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Dastur ya Shah-i Mardan
O lion of the arenas, Shah-i Mardan dastur!
O lovers of Shah-i Mardan.
O lovers of Shah-i Mardan.
Let us say: Bismillahir rahmanir rahim.
How lovely, how very lovely.
The power that propels us from pre-eternity to post-eternity
is Bismillahir rahmanir rahim. How lovely!
O Lord, grant us health, of body and spirit!
O Lord, dress upon us good states
and let our condition be a good one.
May our aspect be pleasing,
so that whoever sees us will say: Masha'Allah,
what a pure face has he, what a loveable person!
This happens. For one wanting this, it can happen. But no one wants it.
If He wishes, He grants beauty also to his outer appearance
as He grants beauty to his spiritual being.
Madad ya Sahib al-Maydan, make Shah-i Mardan a support for us!
Make him to assist us.
If your support comes to us,
your sword, o Shah-i Mardan,
will cleave the world in two like a watermelon.
Know this! Know the fighters of Allah!
We cannot express the power of the Prince of Creation.
We can in no way express it.
The Prince of Creation,
for My Own Self I have created him.
Whoever wishes to see My Essential Being, he will see it in you.
Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Wa liLlahil Hamd.
How beautiful, how lovely this is!
We woke up well, our Lord has graced us with this.
The kindness and intercession of our Holy Prophet (sas) came to our aid.
We rose for the morning prayer and bowed to our Lord.
Thanks be to Allah, for granting us His favour.
He gave us leave to bow to Him in prostration.
They wake you with the Muslim call to prayer.
Arise! Get up!
He has not created you to lie in bed, Allah, the Creator.
The Lord of the Worlds made you not for lying in bed. Get up!
Bow down before your Lord! Stand before His Divine Court!
O, and what a Court that is! Allahu Akbar ul-Akbar.
O Lord, send to us Your special servants
to lead us along Your way.
I have sent them, Shah-i Mardan is one of them.
Who attends the associations of Shah-i Mardan will find the way.
Looking up from the earth to the sky,
he may say: 100 lightyears, or 1000 lightyears
in the reckoning of men, of these so-called men,
or a distance of 100.000 lightyears, he says.
The stars have a measure of their own.
These million years
for this light of a million years to reach us, he says.
For the light from a distance of a billion years
to reach us takes time.
A billion years' distance He brings to us in the blink of an eye.
Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar.
Al Azamatu Lillah. Allah Allah.
Allahu Akbar Wa liLlahil Hamd.
What are we? We
are the Nation of the Messenger of Greatness
who is endowed with the secret of the Universe.
If he says Be! then it will come to be.
If he says Be! it comes to be, from the Power of our Prophet.
This we can say.
Allahu Akbar ul-Akbar.
O Shah-i Mardan! O lion of the arenas!
You are the Secret of the Beloved .
The secret in you is one part of what
the Beloved of Allah has bestowed upon you,
that ocean is the Messenger of Greatness.
The Messenger of Greatness
was given a tiny morsel
of the dominion of Allah - Jalla Jalaluhu -
More than that he could not bear.
Say: Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar!
La İlaha İll'Allah Hu, Allahu Akbar
Allahu Akbar WaliLlahil Hamd.
O lovers of Shah-i Mardan!
How awe-inspiring you are!
Awe, even with great awe you cannot
look Shah Mardan in the face, it is not possible.
If only one bit of his power were to reach to us,
all of creation would be burnt up.
Shah-i Mardan, lion of the arenas,
Ali ibn Abu Talib, the cousin of our Holy Prophet (sas).
Allahu Akbar.
The possessor of Dhul Fiqqar.
The sword in his hand is Dhul Fiqqar.
With one stroke he could cleave the world in two like a melon.
Let us say Bismillahir rahmanir rahim.
For the servants of Allah Almighty it is the greatest favour
to mention the Divine Name, to speak Bismillahir rahmanir rahim.
Therefore the Prophet (sas) was ordered "Iqra bismi Rabbika" (96:1)
"Begin with the Basmala, begin in the Name of your Lord".
The Basmala that he was given, was given to no one else.
He says Bismillahir rahmanir rahim, but the Basmala of all creation
is submerged within that ocean.
That highly-honoured Basmala gives us eminence.
The highly-honoured Basmala exalts mankind.
Man finds his perfection through Bismillahir rahmanir rahim.
The Universe is maintained through Bismillahir rahmanir rahim.
O Shah-i Mardan, be pleased to come
to your lovers, to your loving friends!
A lion keeps company with other lions.
Nobody wishes to the keep the company of cats.
That lion possesses majesty.
Once a lion saw a cat. He looked at him and said:
"You look like me, but why are you so tiny?"
