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1) Zikir keeps away the Satan and weakens his strength.
2) It is the cause of Almighty God's pleasure.
3) It relieves the mind of anxieties and worries.
4) It produces joy and happiness in the heart.
5) it strengthens the body and mind.
6) It brightens the face and heart.
7) It attracts one's susistence.
8) It invests with awe and sweetness the Zakirs so that
the seeing eye is filled with awe and pleasure at his
sight.
9) It induces love for God, which in fact is the spirit of
Islam and the pivot of "Deen", and the source of success
and salvation in the Hereafter. He who seeks access to
the love of Almighty God should do Zikir profusely. Just
as reading and repetition is the door of knowledge, so
Zikir of God is the gateway to His love.
10) Zikir involves Muraqaba (deep meditation), through
which one reaches the stage of "Ehsan", wherein a
person worships Almighty God as if he is actually seeing
Him. (The attainment of this stage of Ehsaan is the
ultimate objective of the Sufis).
11) It helps realization of God so that by and by a stage
is reached when he comes to regard Almighty God as his
sole Cherisher, Guardian and Master, and he turns unto
Him, in all afflictions.
12) It is the key to nearness to Almighty God; the greater
the Zikir, the greater the nearness to God, and greater
the indifference to Zikir, the greater the distance from
him.
13) It opens the door of Ma'arfat (realization)of God.
14) It makes one realize the greatness and grandueur pf
Almighty God, and strenghthens the consciousness of
His Omni presence.
15) Zikir of God causes one's mention in the Court of
God, as said in the Holy Book. (Remember Me, and I will
remember you),and as stated in the Hadith (whosoever
remembers Me in his heart, i remember him in My heart)
. it has already been explained under other verses and
Ahadith that,even if there were no other good points in
Zikir, except that mentioned above, this alone would
have established its superiority over others.
Nevertheless, there are many more virtues and benefits
of Zikir.
16) It gives life to the heart. Hafiz Ibn Tamimia says that
Zikir is as necessary for the herart as water for the fish.
Imagine the condition of a fish out of water.
17) It is food for the heart and the soul; depriving them
of Zikir is like depriving the body of its food.
18) It cleanses the heart of its rust. It has been
mentioned in an earlier Hadith; everything rusts
according to its nature; and heart ruts with wordly
desires and indefference, to purify which Zikir is
necessary.
19) It safeguards against pitfalls and lapses.
20) The heart of a neglectful person is tormented by a
feeling of remotenes from God, and nothing other than
Zikir can rid the heart of this feeling.
21) The words of Zikir keep on moving round the Arsh of
Almighty God, as stated in a Hadith.
22) If one remembers God in hapiness, Almighty God
remembers him in his afflictions.
23) It is a means to deliverance from God's punishment.
24) It causes God's peace and Mercy to descend while
angels surrond the person engaged in Zikir.
25) It saves the tongue from indulging in backbiting,
loose talk, lies and abuses. It is a common experience
that a man whose tongue remains engaged in Zikir does
not commit these absurdities. On the other hand the
tongue that is not used in Zikir falls an easy prey to all
kinds of useless talk.
26) the gatherings of Zikir are gathering of angels, and
gatherings without Zikir are gatherings of Satan.
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