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| Story of Saint Barnabas
Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 | Lefke CY Bismillahir Rohmaanir Rohim [Mawlana speaking to a guest from Italy, an MP in the Italian Parliament] As long as you may present yourself in Divine Presence humble ones, the Lord is taking you up. Therefore who is giving to his Lord humbleness from Askalia, Askalia you don't know? How many times there is good days in Christianity? Easter? You are giving your humbleness two times or three times your value is less, who is showing his humbleness to his Lord, "O my Lord," daily putting his forehead like this, like that then he is going to be accepted in the Divine Presence. Therefore we were here living, Silcilior, senior, with Greek people, Italians, Catholics. church is just divided west and west. East the pope and west the Archbishop Bartholomeos [who] is my friend. Hs beard is like my son-in-law's beard - look. If here Cyprus its church of Cyprus was mustaqill, independent, yah, because Byzantine emperor just granted to the church of Cyprus, independence. For what? Because,... Saint Barnabas, you must know that one, Saint Barnabas that he was disciple of Jesus Christ, peace be up on him, and perhaps you may visit his tomb, if you are staying here longer, we may send your excellence to look that ancient monastery in Cyprus and he was buried there. Io Barnabas, in Greek language, in your language Saint Barnabas. And every time I am passing closer to his tomb, his spiritual power asking me, "O Shaykh come and visit me." and I am going, I am going, his tomb underground. Very simple grave under it. Io Barnabas there is a building on that place because the archbishop he was living on that monastery, he dreamt a dream. In icons it is mentioned, it means your Excellency must go and look after that. ikon. Icon you are saying? ikon. That episcopus was sleeping and then dreaming that Io Barnabas waking him and saying, "O Bishop of island! Get up and look my tomb's place." And he was asking 'where is it?" and Saint Barnabas saying, "My tomb disappeared but it is under these olive trees, bring your laborers and dig and you can’t find it there." Then cleaning it quickly, the archbishop running and calling all laborers must come and beginning quickly at the place that Saint Barnabas showing to him and he was lying like this and on his chest a book. Archbishop quickly taking that book from his chest and kissing, taking away. Then making his tomb there, making monastery and he is taking that holy book, New Testament, taking and directly writing on a ship and making his way to Constantinople to Byzantine Emperor. It is mentioned also on the wall what happened and he was giving that holy book to the Byzantine Emperor and he was so happy and the emperor was dressing him as his dressing and also giving to him independence from Constantinople to be independent monastery and independent church of Cyprus. Not to be under the Orthodox world or Catholic world, no, independent and the emperor was also giving to him to sign with red ink. no one is using up to today in the name of anyone's only the bishop of monastery, the monastery's archbishop has been granted by the Byzantine Emperor and he is signing with red ink. Therefore it is independent here and subhanallah, praise to Allah Almighty, all glory to Allah, they are making peace here. Anytime I am going, coming down, calling me with his spiritual power, "come and visit me" and I am coming down it is like a cave. And I am doing fa`lam annahu la ilaha illa-Allah, la ilaha illa-Allah,la ilaha illa-Allah,la ilaha illa-Allah,la ilaha illa-Allah, la ilaha illa-Allah,la ilaha illa-Allah,la ilaha illa-Allah, Sayyidina Muhammad Rasulullah. He is getting very happy and I am also very happy. And now my age getting more than his age, he was younger when he passed away. Io Barnabas, Saint Barnabas. How long should you be here. [Signor Marcello: I am leaving Tuesday]. Your Excellency today reaching? [Signor Marcello:today is for you, then tomorrow ministry, president, then I leave] [Signor Marcello: tell him he comes before the president, He is one before many zeroes.] [Signor Marcello:You are the one before many zeroes] I am the zero behind one. [Signor Marcello: I am the zero behind the zero, behind the one] speaks Turkish with another representative. He is our respected honorable guest. I am believing that no one can do something if the Lord of heavens ordering to him. I am in the Divine Presence zero, and i hope that signor Marcello he is in front of one, he has on his face lightening. And first I am looking this old icon, there is sign of nur, [nur, light]. Signor coming and I am looking and there is nur coming, when I am looking he is