In The Early Hours

Remember that the whole purpose of the Quran is to guide you and to change you by bringing you into submission to Allah. As you read it, also try to live by what it invites you to. If it does not have any impact upon your actions and if you do not observe what it enjoins and avoid what it prohibits, then you are not getting nearer to the Quran. In fact, one who reads the Quran and does not try to act upon it may be more likely to be cursed and punished by Allah.

O Believers, when the call to Prayer is sounded on the Day of Congregation, hasten to Allah’s remembrance and leave all worldly commerce. This is for your own good, if you but knew it. And when the Prayer is finished, then disperse through the land, and seek of the bounty of Allah; and remember Allah frequently that you may prosper. [al-Jumua 62: 9-10.]

Prosperous indeed is one who purifies himself and remembers the name of his Guardian-Lord, and prays [unto Him].

not become like those who forget Allah and Allah makes them forget themselves.

heart which is devoid of the remembrance of Allah is a heart that is dead

Whoever wishes to feast in the gardens of Paradise, let him remember God often. (Tirmidhi.)

Indeed, with regard to dhikr, the Quran concludes: And the remembrance of Allah is the greatest deed, without doubt. [al-Ankabut 29: 45.]

Remember Allah, for He has guided you. [al-Baqara 2: 198.]

O you who believe! Remember Allah often with much remembrance. And glorify Him morning and evening. [al-Ahzab 33: 41-42.]

And men who remember God much and women who remember – God has prepared for them forgiveness and a vast reward. [al-Ahzab 33: 35.]

I treat My servant as he hopes that I would treat him. I am with him whenever he remembers Me: if he remembers Me in his heart, I remember him in My ‘heart’; if he remembers Me in a gathering, I remember him in a gathering far better than that gathering; if he draws near to Me a hand’s span, I draw near to him an arm’s length; if he draws near to Me an arm’s length, I draw near to him a fathom’s length; and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.