Remembrance of Allah — Page 110
110 ُرْكِذَل َو ِرَكْنُمْلا١ؕ َو ِءٓاَشْحَفْلا ِنَع ىٰهْنَت َةوٰلَّصلا َّنِا َةوٰلَّصلا١ؕ ِمِقَا َو ِبٰتِكْلا َنِم َكْيَلِا َيِحْوُا ۤاَم ُلْتُا S u rah al-‘Ankab u t, 29:46— َنْوُعَنْصَت اَم ُمَلْعَي ُهّٰللا َو ُرَبْكَا١ؕ ِهّٰللا God Almighty says to the Holy Prophet s as that the Book that God has given to him, he should recite it unto the people and establish S al a t. S al a t saves one from indecency and manifest evil. And to engage in the is [a] very great [virtue] and Allah is well aware of what one does. As I have stated earlier, S al a t is also a form of. Hence, from this it becomes established that the guards against indecency and evils. Why? For the reason that the is a weighty weapon and when struck upon the head of Satan, he dies and cannot incite one towards evil. 5. The fifth benefit of the is that through it the heart is strengthened, and the power to battle evil develops. Man does not lose, he rather stands firmly in combat, as Allah the Exalted says: — َنْوُحِلْفُت ْمُكَّلَعَّل اًرْيِثَك َهّٰللا اوُرُكْذا َو اْوُتُبْثاَف ًةَئِف ْمُتْيِقَل اَذِا اْۤوُنَمٰا َنْيِذَّلا اَهُّيَاٰۤي S u rah al-Anf a l, 8:46 O Muslims, when you go to contest a power and it is mighty, what you should do is commence engagement in the remem- brance of Allah in abundance. The result of this will be that your enemy will be uprooted and you will prevail over him.