23/09/2016
Cleansing the heart with Thikrullāh
Cleansing of the heart is also done through what
is known as th ikrullāh because everything has
a detergent and the detergent of the heart is the
remembrance of Allāh(S.W). But I'd like to interpret the
term thikrullāh in its broader
context. Thikrullāh starts with understanding the
meaning of the Qur'ān. That's where it starts.
That's the beginning of it. Because the thikr that
is mentioned in the Qur'ān so many times, it
directly refers to the Qur'ān and at times it refers
to the Sunnah of Muh ammad (S.A.W). So remember
you need to know the message of Allāh(S.W), in order
to have your heart purified. What did Allāh say to
me? I always, always say it is a big insult. Some
of us, how old we are, how regular we are with
our s alāh, yet we have not made an effort to
understand the meanings of what we utter
in salāh . Wallāhi it is an insult. We don't even
know what is meant by
“Alh amdu lillāhi rabbi al`ālameen , Arrah māni
arraheem, Māliki yawmi addeen” [Surah
Fathiha ; 2-4]
Some people do not know the meaning and some
people do not think of the meaning when they are
uttering these words. So what value do you have?
How is your heart going to be impacted? Look at
the hearts of those who were
the sah ābah (R.A). When they heard a single verse
their lives changed. When they heard one verse,
their hearts were purified! `Umar ibn al-
Khatt āb himself, who was an enemy of Islam, the
opening verses of Surah T āhā were read to him.
Not more than a few lines were read to him. He
began to tremble. Immediately his heart was
cleansed because he had that sincerity in his
heart. For a moment it was struck with sincerity
and he said “Take me
to Muh ammad (S.A.W).” Guided from kufr to īmān in
a split moment because of the Qur'ān
