| Precious jeweled lights of my eyes, you must realize | | | | you will see the proof that there is one mother, one |
| the past, the present, and the future that is coming. If | | | | race, and One God. It will be proved with absolute |
| you realize this and conduct yourselves properly, you | | | | certainty that all the prophets came from the same |
| will escape. Destruction will be caused by atoms, fires, | | | | family. May we understand this testimony and find the |
| water, storms, gales, illusion, arrogance, caste, religion, | | | | path of truth. May we accept that truth, act |
| and dogmas. Wars will increase; we will have to face | | | | accordingly, and follow that One alone. If we exist in |
| different forms of attacks. These conditions are slowly | | | | that state, then we can escape from the destruction |
| spreading. Differences of caste, religions, scriptures, | | | | that is imminent. We can escape from the accidents |
| and color are being propagated in the hearts of human | | | | that are going to happen. Precious jeweled lights of my |
| beings. Into their own hearts, people have infused | | | | eyes, the time of destruction is drawing near. This |
| darknesses, the jealousies and qualities of satan, | | | | state is unfurling and expanding. The hearts of human |
| arrogance and karmas, doubts and suspicions, and | | | | beings are changing. Fighting and separations are the |
| differences of color, and they are nurturing these. | | | | weapons in people's hands and the wealth in their |
| They have forsaken the words of God and the | | | | hearts. In every race, this state has established itself, |
| prophets. They have forgotten patience (sabur), | | | | and because of this every religion is ready to wage |
| contentment (shakur), and surrender to God (tawakkul). | | | | war. They will fight for the sake of earth, women, and |
| They have prepared for war and desire to kill. They | | | | gold and seek to prove that there is no God. Change |
| hate peace, equality, and unity and have separated into | | | | from this state and acquire God's qualities! Reveal the |
| factions. They will start wars for the sake of their | | | | human face which is the beautiful face of God! Do not |
| desires for earth, women, gold, and their attitudes | | | | change the beautiful face that belongs to God. Do not |
| toward religion, caste, and color. This is how it is going | | | | change your face to look like bears, tigers, and lions. |
| to be. It will be very difficult for us to conduct our lives | | | | The face of a human being is the most exalted face, |
| properly in the times that are coming. This situation is | | | | the quality of a human being is the most exalted |
| enveloping the world like waves, storms, and gales. | | | | quality, the wisdom of man is the most exalted |
| The concept that there is no God is spreading. Denial | | | | wisdom, the thought of a human being is the most |
| of truth is spreading. In academic studies, books, | | | | exalted thought, and the prayer of man is the most |
| newspapers, and everything you see, God's name has | | | | exalted prayer. The compassion shown by a true man |
| been omitted. Instead, they praise the names of | | | | is bestowed on all lives, the benevolence of a true |
| destruction and glorify falsehood and animals. They are | | | | man gives love to all lives, and the unity demonstrated |
| trying to change the nature of the true human being. | | | | by such a man makes all lives bow down to him. We |
| They do not like the look of the human face that | | | | must acquire these precious qualities that make all lives |
| connects him to the human race. They desire to have | | | | pray. Hasn't God created this beautiful face, these |
| the faces of rats, elephants, cats, frogs, bears, tigers, | | | | precious qualities, and the greatness of man and |
| lions, ants, faces of ghosts, demons, vultures, eagles, | | | | bestowed them upon us? We must not lose this |
| snakes, reptiles, and so on. They consider the human | | | | graceful quality, this exquisite form, and divine love of |
| face disgusting, and their greatest desire is to change it. | | | | God. We have come here endowed with His form of |
| They seem to like putting on the faces of monkeys, | | | | beauty, and therefore, we must live and rule in this |
| rats, and cats by adopting actions, qualities, or conduct | | | | beautiful kingdom and proceed on the right path so |
| of these animals. All of them are changing their forms | | | | that we may reach the heavenly kingdom of God. |
| and wearing the masks of other creatures and trying | | | | Precious jeweled lights of my eyes, may we endeavor |
| to act with their qualities, actions and conduct. Such | | | | to engage ourselves in this effort. Even though we are |
| behavior will increase even more in the times to come. | | | | just a few people, may we use our wisdom with true |
| People will forget and hate the qualities and life of a | | | | faith (iman) and bear witness that all the prophets |
| true human being. They will resolve to murder peace | | | | came from the same origin. In the same way that they |
| and unity. They will love animals. They will make the | | | | came, they went back. May we open our hearts so |
| dogs and cats and other animals happy, while trying to | | | | that we may go forward on the path to the same |
| murder man and hurt the hearts of human beings. This | | | | place from which they came. May we have true faith |
| is happening in the present times and will happen | | | | (iman) and certitude in that One. May we understand |
| tenfold more in the future. Man has already changed to | | | | the testimony of the prophets and follow them to that |
| a state where he does not want to live as a human | | | | One. If we establish that state, it is certain that God will |
| being with a human face. Next he will want to live like | | | | protect us in our lives. He will safeguard us from any |
| an animal. This state is now spreading. The idea that | | | | danger. He will lift us out of any situation that might |
| there is no God is being propagated. All good qualities | | | | destroy us and conceal us from the eyes of others |
