Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Meaning and practice of dhikr

“The word 'dhikr' is mentioned in the Quran repeatedly as well as in Hadith. I want to know the real meaning of dhikr and how we can practice it in our day-to-day life.”Asked by محمد سلیم, کشمیر

He answers at 1:38:56 in Divine Law of Success 14th Slow · 3 min 39 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:38:56
maulana, agla sawal kashmir se aya hai muhammad saleem sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: Word zikr is mentioned in Quran repeatedly as well as in Hadith. I want to know the real meaning of zikr and how we can practice it in our day-to-day life. dekhein, zikr jo hai, is ka lafzi matlab hai yaad karna, to remind.
1:39:18
aur zikr ka ek matlab hota hai charcha karna. to yeh jo matlab hai remind karna, to aap to sufiyan ne jo culture chalaya hai, woh yeh ke alfaaz ko ginna, yani itni baar, itni baar, itni baar. mein samajhta hoon ke yeh zikr nahi hai.
1:39:41
alfaaz shumari ka naam zikr nahi hai. zikr is ka naam hai ke Allah ke bare mein aap sochen, Allah ki azmaton ko yaad karein, Allah ki nematon ko, Allah ki blessing ko yaad karein. is se aap ke andar ek ek ek inspiration aayega, aap ka dil roshan hoga, aap ka
1:40:05
zehan roshan hoga, aap ke andar rabbani khayalat aayenge. to yeh tafakkur, tadabbur ke zariye hota hai, yeh alfaaz shumaari ke zariye nahi hota hai. tafakkur, tadabbur, tazakkur, tawaṣṣum, yeh jo alfaaz Quran majeed mein aaye hain, yahi zikr ka zariya hai. main is ko nahi manta ke kuch alfaaz hain muqaddas, un ko takraar karo to zikr ho jayega.
1:40:28
woh main is ko nahi manta. main zikr ka zariya samajhta hoon tafakkur, tadabbur, tazakkur, tawaṣṣum. is ko apne mind ko jab activate karte hain, soch soch kar ke Allah ke bare mein, to is se jo aap ko inspiration aata hai, jis mein aap ki rooh mein jo baladgi aati hai,
1:40:51
seene mein aap ke jo ek rabbani roshni aati hai, isi ka naam hai zikr. wohi matloob hai. Is there any other question? aap ka hai? aap ka baad mein le lenge. theek hai. okay, we will end this session now. there is one more announcement: the dawa field meeting will be held today again after the namaz. so all the dawa field team members are requested to stay back. if there is any new member who wants to join the dawa field team, then he or she can contact captain khurram qureshi. we will end this session now.
1:41:36
thank you. kya? dekha wahan frankfurt mein dekha na? ji molana, doctor sahab ne. kamal ho gaya na? ji. sorry, i forgot. molana, rasool allah aur sahaba.
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