Remembrance of Allah — Page 31
Characteristics of True Dhikr 31 Almighty would have spoken of them too. And He would have said that the believers are those who—when Allah is remembered in their presence—tear their clothes apart and throw them away and start jumping and making noise, or that they begin to hang upside down and wave their heads about and become thrown into ecstasy, but Allah the Exalted mentions none of these things. From this, we come to learn that such things have absolutely nothing to do with the. True Dhikr Rules out Dancing and Shouting How filled with wisdom is the Word of God Almighty that it has rejected all these types of actions from the very beginning! Someone can say it does not matter if the Holy Quran has not mentioned these types of actions—these are apart from the ones that have been mentioned. Firstly, it is absurd to even say such a thing. But when we look at the verses of the Holy Quran in which the state of a person at the time of his being engaged in the is mentioned, we learn that God Almighty has placed such words therein that refute all such things that are declared these days to be permissible and customary. Observe that the words used in these verses are: وَجْلٌ. اِقْشِعْرَار ٌ. تَلِيْن ٌ. جُلُوْد ٌ. [ wajl u n , iqsh i ‘r a run, tal i nun, and jul u dun ]. And look- ing at the lexicons it is learnt that one of the meanings of wajl is gentleness and being worn down and that manifests a state of rest, but the sufis of today initiate movement which is opposed to it. Similarly, iqsh i ‘r a run is said of hairs standing on end suddenly due