-Emine Gözde -
May Allah and His Messenger’s greetings and blessings be upon you 🌹
I have been doing Uwais dhkir for 4 years now and I have tasted amazing favors.Of course I can’t write all of them here but I will try to share some..
I had my first dream on the second night; I saw a huge prayer rug in my dream, similar to the cover of Kaaba, embroidered with glitter and shining brightly, and a voice said, "This prayer rug is yours." I can't explain the feeling I felt when I woke up ... it was the first sign of how righteous path I was on . ...
then orderly I saw my nafs in a few days and then my soul ... I started to experience such beautiful dreams and decided to do tableegh I wanted all ppl around me to taste those favors as well and I taught dhkir first to my family and my closest relatives, friends then shared dhkir on social media ... I wanted all ppl to taste the peace like me .. Sometimes there was such a feeling inside me that I wanted to shout on the street ,saying , “O people Allah really exists and He is the most generous,the most merciful! Run to the mercy of Allah,run to His blessings! ” My journey was going on with amazing dreams.(Allah had showed me a dream in which He forgave my past sins alhamdulillah )
One night in my dream, I saw a message having come to my phone. The first word of the message was 'Allah', the next night in my dream I saw a paragraph which was from Masnavi and the first word of the paragraph was 'La ilaha illallah'. The next night, I heard a voice saying, "Rumi will teach you these," by showing the picture of him. My teacher,who interprets my dreams told me Rumi was my spiritual teacher , I learned that my soul would be instructed by Rumi.
My soul was very happy and peaceful because of remembering my Lord and His Messenger, but my nafs was disturbed by this situation, so it started to give the waswasa (giving doubt )
It was asking
“Are you on the right path? Is this dhkir really the right one ?".. It was trying to make me away from dhkir (Because this dhkir is really powerful and beneficial against nafs and nafs starts to lose its power so it gives waswasas.) It was trying to turn me around the way of Tawhid with such questions .Then I seeked refuge in Alllah asked Him for help to get rid of these waswasas .
I said :
"Oh my Allah , how should I pray to protect myself from the tricks or waswasas of my nafs and the devil, can you teach me?"
That night, in my dream, I heard an unusual voice as if coming behind the scenes, he said, "Look, listen!"
Then a verse was written in front of my eyes ,it was read by a voice both in Arabic and its translation.After that I started to scream in my dream saying “ My secret ayat was given “ and woke up .
(Allah will give you a secret ayat/ duaa special for you to protect yourself against your nafs and shaytan)
Meanwhile I was listening to talks of Muharrem Karabay on the website or on Youtube and tried to learn more about Marifah world ..On the other hand , I wanted to meet him face to face.
Two months after I started dhkir , I saw a notification on whatsapp group about the seminar of Muharrem Karabay which would be held in Afyon on a Sunday afternoon (Afyon is a city ,which is 3.5 hours’ away from my hometown)
In fact I wanted to attend the seminar but
I hadn’t done any plans to go to Afyon.
On the same day, after the fajr prayer, I was doing dhkir with my eyes closed, and while my eyes were closed, I saw a necklace held out to me (This state is called ‘state of yakaza’ in Turkish.You are semi-awake and you see some scenes while your eyes are closed )
There was an embossed small silver box on the tip of the necklace given to me and I opened the small box on the tip of it, there was a small Quran inside the box and a voice said, " You will always carry this necklace on your neck. ” I got surprised and opened my eyes , the scene disappeared then I asked my Lord to teach The wisdom behind it from the first hand. Allah accepted my duaas and granted me to set off from hometown to Afyon for the seminar.. I was going to meet Muharrem Karabay and would ask him what I lived in the morning.
When I arrived there, He welcomed us sincerely and at the beginning of seminar I smelled rose scent so I
experienced the first divine scent there alhamdulillah .(Divine scents are among favors tasted after dhkir)
After Muharrem Karabay completed his speech , I went to near him to thank you, and also I wanted learn the meaning of the state I had lived in that morning .He interpreted it and gave me amazing news about living Quran alhamdulillah
After a while , my cryings started,after everyone went to bed, I was staying alone with my Lord, and I was crying for my sins. (These are tears of Rahma -mercy of Allah- alhamdulillah )
With a rather easy dhkir , my Lord had granted me lots of favors, and I could feel how incapable I was to thank him. Before the dhkir , I was afraid of the darkness, I couldn’t stay alone in the dark. After dhkir my fear of darkness had gone.
