in remembering Allah, supplicating Him, and frequently turning to Him for refuge, his heart will find tranquility in remembering his Lord: “Surely, it is in the remembrance of Allah that hearts find tranquility.”1 He will attain benefits, virtues, and splendid, ripened fruits in this world and the Hereafter that none but Allah Most High can enumerate.

For remembering the Lord of the Throne, in secret and openly,
banishes misery and care from you and drives them away.
It brings every good in this world and the next;
should Satan’s whisper ever come, it is put to flight.
The Chosen One once told his Companions
that one who remembers much outstrips the rest in the race.
He counselled Muādh to seek his Lord’s help
to remember and thank Him, and to worship Him well.
He also counselled a man who came seeking advice,
struggling beneath the burden of religious duties:
“Let your tongue remain ever moist with remembrance”—
this helps in every affair and brings happiness.
He told us that remembrance plants gardens for its devotees
in the Gardens of Eden, where dwellings are made ready.
He told us that Allah remembers His servant
and is with him, guiding him aright in every affair.
He told us that remembrance will remain in Paradise,
though religious obligation ends when its people abide there forever.
Even if remembrance had no virtue other than being
a path and guide to the love of God,
and keeping a man from backbiting and tale-bearing
and every utterance that corrupts religion,
that alone would give us immense gain and every desire
to remember Allah often—how excellent is the One acknowledged as One!
Yet, in our ignorance, little is our remembrance,
just as little is our worship of God.2

For this reason, the prescribed remembrances and Prophetic supplications hold a lofty position in