What is Remembrance?What is Remembrance? Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi (d. 1977) interpreted this verse of the Quran (2:152) “So remember Me, I will remember you,” as follows: “Abu Bakr Jassas Raazi (d

the meaning of “remembrance” as signs of God and thinking about God’s majesty and power. And he regarded this form of worship as superior to other types of remembrance (such as saying God’s name while counting

the being of God only through those phenomena or attributes of God which are scattered everywhere in our own existence and across the universe. We achieve the realization and discovery of God through contemplation

the meaning of “remembrance” as signs of God and thinking about God’s majesty and power. And he regarded this form of worship as superior to other types of remembrance (such as saying God’s name while counting

the being of God only through those phenomena or attributes of God which are scattered everywhere in our own existence and across the universe. We achieve the realization and discovery of God through contemplation

phenomena of nature. The reality is that, remembrance does not mean verbal repetition of God’s name. Remembrance means contemplation on God’s creation to discover God’s greatness through the wisdom and perfection

THE REMEMBRANCE OF DEATHThe personality of one who remembers death will be transformed in every respect. His thinking will become totally Hereafter-oriented. What is the remembrance of death? The remembrance

comes to you in keen awareness, that will be the remembrance of death. The remembrance of death is not a thing of the past, a distant matter. The remembrance of death means to come to grips with the horrible

horrible experience which you shall have to face in your life. The remembrance of death should be so part and parcel of your thinking that you lose interest in this world. Every night you should feel as if

can be done only by the individual concerned, and not by anyone else.TAZKIYAH AND REMEMBRANCE OF DEATHThe remembrance of death produces a sense of urgency in man. It makes him extremely concerned about

death overtakes him. For the process of tazkiyah to go forward, the remembrance of death acts as a very powerful spur. The remembrance of death produces a sense of urgency in man. Death reminds him of the

anything.THE REMEMBRANCE OF DEATHThe personality of one who remembers death will be transformed in every respect. His thinking will become totally Hereafter-oriented. What is the remembrance of death?

The remembrance of death is when you are able to think with complete consciousness that this living existence of yours will be all of a sudden taken away from this present world, then you will be sent

comes to you in keen awareness, that will be the remembrance of death. The remembrance of death is not a thing of the past, a distant matter.The remembrance of death means to come to grips with the horrible

distancing oneself from God, while helplessness, ijz is a means of achieving closeness to God.CRYING IN REMEMBRANCE OF GODSelf-prostration (sajdah) is a moment of nearness between God and man. This experience

experience of nearness to God is the greatest spiritual experience a man can have. It happened once that the parents had to send their son to a distant place, where he had to stay for about 10 years without

many memories were associated with it. This example tells us what it is to weep in God’s remembrance. Such remembrance is the result of a contact at a psychological level between the Lord

personified in his longings, who sleeps and wakes up in remembrance of Paradise. Paradise is for one who vexes himself with these questions: if God did not grant him Paradise, what would happen to him? If

has already made known to them. (47: 6) In this verse, the knowledge of Paradise is attributed to God, but it is the attribute of a believer. The believer is the one who discovers Paradise in such a way

Paradise to such an extent that Paradise is personified in his longings, who sleeps and wakes up in remembrance of Paradise. The fact is that Paradise is a desirable target, which, by its very nature, is a

can be done only by the individual concerned, and not by anyone else.TAZKIYAH AND REMEMBRANCE OF DEATHThe remembrance of death produces a sense of urgency in man. It makes him extremely concerned about

death overtakes him. For the process of tazkiyah to go forward, the remembrance of death acts as a very powerful spur. The remembrance of death produces a sense of urgency in man. Death reminds him of the

reality about death will begin to remember it all the time. The remembrance of death will remind him of the Hereafter, and the remembrance of the Hereafter will remind him of all the things which are related

For the process of tazkiya to go forward, the remembrance of death acts as a very powerful spur. The remembrance of death produces a sense of urgency in a person. Death reminds him of the fact that he

person before God. God, who knows everything, both open and hidden, will take him to account for all his words and deeds on earth. According to one tradition, man will on that day stand before God and his feet

feet will not move until he has answered all the questions God will ask him. (Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 2416) Remembering death means remembering the most delicate moment of one’s life. An individual