Speech 5

The lecture of Mahmoud Effendi 5

Mahmut Efendi Hazretleri   Yavuz Selim Mosque 1997

“(Unto them say, Oh Mohammed!) ‘ Travel in the land and see the nature of the sequel for the guilty!’ ”  The Qur'an, Chpt.27 ‘An Naml-The Ant’ Verse 69

The Quraysh; the tribe of our Prophet were called mushrikuun (idolaters) since they associated partners to Allah. Those mushrikuun were not following the teachings of the Prophet. Thus, they became rebellious to the commands of Allah and became sinners. The word mujrimuun (sinners) means whoever that transgressed the limits of Allah with whichever part of his or her body. If, for example, you look or watch the men who are unlawful for you –you commit a sin with your eyes. If you listen to unlawful things, such as songs or gossips you commit a sin with your ears. A clever man is the one who pays attention to his neighbour’s death or the stories of the tribes and nations in the past.

The Qur’an says:

“Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? They were stronger than these in power, and they dug the earth and built upon it more than these have built. Messengers of their own came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah’s Sovereignty). Surely Allah wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves.” Chpt.21 ‘Ar-Rum- The Romans’ Verse.9

There are ruins of old civilsations which had been destroyed on the account of their corruption and disobedience to the will of Allah. They tried to transform the earth into Heaven. They have been warned by the Messenger of Allah to stop rebelling against Allah but they denied all. And Allah has destroyed them. They had drawn the wraft of Allah and Allah caused the destruction of those nations. Allah did not wrong them. They wronged themselves.

The mushrikuun (idolaters) wanted to see a miracle. The prophet called a tree to come upon him and it obeyed. But they still did not believe, even after having seen this miracle.

In Sodom and Gomore, the people of the Prophet Lot, were commiting terrible sins. They were homosexuels. Allah ordered Angel Gabriel (Jebreel) to take five villages on his wings up to the sky and then put them upside down to earth.

From the Qur’an,

“Definitely, the eyes in their heads are not blind but the eyes in their hearts are blind.”

A man has four eyes. Two of them are in his head and two are situated in his heart, inside the chest. It is of no importance if a man’s eyes in the head are blind. He will be rewarded for that in the Heavens with such high degrees that those who had not been blind in life will want to have been blind. But it is of vital importance if one’s eyes situated in the chest are blind or not.

When the adhan (calling to the prayer) is heard (from the mosque), there are thousands of men walking in the streets. The mosques are empty. Only one million out of seventy million people in Turkey prays five times a day. The rest is not. We must obey the commands of Allah. Whosoever commits a sin with a part of his body causes this part of his body to be cut off (spiritually). When you steal something your hand is cut off (according to Islamic law). The one whose hand has been cut off is also called mujrimuun (sinner) in Arabic.

From the Qur’an,

“My beloved, do not feel sad because of those who are deceiving you.”

It is a very serious sin to mock about a prophet or a man of Allah. It will be punished severely. Those who are trying to deceive you are also trying to eradicate the religion of Allah. They say: “Tell us when the promised day is (the day of punishment) if your words are true.” They do not believe. They try to deceive Allah’s prophets. Allah responds to their intrigues in the same way but they do not see it.

Jesus’ compatriots wanted him to be killed. He hid in a house. The soldiers sent after him a man who was supposed to kill him but Allah raised Jesus up to the Heavens. Allah transformed that man’s face into Jesus’ face and so that man was killed.