Remembrance of Allah — Page 54
54 However, there are some specific times mentioned by God Almighty in the Holy Quran and those are as follows: * S u rah al-A h z a b, 33:42–43 — اًلْيِصَا۰۰ َّو ًةَرْكُب ُهْوُحِّبَس َّو اًرْيِثَك۰۰ اًرْكِذ َهّٰللا اوُرُكْذا That is to say, remember Allah at the time of رة ک ب [ bukra ] and اصيل [ a si l ]. Both these times are of a very high rank. In Arabic رة ک ب [ bukra ] describes the period from the first appearance of light in the sky until the sun rises. According to this, therefore, the mean- ing would be to engage in dhikr from the morning obligatory Prayer till the rise of the sun. So one time for the is this and the second time is that of اصيل [ a si l ]. We learn from the lexicon that اصيل [ a si l ] describes the time from the ‘A s r obligatory Prayer till the time of the setting of the sun. The third, fourth, and fifth times are mentioned in this verse: ِلْيَّلا ِئٓاَنٰا ْنِم َو اَهِبْوُرُغ َلْبَق َو ِسْمَّشلا ِعْوُلُط َلْبَق َكِّبَر ِدْمَحِب ْحِّبَس َو َنْوُلْوُقَي اَم ىٰلَع ْرِبْصاَف S u rah Ta H a , 20:131— ىٰضْرَت َكَّلَعَل ِراَهَّنلا َفاَرْطَا َو ْحِّبَسَف Meaning, bear patiently what these people say, and glorify and praise your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting (both these times have been mentioned already); and in the hours of the night and at both sides of these, so that your wishes may be fulfilled. In this verse, apart from the two times previously men- tioned, the time after the rising of the sun and the early part of the * Remember Allah with much remembrance; And glorify Him morning and evening. [Publisher]