coming. And he is from noble people, all noble people that belongs to kings of Rome. He is not an ordinary person. I am ordinary, under one, doesn't matter, but he has such a good quality that the Lord of heavens sending him to a humble place to a zero person on left hand, perhaps he may do his best for me in front of the Divinely Presence and he may say, "I met such a person he is 90 and more. You may make intercession in Divinely Presence." We are happy our conversation is going one hour less or more who those brothers coming from America. America they are thinking that here there is some zero, therefore in font of one. they are running to me and I am saying I am not that one, just he passed away. This giving to space, bizim maclis veriya ...they are sending to sky [i.e. broadcasting the suhbat] Glory be to Allah, sending His servant to His servant or His weakest servant. But his family was right people. Clean ones their blood. Therefore I have been honored and it is an unexpected visiting. Who am I? I am nothing. No value for me, but such a people that they are respected ones, to come here, it is from My Lord's grant. But grant to me and to everyone. May the Lord of heavens, grant to Signor to be his rank up, up, up. [Signor Marcello: dangerous] To be closer to the Lord of heavens and to Jesus Christ, peace be upon him. I hope Jesus Christ coming at the end of this world and we are approaching to the end of life on this planted according tot he knowledge in all books, all holy books, Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, Holy Qur'an. But I am weak one, and I hope to reach to those glorious days when Jesus Christ coming down. I like to look to his face, because divinely lights on his face. Therefore people thing he is Lord, but representing Lord of heavens with His Lights on himself. People changing, understanding of people very short about Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is a miraculous happening through creation the Lord of heavens granting to him. May Allah Almighty blessing who is believing in Jesus Christ and the Prophets of Allah including the Last Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad (S). [Do you have any questions to ask the shaykh?] [Signor Marcello: No I only want to look at his face] He already showed Himself to the one whose wants to see him 60 years ago but she left him and gone. We are saying if a person going to marry he is going and looking bridegroom and bridegroom looking to him, to each other. If there is a kabul, accepted by both sides it is ok. I am therefore saying anyone coming to meet me I am thinking, "O my guest thinking me through your higher imagining someone else and when coming and looking ..."Oh nothing that one. He is not what we are asking." But he is good one, good quality one, Bourgeoisie, means asabet . You have highness, noble people. [Signor Marcello: there is no light but God's light and there is no thanks except to Allah, I said there is no light except God's light and there is no light except given by God] Insha-Allah he is granted, when someone granted nobleness from Lord of heavens, therefore my soul is very happy as long as he may stay with us welcome, I am very happy because I am looking and Signor Martello, [call me whatever you like, call me what you want. you give me a name. If you like] Ibrahim. Ibrahim a powerful name, very powerful and very beloved name as he is father of all prophets. [he has to put his hand on my head] {Mawlana put his hand on Signor's head} It is impossible to be meeting here if our souls not having a meeting in the spiritual world and my soul was meeting with Signor's soul [Ibrahim] Therefore that bringing signor, signor? to meet me here. If he was not coming I was going to him. [must be appointment] here without an appt. like an inn. In Italian parliament? The Lord of heavens gives to Signor Cramulet, Marchello, gives him much more power and should be so many changing now, coming days. Because the time of Jesus Christ to come from heaven to earth just in limits. And [Signor Marcello: how can I be humble if they give me more power] You can't granted a rank if you are not understanding the meaning of that rank. First class, second class, third class. if you are not ready you cannot pass from first class to second. Therefore you are going to be prepared your Excellency and you are going to be prepared from heavenly positions because your ancestors, as I said, they are not official religious people they are saints. O my dear one. I am passing, I was passing from Germany to come back to Austria. And I am passing thru Switzerland and when I am passing there is a monastery on the way, Saint Nikola, Saint Nicholas, a good building and buried there Saint Nicholas. Every time I am passing, glory