| are being destroyed. Tolerance and peacefulness are | | | | and protect us. In the times to come, there will be racial |
| perishing and expiring. The virtuous qualities of | | | | wars and battles fought with magic. People will call the |
| modesty, sincerity, reserve, and fear of wrongdoing | | | | tricks of these human dogs and foxes miracles. They |
| are detested. Good thoughts and prayers are being | | | | will call their weapons, demons, and ghosts miracles. In |
| obliterated, while arrogance and differences of color | | | | the times of destruction that are approaching, they will |
| are increasing. Castes and religions are flourishing, while | | | | say all these energies are miracles. Precious jeweled |
| God's commandments are being forsaken and | | | | lights of my eyes, have the assurance and certainty |
| destroyed. Because of all this the future will bring only | | | | that Allah alone is the true miracle. Have the certitude |
| destruction. We are going to be the victims of the very | | | | that God is the only One who has the power to |
| fire we have lit. The time is approaching when we are | | | | destroy all these energies. Accept that God is the |
| going to be destroyed by the fire that we are living in | | | | Original Creator for all truths. Accept that He is our |
| now. The energies and weapons that we have in our | | | | Leader, our Father who protects us. May we resolve |
| hands are going to kill us. This is certain. The prophets | | | | to develop our wisdom and act truthfully. May we |
| have taught this. Whoever picks up a sword will die by | | | | resolve to open our hearts and understand the |
| that sword, and whoever picks up a gun will die by | | | | secrets, the essence (dhat), and the manifestation |
| that gun. Whatever weapon one keeps within his heart | | | | (sifat) within and realize who we are. May we resolve |
| will kill him. The prophets who came earlier have told us | | | | to bow down to God and do service unto Him. If we |
| this. Our own qualities will hurt and destroy us in the | | | | accept God in this state and give all responsibility to |
| times that are approaching. May we try to have the | | | | Him, He will protect us. This is the truth. He will protect |
| thoughts of God and bring His actions into our actions. | | | | us from destruction. The time of destruction is drawing |
| May we accept that there is only One God and go on | | | | near. Destruction is expanding and spreading. It is going |
| the path that leads to His kingdom. Just as all the | | | | to engulf this world. We are going to see the |
| prophets accepted One God, we too must accept | | | | destruction. Open your hearts to escape from this |
| One God with certainty. The prophets came as | | | | destruction and accept your Father. May we see |
| witnesses to prove this. The proof itself lies in that | | | | equality in one path and see tranquility within ourselves. |
| they all gave the same teachings-One God, one race, | | | | May we open ourselves and see God within us. We |
| one family. Accordingly we must accept with certainty | | | | must understand that unity within ourselves. May we |
| that all the witnesses are of the same race. We must | | | | prepare, within ourselves, to be as one race and go to |
| follow the path on which all the others came and went. | | | | God. Precious jeweled lights of my eyes, if we do not |
| If we progress on this path, if we walk in the protection | | | | establish this state, decisively, with absolute certainty, |
| of God, we can escape from the dangers that are | | | | we too will be caught in the destruction and burned by |
| imminent. The world will be destroyed by fires, atoms, | | | | that fire. We will be tortured by these sufferings. |
| guns, and the weapons of evil that are in man. | | | | Therefore, may we separate from this and disappear |
| Precious jeweled lights of my eyes, we have to | | | | in God. May we have certitude in God. May we |
| realize this with absolute certainty. We must recognize | | | | accept God. May we follow His path. May we keep |
| the present situation and truly strive on God's path, | | | | Him in our hearts as our protection. If we live in this |
| without forgetting His laws. If at least some of you go | | | | state, God, the Leader who protects us and all other |
| on this path with good qualities and good conduct, the | | | | lives, will protect us in any situation. Amin. Amin. Realize |
| Sustainer who protects will come and protect you. | | | | this with certainty. Understand the times that are to |
| Just as He protected the prophets who are His | | | | come. The world is going to change, destruction is |
| witnesses, He will protect you too. Be reassured that | | | | drawing near, it is surrounding us. You must make the |
| God will protect you. We need wisdom to realize what | | | | effort to escape from this. Amin. Every child should |
| has really happened in the past. We cannot get an | | | | open his or her heart and make the effort. Allah will |
| accurate description from the scriptures and ancient | | | | protect you from that destruction. He is the One to |
| epics written by the great poets. Truly open your | | | | whom all praise is due (al-hamdu lillah), the One of |
| hearts and look. There you will see the histories of the | | | | protection. Amin. Amin. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen |
| prophets. Unfurl your hearts (qalbs) and you will see | | | | Fellowship. (1992). A Contemporary Sufi Speaks on |
| the manner in which God's commandments were | | | | The Signs of Destruction [Pamphlet]. Philadelphia, PA: |
| spoken. Within yourself, you will understand the | | | | M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen |
| explanations and commandments given in the Bible | | | | Bawa Muhaiyaddeen- a Sufi mystic, can best be |
| and the Qur'an. Instead of believing the words and | | | | remembered for his efforts to bring unity through |
| actions depicted in the epics, be determined to open | | | | understanding to the faithful of all religions. |
| your hearts and believe in what you find there. Then | | | | |