Sohbet about Holy People By Maulana Sh Nazim(2006)

Bismi'llah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim...for the sake of Prophet Muhammad saws and Sheikh Nazim may Allah protect his secret.

Here's the latest sohbet from Maulana Sheikh Nazim, sent by Khairya to Naqshbandi group "Sufi Village." (She keeps pretty close to the original language .. so bear with it !)

Maulana Scheikh Nazim's sohbet from 19.2.2006

”O our Lord- save our souls!“
Meded, ya Sultanu-l Anbiya, Meded, ya Sultanu-l Awliya, Meded, ya Rijalallah! Audhu bi-llahi mina shaitani rajim, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, La haula wa la quwatta illa bi-llahi-l ‘Aliyu-l ‘Adhim.
As-salamu alaikum!
It is a short association and we are trying to follow the ways of holy people. And who is living on earth- billions of people are living- they are two kinds of people: Holy ones and unholy ones. I was once passing through Switzerland on my way from London to Cyprus. There is a famous monastery St.Nicolaus (von der Flüe), always (when) I am passing, his spirituality was asking me to come closer and he was taking familiarity from my spirituality. I was passing and coming there, stopping and visiting the monastery and his tomb also. Once I was there, just I visited and (I was) coming out, a person (was) coming and he said that: “I am priest of this monastery” and I was addressing to him: “Your holiness.” He said to me: “I am not a holy one. If you are saying ‘holiness’, holiness inside, buried there, but I am ordinary priest, I am not holy one.” I said to him: “What about (the) Pope?” “He is not also a holy one; he is also a person that (is being) appointed by some group of religious people (that) we are saying ‘Cardinals’ (for them). (‘His) Holiness’ that is a grant and blessing from Heavens. Whom they are appointed by someones on earth, they are not holy ones. (‘His) Holiness’ is a rank that (is) granted from Heavens to the Lord of Heavens’ servants.” I said: “What you are speaking, it is true. When they are appointed by governments, they can’t be holy ones.” To be ‘(His) Holiness’ that is something belongs to Heavens; that is not a reward or such a thing that people may give to anyone. Yes, I may dress (something that looks) like (the) dress of Popes or Saints- their clothes is holy clothes, as we are looking- but inside, no. Don’t think (that) if a person (is) dressing what dresses (a) holy man, (he is) going to be (a) holy one, no! Clothes we are understanding, but not that person. We are speaking on that point that people must know (that) some of them are holy ones, and mostly they are ordinary people. For example: Can’t be a person King, (even) if he is going to dress (a) Kings dressing; (and) even (if he is) putting on his head a crown, he is not going to be a King, no. But now (this imagination is) through whole nations and people are not asking who is holy one or not. They are not understanding what is (the) mission of (the) holy ones. People now (are) going to be (all) on the same line that their mission (is) to work for Dunya. Who (is) working for Dunya, he is not a holy one, no. Who (is) working for his Lord, he is holy one. Holy one is a clean person, (there is) no dirtiness on them for Dunya, no, but who (is) working for Dunya, they are all of them just going to be dirty from Dunya. You may say: there is a pond; who is swimming in that pond, (in a) clean one, he is clean, but who (is) falling in(to) a dirty pond, he should be dirty. Dunya is dirty and we are not created for Dunya, no, we are created for the Lords servanthood. Who (is) choosing to be (the) servant of his Lord, his life is clean and he is reaching through his cleanliness his Lords divine Presence. (That is for the) clean ones. Who (is) choosing Dunya, all of them (are) just coming in(to) a dirty pond and they should be left through that dirty place. It is so clear, so clear! All Prophets that came, that have been sent- they are all of them chosen ones- they were saying (the) same thing. Don’t think (that) Adam a.s. was saying other words than what we say now. Don’t think (that) Noah a.s. was calling his people to another station. Don’t think (that) Abraham a.s. and his sons, grandsons and (the) lines of Prophets through (the) 12 tribes (of Israel)- thousands of Prophets-, don’t think (that) they were calling people to Dunya, no, but they were calling them to be for their Creator, the Lord of Heavens: “Come and be servants for your Lord Allah Almighty!” (And) Shaitan (is also) calling people: “No, you must try… you must run after Dunya and you must try to enjoy your physical being with so many things from Dunya!” Shaitans’ calling (is) that! (And) all Prophets just called. Now we are living in a time (where) there is a Muslim world (and) there is a Non-Muslim world; Non-Muslim world means: Christian world and then Jewish world- that they are also Book-given people (people of the book), all of them- and (then) there are so many millions or billions (of) people, (that) they are never taking care or (who are) never interesting in Holy Books and (in) following some ‘ways from old time(s)‘. And now the representatives of (the) Muslim world, the representatives of (the) Non-Muslim world, the representatives of (the) Christians, the representatives of (the) Jewish faith- all of them (are) never getting a power for defeating Satan from people. Satans power (is) coming