Zikrullah at all times | Dast dhakar dil bayar

Bismillah.

Tarbiatul Ushaq - 'The Training of Divine Lovers' is a collection of discourses by a Pakistani Chistiya Sufi, Maulana Syed Mohammad Zauqi Shah (1877 - 1951).

It's one of the lovely items that ended up in my shopping bag this week which contained mostly M & S biscuits, tea, chocolates, and candies : ) Alhamdulillah. Yes, it's very easy to lose ourselves when we are at the malls but we could still be in zikrullah no matter where we are. That's what Maulana Syed Mohammad Zauqi Shah said in the book:

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How to establish zikrullah at all times

The salik should attune himself to Allah all the time. While he should busy himself with affairs of the world that must not make him neglectful of the zikr of Allah. If a person suffers from a toothache, he continues to feel it even while he is busy with his everyday duties. Similarly, if a dear one dies, he keeps depressed with the thoughts of his dear one all the time while he, again, is busy with his duties. In the same way, the salik must always be mindful of Allah, whatever else he may be busy in:

Dast dhakar

Dil bayar

Which means:

"Your hand in your work and 

Your heart with the Beloved"

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