He said: "I fell into the hands of men, therefore I am so small."
The cats complained to the lion.
Why are you so small? Because of what man did to me.
The cat falls into the hands of the sons of Adam, but the lion
is not like the cat. The lion is a lion.
Among men are those who have the qualities of the lion
and those who have the qualities of the cat.
There are also those who have qualities of a mouse.
Man tashabbaha bi qawmin fa-huwa minhum...
Whatever a man resembles, he will belong to that kind.
Shah-i Mardan is the Shah, the Sultan of the arenas.
Let us engage in action, let us follow him.
Manliness, courage is his basic characteristic.
Shah-ı Mardan
Sayyidna Ali is the lion of Allah.
Let man liken himself to something.
There is the lion, there is the cat, and there is the mouse.
Man must look: if he wishes, he will have the quality of the lion;
if he wishes, he is given the qualities of the cat;
or if he wishes he can stay like the mouse, like the rat.
While you could be a lion, why do you chose to be a rat?
Set out on your way. Undergo the training of Shah-i Mardan.
Undertake it, so that you might be robed
with the dignity that you deserve.
By the side of Shah-i Mardan
no foolish person may walk.
For when Shah-i Mardan strikes a blow with his sword Dhul Fiqqar
he cleaves the world as if it were a watermelon.
Such a powerful hand has he, Shah-i Mardan
And the others, what do they hold in their hand? A tiny little penknife.
They struggle with a penknife, but nothing can be done with that.
Enter into the way of Shah-i Mardan that you may be given power.
So that when you strike a blow, you may cleave the world apart!
If you strike one strike, Shah-i Mardan strikes a thousand.
When he calls out: "Bismillahi Ya Allah!
I strike for the sake of the King of Prophets, Allah's Beloved"
he will split the universe in two.This you must know!
How lovely! O Lord, give us endurance, and strength, for we are weak.
This we want to hear.
While the way of lionhood is open, is he of sound mind
who becomes a fox, a jackal, a wolf, a hyena or a bear?
The way of Shah-i Mardan is Bismillahir rahmanir rahim.
O lovers of Shah-i Mardan!
This is our association.
Speak, it does not end, it does not run out.
Therefore our way is the Naqshbandi way.
The other tariqas are the same. They are all based on
the saying of Shah Naqshband: "Tariqatuna as-sohba" -
Our way is the way of association.
Let us train in it. Let us embark on the lion road,
so that we might not remain mice. Let us be as lions.
What are tariqas there for? To robe man in his dignity
What a lovely word.
Man is the most awesome creature in all creation.
The tariqas are there for to dress his dignity with dignity.
At first he is a simple man, and he is made into a lion.
A weak servant is made into a Sultan.
What is the way to become a Sultan? Which road do you set out on?
On the road of association, on the way of counsel.
You follow the road of tariqa, it leads you to a sultanate.
They don't waste a glance on the trash of this world.
O Shah-i Mardan, marhaba, welcome!
Bestow on us a glance,
May our weakness be taken from us
so that we might be useful for service.
I have created My servant so that he might serve Me!
Wa Ma Khalaqtu l-Jinna Wa l-Insa Illa Liya`budun (51:56)
I have created all creation so that it might serve Me;
so that mankind and Jinn might be My servants.
The least of My servants will be given the power of seven kings by his Lord,
seven sultanates. No one knows the limit of the kingdoms granted by Allah.
O my Lord, we are weak.
Li-kulli shay'in Ajala. An appointed hour for everything.
Everyone has been appointed a time to appear in this world.
There is an appointed time for all.
Now the appointed time for the world itself
is slowly drawing to an end.
Allah Almighty says: Iqtarabatu s-sa'at (54:1)
The Last Day has drawn near. When it is fulfilled they will be gathered:
The good to a good place, the corrupt to a corrupt place.
The people living in this world.
Marhaba, o Shah-i Mardan.
Marhaba, o lovers of Shah-i Mardan.
How lovely! May Light descend upon us.
May joy come to our hearts, may power come to our faith.
May our love grow stronger. Do you want this?
Say Bismillahir rahmanir rahim. The son of man, Allahu Akbar,
is highly honoured. But Shaytan,
may that which he deserves come upon him,
may Allah give him what he deserves, we say.
He tries to bring down to zero the honour of mankind.
Shaytan is jealous
to the highest degree of all jealousy.
And with this anger within him
he infects ignorant people; he passes it to them like a graft.
Jealousy, and one person makes another jealous.
The mother of all badness comes from jealousy.
Adam's (as) expulsion from paradise
came from shaytan's jealousy, he was jealous of Adam (as)
He struggled until he got him thrown out of Paradise.
The station of Adam (as) is Paradise, not this world.
Out of jealousy he devised such a plot, that in the end
Allah, the Absolute Lord of Paradise, said: "Go Adam,
with Hawwa, the earth is your home." The earth is dark.
Driven from Paradise, shaytan established himself on earth.
Here they come, now I will avenge myself on them!
With what did he confuse people, bring them low?
With jealousy, he plunged them into darkness.
What drives all people today, the starting point is jealousy.
The Russians are jealous of the Americans.
Persians are jealous of Turks, Indians of Chinese.
China is jealous of Japan.
Whites are jealous of blacks and blacks of whites.
There is no worse quality than jealousy
that kills humanity and brings disaster upon them.
All of man's suffering is a result of the scourge of jealousy.
It poisons the lives of men.
Now Shaytan is dancing, "I have disgraced the son of man.
I have completely destroyed his peace and happiness."
Shaytan is wild with joy, while people slaughter each other.
What is this?
The world is neither yours nor mine.
Go down to earth, said Allah Almighty.
I have there assigned to you a life for a time.
Who asks for Me will find Paradise; who forgets Me shall go to Hell.
That's how it is. Today's world is in the vise of jealousy
being mangled in its grip. Everyone is jealous of everyone
else. Were there no jealousy, there would be no Hell.
Jealousy disgraces people.
Jealousy turns a good life into a living Hell.
What will you say, here is the training of Shah-i Mardan .
Don't be jealous! The world is neither yours nor mine.
We will be in this world only for 3 or 5 days. Don't fight over it!
If the man sitting at the train station picks a fight with another man,
saying, "Get lost, this place is mine" - is he of sound mind?
The train is coming, you will board it, and it takes you away. What can you do?
No, this is my place.But the train came, you are going, leaving all this behind.
Even so, it is mine, and I will smash his head.
Don't be jealous! Hell is for the jealous ones,
Paradise for those who are not jealous.
O our Lord, for the honour of Bismillahir rahmanir rahim.
For the honour of Shah-i Mardan, and for the honour of
Your chosen Beloved, protect us from the evil of shaytan and
from the evil of his followers and from jealous people.
Let us lead our lives for Your sake, o our Lord!
To be Your servants. Say: O lovers of Shah-i Mardan
Bismillahir rahmanir rahim. This is what will save humanity.
If not, shaytan will ruin their souls.
What does he inspires in them?Aha,he sings & plays to make you dance and hop.
Shaytan inspires no mercy in man.
He inspires cursings. His curses should be on his own head!
Because of their jealousy, people follow shaytan.
With jealousy he drives people wild.
Leave your jealousy, lead an untroubled life!
Leave off jealousy, so the gates of heaven open for you.
Otherwise your world will be hell, and your afterlife even worse.
O our Lord, accept us to be Your servants!
We wish for a leader.
O Lord, send us a sultan who will show us our way!
We live in a time when up is down, and down is up.
O Lord, send us a Sultan who will set everything
in its rightful place with justice, Divine Justice!
Who holds Dhul Fiqqar and says Bismillahir rahmanir rahim.
O our Lord! Forgive us, for the honour of the most
dearly Beloved! We implore you, o Lord, we are so weak.
We live for Your service, but by the scourge of jealousy
the world got entangled in strife; all became upside down.
Stay away from envy, says the Holy Prophet (sas):
"Tahabbu Wa la tahassadu." Yes?
Love one another, do not envy each other, he says.
All the prophets have preached this.
But instead the whole world listens to shaytan and not to the prophets.
And they have fallen into a cauldron of troubles, and cannot be saved.
Ya Gharatullah, make haste, O our Lord....
O our Lord, send us a Sultan who will lead us along the straight path,
who will dress on us the honour of servanthood, o Allah.
Tauba, ya Rabbi, tauba ya Rabbi, tauba, istaghfirullah.
This matter would not come to an end, even if we
spoke on it not for 24 hours but for 24 days.
Let us work harder, let us be fighters in the way of Allah.
Let us assemble on the wrestling ground of Shah-i Mardan
Brave men have no jealousy.
O our Lord, forgive us, and give us strength and health of body and mind.
Let us live for You, o our Lord, not for anything else.
Woe to those who are forgetful of the service of Allah Almighty;
who pursue this worthless world. Shame on them!
Make our faces look more lovely, and give strangth to our bodies!
May our sufferings be taken from us and no illness remain.
Make there be light on our faces and gladness in our hearts, o Lord!
Let us say: Bismillahir rahmanir rahim. O Shah-i Mardan
Salams to you from him, upon whom be peace and blessings.
May those allied to you be in safety. Bismillahir rahmanir rahim.
Bismillahi lladhi la yadurru ma‘a ismihi shay'un wa Huwa s-Sami‘u l-Alim.
al-Fatiha.
Allahu Akbar.