CHAPTER 1: VERSES OF THE QUR’AN …

The many verses in the Qur’an that exhort towards the Zikr of Allah are Mutlaq (unrestricted) and thus encompass all types and forms of Zikr; whether individual or collective, loud or silent, in the masjid or elsewhere. Some of these verses are as follows:

Verse 1:

"So remember Me (with Zikr) and I will remember you and be grateful unto Me and do not be ungrateful” 2:152

Verse 2:

“(The intelligent ones are) Those who remember Allah standing and sitting and reclining and they ponder in the creation of the skies and the earth” 3:191

Verse 3:

“Those who believe (in Allah) and their hearts acquire tranquillity with the remembrance of Allah. Hear well! It is only through the remembrance of Allah that hearts acquire tranquillity” 13:28

Verse 4:

“(People of perfect Imaan are those) Men whom trade or business does not distract from the remembrance of Allah” 24:37

Verse 5:

“O Believers remember Allah in great abundance and glorify Him morning and evening” 33:41/42

Verse 6:

“And as for him who (purposely) ignores the remembrance of Rahman, We assign a devil for him who is his (constant) companion” 43:36

Verse 7:

“Has the time not dawned for the people of faith that their hearts should submit to the remembrance of Allah?” 57:16

Verse 8:

“O Believers let not your wealth and your children distract you from the remembrance of Allah. Those who do so, they are certainly great losers” 63:9

Verse 9:

“Shaitaan has overpowered them (the hypocrites) and hence made them forget the remembrance of Allah. They are the gang of Shaitaan and know well! The gang of Shaitaan are the (real) losers” 58:19

Verse 10:

“And when they (hypocrites) stand up to offer Salah, they stand up with lethargy. They put up a show before the people (of offering Salah) and do not remember Allah but very little” 4:142

These verses regarding Zikr have been enumerated by Shaikh Zakariyya (R) in his
work Fadhail-Zikr. Readers are requested to resort to an earnest and repeated study of this work to acquaint themselves with the virtues of the remembrance of Allah.

May Allah Ta’ala in His infinite mercy bless us with the propensity of abundant, rather, perpetual Zikr and may He save us from a life of heedlessness. May it be that at every given moment of our existence, in all postures, we are constantly engaged in His Zikr, our hearts are enveloped in His effulgence, our lives in His obedience, thereby attaining the everlasting wealth of His pleasure.

Aameen.

» Posted by abu mohammed on 5th October 2009

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