Mawlana Shaykh Hisham: The Fire for Believers is to be away from the Prophet (s)

Suhbat 10-03-2005

About Mawlana Shaykh Hisham 2005 Khalwat

Audhu billahi, Audhu billahi, Audhu billahi min ash-Shaytan ir-rajeem
Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Raheem

Nawaytu 'l-arba'een, nawaytu 'l-'itikaaf, nawaytu 'l-khalwah, nawaytu 'r-riyaada, nawaytu 's-salook, nawaytu 'l-'uzlat lillahi ta'ala al-'adheem fee hadha 'l-masjid.

We continue where we stopped last session and we say that always ask support from Allah swt and fight worriness, qalak, to be worried. Fight that and fight failure by the power that Allah will give you and be careful of the monitoring of shaytan, he is always trying to find the best time to catch you by your feet and throw you into dunya's desires.
He found the best time for Sayyidina Adam by saying
فَوَسْوَسَ إِلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانُ قَالَ يَا آدَمُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى شَجَرَةِ الْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لَّا يَبْلَى
فَأَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْآتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ وَعَصَى آدَمُ رَبَّهُ فَغَوَى
ثُمَّ اجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَهَدَى
قَالَ اهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّي هُدًى فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَى
Fa waswasa ilayhi ash-shaytanu qaala ya adamu hal adulluka 'ala shajarati al-khuldi wa mulkin la yabla Fa akala minha fa badat lahuma sawatuhuma watafiqa yakhsifani 'alayhima min waraqi al-jannati wa 'asa adamu rabbahu faghawa. Thumma ijtabahu rabbuhu fataba 'alayhi wa hada. Qala ihbita minha jamee'an ba'dukum li-ba'din 'aduwwun fa imma yatiyannakum minnee hudan famani ittaba'a hudaya fala yadillu wa laa yashqa.
But Satan whispered evil to him: he said, "O Adam! shall I lead thee to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?" In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared to them: they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced. But his Lord chose him (for His Grace): He turned to him, and gave him Guidance. He said: "Get ye down, both of you,- all together, from the Garden, with enmity one to another: but if, as is sure, there comes to you Guidance from Me, whosoever follows My Guidance, will not lose his way, nor fall into misery. Surah TaHa: 20: 120 123

Iblees, Satan, whispered in the ear of Sayyidna Adam, in his heart. He was looking for the right time and the right moment. He said "I will guide you to the abode[1] tree, the tree from which you eat will make you eternal."
What happened when he ate from the tree? All the veils that were veiling him from what you cannot show from your body, araha, he removed all these beautiful and majestic veils that kept him from being naked completely out. That means when you listen to shaytan will be completely taken out, those beautiful dresses you achieve from prayers and worship, that Allah dresses you with, all of them will go. Then he looks naked in the eyes of Adam, in his own eyes, not in the eyes of angels. Allah showed him that what you did is going to make you naked. What did he do? He was taking the leaves of the Paradise and trying to cover his private parts. That is he was ashamed to be seen with his ayb, his sin. How to cover that sin, he was taking the leaves of the trees in paradise, it means he was repenting.
Those leaves are a description of something that is eternal, how long it is kept in Allah's hands.
Getting those leaves means to get the heavenly power to cover himself. That is why Allah ajtabahu. Then Allah took him back from the hands of Iblees, because he found that repentance in his heart, not like Iblees.
He guided him to the right way but Allah's Irada, Will, is to send him to earth. That is to teach human beings the suffering of this life, by sending them to this life because of the sin that was committed in paradise. Even though Allah accepted him back and accepted his repentance and forgave him, but still He sent him dunya, and he was carrying the light of Sayyidina Muhammad. That light was moving in the forehead of the Adam and was going like a turbine, running and making tahlil, tasbih, tahmid and …
That Is the light that the angels saw and they could not control themselves and went into sajda. Only Satan did not go into sajda, he though his light is better. He did not want to surrender as he thought he is going to be al-Mustafa, the Chosen One, he thought he would carry that light. Out of envy and jealousy - not only of Adam but of the Prophet (s), he was jealous and did not make sajda. That is Allah's will also, the wisdom of it Allah knows. That disobedience has a hikmat there, to leave Satan to the end of the world.
