need to give it back. When I remember this event, it becomes a point of reference for me. I say, “O God, in my life in this world, You have given me everything. Will You deprive me of everything in the life

every event of this life will become a point of reference for God’s remembrance and prayer. By referring to every event he starts remembering God. Every event will become such a point of reference as will

will inspire him to find new words for prayer. This is true remembrance of God. When a person can have such feelings, he becomes like a tree whose greenery never dries up, and which keeps giving a yield of

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

delight, they flock to it eagerly, leaving you alone. Say: “That which God has in store is far better than passing delight or merchandise. God is the best of providers.” (62:9-11).

THE WORD OF GODFrom the Scriptures THE Quran is the Book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between 610 and 632 A.D. It is a book that brings glad

heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day for people of understanding; who remember God while standing, sitting and [lying] on their sides, and who ponder over the creation of the heavens

disgrace. Wrongdoers will have no supporters. (3: 190-192) The whole universe is a silent declaration of God’s presence. When Man removes the man-made veils from his eyes and ears, he starts seeing and hearing

Remembering God in SolitudePrayer means calling upon God. Such prayer is a great form of worship. According to a hadith, prayer is worship. (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 2969; Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith

have provided them with.” (32:16) That is, they call upon their Lord in fear and hope. Calling upon God in this way is an extremely personal thing. Such prayer emerges from the deepest recesses of one’s

individual himself. He cannot ask someone to fear God for him or to trust in God for him. Prayer is a criterion of a person’s servitude. One who believes in God must experience such moments in his life when

OF GOD GOD has created man so that man may discover God. For this man is bestowed with the faculty of thinking. By using this faculty one can develop one’s intellectuality and thereby discover God. This

and happiness. Discovering God in this manner will develop in us a strong bond with God. The result will be the emergence of a new personality. We will live in the glory of God and our days and nights will

will be spent in thoughts of God. Our soul will find sustenance in the remembrance of God. Since the last few days, I was not able to remember God at a deep level. This had troubled me. Today when I woke

to God with one’s heart and mind, and such prayer will always come to one’s lips only in one’s mother tongue. Prayer that Brings you Close to God Dua is not something technical. It is an external expression

discovers God in all His glory and greatness, then, while thinking of God, his feelings become so intense that he deeply realizes the presence of God; he feels as if he has reached the vicinity of God. When

When he undergoes this tumultuous experience, this in the hadith is described thus: “Man remembered God in his solitude and, with the intensity of emotion, tears well up in his eyes.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith

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)

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

commandments of God. In the chapter Al-Jumu‘ah (The Day of Congregation), the Quran says: Believers! When the call to prayer is made on the day of congregational prayer, hasten to the remembrance of God, and leave

it. When the prayer is ended, disperse in the land and seek to obtain [something] of God’s bounty; and remember God much, so that you may prosper. (62:9-10) This Quranic verse makes it clear that people

every experience by referring to which he may engage in remembrance of God and may utter such words of heartfelt prayer as may be acceptable to God. Just as the study of books is a source of spiritual food

have to appear before God. Then God will decide upon everyone’s eternal future, which will be either Paradise or Hell. Salvation will be attainable by those who have pleased God by living their lives