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“And glorify Him morning and evening.” The holy Prophet (S) said: “Whoever remembers Allah constantly, the good of this world and the next has been given to him.” [^1] And Imam Sadiq (as) said that everything has a limit except the remembrance of Allah. ^2 An Islamic tradition indicates that the heart and soul may rust like iron and the remembrance of Allah is a means to remove it and to make it bright. So, the Qur’an says: “O You who have believed!

Thus, in this verse, the Holy Qur’an enjoins all the believers that they remember Allah in all cases. At the time of worship we must remember Him (s.w.t.) and have attention and sincerity. At the time when we are in the scene of committing sin, we must remember Him and renounce, or if there happened a fault, we would immediately repent and return to the right way.

At the time of affluence of bounties, we must remember Him ‘and thank Him’; and at the time of affliction and calamity we must remember Him and be patient and steadfast. In short, we must not forget His remembrance in any scene out of the scenes of life.

In a tradition which has been recorded in ‘Sahih Tarmathi’ and ‘Musnad-i-Ahmad, Abu Sa‘id Khidri narrates from the Prophet of Islam (S) who said that once he (S) was asked: “Which servants have the highest degree with Allah on the Hereafter Day?” He answered: “Those who remember Allah very much.” However, we must note that the Qur’anic phrase: /ŏikran kaθira/ (with much remembrance) has a vast meaning.