MR.HODJA

In summer we had the chance to visit  Cyprus and spent our holiday there. It is interesting to sat that the budget of  a ministry in this country is equal to the transfer charges of a football player playing in one of the big three teams....

We went to this daughter country placed in the northern part of the island by air. I regret to say that the construction that I had seen two years ago had remained at the same level, because it was not accepted as an official government and country. Especially the airport was primitive. The inside and outside of the building looked like a ruin due to lack of maintenance.
I was not surprised because of these. However, what surprised me most was the traffic flowing from the left side. It was impossible for anyone who had not been used to it to cross a street let alone driving a car.
I was contiously thinking about those who said that a human being has a free will and can go to Heaven by using this will...
What a universal concept!...
In spite of the fact that Hz.Rasul of Allah had said ‘’Even me...’’!...
What should be offered to them is to give them a car which they would drive and let them see until where they will be able to go with their own free wills. In this way they would understand what is to be universal much better...
Cyprus is really hot in August therefore not much in demand. So, resting here is very productive for the mind.
As for my humble self,  in this holiday resort I have tried to tell my friends somethings all the time and they tried their best to join the crowd moving on the road to Allah.
I watched the grace of  Allah in awe.
Have a holiday, go around and spent a restful time ...
And every manifestation would take place in the direction of your own free will.
Can such a thing happen???!...
No, but it happenned...
The friends performed the salaat, went to the sea, went for shopping... We, having set ourselves free from the shopping spree of the ladies had a rest at the seaside.
Allahuekber
Allahuekber
When we heard this sound calling for prayer we looked at each other.
When we reached the mosque nearby, the rows were being arranged.
(Excuse me, there was only one row!..)
When the salaat was over
The Hodja called us;
He asked the reason why we had not ‘’stood up after repeating the ‘’Ettehiyatu’’, because he had been informed in that way.
He was a nice, good willed person. I gave him my explanation.  Later I gave him the books which would be useful for him and his community as a present.
Then from the computer in the hotel I printed the essay ‘’The Murshid and The Shaki’’ and gave it to him.
I requested him to be careful about the things that he had taken over and not waste them.

Ahmet F. Yuksel
Cyprus , January 19^th 2000