Transliteration:( Wa zakaras ma Rabbihee fasallaa )
17. From this we learn that the effect of reciting the name of Allah Almighty through the purity of the heart is something special. There is a huge difference between the Zikrullah of the Saints of Allah and that of the common believers. For this reason entreat the pious to blow on you and make dua for you, for the purity of heart that they have achieved is not attained by us. The bullet certainly does the damage provided it is fired from a good rifle.
18. It means he gave the Sadaqatul Fitrah, then walked to the Eid gah reciting Takbeer. then performed his Eid Salaah there. In this event, it is a Madinite verse because Eid Salaah was introduced after Hijrah. Or, purified the body and place it properly, then recites Takbeere Tahrima (i.e. the first Takbeer to start the Salaah) then performed the Salaah. From this, we learn that it is not sufficient to recite Allahu Akbar in Takbeere Tahrima only. It is permissible to add any other pure name of Allah Almighty. Furthermore, that Takbeer e Tahrima is a condition for Salaah but not one of the fundamentals of Salaah, because Salaah is joined through Takbeer. According to the Sufis the purity of the heart should be the means of purifying defective beliefs, evil thoughts and thoughts of anyone other than Allah Almighty. Purity of the heart is either inherent, or acquired, or bestowed. The inherent purity is from birth; the acquired is through one's good deeds while bestowed purity is through the gaze of some pious person. Just as clouds and the sun purify the impure earth although they are so far away from them, likewise the blessed gaze of the pious too purify the of people from a distance.
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Please refer to Surah Al-Ala ayat 14 which provides the complete commentary from verse 14 through 19.
(87:15) remembering his Lord’s name[14] and praying.[15]
14. To remember Allah signifies His remembrance in the heart as well as with the tongue.
15. That is, he did not remain content only with remembering Allah but proved by performing the Prayer that he is also practically prepared to obey God in Whom he has affirmed the faith, and will remember His name as long as he lives. In this verse mention has been made of two things respectively: First, to remember Allah, then to perform the Prayer. Accordingly, the method enjoined is that the Prayer be begun with Allahu Akbar. This is an evidence to prove that all the elements of the procedure that the Prophet (peace be upon him) has taught of performing the Prayer, are based on the allusions in the Quran. But, no one else, apart from the Messenger (peace be upon him) of Allah, could by combining these injunctions and allusions give the Prayer the form that it has.
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