These kinds of secrets, awliyaullah, thru seclusions, and rabitah to their Shaykh and showing their complete helplessness to their master, these masters will throw into their hearts these kinds of meanings. These kinds of meanings doesn't come to everyone who is writing from today's lecturers, it is something that is deep that only opens to hearts of awliya from the Prophet and awliya open to their followers
So shaytan is trying his best to monitor you and as soon as he finds a way to catch your leg he will catch and try to dump into desires of dunya away from akhira.
Inna an-ni'amat mawsulatan bish-shukr. The favors are connected to shukr, you cannot get ni'amat without thanking Allah. That is why you have to say 500 times ash-shukru lillahi and 500 time alhamdulillah
And the shukr is connected with increase, to give more. And Allah said in Holy Qur'an, when you thank me I give you more.
So it means that if you thank Allah and leave dunya, not only the bad desires of dunya, you want to be rich it is ok, you want to work hard it is ok, but give it in the way of Allah. Raise your family nicely, raise your children nicely and remember that Allah has a share in your money as it is not your money. Then your dunya becomes a connection to mazeed. And what is mazeed? It is akhira. That is one of the names of akhira, mazeed. There that mazeed is continuous, it is never going to be less or the same, but is continuously accumulating higher and higher, more and more.
So if your 'amal was good, fal mazeedu takun al-jannah. Increase will be your paradise.
وِمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Wa minhum man yaqoolu rabbana atina fee ad-dunya hasanatan wafee al-akhirati hasanatan waqina 'adhaaba an-naari
And there are men who say: "Our Lord! Give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and defend us from the torment of the Fire!" Suratu 'l-Baqara: 2:201
rabbana atina feed-dunya hasanatan wa fil-akhira hasanatan.
O Allah give us hasanatin in dunya and hasanat in akhira. So it is a bridge, the dunya is a bridge to protect you from 'adhab an'naar hellfire. That means to protect you from being away form the presence of Allah. There is no hellfire for believers, but the hellfire for believers if they are not with Prophet, if they are not in the company of alladheena ana`amAllahu alayhim min an-nabiyyeen, was-siddiqeen…
To be away from prophets, trustworthy people, away form martyrs, away from sincere pious people, that is inside going to be like a fire inside us.
So Allah gave you both, rabbana atina fi'd-dunya hasanatan wa fil-akhira hasanatan wa qina 'adhab an'naar… so Allah is giving you both. So don't reject either. Take what Allah gave to you. Don't say "I want dunya, not akhira."
However if your amal was that which you followed the desire of the self, because you got bored, as we mentioned the 3 bad characters, al-malal, boredom. If you get bored you are going to worry, al-qalak, then you worry about what you are doing and you end up in failure. Boredom, worry and failure, when you entered into these three levels and you are not patient on carrying all kinds of difficulties and opposites and troubles, crossfire is a talk shows. One from here and one from there. There is a crossfire in the self. One coming from shaytan, whispering and one coming from heavenly sources. You are in the fire. Now if you are not able to be patient and understand where you have to follow you are going to fall into what, the hands of shaytan. And you are going to get mazeed increase, in that if you fall in the hands and follow Shaytan. Both sides you get increase, dunya or akhira.
If you thank shaytan he will give you more hellfire. If you thank Allah he will give you more of akhira.
Some people thank shaytan, they are worshippers of shaytan. That is a new movement, devil-worshipper. He is going to give them mazeed also, and that is his increase, the fire. This time the mazeed for you is the fire.
يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ امْتَلَأْتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِن مَّزِيدٍ
Yawma naqoolu li jahannama hali imtalati wataqoolu hal min mazeed.
One Day We will ask Hell, "Art thou filled to the full?" It will say, "Are there any more (to come)?" Surah Qaf: 50:30
Allah swt asks hellfire, "are you full, are you happy," and Hell will say "no, give me more." So if you follow Shaytan you get more. Allah saying in Holy Qur'an, "O hellfire are you satisfied?" and it replies, "No, is there more?" Then I will have more wood to burn. If you read surat al-Hadeed, how Allah described , as the Prophet looked in Isra and Mi'raj, and saw women hung by ropes from their breasts with burning pus which was eating them from top to bottom, also similarly men. So the description in the Holy Qur'an of hellfire, makes you to go nuts, (I don't like to use that word.) So be careful O human beings, where you are going in this life.
