Contents

About the Author

Introductory Remarks

Importance of the Subject

What is Dhikr-e-Ilahi

Need of Greater Attention to Dhikr in Our Community

Misunderstandings About Dhikr

Misguided Forms of Dhikr

Dhikr Versus Mesmerism

Pleasure from Dhikr

Difference between Dhikr and Mere Influence of Thoughts

Reciting Dhikr Aloud

Poetry as Dhikr?

Characteristics of True Dhikr

Five States of a Person Engaged in Dhikr-e-Ilahi

True Dhikr Rules Out Dancing and Shouting

Unconsciousness Is Not a True Result of Dhikr

Prohibitions Regarding Dhikr

Four Kinds of Dhikr Enjoined by the Holy Quran

Methods of Performing Dhikr

Obligatory and Voluntary Dhikr

Other Forms of Remembrance of Allah

Precautions & Proper Times for Dhikr

Necessary Precautions for Dhikr

Proper Times for Dhikr

Prayer—The Most Important Form of Dhikr

Salat as Dhikr

The Philosophy of Sunnah

The Philosophy of Nawafil

Thirteen Methods of Waking up for Tahajjud

Twenty-Two Methods of Concentration in Prayers

Dhikr in Gatherings

Benefits of Dhikr

Publisher’s Note

Acknowledgements