The question is regarding Surah Al-Araf verse 205.
This is the verse about God's clear invitation towards Zikr e Qalb (Activation of the Heart).
The Qur'an's invitation for Zikr e Qalb
'Wazkuru'
'So make zikr'
'rabbaka'
'Make Zikr of your Lord'
'fee nafsika'
'within your being'
What God is trying to make you understand here
that you must make zikr of my name within yourself, within your being.
'tadarruan'
'wakheefatan wa doonal jahri minal qoli'
'So with the utmost humility...'
'wa doonal jahri minal qoli'
What they have translated here is absolute rubbish.
I would like to give you a dissection of these three words here.
'Doon' means 'without'.
There is a saying in Arabic: miskeen biddoon meem
It means someone is a 'miskeen' but without the 'm'
So 'miskeen' without 'm' is 'sikeen'
and that means cunning (opposite of miskeen which is to be innocent).
This is an example given about certain people.
Hadha miskeen biddoon meem.
Basically: he looks innocent but he's very cunning.
So, 'doon' means 'without'.
'Doonal jahri'
'Jahr' means 'loud voice'.
'minal qoli'
So this verse says: make Zikr without using our voice.
Isn't that right?
'Doonal jahri minal qoli'
Without using your voice.
'qoli'
'Qol' means to speak
It means to use your tongue to speak.
But here you are being told not to use your tongue and make Zikr at the same time.
It is an indication to Zikr e Qalb (Activation of the Heart).
It says it here that you cannot use your voice.
'Doonal jahri minal qoli'
It means you cannot use your tongue to speak because if you do, there will be a sound/voice.
'Doonal jahri minal qoli' means 'without using your voice'
'bil ghadoowi wal asaali'
Meaning: do this from morning until evening.
'And do not become one of the heedless ones'.
What does it mean 'to not become one of the heedless ones'?
It doesn't mean that you chant God's name with a rosary to avoid becoming heedless
and you will successfully avoid heedlessness. No.
That is not what heedlessness means.
This is about inner heedlessness.
For example, Bulleh Shah said: your heart is busy with your worldly engagements while your body prostrates in salah.
Your heart is engaged with thoughts of your family while your head prostrates
so it means your inner is heedless [of God].
What we are being told in this verse is to engage in the Zikr that happens within our own beings, the Zikr we practise without using our tongues/voices
and it is this Zikr with the help of which we will come out from heedlessness.
So, if that Zikr is happening inside you then you will never become heedless. Even if there is no outward practice of Zikr.
If you are practising Zikr verbally while your inner is unaware of God
would be another example of heedlessness.
There is only one method of combatting heedlessness.
Without the use of your voice or any other [physical] method
The custom of love should be as such that a being within you, very discreetly, remains in the remembrance of God at all times.
This is about Zikr e Qalb.
The funny thing is that the translation provided by Tahir ul Qadri -
He has written it himself: make Zikr in your heart
And there is a video of him being asked about the widespread of Zikr e Qalb and talks about the heart invoking God's name
and in that video, he said, 'There is no such thing as heart activation. This is absolute nonsense'.
Whereas, he wrote in the translation: make Zikr in your heart.
Such people don't fear God.
Despite being such great scholars, they are deceitful.
I haven't written this translation.
'And invoke upon your Lord in your heart'
But I didn't use the word 'heart' here. Why?
For the sake of transparency. I am telling you whatever is written in the Qur'an, exactly as it is written.
Although, it is in accordance with our teachings and I should have mentioned the heart immediately.
But I didn't do that because we are dealing with the Qur'an here.
Diligence is imperative.
You can only translate what God has said. You must not add anything on your own.
This is why I just said what is written here: fee nafsika meaning 'within your being'. Obviously, it alludes to something within you
which can engage in Zikr Allah without the use of your voice.
There must be something like that.
You are not to use your tongue.
'Wa doonal jahri minal qoli'
This right here is explicitly telling you: do not use your tongue
'Doonal jahri minal qoli'
No. There must be no voice that comes out of your mouth.
This is how you must make Zikr within yourself.
Discretely.