Therefore you have to stick to knowledge and Gnosticism in order to prevent yourself from falling into the desires of this dunya. And to do that you need a guidance. Allah sent prophets to guide the ummah. And from the inheritors of the secrets of the Prophet there are many guided, that is why you must accompany a perfect Shaykh, mutamarasa fee funoon al-`uloom, knowledge of Shari'ah and knowledge of tariqat. Anyone says I only follow tariqat not shariah, that is wrong. The Shaykh must be complete, all kinds of artistic experiences. 'Ilm ash- Shari'ah and 'ilm at-tariqat is an art, not like a parrot reciting and reading. This scholar said this and this one said that. Under each line is a footnote. Not he read all these footnotes but he is like an artist able to pull out all the knowledge of Shari'ah and tariqat.
And he has vast awareness of what he is advising you in order not to be an easy target or easy corpse to shaytan. And he shows you the way of and guide you and direct to the real way of istiqamah and guidance and he will take you thru a journey, don't think that journey is going to be an easy journey, people come to the guru and it is easy journey, they have money in pockets and if they don't find food, they go to restaurants.
One day a lady came to Sayyidina Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, one of the biggest awliya in his time and in our time. He saw all these students, 80 years of age, 20, 30 40, and all sitting in adab in front of their Shaykh. And when time came to eat, there were servants who were assigned to prepare the food. And in front of each one a huge rooster, a huge one, not like today they have in production artificial farms where each rooster is like a turkey, 25, 30 lbs. One in front of each . As soon as the Shaykh make du`a, each one eats that huge turkey, and nothing left.
She said, "that is good place for my son, if he east half and brings me half, that is good." She went to Sayyidina Abdul Qadir al-Jilani and said, "I want my son to be one of my students." And he said, "ok." He was young. He saw his heart was clean not following shaytan, so he took him.
So she came after one week to check her son. She was thinking he will be perfect and have that rooster in front of him and snacks at night. People it is not enough to eat their food, they have big bags of snacks during day and night.
She went and did not find her son. She asked, "where is my son?" They said, "he is in the cellar." She went down and thinking, "O he has his rooster, and he is eating and saving some for me." She found her son and in this seven days it might be lost 7 kilos. He had with him one piece of bread and seven olives. She said, "What is this!?" He said "This is what I am eating in 24 hours."
She went to Shaykh and said, "O Sayyidi, what is this I brought my son to get what others are eating, 25-30 pound rooster/ turkey."
You cannot get akhira without leaving dunya. People eat today because of their desire. The desire is from mouth to throat. As soon as it enters it goes to esophagus and form there no taste. That is why in the hospital they feed some patients by tubes which go directly to stomach. They don't need to go through the mouth.
That is why the Prophet said, "Whoever can guarantee me what is between his jaws and what is between his legs, I will guarantee him Paradise." That is the problem. Everyone is running after these two things, the tongue, to backbite and to eat and private parts to down that every you can do. They collect money, collect buildings for their desires, is there anything else.
So the Shaykh will guide you to tariq ar-rashaad, the way of protection, the way of istiqamah. Like the Alif is standing up, the way that takes you to Allah, way of rashaad, means way of maturity. Through a very difficult, what you call it when they put prisoners in prison, for life, for labor. Labor camps. He takes you thru a journey of labor camps. Like we explained that boy with say. Abdul Qadir Jilani. Who today is doing labor camps? Shaykhs guide you thru that labor camp. It is very difficult work, like in time of pharaoh, and they are carrying the stones and being whipped, falling down and being whipped until they fall and die. The Shaykh his observing you. He said I was observing you in these 40 days and the extra days of salook and I was worried that you are going to die. I was monitoring and worried you reach that point. Seclusion is not easy, but sometimes, people sit there for years and as they go in as they go out, thru their beliefs.
Thru these labor camps teach you how to cross from shat ad-dunya to shat al-akhira, passing thru that stormy ocean that in front of you wants to swallow you, like the tornado Katrina, and Rita. I don't know how they call them. Like these very huge tornadoes that are in the ocean and it is an ocean of tornado and you have to pass and to be safe the Shaykh knows where to move thru the tornado in order to avoid being destroyed.
