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Sūrat ar-Raʿd

Section 11 of 13 · Surah Studies · Mufti Abdul Rahman Mangera

A Manual for the Heart

Another verse that deserves notice is verse 28:

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ ٱلْقُلُوبُ

“the ones who believe and their hearts are peaceful with the remembrance of Allah. Listen, the hearts find peace only in the remembrance of Allah.”” (13:28)

Here Allah gives us a manual for the heart, a prescription for the heart. Allāhu akbar — it is the people of belief whose hearts become content, tranquil and comforted by the remembrance of Allah; for it is only by the remembrance of Allah that hearts find comfort.

As has been said elsewhere, music is for the soul, whereas the dhikr of Allah is for the spirit, the rūḥ, the angelic side of man. We ask Allah (swt) to make us min al-dhākkirīn, of those who remember Him abundantly.