Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 498
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 498 repetitions in the Holy Quran as well. I myself like repetition for this very reason. If someone looks at my writings, he will find this repetition in abundance. A person unaware of the truth will consider it contrary to eloquence and will claim that it was written out of forgetfulness. However, this is not the case. My concern is that the reader may have forgotten what was written earlier. This is why I remind him over and over again, hoping that his eyes might open up at some point. 1. ِ ت ا ْنِّیَ ِال َب ُ ل َا م ْـ ع َ اَلْ َا ا م ـ نَ ِ ا. ِ ت ا ْنِّیَ ِال َب ُ ل َا م ْـ ع َ اَلْ َا ا م ـ نَ ِ ا [ Verily, deeds are judged by their intentions]. Besides, criticizing repetition is without merit for the rea- son that it is in human nature that repetition is needed for memorization. Why was ٰی ل ْ ع َ اَلْ َ ا َبِّی َ ر َ ن َا ح ْـ ب ُ س ٰی ل ْ ع َ اَلْ َ ا َبِّی َ ر َ ن َا ح ْـ ب ُ س [Holy is my Lord, the Most High] and ُ م ْ ی َظ ٰع ْ ل َ ا َبِّی َ ر َ ن َا ح ْـ ب ُ س ُ م ْ ی َظ ٰع ْ ل َ ا َبِّی َ ر َ ن َا ح ْـ ب ُ س [Holy is my Lord, the Most Great] made to be repeated [in the five daily Prayers]; saying it once was not enough? No. The wisdom behind this is that rep- etition itself has an impact; it stirs up alertness even in the most dormant of faculties. That is why Allah the Exalted has said: 2 َواوُرُكْذا َهّٰللا اًرْيِثَك ْمُكَّلَعَّل َنْوُحِلْفُت َواوُرُكْذا َهّٰللا اًرْيِثَك ْمُكَّلَعَّل َنْوُحِلْفُت Meaning that, remember Allah the Exalted much that you may prosper. Just as when a mental connection for something exists and much repetition preserves it in the memory, in the same way, when there is a spiritual connection, there is also a need for rep- etition and without repetition, that spiritual connection and relationship cannot be maintained. And then the truth is that it all depends on the intention. The person who recites only 1. S a hih al-Bukh a r i , Kit a b Bad’ul-Wa hi, B a b Kaifa K a na Bad’ul-Wa hi il a Ras u l- lill a hi, Hadith 1 [Publisher] 2. S u rah al-Anf a l, 8:46 [Publisher]