to Allah, coming to my soul, you must visit me. and I must visit him. And he is so happy. I am so happy also. Therefore those people whom you are asking they belong to the Allah Almighty's Divinely Presence. They are not for this dunya. they are for their Lord's Divinely service. I was visiting and coming down and there was one person coming to me on the same stairs and I am giving salute to him and "Are you priest here?" hah and I said to him "Your holiness." He said to me, "O Shaykh I am not holy one. Holy one inside, lying there. I am not holy one." I asked "if you are not holy one, what about pope of Rome, he is not holy one?" He said, "No, he is not holy one. The holy ones were living through jungles alone and they were ibade ediyor, worshipping to their Lord and they were throwing away this life and their lives coming together with heavenly life. Therefore neither me nor the pope are holy people, we are official people. Officiality taking from ourselves to be holy ones." Officiality with holiness it is impossible. One of them you must leave it, or you can't be. You should be an ordinary person. An your clothes never giving to you a holiness. Holy people you may find in any albisa, ordinary clothes an they are running from people because people occupied themselves with their Lord's servanthood. Getting inside saying quickly and saying. Every time I am passing, he is calling me, and I am very happy with Saint Nicholas. Therefore our precious guest, through his ancestors, there is someone I am looking his spirituality appearing and then closing, appearing then closing. On seventh level of your family, one holy one. And if he is not giving permission to say to me now, I am sending my grandson to you now, look after him. And I am saying I am nothing how am I looking after him. You are very welcome, anytime, it is not something that belongs to our will, no but the Will of the Lord of heavens making Your Excellency to come, once again, once again once again and don't fear. Don’t fear they may be fearful for Signor Martello. It is a funny name. He is like my grandson. Anytime you are very welcome. Don't fear from anyone, Signor Ibrahim, Signor Ibrahim. Much more powerful name. [Adhan] Martello? [Marcello] [Mawlana writes for some time on back of his photo] thank you, thank you sir. Now Your Excellency drinks tea, coffee, any other drinks, not wine. hehe. Soup, as you like. You may be, Your Excellency may be moving tomorrow. [day after tomorrow] You may come anytime you want. [he welcomes you before you come to back to Cyprus] Mash-Allah... [Turkish if there is time he could have dinner here. Now take him to visit places] Mayor or mayoress, no she works for the mayor, Signora Serena. Serena. Are you married, if not we marrying you two. [Yes I am married] You understand what I am saying? A little bit [ you are theologian] [Lady: You are most important number in the world] professor, [Lady: in north American university. ] all of them something but I am nothing. do you have children? [not yet] how many months you have now for child? [Lady: Oh, no, I am not, I don't have children] You must meet another one, Turkish, Arabic, it doesn't matter. [Lady: laughs, I am already married] [Marcello: i am already married, I have two children] Yes, yessir. we hope to see you before you leave the island. Welcome, very welcome. His spirituality, cok khefif, very light on the heart. he belongs more than earth, heavenly being, his spirituality, look after him. [Marcello: it is a big responsibility] When granted such a responsibility, the Lord of Heavens helping them. Don't worry, you can carry whole world. Don't worry. Now in parliament coming to be Prime Minister. [Marcello too much for me] Make it down. To be [Marcello: to be zero point five] But his zero on right hand. He is saying 10 is too much for me. I am saying 100 or 3 zeros, 1000 or 4 zeroes, 10,000, or ten thousand, liras. Still using liras. [ no more, now using Euros] Fiat... small car in order to make marketing.. Welcome to you sir masha-Allah. [just a little present for you] Thank you, thank you sir and we shall give to them also tomorrow esha. [see you tomorrow] If he comes third time, I may write this place on his name. [he may give you the house.] [Marcello, delighted: tomorrow is 2 times] [Shaykh Hisham: masha-Allah adhahaftamoona - yaanee mithal al-tuhaf, ma qulta . qira kutub katheera wa takalam ma ashkhaas ... ] [Mawlana speaks to a Turkish woman, who has some official position about St. Barnabas Tomb] they may ask to be granted either Greek government or to ourselves. [masha-Allah hadhih qat`at fil akhir. ] [Shaykh Hisham: He has read about you from books and he came to visit you first, before he went to see anybody else] Wa min Allah at tawfiq |