Tuesday, June 7, 2022

The Excellence of Remembering Allāh عز و جل




فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِي وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ 

152. Therefore remember Me (by praying, glorifying), I will remember you, and be grateful to Me (for My countless Favours on you) and never be ungrateful to Me.

 Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, Allāh عز و جل says, I am just as My slave thinks I am, (i.e. I am Able to do for him what he thinks I can do for him) and I am with him if he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in himself, I too, remember him in Myself; and if he remembers Me in a group of people, I remember him in a group that is better than them, and if he comes one span nearer to Me, I go one cubit nearer to him; and if he comes one cubit nearer to Me, I go a distance of two outstretched arms nearer to him; and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.

(Sahīh Al-Bukhāri, Vol.9, Hadīth No. 502)

al-Hilâlî & Muhsin Khân Translation , The Noble Qur'ân