Verily in the Remembrance of Allah, Do the Hearts Find Rest

When Allah, the Almighty, says:

"Verily, in the remembrance of Allah, do hearts find rest."

It means that it imparts restfulness and tranquillity. When we think about this gracious verse and the reality of people's hearts in this worldly life, it is really complicated and filled with desires, attraction by lusts, suspicions, and seditions, leaving no place for rest in the heart save a sense of loss, displeasure, and annoyance; in short, restlessness. It means that these hearts felt restless, annoyed and lost, in which one suffers from suspicions and doubts. All of it are diseases of the heart. No heart can bes restful unless with the remembrance of Allah. If it is free from the remembrance of Allah, it is vulnerable to be infected with that illness. Thus, Allah says:

“Those who believed (in the Oneness of Allah – Islamic Monotheism), and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah: Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do the hearts find rest.”

So, restfulness of hearts is to be happy and tranquil, free from worries and annoyance. This can be achieved by remembering Allah.

Without the remembrance of Allah, the heart will die. Abu Musa Al-Asha'ri narrated that the Prophet (May Allah honour him and grant him peace) said:

“The similitude of one who remembers his Lord and one who does not remember Him is like that of the living and the dead.”

Author: Sh. Abdur Razzaq Ibn Abdul-Muhsin al-Abbad al-Badr
Publisher: Maktabatul Irshad
Pages: 55 Binding: paperback