Dhikr : the key to all success

As-Salamou 'Alaykoum wa rahmatoullahi wa barakatouhou

Astaghforallah, sometimes I feel so alone. It’s like nobody can understand me. When I am in that mood, in fact Asshaytan is the winner because I forgot what all The Almighty have given to me: a wonderful family, an easy life without debts or any disease.

aoudoubillah mina chaytane rajim

Moreover, the most important thing that we usually forget is that God is ALWAYS with us

We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein. (16)
وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعۡلَمُ مَا تُوَسۡوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفۡسُهُ ۥ‌ۖ وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنۡ حَبۡلِ ٱلۡوَرِيدِ
(s.50 :16)

How can we find ourselves alone when He is that nearer? A’oudoubillah, we are so weak and if we follow this world, it can only lead us to our destruction, here and in the hereafter.

To be stronger, ‘remembrance’ is the most important solution: God is present with us in every moment so let’s try to thank him as often as possible and let’s try to be forgotten.

And when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright. (186)

وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ‌ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعۡوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ‌ۖ فَلۡيَسۡتَجِيبُواْ لِى وَلۡيُؤۡمِنُواْ بِى لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡشُدُونَ ١٨٦
(S 2 : 186)


The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
"If your hearts were always in the state that they are in during dhikr, the angels would come to see you to the point that they would greet you in the middle of the road." (Muslim)

The word dhikr has many meanings. It means:
- God's Book and its recitation;
- Prayer;
- Learning and teaching
- Invocation of Allah with the tongue according to one of the formulas taught by the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم or any other formula;
- Remembrance of The Almigthy in the heart, or in both the heart and the tongue.


“During the night of Isra' and Mi`raj, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was taken up to a point where he heard the screeching of the Pens (writing the divine Decree). He saw a man who had disappeared into the light of the Throne. He said: "Who is this? Is this an angel?" It was said to him, no. He said: "Is it a Prophet?" Again the answer was no. He said: "Who is it then?" The answer was: "This is a man whose tongue was moist with Allah's remembrance in the world, and his heart was attached to the mosques, and he never incurred the curse of his father and mother."
(Shaykh Muhammad `Alawi al-Malaki cited it in his collated text of the sound narrations on that topic entitled al-Anwar al-bahiyya min isra' wa mi`raj khayr al-bariyya”)

A man came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and said:
"O Rasulallah, the laws and conditions of Islam have become too many for me. Tell me something that I can always keep.The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "(I am advising you in one thing:) Keep your tongue always moist with dhikrullah."
(In Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah, and Ibn Hibban declared it fair (hasan)).

Jabir reported that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, said:
"The best remembrance of Allah is to repeat la ilaha illallah and the best prayer (du'a) is al-hamdu lillah (all praise belongs to Allah)."

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
"There are two phrases that are light on the tongue but heavy on the scale of rewards and are dear to the Gracious One. These are: subhan Allah wa bi hamdihi, "Glorified is Allah with all praise to Him," and subhan Allah al-`azim, "Glorified is Allah, the Great."


Ya ALLAH, please forgive me because I am so ungrateful to you, make me stronger in your pathway in order to see your face in al Firdaous, amine ya rab al’alamine

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both deny?

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