in Damascus (Syria) - 9th of January, 2002

We believe in what is beyond the material world.

People have lost so many things, so many good characteristics, which they had before, and people are becoming, day by day, more materialistic. This is the target of Shayṭān, to teach people satanic ways and ideas.

Therefore I am always saying meded, asking for spiritual power for myself, so that I may be supported spiritually. It is a sign that I am not a materialistic person. You must show that you are not a materialistic person. You must show that you believe in something beyond the material world. We believe in something beyond the material world, something that surrounds the material world or the universe. They say that our world or earth is global in shape. The dunyā is like a globe, and there is an atmosphere surrounding it. I am asking: “What is the height of the atmosphere that surrounds the earth?” They say about 100 km. I am asking: “With what is the atmosphere surrounded?” Is it something material and does the material world end where the atmosphere ends? The atmosphere is also a kind of matter. It is a gas, mainly oxygen and hydrogen. Minerals may also be found in it. They say that the atmosphere only reaches up to a certain height, and beyond that there no more atmosphere. So I am asking: “What surrounds the atmosphere? What is it?” It means the material world ends where the atmosphere ends. What is the name that is given to that which is surrounding the world and atmosphere? What are our world and solar system swimming in, as well as our galaxy and billions of other galaxies? What is the medium in which they are swimming or sinking, appearing and disappearing? You think it is a material substance? Never! Can’t be. What is it that they are moving in? Are there any answers from scholars of positive thought?

Why is it that they are considering the material world and no more? They are completely wrong. They must answer to what we are asking: “In what is our world running, turning, whirling? What is causing it to turn around itself or to move in a direction that is not any direction?” Beyond the atmosphere there is no east, west, north, south, up or down, left or right, no. It is a big trick that modern science uses to cheat people, to make people care only about the earth so that they are not interested in anything beyond material things. That is materialism. It is a massive falsehood. Shayṭān has established materialism to give prominence to what is bāṭil (a false or futile thing) and to bring the ḥaqq (truth) down. I am sorry to say that the whole world says “Yes” to materialism and “No” to spirituality. This is the reason for the heavy burden people have to endure, and it is killing them.

Under the heaviness of materialism people are beginning to fall down on their knees. Materialism is going to finish them. We are not in an economic crises, no. This is another form of cheating. Satanic teaching is misleading people. It does not want them to consider the main problem of materialism facing mankind. Now we are in the 21st century, and humanity is facing its biggest problem ever. Shayṭān is also causing people not to look at what the real solution is for this big problem faced by mankind.

We say that the crises in Argentina is going to go to America, to England and Europe, to China and Japan, to Turkey and the Arab countries, to the East and the West, one after another, because every country and mankind are facing the same problem of materialism. This is the main problem Shayṭān is showing people that their problem is only something material. The people say: “No, don’t say spirituality. You are not a man of this century, you are not of our age, and you don’t belong to our time. You should have lived before our time. You are not suitable to be here with us in this age.” They stop people who can think and defeat them from throwing them out of their communities, and they say: “You are not suitable to be with us. We are materialists and you come and say something else that we don’t understand and that we do not accept. We say that it is only economic problems that have caused such bad conditions.” This is throughout the East and the West, and America, which is claiming to be boss of the world, does not understand this. Their number one citizen, their President, is not able to say openly that the problem is something else, and to say: “Our problem is not a material problem.” Up till today I have been waiting or this from that President. Because the USA has billions of dollars, perhaps quadrillions, they have thrown up to today, bombs worth billions of dollars in Afghanistan. This means they have enough money, enough material support, to waste billions of dollars to bombard mountains. They print trillions of dollars and no one is asking if they are putting anything in the banks to cover the dollars. Every night I see on T.V. people counting money, especially in Turkey. They show how money is printed, how it is put in the machines for counting, how it is put in bags, and how it is distributed. They have all this money but all that wealth does not benefit them because they are living in fear. They live in a depthless fear, not knowing what is going to happen. This means that no money can bring a solution to the problem of mankind. I would like to hear this from the President of the USA. He should speak on that point. But maybe he is prevented or he is forbidden to speak on spirituality. How about if the Number One person on earth should speak and say: “O people, our problems are not only material ones. Beyond materialism there must be something that prevents us from reaching peace and happiness on earth, and from arranging everything so that people everywhere are in contentment and satisfaction?” He is not saying this. He can’t speak yet but I would like to hear this from him, as well as from Turkey, Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia and Japan — but no one is speaking yet. They fear something.

