Remembrance

Purification of the Mind Jila' al-Khatir' by Shaikh 'Abdul Qadir al Jilani.

[ On the Blessing of the Remembrance ( of Allah) ]

[ O you who are dead at heart ! Keep to remembering your Lord ('Azza wa Jall), reciting His Book and the traditions of His Messenger (Salla Allah ta'ala 'alayhi wa sallam) and attending sessions of remembrance. This will quicken your hearts like the earth is revive by the falling rain. Keeping to remembrance is a means for the continuation of good in this world and in the hereafter. When the heart becomes sound, remembrance becomes permanent within it and gets inscribed on its sides and all over it. His eyes would be sleeping while his heart would continue remembering his Lord ('Azza wa Jall). He inherits this from his Prophet Muhammad (Salla Allah ta'ala 'alayhi wa sallam). One of the righteous person (may Allah confer mercy upon him) had a rosary that he used in performing remembrance. One day, as he was remembering Allah, he felt asleep while the rosary was still in his hand. He then woke up to find the rosary circulating in his hand, without him moving it, and his tongue remembering Allah. ]

[ O young man, when would your heart acquire knowledge and your innermost part attain pure serenity, when you are still associating creatures with Allah? How would you succeed when every night you specify someone to call on to complain to and beg from? How would your heart become pure and serene when it is empty of believe in the oneness of Allah and does not have a single atom of it? The belief in the oneness of Allah is light, while the association of partners with Allah is darkness. How would you succeed when your heart is empty of fear of Allah and does not have a single atom of it? You are screened off from the Creator. You are screened off by means from the Creator of all means, screened off by the trust in creatures and having confidence in them. You are a false claim. The claims you make would not be accepted without evidence. ]

[ Where do you stand in relation to the belief in the oneness of Allah, O idolatrous worshipper?

Where do you stand in relation to pure serenity, O you who are disturbed?

Where do you stand in relation to satisfaction, O you who are dissatisfied?

Where do you stand in relation to patience, O you who complain to the creatures?

Your current behavior is not the religion of the preceding righteous people. ]

....... owwhhh..... impeach myself !!!