Power Of Zikir

Remembrance of Allah is a firm knowledge of one’s belief, protection from falseness, a fortress against Satan, and a guarded refuge from the Hell-Fire.

The importance of bringing Zikir into our life, using a logical and mathematic model, whilst proving the conclusions from the Quran.

Taking a close look at the relationship between the five pillars of Islam. Hence the value 50 will be used to determine the lifetime obligation value.

Table 1 below lists the pillars of Islam each with their respective lifetime obligation value. The Kalimah to represent Zikir.

Pillars Of Islam	Calculation Method	Lifetime Obligation Value
Hajj  Pilgrimage	Once in a lifetime	1
Zakat (Charity)	Once a year: 1 x 50	50
Fasting	~30 Days each year: 30 x 50	1500
Prayer	5 Times a day each year : 5 x 365 x 50	91250
Kalimah | Faith	Draw this value from the graph using the "Line of Best Fit" method

Table 1

The value for the Kalimah is not yet known. Figure 1.1, below, is a graphical representation of the table above. The log graph shows the lifetime obligation values on the vertical Y axis against the five pillars respectively on the horizontal X axis.

There is a trend in the graph which suggests a proportional increase in obligation moving from one pillar to the next. If complete the graph, proportionally, to include the value for the Kalimah would have a graph similar to Fig 1.2.

The lifetime obligation value for the Kalimah, which can define from the graph, is approximately TEN MILLION! This value is 100 times larger than the value for Salat, which is roughly 100,000. The following Quranic ayat then makes perfect sense! Allah said in the Quran:

“The remembrance of Allah is the greatest” (Quran Al-Ankabut, 29:45)

Zikir of Allah is to be done over 100 times more often than we offer our prayers. Sound ridiculous? Allah said in the Holy Quran:

“When you have finished the Prayers, do the Zikir of Allah, standing, sitting & lying down on your sides” (Quran Al-Nisa, 4:103)

You engage in the Zikir of Allah constantly in between your Salats. Thus it is not surprising that the value for the Kalimah, which is a form of Zikir, would far exceed that for Salat.

When starting to practice Zikir, you should have one’s thoughts directed and determined to achieve a desired goal. Zikir is only has one true purpose but there are eight paths which lead one to reach the ultimate goal.

1) Love: For Allah & His Prophets & Angels

2) Knowledge: Inner & Outer

3) Peace & Tranquility

4) Purity: Inner & Outer

5) Blessings & Reward

6) Forgiveness & Pardon

7) Success: In this life & the next

8) Spiritual Strength

Meanings of Ziikir

The word Zikir has many meanings. It means:

- Allah’s Book and its recitation

- Prayer

- Learning and teaching

- Invocation of Allah with the tongue according to one of the formulas taught by the Prophet or any other formula

- Remembrance of Allah in the heart, or with both the heart and the tongue

Knowers of Allah that Zikir has seven aspects:

·  Zikir of the eyes, which consists in weeping (buka’)

·  Zikir of the ears, which consists in listening (isgha’)

·  Zikir of the tongue, which consists in praise (thana’)

·  Zikir of the hands, which consists in giving (`ata’)

·  Zikir of the body, which consists in loyalty (wafa’)

·  Zikir of the heart, which consists in fear and hope (kawf wa raja’)

·  Zikir of the spirit, which consists of utter submission and acceptance (taslim wa rida’)