over their powers! They are in such a way that their faith (is) not enough for defending Truth and the Lord of Heavens sent all Prophets and their real inheritors, (as) defenders of Truth. And Truth (is) coming from Heavens. Truth is not from earth; the Balance of Truth (is) coming from Heavens. Every balance that they are doing now- nations and their religious people-, their balance (is) from earth, (and) therefore they are not able to make (a) defence or to be defenders of Truth. They are following their egoistic interests; they are interesting only for Dunya and can’t be able to be defenders of Truth first of all that we must do our defence to make people to believe in (the) Lord of Heavens, their Creator. And secondly we must do our defence for defending that: “O people, take your true ways according (to the) Rules of Heavens that just had been sent through His chosen people, honoured people, that they are Prophets!” (But) we are not saying: “How we are going to be defenders of Truth?” (and) therefore Truth- now (among) perhaps 6 billion people- you can’t find even one million people to be real defenders for Truth. That means: all our destinations through wrong heads (in the hands of people) that are not knowing (anything about the) true destination of mankind; and we are accepting them and following them and (so) we are going to be defenders for Shaitan, defenders for shaitanic ideas. Now people (are) defenders of satanic ideas and works and activities, that what they are doing (is) carrying heavenly Cursing on earth! What do you think (about) now, today, through East and West, from North to South? You think heavenly Blessings (is) coming on earth or Cursing coming? Cursing (is) coming, because we are not defenders of Truth, (we are) not following (the) Prophets and their real inheritors. That is it, nothing else! People (are) running to do this, to do that, to stop this…(Then they are) stopping that and beginning another cursing there, coming another… Every day and night another kind of cursing (is) coming, unexpected…unexpected… until they are saying: “O our Lord, save ourselves!” If a ship (is) going to sink, (it is) giving (an) announcement: “SOS…SOS…SOS!“ (They are) calling. What does it mean SOS? “O people, we are going to die, save our souls!” Not your souls! (If they were) saying: “SOB, SOB, SOB“ it is better, because people can’t say, ordinary people can’t say ‘souls‘. (Therefore they) may say: “(SOB- Save our) bodies, without (the) souls.” Why not sending- they are sending that announcement through 4 directions- (and) calling: “O people, we are in a dangerous position. (The) ocean (is) going to swallow our ships and ourselves! Please, quickly reach to ourselves and save our bodies, not souls!” Why (they are) not saying (this)? These people, 21st century people, why (they are) not sending their announcement: “O our Lord, save our souls?” Why not saying? People (are) running through (the) streets, Muslim people, for a nonsense person drawing. That is (the) Islamic way? No! Why (they are) not going to (their) mosque and saying: “O our Lord, You said, You promised for Your beloved servant that You are going to be Guarantor for him! Please, send us armies from Heavens, as You did some time (ago as) we are believing. Send (them to) us to destroy their technology, their nuclear weapons, send (them to) us to destroy their whole nuclear bombs!” Why not saying? (Instead they are) on streets, burning cloth (flags)! That is Islam that saying our Prophet and our Holy Book? Written in such a way? Allah knows! Therefore I am saying that I heard a punishment is coming for the inhabitants of this world: One punishment for (the) Non-Muslims, seven punishments for (the) Muslims, because they lost their way! Keep yourself! Run and ask (for) holy ones! One holy one may shelter you, but 1ooo regiments cannot shelter you. That is the head of crises and that is its treatment. May Allah forgive me… Therefore ? coming, I am saying: “O our Lord, send us Your Sultan!” Sultan means who has heavenly Power! I was in Damascus at the end of the Second War- no one was born from you- and the French forces were bombarding from Mezza; it was a center of army, protected with everything. They were bombarding Damascus and we looked and saw that one shell (was) coming on S.Yahya, Yahyas tomb. Just appeared a hand, taking that shell and throwing (it) away. And I was also looking (and seeing that) in Homs, (a) famous place in Syria (already in the) time of (the) Christians and after (the) Christians (in the time of the) Muslims. They were bombarding from Kel’a, (a) sheltered place, and (the) army (was) there and (they were) bombarding. I was in S.Khalid ibn Walids mosque- (may) Allah bless him- (and there was) also coming a shell (and it was also) passing! And they were taking as their target to destroy that holy tomb of Prophets people, S.Khalid ibn Walid r.A. Only one piece (was) coming on (the) minaret and (it was) falling down. I was there. That shell (also) passed away! We have power! We are not weak people! Now- we are weak people, but (the) inheritors of (the) Prophets have such power! But people are not believing in holy ones. They are finished… Therefore every day one punishment on (the) Islamic world coming, coming, coming… May Allah forgive us and bless you for the honour of the most honoured one in His divine Presence S.Muhammad sws, Fatiha.