This is not an Israeli-problem or a Palestinian-problem because the world was prepared for mankind, and Allah Almighty had given the right to His servants to live freely everywhere, and not to put borders between people, no. This world has been created for all of mankind, and people should have the right to live everywhere, and not to be prevented from keeping the right of their neighbours, and to give benefit to each other, as long as they serve Allah. Only troublemakers should not be given a chance to go everywhere. At least they should be in prison or they should be killed because they are dragons and wolves living amongst people. Their appearance is like that of men but inside they are like wolves or dragons. Therefore, there is the holy order from Heavens: If you find a wolf or a dragon harming people, killing people, or making trouble for people, take him away. At least send him away. Take them from the community and send them away.

The holy command of Allah Almighty is this: Those people who harm the servants of Allah and give trouble to them, take them away, send them far away, so that they are never able to come back again, or cut off their heads. This is the heaviest punishment for terrorists. First cut off one hand, and if they do it again, cut of one leg. If they don’t listen, hang them or exile them. Sultan Abdul Ḥamid did not kill people but he sent them away. This is such a simple, but very effective form of punishment to keep people quiet.

Now the whole world is full of terrorists. The USA has lost itself and it doesn’t know how to deal with the terrorists. The USA has left the holy command of Allah Almighty and is being punished. Terrorists are all over. And all governments have now lost their minds. How are they going to find them? It is impossible. They are living amongst people, and one is not able to say whether it is this one or that one. They accuse someone in Afghanistan but there are countless terrorists living in their own countries. Democracy allows those people to live among other people. It is like someone who has a flock of sheep and the government says: “You may keep wolves among your sheep.” How can we allow wolves among the sheep? Or, another example, democracy says that you may keep foxes among your chickens. How can that be? It is an order from the government. The government says to the foxes: “Now you make live with the chickens. Come on!” Of course, the foxes are very happy, waving flags and calling to the other foxes: “O, the new system of democracy is telling us that we may live with the chickens. Come on!” By the next morning there are no more chickens left. Shaykh Ḥusayn from Afrin, the Kurdish khalifah خليفة (representative) of Grand Shaykh, used to tell this story. “One upon a time, it was said to the wolf, ‘Did you not hear the latest news?’ ‘What is that?’ he asked. ‘The people of this village are fed up with the shepherds and they wish to make you the shepherd of their flocks.’ The wolf began to cry, ‘O, if only this news could be real. I am so happy that I am crying.’ ‘Don’t you know that democracy is coming and that the wolves are going to be allowed to be shepherds?’ The wolf was ecstatic, ‘I shall support democracy 100%. For the honour of democracy, I am so happy that I am crying. If it is true, I shall prepare my small kids to look after the lambs. I shall look after the big ones.’ This is democracy.”

Yet people do not understand. Everywhere there are advertisements for democracy. Democracy has finished humanity. It is mankind’s biggest enemy. All our troubles are because of democracy. People are fighting Allah, His Prophet (s.a.w.s) and the Holy Books. Therefore, as long as democracy is living, terrorism is also living. Once people throw the foolish system of democracy away, terrorism would also leave and ḥaqq (truth) would be built.

Now Shayṭān has established the satanic sultanate of democracy everywhere in the Muslim and non-Muslim world. Democracy has also made women to be with men. This is another kind of fasād فَسَاد (corruption), taking the barrier between men and women away. Men should work and women should be at home. Itf not, there will be never ending troubles and terrorism. Democracy takes women out of their homes and even makes them soldiers, pilots and captains on planes.

This is an important association. We didn’t expect to speak on such things. What we speak on is the truth. We are asking for righteous and trustworthy people. This world is not going to be finished, but we hope that now every evil comes to an end. Allay make it quickly that people become His servants, have peace in their lives, and reach His pleasure, hear and in the Hereafter.