shaykh nazim speach Sohbet from 2 july 2006

The bigness of man and the Greatness of the Creator

As-salamu alaikum!

Audhu bi-llahi mina shaitani rajim
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
La haula wa la quwatta illa billahi-l Aliyu-l Azim

By the Name of Allah Almighty, most Merciful, most Beneficent and most Magnificent.
May Allah forgive me and bless you!... O people, ask forgiveness from Allah Almighty and ask (Him) to look after you
with His blessings!

We are humble people; physically we are so small. Sometimes (the) sun (is) shining, there are rays coming and in it
you are looking small pieces lying in it that may be much more bigger than ourselves by comparing (ourselves) with
the universe. Physically we are so small; through (the) universe you cant be seen (and) even our (whole) solar
system (is) going to disappear. And our world, (the) planet that we have been landed on it, it is going to be also
disappearing. And through (the) bigness of this planet our physical being (is) nothing, but… The Lord of Heavens
created ourselves and we were not in existence; we are created ones and He is (the) Creator (and) every created one
(is) going to be nothing, as much as you can imagine a bigness for this universe. You may say: (What about) billion
times such a universe? What do you think, o Sheikh? (But) I am saying: Nothing. What do you think if we (may) have a
bigger universe than our universe trillion times? What do you think? I am saying: Nothing. You may say:  O Sheikh, if
we are making that universe bigger and bigger and bigger and saying quatrillion times on it quatrillion times power -
what do you think (about) that bigness? I am (still) saying: Nothing. Creatures, as much as your imagination (is) going
and (you are) thinking (they may be) bigger and bigger and bigger, but (yet) we are on the level of creation and
created; never, you cant make a comparison between creations bigness and (the) Creators Greatness!

We may say Allah the Great, but we cant say Big Allah. He is big one? (No), He is Great One. Greatness that is
absolute, (has) not an end; absolute Greatness for our Lord Almighty Allah. But everything that He created and run
through your imagination, you may say bigger, bigger, bigger, but - that is big, but Allah is the Great. Allah is Great.
(For) everything in creation you may say (for it) little, small one, big one, bigger one, biggest one, but by comparison
with the Greatness (of Allah Almighty) it is nothing. And we have been granted from Allah Almighty not greatness, but
to be big ones; (we may say) big stars, big worlds, big galaxies, big universes, but you cant say great galaxy, no!
You must understand this; new knowledge this (is)!

Big ones (you may say) for those that their existence (has) just (been) granted from (the) Great Lord, the Lord of
Creation. But, Subhanallah - through our physical being our bigness is nothing, (but,) Subhanallah, we have been
granted something that your imagination cant reach to understand it, no, you cant understand. What is that? (It is)
how Allah Almighty through His Greatness (is) addressing to you, saying: O my servants, and that means (that) He
granted us something that it is not belonging to our physical being and our material universe, (it is) never going to
belong to that ones, never granted from universes and galaxies and worlds and Heavenly beings; (they are) never
granted such a thing that the Lord of Heavens granted to mankind and He is saying: You (are) My successor on
earth! And what is earth? What is (the) real earth and what is (the) real addressing? To whom the Lord of Heavens
was addressing that we said: Through your material being (that) just disappeared, no more, and His addressing no
more can carry our physical being that addressing.

As Sayyidina Musa was asking: O my Lord, let me to look You, to look to You! (And Allah Almighty was) saying: Come!
He (Sayyidina Musa) was asking to see, to look to his Creator and Allah Almighty was saying: You cant see. With your
material dressing and with your physical sifat, characteristics (attributes), you cant see! You cant see, as long as you
are dressed (a) material being; it is so small, that (even) if we may give it a bigness, to our physical being, (so that it)
may be (big like) such a universe, yet the addressing of Allah Almighty should be (the same and He will say): You cant
see Me. As long as you are in your material being, you cant see Me, but I may take (you) (when) you may be isolated
from your physical body. You cant, as long as you are through (a) physical form, you cant see. And (He Almighty was)
giving an example to know Moses and everyone: He Almighty (was) sending one ray (on a huge mountain) - that you
cant imagine (a) lessness for that appearance - (and) this huge mountain… Uhhhh…. (it) just finished!

Therefore - insan, man - is such an extraordinary being among creation; (the) biggest one among creation that is
man. Mans creation, mans structure (is) most important and (but) even though they cant be able to see, to look.

Now you, as long as you are with your physical being and as long as you are interesting through your material being
and (at the same time you are) asking something from spirituality, from Heavenly positions, you cant reach. Either you
must leave that or you should be mahrum, deprived, you cant be able to reach (the) second one that (physical being
is) never going to see Him, Almighty.

