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114 takb i r [reciting Allah u Akbar —‘Allah is the Greatest’], ta h- m i d [praising Allah by reciting Al h amdulill a h —‘All praise belongs to Allah’], and tasb ih are forgiven even if these sins are innumerable like the foam in the sea ( Sunan at-Tirmidhī, Kitābud-Da‘wāt, Bāb mā jā’ fid-Du‘ā’ idhā awā ilā firāshih; Hadith 3397). 25 10. The tenth benefit of dhikr is that it sharpens the intel- lect. One who remembers Allah discovers such verities and points of wisdom that leave the person himself amazed. Allah the Exalted says: َنْيِذَّلا ِباَبْلَاْلا۰۰ يِلوُاِّل ٍتٰيٰاَل ِراَهَّنلا َو ِلْيَّلا ِفاَلِتْخا َو ِضْرَاْلا َو ِتٰوٰمَّسلا ِقْلَخ ْيِف َّنِا اَم اَنَّبَر ِضْرَاْلا َو ِتٰوٰمَّسلا ِقْلَخ ْيِف َنْوُرَّكَفَتَي َو ْمِهِبْوُنُج ىٰلَع َّو اًدْوُعُق َّو اًمٰيِق َهّٰللا َنْوُرُكْذَي S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:191–192— ِراَّنلا۰۰ َباَذَع اَنِقَف َكَنٰحْبُس اًلِطاَب اَذٰه َتْقَلَخ Meaning that there are many Signs in the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of night and day, but only for those people who possess intelligence. Then, it is stated that the people who possess intelligence are those who remain engaged in the and in ponder- ing on the works of God. 11. The eleventh benefit is that righteousness emanates from it. We find in the hadith: ْ فَإِن ْ ذَكَرَنِي ْ فِي ْ نَفْسِه ٖ ذَكَرْتُه ُ فِي ْ نَفْسِي ْ وَإِن ْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي ْ مَل َإ ٍ ذَكَرْتُه ُ فِي ْ مَل َإ ٍ خَيْر ٍ مِنْهُم ْ وَإِن ْ تَقَرَّب َ إِلَي َّ بِشِبْر ٍ تَقَرَّبْت ُ إِلَيْه ِ ذِرَاعًا وَإِن ْ تَقَرَّب َ إِلَي َّ ذِرَاعًا َمْشِي ْ أَتَيْتُه ُ هَرْوَلَةً. ی ْ تَقَرَّبْت ُ إِلَيْه ِ بَاعًا وَإِن ْ أَتَانِي The Holy Prophet s as says that God Almighty says, ‘When a servant of Mine remembers Me in his heart, I too remember him in My heart. ’ For example,