So he takes you from an ocean that has no beginning and no end, you have to complete 'alayk al muthabar, and continue working and going and to learn what you are going to see thru your journey until you reach the realities and truth and ma`rifat li tustikhraj minhu albahr almuheet. They will give you power in the face of these tornadoes the of power to go and extract from these realities. The tornado is no on the bottom, it is on the top. If you go deep in the ocean it is calm although it affects some layers at the top.
And that ocean that stormy ocean that he showed in front of you, when you reach the bottom and extract these knowledges, it is the heart of the Shaykh. He will throw you in his heart where you will be very peaceful and realized, you realize it is your Shaykh, he will open for you his heart, then you are there. You are welcome. That is why Allah said neither my earth nor my heavens contain me but the heart of my believer contains me. He will show you that illuminated heart that Allah put in the heart of the Shaykh in order you see that ma'rifat.
So all these knowledge he will show you in his heart and that is why it is obligated on you to learn and to have experience and to follow and to be a resident in the hear of the Shaykh, to be an inhabitant in the heart of the Shaykh. To live there. That is why rabitah is important. That is the rope that connects you with Shaykh and muraqabah is to become aware of the knowledge in the heart. These knowledges don't come from reading papers or is it 'ilm al awraq, the knowledge of papers? The real knowledge comes thru al-mumarrisa wal tumaris, knowledge, consistency and to become an expert by having more experience in what you need, and all these need patience, if you are not patient in the face of boredom, worry and … patience is needed that is why Allah's name is as-Sabur. With patience you will achieve all your goals and expectation. It is said as-sabaru miftahu al-faraj, the patience is key to success, relief, opening.
You have to be patient also to what your Shaykh is showing you. He knows the best drugs and pills that are needed for you. Every patient has a different disease and needs a different drug when he goes to doctor.
Every patient will be given a special drug, means awrad that is necessary for you to go through that. He will give your ego, that kind of drug, but not until you become desperate that I am failing. He wants to hear from you, o I failed. I surrender. Don't become like I failed, I will throw myself in akhira. The failure has to teach you to surrender. O my lord I failed. Whatever I do I failed.
There was a student of Sayyidina Jamaluddin al-Ghumuqi al-Husayni, he came to Shaykh for his dunya rizq, asking what I have to do. Whatever thing he touches, he fails. He said I have something very easy good for you, I have maybe 500 sheep and goats, take them to mountain and graze them. He said "that is easy." Then he takes them in morning and brings them back in the evening. Then Jumah comes. He says, "O it is a holiday," and he slaughters ten and gives the meat to the poor. Monday comes, it is an important day, so he slaughters some more sheep and gives out the meat. On nisf-Sha`ban, he slaughters 100. On the 27th of Rajab he slaughters some more. Eid comes, he slaughters another 100.
In one year he had slaughtered all of them. He came to his Shaykh saying, "all finished." He said "What do you mean finished? At least they must have reproduced." But no, he slaughtered them all. O my Shaykh I failed. He surrendered. He knew he failed. He did not leave his prayers. He was slaughtering to give to poor to eat. But he realized that with that he still needs a a lot. What we need then. We need to face our failure by surrendering your lord.
What did imam Sayyidina ash-shafi say? He said, "be patient with your teacher when he avoids you or gives you a bad look or when he is not giving you attention. Tool al-jafa." He doesn't look at you, as if he is avoiding you. So mureeds say, why Shaykh is avoiding us. What should you do? Fasbir. Be patient.
There must be a wisdom here. He is trying to teach you, I am avoiding you, you are nothing. Many people want Shaykh to invite to his table when he eats. He is only inviting some people not others. Why he is not inviting me, I am not rich. he wants you to bring your desire down, to destroy your ego. The ego wants to be respected.
