this verse, Sultan Nasr ibn Ahmad trembled with fear of God. He came down from his throne, took off his crown and prostrated himself before God. He said: “O my Lord, undoubtedly the kingdom is Yours, not

not mine.” The superior qualities of prayer or the high quality of remembrance of God has nothing to do with mere recitation of words, but has rather to do with the inner states of the suppliant. According

humbles himself is the one who is held by God to be deserving of honour.” (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 2588) He is the person who is able, by the grace of God, to remember God and pray to Him in such a way as to

the soul. What is recited during prayer consists either of verses from the Quran or dhikr, remembrance of God, and dua, invocation and supplications. All of this is aimed at bringing about a spiritual

the soul. What is recited during prayer consists either of verses from the Quran or dhikr, remembrance of God, and dua, invocation and supplications. All of this is aimed at bringing about a spiritual

replenish it.” Say: “I am but a mortal like yourselves. It is revealed to me that your Lord is One God. Let those that hope to meet their Lord do what is right and make none sharer of the worship due to

to the remembrance of God and cease your trading. That would be best for you, if you but knew it. Then, when the prayer is ended, disperse and go your ways in quest of God’s bounty. Remember God always

some merchandise or passing delight, they flock to it eagerly, leaving you1 alone. Say: “That which God has in store is far better than and passing

one left to remember God.’ (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 148) This hadith does not mean that the people will stop taking God’s name. Rather what is meant here is the remembrance of God, at the level of realization

Quran, “those who believe love God most” (2:165), and “stand in awe of none but God.” (9:18), “True believers are those whose hearts tremble with awe at the mention of God.” (8:2) But when such people are

as acknowledge God’s greatness in the real sense of the word, then we may take it that Doomsday has come very close. Man’s existence and everything is given to him are all gifts from God. Hence, not acknowledging

lives in the remembrance of God: “Who speaks better than one who calls to God and says, ‘I am surely of those who submit.’” That is, he is one who remembers God all the time, thinks of God all the time

experiences glimpses of God at every moment. On extraordinary occasions, he gives vent to his latent spiritual feelings in a torrent of words. At that time, he starts calling on God in inspired words of a

a special kind. This is taking the great name of God in prayer. It is the inspiration of a righteously prepared mind. An Incident Relating to a Virtuous Lady As mentioned above, Pharaoh’s wife Aasiya,

Has the time not come for the faithful when their hearts in all humility should engage in the remembrance of God and of the revelation of truth, so that they should not become like those who were given the

whose hearts with the passage of time became hardened and many of whom were disobedient? Remember that God brings the earth back to life after its death. We have made Our signs clear to you, so that you may

This degeneration has come about because the members of the Muslim community have lost their fear of God and have become insensitive to their faith. So, what is the principle for their regeneration, or their

of God wells up within him. Every fibre of his being is enlightened with divine love. Obedience to God is, without doubt, the demand of faith, but it would be an underestimation of the love of God if it

with God, whereas love entails man’s entire existence being moulded in the remembrance of God. Man comes to acknowledge God in the perfect sense when it is with the whole of his being.MAKING GOD ONE’S

CONCERNFaith in God is for man to discover God to the extent of loving Him more than anything else. Praise (hamd), thanksgiving (shukr) and remembrance (zikr) are expressions of our love for God. The strongest

all His blessings is no simple matter. Such a state of affairs means that people are partaking of God’s blessings to the fullest possible extent, but they do not acknowledge their Benefactor. When such

is no dearth of people who recite the name of God by way of lip service. However, such people have no value in the eyes of God. So far as remembering God in the real spirit is concerned, very few people

people who are immersed in the remembrance of God. People are instead basking in community pride than living in the Glory of God. We do not find any mention of the Glory of God in the real sense in the speeches

One who takes worldly things to be food for the remembrance of God, succeeds in the test. On the contrary, one for whom worldly things distance him from God, fails in the test. In this way, depending upon