“Allah Most High says: ‘I am with My servant as long as he remembers Me and his lips move in remembrance of Me.’”

By “in remembrance of Me,” He meant that his lips move in uttering His name, not His very Essence. Nor is what is in the heart here His Essence. In the Sahīh, it is related from Anas:

“The inscription on the Prophet’s ring, peace and blessings be upon him, consisted of three lines: ‘Allah’ on one line, ‘Messenger’ on one line, and ‘Muhammad’ on one line.”

It is well known that by the word “Allah” he meant the inscription engraved on the ring, corresponding to the spoken word that signifies the meaning known to the heart, which in turn corresponds to what actually exists. Thus, in every instance, these names referring to Allah Most High were accompanied by something that clarified the intended meaning, leaving no ambiguity in any of these cases. The same applies to the expression “His house.”

We have said: Mosques are the houses of Allah. Within them is what has been established for hearts and tongues: knowledge of Him, faith in Him, remembrance of Him, supplication to Him, and the lights He places in the hearts of believers. Thus, He says:

“Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth.”

Then He says:

“The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp; the lamp is within glass,”

continuing to His words:

“In houses which Allah has permitted to be raised.”

He thus made clear that this light is in these hearts and these houses, as stated in the report:

“The mosques shine for the inhabitants of the heavens just as the stars shine for the inhabitants of the earth.”

Since this is so, the statement of one who says, “If these names were used in their literal sense