Wasbir ala tool al-jafa min mu'alim. Fa inna al rasookh al' ilma fee nafaratihi. The real knowledge that is deeply rooted, like the mountains, as we call them pegs, for balancing dunya, so the knowledge is the pegs, rooted very deep between his nafaraat, his ways of treating you, not focusing on you directly, when you feel it is as if you have not been nicely treated. Why he is not saying salam to me, why he is doing that? That is the crossfire, when he does not treat you well. Why he has to treat you well? When you are coming to learn and be polished. You are coming to get crossfire and polished. Whoever does not taste one hour from the Shaykh, will drink the humility of ignorance all of his life.
When the Shaykh is avoiding and not giving you attention there is the knowledge. If you miss that point, you miss all your life.
That is why Imam ash-Shafi'i used to go to study with granddaughter of Prophet Sayyida Nafisa. She would go to his house on the way to Salaat al-Fajr and study with her tafsir. In her house is a grave and every day she recites three hours of Holy Qur'an in that grave to give baraka to that grave,
Whoever missed learning thru his youth, when you are young you can learn. Don't come at last moment of life and say, now I am coming
وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُ بَغْيًا وَعَدْوًا حَتَّى إِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ الْغَرَقُ قَالَ آمَنتُ أَنَّهُ لا إِلِـهَ إِلاَّ الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَنَاْ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
آلآنَ وَقَدْ عَصَيْتَ قَبْلُ وَكُنتَ مِنَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ
Wa jawazna bi-banee isra'eela al-bahra fa atba'ahum fir'awnu wa junooduhu baghyan wa 'adwan hatta idha adrakahu al-gharaqu qaala aamantu annahu laa ilaaha illa alladhee aamanat bihi banoo isra'eela wa ana mina'l-muslimeen.
We took the Children of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and his hosts followed them in insolence and spite. At length, when overwhelmed with the flood, he said: "I believe that there is no god except Him Whom the Children of Israel believe in: I am of those who submit (to Allah in Islam)."
(It was said to him): "Ah now!- But a little while before, wast thou in rebellion!- and thou didst mischief (and violence)! Surah Yunus 10:90 – 91.
Now you are repenting now when I am drowning in the ocean. Allah said:
فَالْيَوْمَ نُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ آيَةً وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ النَّاسِ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا لَغَافِلُونَ
Fa'l-yawma nunajjeeka bi-badanika li-takoona li-man khalfaka ayatan wa inna katheeran mina 'n-nasi 'an ayatina laghafiloon.
"This day shall We save thee in the body, that thou mayest be a sign to those who come after thee! but verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Signs!"
I am going to save your body as a sign to the people after you. He said, "I believe in what the people of Bani Isra'il believe." Surah Yunus: 10:92.
So that is why Imam Shafi'i said, "Whoever does not get learning in his youth say four takbirs over him. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar - that one is dead, his heart is like wood, no benefit coming out of him."
Hayata al-fata w'Allahi bil-'ilmi wa't-tuqa
The life of a youth[2], I am swearing to you by Allah, is by knowledge and by piety.
If that knowledge and piety that young person brought in his early life, there is no consideration to that person's body that person is zero.
If you follow that and be patient, Allah will open for you and inayatullah. Allah's care comes to you, reeh as-siba - the wind of youth that is specially in Paradise and it will come to dunya and take you to the Mercy of Allah swt.
That is why al 'ilm bi't-ta'alam w'al-hilm bi't-tahalam. Learning is by being taught and Forbearance is by forebearing.
'Ilmu fee as-saghar ka'l-naqshi 'ala al-hajar - The knowledge acquired in youth is like engraving on stones.
They sculpt a picture on stones. That early knowledge is like that.
Sayyidina '`Ali (r) said:
Man 'alaamanee harfan sirtu lahu 'abdan - Whoever taught me one letter I became a servant to him.
That is the discipline and respect of tassawuf, that is the discipline that the Prophet taught to humanity. And 'ilm is very very important. That is why when the people of Isra'il asked their Prophet to send them a king, in the time of the people of Isra'il, there were Prophet but prophets never did politics, never entered into a fight they are only messengers, only giving a teaching.
Only Sayyidina Muhammad was wrapping spirituality and Shari'ah to build an Islamic state to build both wings, to carry both wings.
In the time of Bani Israel, prophets were prophets only, they don't do anything else. Kings were doing the politics.
