ثَمَراتُ الذِّكرِ The Fruits of Remembrance

23ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): ذِكرُ اللّه‏ِ شِفاءُ القُلوبِ.

23– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The remembrance of Allah is a healing for the hearts.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1751]
 

24ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن أكثَرَ مِن ذِكرِ اللّه‏ِ فقد بَرِئَ مِنَ النِّفاقِ.

24– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The one who remembers Allah abundantly has freed himself from hypocrisy.’[al-Firdaws, v. 3, p. 564, no. 5768]
 

25ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن أكثَرَ ذِكرَ اللّه‏ِ أحَبَّهُ.

25– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The one who remembers Allah abundantly loves Him.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 93, p. 160, no. 39]
 

26ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن عَمَرَ قَلبَهُ بدَوامِ الذِكرِ حَسُنَت أفعالُهُ في السِّرِّ والجَهرِ .

26– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The one whose heart thrives with the continuous remembrance of Allah, his actions will always be good whether done in secret or openly.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8872]
 

27ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أصلُ صلاحِ القلبِ اشتِغالُهُ بذِكرِ اللّه‏ِ .

27– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The root of reforming the heart is in occupying it with the remembrance of Allah.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3083]
 

28ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن ذَكَرَ اللّه‏َ سبحانَهُ أحيا اللّه‏ُ قَلبَهُ ونَوَّرَ عَقلَهُ ولُبَّهُ .

28– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever remembers Allah, glory be to Him, Allah enlivens his heart and illuminates his intellect and the innermost core of his heart.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8876]
 

29ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ذِكرُ اللّه‏ِ قُوتُ النُّفوسِ ومُجالَسَةُ المَحبوبِ .

29– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The remembrance of Allah is a provision for the souls and a close sitting in the company of the Beloved.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5166]
 

30ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): عَليكَ بِذِكرِ اللّه‏ِ ، فإنّهُ نورُ القلوبِ .

30– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘I urge you to keep up the remembrance of Allah for verily it is the light of the hearts.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 6103]
 

31ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): دَوامُ الذِكرِ يُنيرُ القلبَ والفِكرَ .

31– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Continuous remembrance [of Allah] enlightens the heart and the mind.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5144]
 

32ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ اللّه‏َ سبحانَهُ جَعَلَ الذِّكَر جَلاءً للقُلوبِ ، تَسمَعُ بهِ بَعدَ الوَقْرَةِ ، و تُبصِرُ بهِ بَعدَ العَشْوَةِ ، وتَنقادُ بِهِ بَعدَ المُعانَدَةِ .

32– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah, Glory be to Him, has made [His] remembrance a polish for the hearts through which they hear after deafness, see after blindness and yield after resistance.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 222]
 

33ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في الدُّعاءِ ـ: يا مَنِ اسمُهُ دواءٌ وذِكرُهُ شِفاءٌ .

33– Imam Ali (AS) said in supplication, ‘O He whose name is a remedy and whose remembrance is a healing.’[Iqbal al-A`amal, v. 3, p. 337]
 

34ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الذِّكرُ مِفتاحُ الاُنْسِ.

34– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Remembrance [of Allah] is the key to intimacy (with Him).’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 541]
 

35ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا رَأيتَ اللّه‏َ سُبحانَهُ يُؤنِسُكَ بِذِكرِهِ فقد أحَبَّكَ ، إذا رَأيتَ اللّه‏َ يُؤنِسُكَ بِخَلقِهِ ويوحِشُكَ مِن ذِكرِهِ فقد أبغَضَكَ.

35– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘If you see that Allah, Glory be to Him, has made you intimate with His remembrance, then He loves you. If you see that Allah has made you intimate with His creation and banished you from His remembrance, then He has despised you.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 4040-4041]
 

36ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ذِكرُ اللّه‏ِ مَطرَدَةُ الشيطانِ.

36– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The remembrance of Allah is a repellent of Satan.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5162]
 

37ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ذِكرُ اللّه‏ِ جَلاءُ الصُّدورِ وطُمأنِينَةُ القُلوبِ.

37– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The remembrance of Allah is a polish for the breasts and a soothing for the hearts.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5165]
 

38ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الذِّكرُ يَشرَحُ الصَّدرَ .

38– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Remembrance [of Allah] expands the breasts.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 835]