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📌Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Taqwa (Piety) Advice of Remembrance of God (Zikr) ============================= This is one of the other features of the pious and it is of two kinds; remembering God in the heart and remembering Him by the tongue. Remembering God has been frequently recommended. It is with the remembrance of God that man can somehow make up for the blessings that God has given him and express his gratitude to Him.
There are many Quranic verses about ‘Zikr’ or remembrance of God, whether by the heart or the tongue: “Therefore, remember Me, I will remember you, and be thankful to Me, and do not be ungrateful to Me.” [^1] Elsewhere, God says: “O you who believe!
📌Remember Allah with much remembrance.” [^2] Mohammad ibn Moslem, who was a great narrator, has reported Imam Sadiq (AS) as saying: “The tasbeeh (glorification) of Lady Fatima is a frequent Zikr ordered by God Almighty.”[^3] Elsewhere in the Holy Quran, God says: “O you who believe!
Let not your wealth, or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah; and whoever does that, these are the losers.” [^4] Imam Sadiq (AS) has been reported as saying: “God revealed to Moses (AS): ‘Do not rejoice at much wealth. Do not leave My remembrance under any conditions.
📌Surely, the abundance of wealth makes forget sins (be indifferent when committing sins), and leaving My remembrance makes the hearts hard.”[^5] The Messenger of Allah (SAW) has been reported as saying: “O Ali, the best deed has three features; justice on your part, helping and consoling your brother in faith in the way of God Almighty, and the remembrance of God in all conditions.” ^6 In another tradition, we read: “Remembering God is not to say: ‘glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest’ alone, but if a man intends to do something unlawful and he fears God Almighty at that moment and gives it up, it will be Zikr.” Another narration of this tradition is that if a man, who intends to commit a sin, remembers God Almighty and this remembrance creates a distance between him and the sin, it is Zikr.
This is the meaning of the verse: “Surely, those who guards (against evil), when a visitation from Satan afflicts them they become mindful, then lo!
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