of water. Prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him) plunged his hand in a bucket in which there was a little water left. When he took his hand out, streams of water were flowing from his fingers. The whole army drank the water flowing from his fingers.

“Nor does he speak out of his caprice.” Chpt. 53 ‘An Najm- The Star’ Verse 3

All the verses of our Prophet are completely true. There is no falsehood in him; whoever denies him will be in hell forever. Stubbornness leads one to deny and therefore to hell.

“And it is He who brought you forth from the wombs of your mother when you knew nothing”. Chpt.16 ‘An Nahl- The Bee’

We learned everything later. Even our Prophet knew nothing.

“And thus we have (O Mohammad) revealed a Spirit to you by Our command you did not know what the Scripture was nor what the Faith was, but We have made it a light whereby We guide whom We will of Our bondsmen. You are indeed guiding to a Right way”. Chpt.42 ‘As Shura- The Counsel’ Verse 52

Of course he had faith but he did not know it in detail. He has been taught by Allah through the Qur’an.

Mothers and fathers, please, please, have pity on your own children. Do not send them to the schools of kufr which are the cradles of kufr. Teach them Islam properly. I swear you again that having faith is much more precious than becoming a prime minister or a president. Your faith will make you president forever. If you care for your children you will be saved as well. We should not be wasting our time in amusement places. We should keep on working and trying to make us closer to Allah, to make our relation with Him much better.

A Hadith:

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahualeyhiwesellem) asked Angel Gabriel one day: “Allah told me that I am a mercy for all the worlds. How did I become a mercy for you? ”.

Angel Gabriel replied:

“The devil was preaching to the angels for 21 years, but it had not stopped him from going astray. Seeing this we got frightened. Then, Allah ordered me to convey the verses to you and He called me - Al Ameen- the trustworthy. I was very much relaxed hearing this. In this way you had become a mercy for me”.

We do not know how to appreciate correctly our Prophet. We are going to face Allah in the Hereafter. There are great difficulties awaiting us in the Hereafter. How shall we overcome those difficulties without learning properly how to deal with them? We must get the knowledge of Islam. Allah guaranteed our sustenance from most unexpected sources for whoever seeks this knowledge.

There are two things which devastate the community of Muslims in our days: The first is ignorance about Islam. The second is the fear about the lack of sustenance.

There are three things which deprive one’s faith:

1. Istihfaf i.e. Not taking seriously the commands of Allah.

2. Istihlal i.e. Exchanging halal (lawful) with what is haram (unlawful) and haram (unlawful) with what is halal (lawful).

3. Istihza i.e. mocking about Islam, the Shariat (Islamic Jurisprudence) and the commands of Allah.

“And verily we have written in the Zabur(Psalms) after the reminder: My righteous slaves shall inherit the earth”. Chpt.21 ‘Al Anbiya- The Prophets’ Verse 105.

A hadith (saying) from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

'Whoever says shahada that is: La ilahe illallah Muhammed rasulullah (there is no god but Allah and Muhammed is His messenger)

and whoever then believes that Jesus [Isa (aleyhisselam)] is the slave, the word and the Messenger of Allah, and moreover believes that Hell and Heaven exist, then, whatever his or her deeds are he or she will enter Paradise.'

Jesus was created by the word kun (be) of Allah;

and he came into existance. Angel Gabriel came to Mary in the form of a young man.

Angels have no gender. They are neither male nor female, but they can take on any form.

Mary got frightened when she saw this young man and asked Allah to protect her from him. Angel Gabriel; comforts her and tells her that he had been sent by His Lord to give her a son. Mary could not believe it was possible for her to have a baby since no man had ever touched her and she was not a bad woman. Angel Gabriel said it was very easy for her Lord. Her son would be a sign of mercy for all mankind. Then Angel Gabrial blew into her through her collar from the Spirit of Allah and she became pregnant. When Jesus was born she took him to her Jewish community. They started to interrogate her. She kept silent, but it was her son who spoke from the cradle to answaer them. The baby boy said:

“I am indeed a servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and has appointed me a prophet. And He has made me blessed wheresoever I may be and has commanded me to pray and to give alms to the poor as long as I live. And has made me dutiful to my mother and has not made me oppressive, wicked. So peace be upon me the day I was born and the day that I die and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again).”

“It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He detremines a matter, He only says to it –Be! – and it is. (And Jesus had declared): ‘Assuredly Allah is my Lord and your Lord. Therefore serve Him. That is the straight path.’ Chpt.19 ‘Maryam- Mary’ V.30-36

Jesus was created by the word –BE– of Allah, and he became. He was given a Book called Injeel (Gospel). He mentioned this book when he was just a baby in his cradle. This was a real book with the commandments of Allah written down in it. We don’t know how it was written down or what happened to it. All we know it was a real book which Jesus mentioned when he was a baby. When he reached maturity and his prophethood started formally he had this book with him and preached from it. It was a complete book, not just a few pages. But this book is lost now. And the so called Bible the Christians now have has not much to do with the original Injeel.