Remembrance of Allah — Page 113
Benefits of Dhikr 113 and admit his own humility. The Prophet Hadrat Jonah, peace be upon him, also prayed to God for himself in the same way: * S u rah al-Anbiy a ’, 21:88— َنْيِمِلّٰظلا َنِم ُتْنُك ْيِّنِا َكَنٰحْبُس َتْنَا ۤاَّلِا َهٰلِا ۤاَّل He first expressed the glory of God, and then he laid out his own condition. Then, the Holy Prophet s as says: َ مَن ْ شَغَلَه ُ ذِكْرِي عَن ْ مَسْأَلَتِي أَعْطَيْتُه ُ أَفْضَل مَا أُعْطِي السَّائِلِينَ. ; meaning, God Almighty says that, ‘He who remains busy in My remembrance, receives more from Me than the one who keeps asking. ’ [ Ash-Shu‘abul- I m a n, B a b 10 f i Ma h abbatill a h, Fa s l f i Id a mati Dhikrill a h, vol. 1. p. 413, Hadith 572, edition 2000 Beirut] This hadith does not mean that we should not pray, because S u rah al-F a ti h ah —which is the Mother of the Book—con- tains prayer along with dhikr. And prayers have been taught in abundance in the Holy Quran and the Hadith. The mean- ing, rather, is only that—compared to the person who does not engage in the and only prays—that individual receives more, who also engages in the remem- brance of Allah apart from praying, and saves time from the time he devotes to prayer and spends it in the. 9. The ninth benefit is that sins are forgiven. The Holy Prophet s as has said that the sins of the person who performs * There is no God but You, Holy are You. I have indeed been of the wrong- doers. [Publisher]