After the love of Hz. Yusuf and Züleyha, who are described as "Ahsenü'l-kasas" in the Qur'an, there is such a love that attracts humanity the most; that is the divine love that Hz. Şems-i Tebriz-i and Hz. Mevlâna felt for each other.
O soul of accomplished individuals! The moon dances with your enthusiasm; the planet Venus plays the tambourine with your love! Women, too, spread our love around with their tambourines!
My love and Your beauty are spoken of in every gathering, they have become the subject of every gathering! Our love is on everyone's lips throughout the city, with sayings like, "It was like this before, now it has become like that!"
Hz. Mevlânâ and similar great thinkers and Sufis are great spiritual suns that illuminate our world with their meanings. We are like tiny particles that appear with the light reflected from them. Of course, it is unthinkable for a tiny particle to fully perceive a great divine sun and express it in the most accurate way.
Dear friends, please do not be surprised by the title above. Indeed, I sincerely express my gratitude to our thieving brother, who took the opportunity of the quiet darkness of a deserted night and silently disappeared with some belongings and books from the house of our dear friend. I am sure that you will agree with me in the following lines for these heartfelt thanks.
We have left behind the birds singing in different maqams, the colorful and diverse flowers, the warm sunny days, the cold winter days that are the secret heralds of the resurrection of nature, and the snowflakes falling thick and fast. Now, with the new buds opening in our heart's garden, we are experiencing the excitement of reunion and enjoying the spring with great hopes. While thinking about what we will do in the hot summer days, we are also dreaming of various vacations.
I swear by Allah, who is eternally alive, all-knowing, all-powerful, and always in control,
That the light of Shams has lit the candles of love, and thousands of divine secrets have become known and understood.
By His command, the world is filled to overflowing with love, lovers, rulers, and the ruled.
My very dear and precious friends, for a long time, I have been sick and tired, but I am trying to watch life from a different window, right beside people whose hearts are enlightened. From this window, which is full of mysteries with various wisdoms, it is very clear that; While many beautiful people are taking their life exams under this roof, I am trying to take the exam of being human and being a child.
The subject of our conversation today is; What is the real source of respect for humanity, respect for thought, and tolerance, which are integrated with Hz. Mevlânâ?
In the past, our spiritual elders would begin their words and conversations with a hadith or with salutations to our Prophet.
If you have a heart, go and circumambulate the Kaaba of the heart; the meaning of the Kaaba, which you think is made of earth, is the heart!
Allah Almighty made it obligatory for you to circumambulate the visible and known form of the Kaaba so that you may obtain a Kaaba of the heart purified from impurities!
It is said that a great saint of the time was visited by a noble king; as a gift, he brings a very precious, priceless golden scissors adorned with diamonds and rubies. With immense humility, he prostrates at the feet of this great saint and extends the scissors he brought as a gift with great respect. The sultan of hearts takes the scissors in his hand, examines them, and says the following while returning them to the king:
My very dear and precious friends, my childhood passed in a small Anatolian town where Niyazi Mısrî and Sadreddin Konevî Hazretleri were born and raised; and which was also a frequent destination for very precious spiritual sultans such as Hz. Mevlânâ and Ibn Arabi. At an age when I could not perceive the spiritual richness of the lands I roamed, my mother came to me and said; "In a little while, we will go to visit a very important place."
"We are the cure for troubles, the solution for the helpless. We are like wine in gatherings, we spread joy. We are Hz. Ali's Zulfiqar in battle. We are as if the source of gratitude, we are like a marble rock in patience. We are giving the good news of Hz. Ahmed's monotheism. Like Hz. Isa, we speak in the cradle as a child."
One of the companions became ill. Because of that illness, he became weak and thin as a thread.
Hz. Prophet Muhammad went to visit him, to check on him and ask how he was doing. Indeed, the noble Prophet's character was full of grace and generosity.
Şefik Can Hodja was such an ocean that it is unthinkable for droplets like us to perceive them, let alone express them in the most accurate way. But I would be happy to share what we know to the extent of our understanding. Our Prophet says, "A believer is the mirror of another believer." Such blessed people are blessed mirrors.
Who knows; How many Hz. Mevlânâ lovers were enraptured by these divine words. He lived a life of endless passionate love with Konya dreams and Hz. Pir's devotion. He was enchanted by Divan-i Kebir and Mesnevi. At the cost of his life, in a secret, mysterious world, he became a Zümrüd-ü Anka and crossed Mount Qaf.
My very dear and precious friends, a short time ago, I went to Konya to visit Em. Yrd. Doç. Dr. A. Selahaddin Hidayetoğlu Çelebi. Despite being very seriously ill, he was kind enough to come to Huzûr-ı Pîr with me.
The issue of women's place in society, which began with the creation of Adam and Eve and has remained alive in all religions and civilizations since that day, has been constantly discussed and debated.
Do not crush anyone in anger, lest the wrath of Allah crush you! (Hz. Mevlânâ)
The qibla of mature individuals who possess meaning is patience and endurance. (Hz. Mevlânâ)
In the 9th verse of Surat an-Naba in the Holy Quran, it is stated: We have made sleep a rest for you. In sleep, which is a rest and peace for us, like everything else, a moderate and normal sleep duration is essential. As mentioned before; While the sleep duration that is sufficient for the body to rest is health for our body, sleeping too much brings illness and sin.
My dear, sleeping less is not just a situation concerning the Islamic world, a certain order, or a certain sect, but like eating less, it is one of the basic problems of the entire human world. Just as eating less is the habit of the righteous, so is sleeping less the habit of the righteous.
My dear, in our previous conversation, we focused on eating less and tried to understand and enjoy it together with verses, hadiths, and various Mesnevi couplets. In today's conversation, we will have a conversation about sleeping less, God willing.
My dear, in today's Mesnevi conversation, we will focus on the three basic conditions of walking on the path of truth.
Our spiritual elders listed these very important virtues as follows: KILLETÜ TAAM, KILLETÜ MENAM VE KILLETÜ KELAM…
Dear friends, a short time ago, on January 23, 2005, at 22:50; the rushing waves of a vast ocean were buried in a deep silence. The greatest fortress of humility, tolerance, modesty, and humbleness was destroyed. A very sacred mirror, which shows the values that make a person human, was broken.
I wonder why the thief of the ego steals your valuable and precious life, and no one makes a sound from those traveling in the caravan of life?
Why are you not offended or angry with the sleep and the thief of the ego that steals your life and leaves you unaware of God, but you are offended and angry with the friends who inform you and show you the right path?