One night , again I was doing dhkir alone in the dark room , sitting by the window.While my eyes were closed ,I saw myself near Kaaba . It was My soul near Kabaa ,I was younger and looking purified, I was wearing was a white dress and I was wearing a green scarf .
I was around Kabaa and I was watching myself in tears. On the one hand I was doing dhkir with closed eyes, on the other hand I was watching myself doing tawaf around Kabaa and I was crying while watching.
My soul prayed salah in Hijr-Ismail.It was fascinating also I touched the Hajjarul Aswad and Rukni Yemen alhamdulillah.
Before dhkir I was reading Quran mostly in Arabic , I hadn’t read the whole translation:( After dhkir, I
started reading its translation.It was necessary to do tafakkur to get the messages in Qur'an , Because I realized that the knowledge my soul got at nights revealed while doing it.My knowledge with Quran has increased alhamdulillah .I didn’t use to understand the hidden meanings but in time Allah has taught alhamdulillah
I also experienced the beauty of asking questions and getting answer from Allah. Allah has answered my questions about ayats alhamdulillah
Allah really teaches , ask Allah to learn ; taste and see.🌹
One night in my dream, my first spiritual name was given as 'Gözde'. Gözde means “dearest ,favourite” My teacher told me I became one of the dearest servants alhamdulillah.
One night in my dream I saw Yunus Emre,who was a great Sufi and known with his divine poems.He looked into my eyes and smiled at me.He and I were in a canoe at the sea .It was night and the light of the moon was reflected on the sea .It was amazing . So my teacher became Yunus Emre .
I became an Uwais teacher when I had been doing dhkir for 6 months..
After becoming a teacher, I have had lots of Students alhamdulillah
Another night I saw Uwais Al-Qarni wearing a white cloth and holding a stick in his hand .A voice told me that Uwais Al-Qarni would send me students ...
It was Hajj time and the pilgrim candidates were travelling to Makkah .I was sad because I wanted to be there.At one night before the Eid , I was again doing dhkir with closed eyes, then I saw that a card was thrown towards me . It was a green card and on the card “Hajj” was written ,subhanallah.My teacher told me that Allah accepted me as a spiritual pilgrim alhamdulillah 🤲
I saw lights on my prayer rugs while praying salah in dark room..
One night in my dream,I saw the fullmoon in the sky , I was in a balcony .A strange round-shaped vehicle (like a flying seat ) landed on the balcony . I got on it and began to fly towards to the moon.It was amazing
I smelled different divine scents in time ;rose, coffee,nice misk...
Some nights I cried because of my longing to Prophet Muhammad (saw)Because when your love increases , you miss him more..
Somuncu Baba, Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi also became my spiritual teachers..
I want to tell you the dream in which Shams Tabriz was assigned to my teacher.
In my dream , I was given a piece of paper, I dont know who gave (possibly angels) and a voice told me that “ Shams has become your new teacher. He isn’t dead.He is alive. He lives a humble life in this world and stays in a 1+1 flat.”
Then I saw that I got a message from Shams I saw his head first then I saw the message on my phone ,having come from Shams.He was asking me “You do ...this ..in this way..don’t you? “ He was checking my behaviour or actions as if he was giving me advice..
And one night I saw Prophet Muhammad (saw) teaching Uwaises alhamdulillah .I was standing next to him.He was askin a question to an Uwais. At that time I felt anxious because I told myself
“ What will I do if Prophet Muhammad (saw) asks me a question but I cannot answer?” At that moment , the answer of the question was inspired into my heart ,subhanallah
Then I saw Prophet Muhammad (saw) talking to Uwaises in a circle in the garden of Jannah , alhamdulillah 🤲
Besides these favors, Allah has taken my fears away, He has also taken my ailments away (Allah grants spiritual treatment to Uwaises alhamdulillah)
He made people who harm me away from me .He has shown my soul and nafs in different shapes during my journey.He also warned me (I saw also warning dreams) He helped me with my worldly life a lot . Now I work at a school where my working conditions have become better than previous ones ..
He has taught me lots of teachings through dreams, inspiring into my heart , granting me to be guided by my teacher..
On this path, I dont remember any of my duaas that wasn’t accepted by Allah alhamdulillah He always helped me
(If you teach dhkir to ppl and serve Allah ,He really helps you a lot)
"It is He who has brought mercy and blessings upon you with his angels to bring you from darkness to light, and He is very merciful to believers." (Verse 43 of Ahzab)
I am thankful to my Lord, who opened the doors of the Marifah world to me and turned my pessimistic feelings into hope and brought me from darkness into light.
Alhamdulillah 🤲