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‘And bring your Lord to remembrance in your [very]
soul, with humility and remember without loudness
in words, in the mornings and evenings; and be not
of those who are unheedful.’
5
The Prophet
said: ‘The comparison of the one
who remembers Alla>h and the one who does not
remember Alla>h, is like that of the living and the
dead.’
6
He
also said: ‘Should I not inform you of the best
of deeds, and the most sanctifying of deeds before
your Lord, which does more to raise your positions
[with Him], and are better for you than the
disbursement of gold and money or battle with the
enemy?’ They [the companions] said: ‘Indeed!
Inform us.’ He
then said: ‘Remembrance of Alla>h
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5 Al-A’ara>f: 205.
6 Al-Bukha>ri> with Al-Fath} 11/208 and Muslim 1/539 with the following
wording: ‘The comparison of the house in which Alla>h is mentioned and
the house in which Alla>h is not mentioned, is like that of the living and
the dead.’