Araf 205-206 (End of Sorah)
205- AND REMEMBER YOUR LORD TO YOURSELF (SILENTLY) PLEADING AND FEARING, WITHOUT SPEAKING OUT, BY THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE DAY, AND BEWARE NOT TO NEGLECT REMEMBERING ALLAH.
206- THOSE WHO ARE WITH YOUR LORD ARE NOT PROUD TO WORSHIP HIM, THEY HYMN HIS PRAISES AND THEY PROSTRATE TO HIM.
The Zekr is discussed in detail in the commentary of Ayah 152 of Sorah Al-Baqarah.
Remembering Allah the Highest (Zekr) does not require a person to be in any special state of purity or Wadoo, nor to face the Qibla. We may remember Allah the Highest when we start any action, enter the market, eat, or even sexual intercourse. We may remember Allah the Highest by counting on beads, our fingers, or with every breath or heart beat.
Allah the Highest has given the Muslim nation special kinds of Zekr, which are the SALAH and Salam upon our messenger, Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him.
Allah the Highest tells us the preferred conditions for remembering Him (Zekr):
- Allah the Highest tells us that remembering Him should not be out loud for others to hear, but should be either totally silently, or just for our ears to hear. Allah the Highest gave us a similar command about the SALAH saying: “AND DO NOT DO YOUR SALAH OUT LOUD AND DO NOT DO IT TOO QUIETLY, AND SEEK A LEVEL BETWEEN THE TWO”. (S:17 A:110)
- Allah the Highest is commanding us to remember Him at the beginning of the day, which prepares us for keeping Allah in our mind for the rest of the day. Also to remember Him at the end of the Day, to be the last thing we do before going to sleep.
- We should not neglect remembering Allah the Highest at these times and in between them also.
Zekr is a form of worship, a great form of worship. Disdaining from this worship is a form of arrogance, and Allah the Highest hates arrogance, particularly for the believers. Allah the Highest did not tolerate the arrogance of Satan who was one of the close Jinn, and it lead him to be rejected from Allah’s Mercy forever.
Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Does not enter the Paradise, he who has as much as a grain of mustard of arrogance”.
Those close to Allah the Highest, people and angels, do not disdain from such Zekr and from prostrating to Him.
The remembrance of Allah the Highest draws them near to Him. “Whoever remembers me to himself, I will remember him to myself, and whoever remembers me to a group, I will remember him to a better group”. (Hadith Qudsi)
And Prostrating to Allah the Highest draws them near to Him, for Allah the Highest said: “NAY, BUT DO NOT OBEY HIM; PROSTRATE AND COME NEAR”. (S: 96 A: 19)
Indeed, the closest state, of the slave of Allah to His Lord, is while prostrating. Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “The closest a slave is to his Lord is while prostrating, therefore do plenty of doaa then”. (M: Salah; 215 & N: Mawaqeet; 35 & T: Dawat; 118 & A: 2; 421)
It is the Sunnah (Example) of Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, to prostrate whenever a prostration is mentioned in the Quran. This is one of the Ayahs where a prostration is mentioned, that is Ayah 206 of Sorah Al-Araf. Such prostration can be in the direction of the Qibla if possible, but it is not a necessity, and whether we have Wadoo or not, and whether we have our shoes on or not, for it is not SALAH, but a special kind of prostration.
Zekr and prostrating certainly have a special status and they draw a believer closer to his Lord. They are the continuous worship of the Angels.
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