Remembrance of Allah

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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Remembrance of Allah — Page 107

Benefits of Dhikr I will now mention some benefits of engaging in dhikr. 1. The greatest benefit that one attains by engaging in dhikr is that the pleasure of Allah the Exalted is achieved. This does not mean that this is a virtuous act and so, like other deeds, God can be pleased by its performance, but rather by doing this, God is especially pleased, and the greater the value of the deed, the greater the value of the reward. God Almighty says about dhikr at one place in the Holy Quran: S u rah al-‘Ankab u t, 29:46 — ُرَبْكَا ِهّٰللا ُرْكِذَل َو Meaning that the is the greatest. At another place He says: