spirituality

Ramadan, as usual, has flown by. "I ask myself why oh why" these questions and see what you can do to make the most of what's left of Ramadan this year, Insha Allah.

"If My slaves ask you about Me, I am near. I answer the call of the caller when he calls on Me. They should therefore respond to Me and believe in Me so that hopefully they will be rightly guided" (Quran 2:186).

As I work toward better control here is surah for Diabetes in Hadith: "the likeness of the one who remembers his Lord and the one who does not remember Him is like that of a living to a dead person" (Bukhari). If I forget my health, I die. If I forget Allah, I am already dead.

So what is Zikr? Sounds like a cool word. Zikr, looks pretty neat in Arabic script.Here are some  specific things we can say to remember Allah.

A poem about the need for remembrance of God and how this is as necessary as food for humans.

"The likeness of the one who remembers his Lord and the one who does not remember Him is like that of a living to a dead person" (Bukhari). How much do we really remember Allah? As a Challenge to Yourself, keep a journal of how much you do for the sake of Allah. 

Zikr is the Arabic term for remembrance of Allah, the Most Merciful. It is not restricted to the prayer and worship that we do on our prayer rugs five times a day; it is much more than that.