Remembrance of Allah — Page 36
36 O human being! Verily I am Allah; there is no God beside Me. So serve Me, and observe Prayer for My remembrance. From this it is learnt that where God Almighty has said that, ‘O ye Believers! Remember Me’, the meaning of it is that, ‘O ye Believers! Offer the S al a t. ’ Then, Allah says: — َنْوُمَلْعَت اْوُنْوُكَت ْمَل اَّم ْمُكَمَّلَع اَمَك َهّٰللا اوُرُكْذاَف ْمُتْنِمَا ۤاَذِاَف اًناَبْكُر١ۚ ْوَا اًلاَجِرَف ْمُتْفِخ ْنِاَف * S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:240 After emphasizing the offering of S al a t, Allah says that if you have any type of fear regarding the enemies, then—whether you are on foot or on horseback—you should offer your S al a t in that very state and when you feel secure, then you should engage in the in the way that you have been taught by Him, which you did not know before. In this verse the obser- vance of S al a t has been called. There are many other verses concerning this, but here I will cease with the mention of these. The second dhikr is the Holy Quran. The proof of this is that God Almighty says: S u rah al- H ijr, 15:10— َنْوُظِفٰحَل ٗهَل اَّنِا َو َرْكِّذلا اَنْلَّزَن ُنْحَن اَّنِا Verily, We Ourself have sent down this Dhikr, and We are, most surely, its Guardian. * If you are in a state of fear, then say your Prayer on foot or riding; but when you are safe, remember Allah as He has taught you that which you did not know. [Publisher]