So in the time of Bani Israel, a lot of tyrants were around killing them and killing their Prophet. So they came to their Prophet, ask Allah to send a king so we may fight in the way of Allah to throw tyranny. He said, if I do that are you sure you are going to fight or you will run away. They said we will fight. He said if not you will be in problem. So what happened. Allah sent Talut. His name was Shemuel, Samuel. He was Shemuel that they asked to ask Allah to send a king and Allah sent Talut on them. They came to him and said how you sent Talut, we don't accept him. How you don't accept him? You came to me asking my intercession. They came to their Prophet asking intercession. For Shemuel there is intercession and for Prophet Muhammad there is not?
وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ اللّهَ قَدْ بَعَثَ لَكُمْ طَالُوتَ مَلِكًا قَالُوَاْ أَنَّى يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِالْمُلْكِ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ سَعَةً مِّنَ الْمَالِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللّهَ اصْطَفَاهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَزَادَهُ بَسْطَةً فِي الْعِلْمِ وَالْجِسْمِ وَاللّهُ يُؤْتِي مُلْكَهُ مَن يَشَاء وَاللّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الْمَلإِ مِن بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِن بَعْدِ مُوسَى إِذْ قَالُواْ لِنَبِيٍّ لَّهُمُ ابْعَثْ لَنَا مَلِكًا نُّقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ قَالَ هَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِتَالُ أَلاَّ تُقَاتِلُواْ قَالُواْ وَمَا لَنَا أَلاَّ نُقَاتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ وَقَدْ أُخْرِجْنَا مِن دِيَارِنَا وَأَبْنَآئِنَا فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوْاْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً مِّنْهُمْ وَاللّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالظَّالِمِينَ
Alam tara ila al-malai min banee israeela min ba'di moosa ith qaloo li nabiyyin lahumu ib'ath lana malikan nuqaatil fee sabeeli Allahi qaala hal 'asaytum in kutiba 'alaykumu alqitalu allaa tuqaatiloo qaloo wa maa lana allaa nuqatila fee sabeeli Allahi wa qad ukhrijna min diyarina wa abna'ina fa lamma kutiba 'alayhimu al-qitaalu tawallaw illa qaleelan minhum w'Allahu 'aleemun bidh-dhalimeena Wa qaala lahum nabiyyuhum inna Allaha qad ba'atha lakum taloota malikan qaloo anna yakoonu lahu al-mulku 'alayna wa nahnu ahaqqu bil-mulki minhu wa lam yuta sa'atan mina'l-maali qaala inna Allaha istafahu 'alaykum wa zaadahu bastatan fi'l-'ilmi wa'l-jismi w'Allahu yutee mulkahu man yasha'u w'Allahu wasi'un 'aleemun
Hast thou not Turned thy vision to the Chiefs of the Children of Israel after (the time of) Moses? they said to a prophet (That was) among them: "Appoint for us a king, that we May fight in the cause of Allah." He said: "Is it not possible, if ye were commanded to fight, that that ye will not fight?" They said: "How could we refuse to fight in the cause of Allah, seeing that we were turned out of our homes and our families?" but when they were commanded to fight, they turned back, except a small band among them. But Allah Has full knowledge of those who do wrong.
Their Prophet said to them: "(Allah) hath appointed Talut as king over you." They said: "How can he exercise authority over us when we are better fitted than he to exercise authority, and he is not even gifted, with wealth in abundance?" He said: "(Allah) hath Chosen him above you, and hath gifted him abundantly with knowledge and bodily prowess: Allah Granteth His authority to whom He pleaseth. Allah careth for all, and He knoweth all things." Suratu'l-Baqara: 2: 246-247
Hal asaytum in kutib alaykum al-qitaal ala tuqaatilu.
They objected to Talut. Why are you objecting? He was a huge man and Allah gave him knowledge. Sayyidina Mahdi is [also] huge. Mawlana Shaykh and GrandShaykh say, "His hands go under his knees." And at his hands at the wrist you can put 14 beans across. His hands are enormous.
One time, two or three times GrandShaykh showed me Sayyidina Mahdi, he is huge.
Huge in body and huge in knowledge Talut.
So Sayyidina Mahdi is coming with body and with knowledge. With the interpretation of Holy Qur'an with permission of Allah and Prophet.
So if you follow, you follow - it is up to you.
فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِالْجُنُودِ قَالَ إِنَّ اللّهَ مُبْتَلِيكُم بِنَهَرٍ فَمَن شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي وَمَن لَّمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي إِلاَّ مَنِ اغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةً بِيَدِهِ فَشَرِبُواْ مِنْهُ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً مِّنْهُمْ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ هُوَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ مَعَهُ قَالُواْ لاَ طَاقَةَ لَنَا الْيَوْمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنودِهِ قَالَ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلاَقُو اللّهِ كَم مِّن فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةً بِإِذْنِ اللّهِ وَاللّهُ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ
Fa lamma fasala talootu bil-junoodi qaala inna Allaha mubtaleekum bi naharin faman shariba minhu falaysa minnee waman lam yat'amhu fainnahu minnee illa mani ightarafa ghurfatan bi-yadihi fashariboo minhu illa qaleelan minhum fa lamma jawazahu huwa walladheena amanoo ma'ahu qaaloo laa taaqata lana al-yawma bi-jaloota wa junoodihi qaala alladheena yathunnoona annahum mulaaqoo Allahi kam min f'iatin qaleelatin ghalabat fi'atan katheeratan bidhnillahi wallahu ma'a as-saabireen.
When Talut set forth with the armies, he said: "(Allah) will test you at the stream: if any drinks of its water, He goes not with my army: Only those who taste not of it go with me: A mere sip out of the hand is excused." but they all drank of it, except a few. When they crossed the river,- He and the faithful ones with him,- they said: "This day We cannot cope with Goliath and his forces." but those who were convinced that they must meet Allah, said: "How oft, by Allah's will, Hath a small force vanquished a big one? Allah is with those who steadfastly persevere." Suratu'l-Baqara: 2:249
Before [we reach the enemy] I am passing by a river. Don't drink from that river except one gharfan, one handful. So most of them drank and quenched their thirst. Very few took only one handful. Those are the ones that he kept and the rest he did not want. Those who are surrendering are going to be supported. The rest who are not obedient, you don't need to care about them, there is nothing coming out of them. They are not faithful to you so they might not be faithful to Talut, when you are fighting the tyrant. Most of the army left.[3]
So Dawud killed Jalut with the slingshot. How did he finish him with that small rock? Because they listened to what Talut said. That is because Talut has knowledge, heavenly knowledge, Gnosticism, 'ilm al marifa, 'ilm al-adhwaq, 'ilm al-haqa'iq.
'Ilm al-qudrah an-nuraniyya. Where Sayyidina Abdul Qadir al-Jilani was using that illuminate power in his dua where he said, Allahuma innee asaluka bis-sirr in-nour adh-dhaati. O Allahuma I am asking you by the secret of the Light of the Essence.
Like the sun continuously illuminating, millions of tons it is using in burning every day and yet going to be going for millions of years. How/ it is Allah's qudrah.
Ya Allah bis-sirr adh-dhaat wa bi dhaat as-sirr - with the Secret of the Essence and Essence of the Secret. These are codes by which Allah opens.
And with the Essence of the Secret - Huwa anta wa anta huwa. He which is You and You which is He.
Allah said, "I was a hidden treasure and I wished to be known, I created creation." That hidden treasure is You.
Sayyidina Abdul Qadir al-Jilani put these names in a combination, the du'a al-wird al-jalala. Asmaullah al-jalala. The majestic and beautiful names of Allah and His Attributes. Allah gave him from the reality of Sayyidina Muhammad and gave all his anbiya and awliya.
Wa min Allah at-tawfiq bi-hurmatil fatiha.

[1] Abode: related to Arabic abadan? Bodhi Tree?
[2] Fata – noble youth - Root word for knight in Arabic. La fata illa 'Aliyyun wa la sayfun illa Dhul-fiqaar – there is no noble youth except 'Ali and no sword except Dhul-Fiqaar.
[3] Those who only took handful were a handful, yet they proved to be a handful to Jalut and his soldiers, and with one handful, Sayyidina Dawud slew Jalut, as Sayyidina Muhammad with one handful dispersed the forces of Quraysh at Badr. That is the Hand about which Allah said, wa yadahu'lladhee yabtashu bihi.