Therefore we are saying (that) we are so mall ones. Doesnt matter (if) our physical being, (even) if it can be billion
times (as big as) such a universe, yet we are nothing. And on nothing cant be seen any appearance from Heavenly
beings. Leave Allah Almighty, even (for) Heavenly beings you cant see. You cant see; we may fall down, as a thunder
coming on a person, finished. But we have been granted such an important real being that (is) never going to be
affected through Divinely Appearances - according to their levels. But if (you have) not (reached to your Heavenly
position), your physical form cant carry anything from spirituality. Therefore we have been ordered to leave our
material being.

Therefore - Sayyidina Abu Yazid, he came into (the) Divinely Presence and (he was) asking: O my Lord, let me enter
in it! And the Lord (was) saying: Leave your nafs, leave your ego and come! That means: Your ego that belongs to
material world it is (the) biggest hindrance for a person to reach to his Lords Divinely Presence. And first the Seal of
Prophets just left it; the Night of Journey he was not using his physical being, no. (He) just changed; and (the) first
step from Haramu-l Mecca- sharafallah - (he was) rising on (the) Buraq, then (he was) coming and (the) Buraq that
belongs to and representing our (spiritual or our) physical being, he left it and then (he was) getting in(to the Divine
Presence). He left his ride, (as it was said that:) You must leave it and then come! (So) he left it (behind) and (then he
was) coming.

That is (the) honour of mankind. May be bigger and bigger and bigger his physical being (like) billions (of) such a
universe, but (that bigness is) giving nothing to you or giving nothing, (no) any rights to you to stand up even one foot
over the earth! You can fall down.

Who is asking to move towards Heavens that they are not belonging to material world, he must be able to stand up
over the world even one foot. That time he is ready for getting up. If (you) cant do (that), yet you are on (the) same
level, (the) level of animals. Who is not able to take up, to rise or to arise his feet from earth even one foot distance,
that means yet he is belonging to (the) material world and he is wholly nafs; wholly his animal being just (is) appearing
on himself and he cant get up. When (the) animal being just disappeared, then you should be ready.

(The) Prophet - sallaLlahu alayhi wa sallam - was coming from Mecca Mukarrama to Baitu-l Maqdis in Muwaqa Sharif.
When (he was) reaching there, he was reached to a position that he may arise (to Heavens) by himself. Therefore (he
was) leaving (the) Buraq Sharif, holy ride on earth and then he (was) becoming to get up.

O people, we are not yet understanding about ourselves! Therefore - (the) Prophet (was) saying that Man arifa nafsa,
faqad arifa Rabbahu. If you are not knowing about yourself, you cant reach to your Creator. First you must be able to
understand about yourself. That is a summary; I think from East and West (people are saying the same or) in such a
way, but some precious stones you can find in it and they mean to say: O people, try (not) to run after bigness on
earth. You are in need to reach a greatness through Heavens! As long as you are running after bigness, your and
(the) animals level (is the) same (and) you cant reach up! And (when the) Prophet was ready, instantly (he was)
beginning to get up, up. And his bigness (on earth) just finished and (then) it was only an order from (the) holy Orders
of Allah Almighty (that He was) saying: Be! and (it was) becoming and Allah Almighty (was) just putting on his (the
Prophets) existence (the) existence of Heavenly beings, dressing him from the Greatness of Heavens. Not from His
(Own) Greatness, but from the greatness of Heavens, till he reached (further) up.

Therefore, now people are thinking that a religion, a belief, is something that without practicing you may reach some
degrees or without trying yourself by some means of spirituality. They may think that: We reached to Allah, (but it)
cant be! You may be (a) big one, but you cant be a great one.

May Allah forgive us and bless you, for the honor of the Seal of Prophets, Sayyidina Muhammad - sallaLlahu alayhi
wa sallam, and (may He) give us a good understanding. Peoples understanding (is wrong), particularly in our days;
they are understanding (a) wrong understanding for Islam and for religions, for spirituality, for Heavenly matters or
(for) Heavenly levels or Heavenly beings. And only you can find your way through one Tariqat (, through a
Sufi-Order); and now whole Tariqats just stopped down, only (the) Naqshibandi (Tariqat), (the) most distinguished
Naqshibandi Order, (is) on. On, and you can reach with that (one) only to your real position. That means: when you
are…(when it is) going to be taken away from yourself everything that belongs to our material being, (when it is) taken
away, then you should be dressed. You should be dressed (by a) Heavenly Dressing for an understanding. Or (If not)
your are understanding only (about the) level of animals - eating, drinking and making children, sexual works, nothing
else. As now people just fall in it…

Allahumma, ya Allah, o our Lord, save ourselves from the hands of satanic powers and make us to destroy (the)
building of Batil, false, to make it down and its supporter and teacher shaitan also to fall down! And I hope that time
now is over; coming, what we are asking, now (is) approaching and people should be taken away from themselves
(those) that they are asking to be big ones and instead (to be) big ones (on earth) they (people) should reach a
greatness in (the) Divinely Presence of the holy Creator.

Bi hurmati man arsalta alayhi Suratu-l Fatiha