152- THEN, REMEMBER ME, AND I WILL REMEMBER YOU, AND BE GRATEFUL TO ME AND DO NOT DISBELIEVE.

 

Zekr, remembering Allah the Highest, is one of the greatest yet easiest acts of worship a believer can do.  It does not require any elaborate phrases; one does not have to be prepared, bathed or have wadoo.  Can be done at all times, does not require a special place, or to face Qibla.  Allah’s messenger wife Aisha said: “Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him used to remember Allah at all times and states”.  (B: Tafseer Sorah 2; 35 & M: Mosafreen, 9 & T: Jomah; 59 & D: Manasek; 45)

Just one has to remember Allah’s name, whether to speak it to himself, for Allah the Highest said: “REMEMBER YOU’RE LORD TO YOURSELF, PLEADING AND IN FEAR, WITHOUT SPEAKING OUT LOUD”.  (S: 7 A: 205)

-         When we remember Allah the Highest, He remembers us, which carries His Mercy, Forgiveness, Guidance, and all Blessings to us.

 

-         Remembering Allah the Highest draws us near to Him, for Allah the Highest said in the Hadith narrated by Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him who said that Allah the Highest said: “I am as my slave thinks of me and I am with him when he remembers me.  If he remembers me to himself, I remember him to my self, and if he remembers me to t a group, I remember him to a better group.  And if he draws nearer to me a hand span, I draw nearer to him an arm length, and if he draws nearer to me an arm length, I will draw nearer to him a baa (long measure), and if he comes to me walking, I will go to him running”.  (B:Tawheed;15 & M:Zekr;2 & T:Dawat;131 & Ma:Adab;53 & A:2;251,405,413)

 

 

-         The hearts of the believers live and thrive by remembering Allah, Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him told us that the hearts of those who do not remember Allah the Highest are like dead hearts: “The example of he who remembers Allah and he who does not, is like he who is alive and he who is dead”.   (B:Dawat;67)

-         The same applies to one’s home.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “The likeness of the home where Allah is remembered and the home where Allah is not remembered is like the living the dead”.  (M:Mosafreen;211)

 

-         The believer should always make part of his talk remembering Allah the Highest, otherwise his heart hardens.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Do not talk much without remembering Allah, for talking without remembering Allah hardens the heart”.  (T:Zohd;62)

 

-         Zekr, Remembering Allah is one of the greatest acts of worship, as Allah the Highest said: “INDEED, THE SALAH FORBIDS YOU FROM DOING THE SHAMEFUL, WHAT IS FORBIDDEN AND WHAT IS EVIL AND UNJUST, AND THE ZEKR (REMEMBRANCE) OF ALLAH IS GREATEST, AND ALLAH KNOWS ALL YOU DO”. (S:29 A:45)  

 

Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “The best of your deeds is the remembrance of Allah”.  (T: Dawat; 6 & Ma: Adab; 53 & N: Eman; 1)

 

-         It is a great bounty a believer should try to have, to have a tongue which often remembers Allah the Highest.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Each of you should try to have a thankful heart, a tongue remembering Allah, and a wife helping you for your work for the Hereafter”.  (T:Tafseer Sorah 9 & Ma: Nekah; 5 & A:5;287,282)

-         One may become himself or herself the reminder for people to remember Allah, and this is an exalted state, as Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “The best of you are those whom whenever they are seen, Allah is remembered”.  (Ma:Zohd;4)

-         There are great rewards for remembering Allah the Highest (Zekr)

 

a-     Allah’s remembrance of us.

 

b-    Rescue from the Hell-Fire.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Allah said: Take out of the Fire anyone who remembered me one day or feared me in a situation”.  (T:Jahanam;9)

 

c-     Allah the Highest sends angels to surround and accompany and ask for forgiveness for those doing Zekr and to ask Allah the Highest to grant them what they ask for.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Allah has angels who go around in the roads looking for people who do Zekr.  When they find people remembering Allah, they call each other: ‘Come, we found what we are looking for’.  They surround those remembering Allah and they put their wings down for them.  They keep gathering until they fill up between the earth and lower heaven.  Their Lord asks them, while he knows better about them: ‘What my slaves say?’  They say: ‘They praise and glorify you, and thank you’.  Allah says: ‘Have they seen me?’ they say: ‘No”, He says: ‘What if they see Me?’ they say: ‘They will worship you harder, glorify you more and praise you more’.  Then Allah says: “What do they ask from Me?”  The Angels say: “They ask for the Paradise”.  Allah says: “Did they see it?”  The angels say: “No”, Allah says: “What if they have seen it?”  The angels say: “If they have seen it, they will want it more, ask for it harder, and desire it more”.  Then Allah says: “What do they ask for protection from?”  The angels say: “They ask for protection from the Fire”.  Allah says: “Have they seen it?”  The angels say: “No”, Allah says: “What if they have seen it?” the angels say: “They will try harder to keep from it, will fear it even more”.  Allah says: “Then bear witness that I have forgiven them, and shall give them what they ask for and protect them from what they sought protection from”. 

Then one of the angels says: “But among them is this man, he is not one of them but came to see them for some business”.  Allah say: “Through being with such company, their companion shall not suffer, just because he sate with them”.  (M: Zekr; 25 & D: Dawat; 67)

 

d-    One of the seven kinds of people who will be shadowed by Allah’s shadow on the day of Resurrection, when there is no shadow but His is: “A man who remembered Allah while alone and his eyes filled up with tears”.  (B:Azan;36 & T:Zohd;53)

 

e-     Allah the Highest promised those who are too busy with Allah’s remembrance (Zekr) to give them without asking.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said that Allah the Highest said: “He who is too busy remembering me to ask me, I will give him greater that those who ask”.  (T:Thawab El Quran; 25)

 

 

f-      Saves from the Hell-Fire.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Nothing saves you from the Fire more than Zekr”.  (T:Dawat;6 & Ma:Adab;53)

There are many ways of doing Zekr, Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said that: “The best of the Zekr is there is no god other than Allah”. 

Then Allah the Highest commands us to thank Him and not to deny His many bounties upon us.  “ALLAH IS BOUNTIFUL TO MANKIND, BUT MOST OF THEM DO NOT GIVE THANKS”.  (S: 40 A: 34)  Thanking Allah is a sign of our recognition and appreciation of His bounties.

 

B: Bukhari M: Muslim    Mal: Malek   a: Ahmed   D: Abu Dawood     

 Da: Daremy       Ma: Ibn Magah            N: Nesae          T: Termezi