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Ilmu Hakikat, dalam filem-filem,animasi dan video game.

Sekiranya kita melihat dengan seksama, hari ini, begitu banyak sekali filem-filem barat yang menayangkan filem-filem yang berunsur dan bertema perjalanan hakikat serta lapis-lapis dimensi alam dan realiti seperti filem The Matrix, Knowing, Watchmen(Dr Manhattan) dan sebagainya. Filem-filem sebegini semakin berkembang atas sebab kesedaran manusia moden yang semakin menyedari bahawa manusia berpotensi melaksanakan perkara-perkara yang di luar kapasitas dan tidak terikat oleh hukum dunia logik akal semata-mata. Begitu juga setelah itu, dilihat trend sebegini juga mengular di dunia 'Video Games' pula, seperti siri permainan Final Fantasy (yang paling ketara adalah bahagian 7, di mana tema keruhaniannya agak tinggi), Star Ocean, Ragnarok, Xenogears, God Of War dan sebagainya.

Sepertimana kita melihat dalam filem The Matrix, maka begitu ramai arifbillah Sufi yang haq, yang telah sampai dan faham akan perjalanan ruh manusia telah mengkaji dan mendapati bahawa dunia nyata yang kita lihat pada hari ini, pada hakikatnya, juga adalah 'ilusi dan maya' sepertimana yang banyak dinyatakan Allah SWT bahawa dunia memang tipu daya. Untuk apakah sebenarnya dunia ini dicipta? Tidaklah lain melainkan untuk mengenali diri dan Tuhannya serta mengumpul amal dan ibadah sebanyak-banyaknya. Dalam filem The Matrix, kita dapat melihat bagaimana pengarah-pengarah filem mereka sebenarnya punya kefahaman yang tinggi dalam dunia hakikat sebagaimana mereka menggambarkan bahawa dunia yang mereka sangka-sangka benar tu sebenarnya tidak 'real' langsung. Bahkan, Neo(pasti kalian kenal benar watak ini) setelah mengenali dirinya, maka mampulah menguasai elemen masa, tempat, kelajuan dan sebagainya sehingga melahirkan perkara-perkara 'supernatural'. Ingat tak 'scene' yang Neo berjumpa dengan kanak-kanak 'mistik' itu? Dia bengkokkan sudu hanya dengan pandangan marifat. Dalam dunia realiti/hakikat, sudu itu tidaklah se'real' yang anda sangkakan sekiranya kita mampu naik ke 'hadrat atas'. Dengan menguasai ilmu-ilmu inilah, manusia berupaya mencarik adat dan melawan hukum norma (sunnatullah). Begitu juga sekiranya kita menonton filem Watchmen contohnya, bagaimana watak Dr Manhattan, yang mulanya seorang profesor yang terperangkap dalam suatu bilik eksperimen 'Zero Point Energy', sehingga tubuhnya menjadi sangat 'power' dan 'invincible' sehingga mampu mengawal masa, berada di banyak tempat serentak, menguasai ruang waktu dapat jadi besar, dan berupaya membentuk objek. Banyak lagi kalau kita nak ambil contoh-contoh dalam filem yang membawa unsur ini.

Kajian bijakpandai dan pakar sains quantum juga telah mengesahkan dengan teori 'Quantum Fizik' dan teori 'Zero Point Energy'. Menurut kajian mereka Quantum Fizik merupakan penjelasan akan bagaimana contohnya kita mampu melipat ruang, waktu dan tempat. Zero Point Energy pula adalah suatu kajian mengenai suatu tenaga yang 'paling kuat' boleh dihasilkan dari tenaga paling kuat. Zero Point Energy ini bolehlah kita katakan lebih pantas dari cahaya. Di lain-lain masa. Saya akan mencari maklumat yang lebih mendalam tentang ZPE dan QF ini Insha Allah.

