Allah ordains that He be remembered more often in the mornings and the
afternoons. Just as He ordered that He be worshipped during these two times when
He said,
[وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ
رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ الْغُرُوبِ]
(And glorify the praises of your Lord, before the rising of the sun and
before (its) setting.) [50:39] Before the night of Isra', when the five daily
prayers were ordained, this Ayah was revealed in Makkah ordering that Allah be
worshipped at these times, Allah said next,
[تَضَرُّعًا
وَخِيفَةً]
(humbly and with fear) meaning, remember your Lord in secret, not loudly,
with eagerness and fear. This is why Allah said next,
[وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ
مِنَ الْقَوْلِ]
(and without loudness in words). Therefore, it is recommended that
remembering Allah in Dhikr is not performed in a loud voice. When the Companions
asked the Messenger of Allah, "Is our Lord close, so that we call Him in secret,
or far, so that we raise our voices'' Allah sent down the verse,
[وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ
عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ]
h(And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed
near (to them by My knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant
when he calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor).) [2:186] In the Two
Sahihs, it is recorded that Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari said, "The people raised their
voices with Du`a' (invoking Allah) while travelling. The Prophet said to them,
«يَا أَيُّهَا
النَّاسُ ارْبَعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا
غَائِبًا إِنَّ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ سَمِيعٌ قَرِيبٌ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ
مِنْ عُنُقِ رَاحِلِته»
(O people! Take it easy on yourselves, for He Whom you are calling is not
deaf or absent. Verily, He Whom you are calling is the All-Hearer, close (by His
knowledge), closer to one of you than the neck of his animal.)'' These texts
encourage the servants to invoke Allah in Dhikr often, especially in the
mornings and afternoons, so that they are not among those who neglect
remembering Him. This is why Allah praised the angels who praise Him night and
day without tiring,
[إِنَّ الَّذِينَ
عِندَ رَبِّكَ لاَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ]
(Surely, those who are with your Lord (i.e., angels) are never too proud to
perform acts of worship to Him) Allah reminded the servants of this fact so that
they imitate the angels in their tireless worship and obedience of Allah.
Prostration, here, upon the mention that the angels prostrate to Allah is
legitimate. A Hadith reads;
«أَلَا تَصُفُّونَ
كَمَا تَصُفُّ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهَا يُتِمُّونَ الصُّفُوفَ الْأُوَلَ
فَالْأُوَلَ وَيَتَرَاصُّونَ فِي الصَّف»
(Why not you stand in line (for the prayer) like the angels stand in line
before their Lord They continue the first then the next lines and they stand
close to each other in line. ) This is the first place in the Qur'an where it
has been legitimized -- according to the agreement of the scholars -- for the
readers of the Qur'an, and those listening to its recitation, to perform
prostration.
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