An-Nur 63: Do not call the Prophet as you would call each other. Allah truly knows those who make someone among you a cover and slip away. Thus, the ones who go against his orders shall fear that they will be struck by a trial or that a severe punishment will come upon them.

We left off at verse 63 of Surah An-Nur, it says.

Do not call the Prophet as you call one another among yourselves.

This falls under manners now. What does it say? Do not call the Prophet the way you call one another among yourselves. Those of you who slip away, using someone as cover, surely Allah knows them. These are the hypocrites. This much, this part, is about the hypocrites. Well, those of you who slip away, using someone as cover, surely Allah knows them. While the Prophet was preaching in the sermon, they would make themselves invisible, using their companions as cover, and run off; the hypocrites got bored. The verse is about them, this part. Therefore those who go against his command, those who go against the Prophet's command, let them beware lest a calamity befall them or a very painful punishment strike them, it says.

That is, those who slip away, the hypocrites, and those who even call the Prophet by his name.

O you who believe! Do not call the Prophet as you call one another among yourselves. Because the worlds were created from the Prophet's light. Muhammad (peace be upon him) – before the worlds were created, when the heavens and the earth and what is between them did not exist, Allah created the light of the Prophet (peace be upon him), and from that light He created the universe. He gave Muhammad (peace be upon him) of His spirit; all the prophets He created from his spirit.

Thus the Prophet (peace be upon him) is the first of the created.

He is the greatest of all the created worlds. In this respect Allah Almighty says: had it not been for you, I would not have created these worlds. Well now, it is the will of Allah Almighty to create a being. Such a being that it will be a part of His Essence, and He will hold it as addressee of His Essence. Before giving it of His spirit, He creates its light. From its light He creates these worlds.

The realm of Malakut included, created from his light. Then our Lord gives him of His spirit. As a part of that spirit He creates human beings, He creates the prophets. In that case, had He not created the Prophet, would these worlds exist? Now some people who do not know this point, in fact a group of Arabs went on a trip, and one of them stopped by here.

When this hadith was mentioned, he said: no such thing.

When it was explained, he sank into thought like this. The other one says it's true and so on. "This isn't so," he says. They walked off. They ran off. They left here and went away.

Yes.

In that case, since the Prophet (peace be upon him) is in the position of the greatest of the worlds, calling the Prophet (peace be upon him) by his name not only goes against moral rules, it also brings this immorality and impertinence with it. The faith of people in this state is also doubted. Now, can I call my Hodja "Ahmet"? Or can I call him "Mehmet"? (?) He is my Hodja. What do I say? I say "Hodja".

Yes.

The faith of people in this state is doubted. Just as a child does not address his father by his name but, as his elder, addresses him as "father", so we too, when we mention the Prophet (peace be upon him), in the sense of "may Allah's mercy, blessing and peace be upon the Prophet", address him with "sallallahu aleyhi ve sellem", and so we show our respect for him.

Or we say "Rasulullah", meaning the Messenger of Allah. Or when we say "our Prophet", we express our respect for him.

And right after, saying "may Allah's mercy and grace, blessings and peace be upon our Prophet", we show toward our Prophet our devotion and our love for him.

Allah surely knows those of you who slip away using someone as cover. This verse points to the hypocrites. At the Friday prayer, when the Prophet (peace be upon him) went up for the sermon, the hypocrites would get bored and, using people as cover, slip back out. Allah Almighty, having created all these worlds and made the covenant with people, knows what they will do. When these people come into the material world, the trait that is their character, the conduct of hypocrisy, they carry out in themselves. And Allah Almighty makes these traits of theirs known to people. These people think that when they run away using people as cover, they have escaped these difficult moments.

That they will meet this calamity and a wrath, look how Allah announces it in His verse. Therefore those who go against his command, that is, those who go against the command of the Prophet (peace be upon him), let them beware lest a calamity befall them or a very painful punishment strike them, He decrees. That is, let them repent. We did not create people free from error. Let them turn back from the mistakes they made. Let them repent to Allah Almighty. What will they say? O my Lord, I lived through a period of ignorance. I didn't know. I followed my nafs. Forgive me, he will say. There is no sin that Allah Almighty will not forgive.

But a person, a person must act sincerely. Sincerity. So whoever in these situations acts hypocritically and gets bored, runs out of the mosque without listening to the sermon, using one another as cover, or in a gathering does not listen to the Prophet's command, turns his back and leaves, or in a community, unseen by the Prophet, runs off – then a painful punishment will seize them.

Have they felt safe from Allah's punishment? No one can be as true to his promise as Allah. Allah makes such people suffer in this world, giving them calamities and punishments, and in the abode of the hereafter He leaves them to a painful punishment. So if these people, for worldly and selfish reasons, get bored with events that do not suit them and run away, just as Allah's punishment seizes them in this world, in the abode of the hereafter too they remain subject to an eternal punishment.