Dhikr-e Qalbi (silent Dhikr) in Quran and Hadith

Dhikr-e Qalbi (silent Dhikr) in Quran & Hadith:

 

Below are given Quran and Hadith texts that form a basis for the 'silent dhikr' or 'dhikr-e-Qalbi' or 'Muraqabah' of the Tazkiya  methods of Sufis.

 

Quran:

 

"And do bring your Lord to remembrance in your very soul, with humility and in reverence, without loudness in words, in the mornings and evening, and be not of those who are unheedful."  (Quran-7:205)

Urdu

اور اپنے پروردگار کو دل ہی دل میں عاجزی اور خوف سے اور پست آواز سے صبح وشام یاد کرتے رہو اور (دیکھنا) غافل نہ ہونا

 

This verse indicates that doing dhikr in silence and without raising one's voice is better and according to many classical commentators, it so indicates to the permissibility of  silent dhikr. (see Tafsir Mazhari, Tafsir Ma'ariful Quran, etc)

 

"And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with [complete] devotion." (73:8)

Urdu:

 تو اپنے پروردگار کے نام کا ذکر کرو اور ہر طرف سے بےتعلق ہو کر اسی کی طرف متوجہ ہوجاؤ

 

"And remember the name of your Lord morning and evening."  (76:25)

:Urdu

اور صبح وشام اپنے پروردگار کا نام لیتے رہو

 

 Hadith:

 

It is related from Sa`d RA that the Prophet SAWS said: "The best dhikr is the hidden dhikr, and the best money is what suffices." Ahmad narrates it in his Musnad, Ibn Hibban in his Sahih, and Bayhaqi in Shu`ab al-iman.
 

Another Hadith narrated on the authority of `A'isha RA : "Allah favors dhikr above dhikr seventyfold (meaning, silent dhikr over loud dhikr). On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will bring back human beings to His account, and the Recording Angels will bring what they have recorded and written, and Allah Almighty will say: See if something that belongs to my servant was left out? The angels will say: We left nothing out concerning what we have learnt and recorded, except that we have assessed it and written it. Allah will say: O my servant, I have something good of yours for which I alone will reward you, it is your hidden remembrance of Me." -Bayhaqi narrated it.
 

Also on the authority of `A'isha: "The dhikr not heard by the Recording Angels equals seventy times the one they hear." -Bayhaqi narrated it.