This requires your attention.
When God spoke about Zikr in regards to True Believers,
he said, 'A True Believer engages in Zikr in abundance'.
And when he spoke about the hypocrites, he said they too engage in Zikr.
But he also said, 'Illa qaleela'
'They hardly do it'.
Now the word 'qaleel' means countable.
I am giving you tips to understand the Qur'an.
For a True Believer, God said they engage in Zikr in abundance
and a hypocrite also engages in Zikr.
Don't think that a hypocrite doesn't do Zikr. They also do it, 'Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo'.
However, the Qur'an said: Illa qaleela
How Often Should We Engage in Zikr Allah?
Someone has asked for the explanation of Chapter al-Ahzab (verse 41)
It says here: Ya aiyuhal lazeena aamanu which means 'O people of faith'
'Azkurul laaha zikran kaseera'
'Engage in Zikr Allah with abundance'.
If you pay attention to the word 'kasrat' here, it actually means 'uncountable'.
So you are being told to engage in Zikr Allah uncountable times.
Then why do you hold the rosary? You count on the rosary.
You're counting, aren't you? You can pray the rosary once, twice, four times.
This is not 'kasrat'.
What would make it uncountable?
I am saying this very humbly to all the religious scholars
that they can take a look at the meaning of 'kasrat' in any dictionary.
Kasrat doesn't mean to engage in Zikr Allah or half an hour, no!
It would be 'kasrat' when the Zikr becomes uncountable.
Many people have translated 'kasrat' as 'frequently' in English.
This is an injustice.
Take a look at any dictionary to find the meaning of frequently.
Frequently does not mean uncountable.
So, this was an indication to something.
Now, pay attention here.
This requires your attention.
When God spoke about Zikr in regards to True Believers,
he said, 'A True Believer engages in Zikr in abundance'.
And when he spoke about the hypocrites, he said they too engage in Zikr.
But he also said, 'Illa qaleela'
'They hardly do it'.
Now the word 'qaleel' means countable.
What does 'qaleel' mean? [Audience: countable].
I am giving you tips here.
These are the tips of understanding the Qur'an.
For a True Believer, God said they engage in Zikr in abundance
and a hypocrite also engages in Zikr.
Don't think that a hypocrite doesn't do Zikr. They also do it, 'Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo'.
However, the Qur'an said: Illa qaleela
'Wa la yazkuroonal laaha illa qaleela'
This is written for the hypocrites in Chapter An-Nisa.
Now, the word 'qaleel' comes from the root word 'qillat'
and 'qillat' means shortage.
So 'qaleel' means 'little' - that's what shortage means, doesn't it?
A little.
So what is it that is little and in abundance?
The Zikr done verbally is 'little' because the tongue can only engage in Zikr so many times.
You have to talk to people too and when you are talking, you cannot do Zikr at the same time.
And when you go to bed and sleep for like 8 hours, you can't do Zikr then either.
You can't engage in Zikr while you're sleeping, talking to people or when you are at work.
So it is little, isn't it?
When is it in abundance?
Sultan Haq Bahoo said, 'Some people are asleep while they are awake
and some are awake while they are asleep'.
Which means some people are worshipping while they are awake but God considers them to be sleeping because their hearts are dormant.
And there are some who are sleeping in their cozy beds but God considers them awake because their hearts are revived.
This is what abundance means.
How so?
When you're engaged in conversation with someone, your heart isn't talking to them.
Your tongue is talking and your heart is uninterruptedly engaged in Zikr Allah.
Because the heart is not interrupted
by any of the actions of your body.
Do you understand?
If you're talking to people, your tongue cannot talk and do Zikr at the same time.
However, when your heart is enlightened, you can speak to people and your heart will continue to do Zikr Allah.
Isn't that right?
When you are at your business or place of work, you can work and your heart will continue to do Zikr Allah.
The Holy Qur'an also mentions this.
'Rijalul la tulhihim tijaratun wa laa bai'un 'an zikril laahi'
Meaning a True Believer is one whom neither commerce nor striving after profit diverts them from engaging in Zikr Allah.
'Rijalul la tulhihim tijaratun wa laa bai'un 'an zikril laahi'
Neither commerce nor trading can make a True Believer heedless of Zikr Allah.
How so? His business is being dealt with by his tongue while his heart is engaged in Zikr Allah.
Now, let's say there is someone who engages verbal practise of Zikr. He will have hundreds of things to do.
When he speaks, his Zikr stops. When he goes to sleep, his Zikr stops. When he goes to the bathroom, his Zikr stops.
When he eats or drinks anything, his Zikr stops.
When he goes to his wife, everything stops.
Not just Zikr, everything.
On the other hand, there is a person whose heart is enlightened. His tongue is engrossed in his business while his heart is engaged in Zikr Allah.
He will be sleeping - 'wa la junoobihim (Qur'an)' - and his heart is engaged in Zikr Allah.
Even if he is sleeping with his wife, his heart will be engaged in Zikr Allah.
'Your hands are busy with the world, your heart is busy with the Beloved (God)'.
Hath kaar wal, dil yaar wal. Meaning: his hands are busy with the world but his heart is engaged in Zikr Allah.
So kasrat (uncountable) would be with the thing that has no interruption.
Whether you are awake or asleep, your heart should be engaged in Zikr Allah.
If you are running a business or going to work, it shouldn't make a difference, your heart should still engage in Zikr Allah.
Whehter you are with your mother, your wife, feeding your kids, playing cricket or hockey, your heart should be engaged in Zikr Allah.
This is kasrat. Why?
Because the heart has no interference or interruption.
But the tongue has a lot of interference and interruption.
So the one who engages in Zikr with his tongue will always come under 'qaleel'.
Kasrat comes with the Spiritual Heart.
This is why God said, 'Al lazeena'
God explains about those who do Zikr Allah in abundance.
'Al lazeena yazkuroonal laaha'
'Those who engage in Zikr'
'qiyaaman wa qu'oodan wa 'alaa junoobihim (they do so while standing, sitting and sleeping)'.
This is what kasrat means.
And God said to them...
Now, note this point.
When God addresses the True Believers...
Pay attention to me.
If God is addressing the True Believers, they are those whose hearts are engaged in Zikr Allah, right?
Now here, God is telling the True Believers to engage in Zikr Allah uncountable times.
'O people of faith, now you should engage in Zikr uncountable times'.
How does that happen? Right now, it's just your heart that engages in Zikr, you need to engage your Soul in Zikr as well.
Engage all of your subtleties in Zikr, all seven of them. And when the sub-spirits are released from them, engage the sub-spirits in Zikr, too.
If the heart engages in Zikr 125,000 times per day, what about the Soul?
If all seven subtleties engage in 125,000 repetitions of Zikr each per day,
it will result in over a million repetitions of Zikr on their own, and then the nine sub-spirits that are released from the subtleties...
Do you understand?
So now, multiply 1 million with 35 million.
Because if your heart says God's name one time, it will be repeated 35 million times by your veins.
If your heart says God's name once, it will be repeated by the 35 million veins in your body.
35 million repetitions of God's name when your heart says God's name just once.
If this is not kasrat, what is?
This is why God said to find the uncountable Zikr.
'Wa sabbihoohu bukratan wa aseela'
This is where the word 'tasbeeh (rosary)' came from.
This Zikr comes under worship. This is actually referring to Salat.
Salat is also a form of Zikr Allah.
So here, it says 'bukratun wa aseela (from morning to night) - so the five prayers are conducted throughout the day.
It doesn't mean 'engage in Zikr Allah in the morning and then at night'. 'Bukratun wa aseela' means 'from dawn to dusk'.