Dalam dunia animasi dan permainan video, juga tak kurang hebatnya bertema hakikat potensi kerohanian tanpa batas insan. Dalam dunia animasi, kita boleh melihat bagaimana dalam filem Avatar yang menceritakan kisah seorang budak mistik bernama 'Aang' yang mampu mengawal elemen angin, begitu juga kawan-kawannya yang mampu mengawal elemen-elemen api, air, tanah. Pasti anda pernah melihat kartun animasi seperti Dragon Ball, Naruto dan lain-lain animasi bertema spiritual kebolehan manusia. Dalam Dragon Ball misalnya, anda pasti teringat bagaimana, Son Goku yang amanah dan jujur, betapa cepat meneroka dunia persilatan dan kerohanian berbanding mahagurunya sendiri Dato' Kame yang agak lambat meneroka ilmu kerana masih suka melihat gadis-gadis seksi seperti Buma. Begitu juga dengan tenaga dalam yang ditunjukkan dalam animasi Naruto oleh Sasuke dan rakan-rakan serta banyak lagi animasi-animasi sedemikian.

Nampaknya bukan sahaja orang barat yang semakin mengerti ilmu-ilmu kedalaman (hakikat) ini, tetapi orang-orang Jepun juga semakin mahir. Dunia Permainan Video memang nyata memaparkan tema-tema kerohanian terutama game-game berunsur RPG(Role Play Game). Yang paling penulis minat nak cerita di sini adalah pasal tema game FF7 (Final Fantasy 7). Dalam game ini, anda akan mengawal watak Cloud Strife, yang bergerak bersama kumpulannya Avalanche, suatu kumpulan pemberontak yang melawan Shinra Inc. , suatu Kroni yang mementingkan materi dan memeras tenaga hayat planet mereka yang digelar GAIA. Menurut jalan cerita game itu, manusia, haiwan dan tumbuhan serta segala-gala hidupan dunia bergantung hayat pada GAIA, iaitu tenaga Ruh bumi. Mereka juga menentang Sephiroth, seorang 'Villain' yang zalim dan jahat serta memusuhi umat manusia setelah mengenali bahawa dirinya adalah bangsa terpilih JENOVA. Cloud Strife bergerak bersama Tifa Lockhart gadis kampungnya, Barret, seorang mercenari, Aeris si penjual bunga, Yuffie si ninja kicik, Red 13 seekor singa, Vincent seorang bekas ahli tentera pembunuh upahan TURKS yang kemudiannya masuk menjalani 'suluk' mengasing diri dalam sebuah keranda kubur, Cid seorang pilot roket dan juga Cait Sith, sebuah robot lucu. Mereka ini ditemui Cloud dan tiga rakan yang ada sejak mula iaitu Cloud, Tifa, dan Barret di lokasi berbeza-beza sepanjang permainan. Sehinggalah saat kematian Aeris gadis bunga yang sungguh memilukan di tangan Sephiroth.

Akhirnya, suatu ketika Cloud hampir menemui kematiannya di pertengahan permainan dan ditemui gila di sebuah hospital di sebuah bandar kecil. Ketika Tifa dan lain-lain menemuinya di bandar terpencil itu, tiba-tiba berlaku suatu gempa bumi dan Cloud seta Tifa terjatuh ke dalam air pancuran Gaia yg memancur keluar. Semasa dalam air pancuran hayat Gaia itulah, Tifa telah masuk ke dalam diri Cloud dan mengenali 'pemecahan diri' Cloud yang sebelum itu pun tercari-cari hala tuju. Setelah mengenal diri akhirnya Cloud meneruskan perjuangan mereka sehinggalah penamat permainan. Yang berakhir dengan tewasnya Sephiroth, tetapi nasib dunia masih dalam tanda tanya.

Yang menariknya di sini, adalah bagaimana mereka mampu memahami akan hakikat dunia kerohanian, bahkan terkadang, agak melampau kalau pengarang tulis kat sini, lagi hebat dari kefahaman yang ada pada ustaz-ustaz berijazah atas kertas. Bagaimana mereka berjaya merungkai perkara-perkara yang diakui di alam keruhanian. Penulis kagum dengan mereka, kerana mereka mungkin lebih membuka minda mereka ke arah mengkaji sesuatu jika hendak dibandingkan dengan masyarakat kita yang lebih suka 'terikat' dalam pemahaman logik akal dan kebiasaan. Walla'hualam. Sekian dulu dari saya.

Sumber : Tadak sumber la, diambil dari kajian sendiri berdasarkan pengamatan akan filem-filem, animasi dan permainan video bertema spiritual. And of course la ada sikit pengaruh penulisan pakar-pakar metafisik modern (SHAHRIZAL)