Dhikr
ذكرDefinition
Remembrance of Allah — one of the most powerful cures prescribed throughout The Disease and The Cure. Ibn al-Qayyim describes dhikr as food for the heart: without it, the heart slowly starves no matter how well the body is fed. Regular, conscious remembrance of Allah keeps the heart alive to His presence, softens it against hardening, and gradually rebuilds the spiritual sensitivity that sin erodes. The connection between dhikr and spiritual healing runs through the entire Quran — 'Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest' (13:28) — and Ibn al-Qayyim shows why this is not metaphor but a precise description of the heart's actual functioning when nourished by conscious remembrance of its Creator.
As understood in the classical tradition of Imam al-Ghazali and the scholars of his school.
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