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al-Baqarah 2:152

Remember Me and I will remember you

فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِي وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ

"So remember Me, and I will remember you. Be grateful to Me and never ungrateful."

— al-Baqarah 2:152

Context

The foundational verse of dhikr. The classical scholars read 'I will remember you' as the staggering promise behind every act of remembrance.

Virtue

Ibn al-Qayyim listed more than a hundred benefits of dhikr, every one of them rooted in this verse.

Across the library

What the classical scholars said.

Passages from our audiobook library that reference this verse, its theme, or its vocabulary.

  1. "The Prophet, peace be upon him, was asked, Who are the best people in the Mosque? He said, Those who remember Allah the most. It was asked, Who among the funeral processions is best? He said, Those who remember Allah the most. It was asked, Who among the fighters is best? He said, Those who remember Allah the most. It was asked, Who among the pilgrims is best? He said, Those who remember Allah the most. It was asked, Who among the worshippers is best? He said, Those who remember Allah the most. Abu Bakr said, Those who remember have acquired all good."

  2. "This is the ultimate aim of the Lord from His servant, and those who embody it are few among His servants. اللّٰه the Almighty said: "And be grateful for the favor of اللّٰه, if it is indeed Him that you worship." He also said, "So be grateful to Me and do not disbelieve." Regarding His friend إِبْرَاهِيم, peace be upon him, He said, "Indeed, إِبْرَاهِيم was a nation, devoutly obedient to اللّٰه, inclining toward truth, and he was not of the polytheists - grateful for His favors." About نُوح, peace be upon him, He said, "Indeed, he was a grateful servant." And He, the Exalted, said: "اللّٰه brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers knowing nothing,"

  3. "The fifty-sixth benefit is that the best among the people of every deed are those who remember Allah the most. The best among those who fast are those who remember Allah the most during their fast. The best among the charitable are those who remember Allah the most, and the best among the pilgrims are those who remember Allah the most. This applies to all states."

  4. "اللّٰه has informed us that those who are grateful benefit from His signs and has even derived a name for them from His own names, for He is the Grateful. He connects the grateful to what they are grateful for and returns their gratitude as being thanked. This is the ultimate aim of the Lord from His servant, and those who embody it are few among His servants."

  5. "It is said, "If one's hands fall short of reciprocation, let their tongue extend in gratitude." Gratitude is always accompanied by increase, as اللّٰه the Exalted says, "If you are grateful, I will surely increase you." So whenever you do not see yourself in a state of increase, turn to gratitude. In a divine tradition, اللّٰه says, "Those who remember Me are those who sit with Me, those who are grateful to Me are those who receive My increase, those who obey Me are those who receive My honor, and those who disobey Me, I do not despair them of My mercy."

  6. "assistance, augmentation from scarcity, empowerment from weakness, or honor from humility. Glory be to Him and praise be to Him. His command to the servant to be grateful is also another favor and benevolence, as the benefit of gratitude returns to the servant in this world and the hereafter, not to اللّٰه. The servant is the one who benefits from his gratitude, as He, the Exalted, said: "And whoever is grateful, he is only grateful for his own self." from سُورَة النَّمْل."

  7. ""I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path," which is said to be the path of gratitude. Because of the elevated status of gratitude, the accursed one disparaged creation, saying, “And You will not find most of them grateful. And Allah, the Exalted, said, “And few of My servants are grateful.” Allah has promised increase with gratitude without exception, saying, “If you are grateful, I will surely increase you."

  8. "A grateful believer, what does affliction do to him when he is closer to well-being than affliction, and he is in a position to receive more because he is grateful. God Almighty said: "If you are grateful, I will surely increase you." Surah Ibrahim 14:7. Your faith extinguishes the flames of the fire in the Hereafter, which is the punishment for every sinner, so how can it not extinguish the fire of affliction in this world?"

  9. "the rememberers. Allah the Exalted says, O you who have believed, when you encounter a group in battle, be firm and remember Allah often that you may succeed. He commanded them to remember often alongside striving, so they may hope for success. Allah also says, O you who have believed, remember Allah with much remembrance, and he says, And the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so, which means abundantly."

  10. "Whoever prays but does not give zakat, nothing will be accepted from him. The third is the saying of Allah, And be grateful to me and to your parents. Whoever is grateful to Allah but is not grateful to his parents, nothing will be accepted from him. Therefore the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, The pleasure of Allah is in the pleasure of the parents, and the displeasure of Allah is in the displeasure of the parents."

  11. "When asked how he knew, he replied, "When I remember Him, He remembers me. Allah also commands, "Remember Allah with much remembrance," and instructs, "When you depart from Arafat, remember Allah at the Sacred Monument and remember Him as He has guided you. Furthermore, He says, "When you have completed your rites, remember Allah like your remembrance of your fathers or with greater remembrance."

  12. "God Almighty named you grateful for your patience and content with His decree, and increased you in protection and strength. If it is your portion, He brings it to you, pleasant and sufficient, and patience turns into gratitude, for He, the Almighty, promised the grateful an increase in bounty, as He, the Almighty, said: 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you.' Surah Ibrahim 14:7."

  13. "Know that Allah, the Exalted, has linked gratitude with remembrance in His book, even though He has said, "And the remembrance of Allah is greater. He, the Exalted, said, “So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me. And He, the Exalted, said, “What would Allah do with your punishment if you are grateful and believe?"

  14. "And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me. And He, the Exalted, said, “What would Allah do with your punishment if you are grateful and believe? He also said, “And We will reward the grateful. And the Almighty informed us about the accursed Iblis: "I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path," which is said to be the path of gratitude."

  15. "And as for the spiritual, His Almighty words: "What would God do with your punishment if you are grateful and believe? And God is Appreciative, All-Knowing." Surah An-Nisa 4:147. A grateful believer, what does affliction do to him when he is closer to well-being than affliction, and he is in a position to receive more because he is grateful."

  16. "Shall I prostrate to him now deceased? Then he said, O Moses, you have a right over me in what you intercede with your Lord. Mention me in three situations so that I do not destroy you in them. Remember me when you are angry, for my spirit is in your heart, and my eyes are in your eyes, and I run through you like blood. Remember me when you are about to engage in a battle, for I come to the Son of Adam when he meets the enemy, and remind him of his wife, children, and family, so that he retreats. And beware of sitting alone with a woman who is not a lawful relation, for I am her messenger to you, and your messenger to her, and I"

  17. "God Almighty also said, And of His signs are the ships in the sea like mountains. If He wills, He stills the wind, and they become motionless on its surface. Indeed, in that are signs for everyone, patient and grateful. Or He can cause them to perish because of what they have earned. returned, but he pardons much. And he said, Do you not see that the ships sail through the sea by the favor of God, that he may show you of his signs? Indeed, in that are signs for every patient and grateful person. And when waves engulf them like shadows, they supplicate God, sincere to him in religion. But when he delivers them to the land, there"

  18. "the one who passed by a village is in the story of Uzair. The story of Luqman. Allah the Exalted said, and indeed we granted Luqman wisdom saying, Be grateful to Allah, and whoever is grateful, his gratitude is only for his own soul, and whoever is ungrateful, then indeed Allah is free of need, praiseworthy. And when Luqman said to his son while advising him, O my son, do not associate anything with Allah. Indeed, associating others with him is a great injustice. And we have enjoined upon man concerning his parents. His mother carried him with hardship upon hardship, and his gestation and weaning is in two years."

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