سورة الأعراف

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): The angel does not write except what reaches his ears. Allah the Exalted said: وَ اذْکُرْ رَبَّکَ فِی نَفْسِکَ تَضَرُّعاً وَ خِیفَةً [And remember your Lord within yourself humbly and fearing]; therefore, apart from the Bountiful Allah, none knows the reward of this inner remembrance, on account of its greatness.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Whoever remembers Allah the Exalted in secret has indeed remembered Allah abundantly. But the hypocrites used to remember Allah the Exalted openly, not in secret, and so Allah the Exalted said: یُراؤُنَ النَّاسَ وَ لا یَذْکُرُونَ اللهَ إِلَّا قَلِیلًا [They show off to people and do not remember Allah except a little!] (Nisa/142).

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): If you have joined an imam of congregational prayer, then at the time of recitation, listen attentively and glorify Allah in your heart.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): وَ اذْکُرْ رَبَّکَ فِی نَفْسِکَ تَضَرُّعاً [And remember your Lord within yourself humbly] means humbly. وَ خِیفَةً [and fearing]; means fearing the punishment of Allah. وَ دُونَ الجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ [and in a voice not loud]; means less than the voice in which the recitation is read aloud.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): The supplication of tadarru' (humble entreaty) is that you move your index finger in front of your face, and that is the supplication of khifah (fear).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالآصَالِ [in the morning and the evening] means in the early morning and the evening.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): At Zuhr and sunset.

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): In the early morning and at midday.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Marwan narrated from one of his companions who said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: "Say: أَسْتَعِیذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِیعِ الْعَلِیمِ مِنَ الشَّیْطَانِ الرَّجِیمِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ یَحْضُرُونِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ السَّمِیعُ الْعَلِیمُ [I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the accursed Satan, and I seek refuge in Allah lest they be present with me; indeed Allah is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing]. And say: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِیکَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْکُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ یُحْیِی وَ یُمِیتُ وَ یُمِیتُ وَ یُحْیِی وَ هُوَ عَلَی کُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدِیرٌ [There is no god but Allah, alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise; He gives life and causes death, and causes death and gives life, and He has power over all things]." A man said to him: "Is it obligatory?" He said: "Yes, it is obligatory, but it is bound to specific times. You say it ten times before the rising of the sun and before the setting, and if any of it is missed by you, make it up during the night or the day."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): It is narrated from al-Ala ibn Kamil who said: I heard Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) saying: وَ اذْکُرْ رَبَّکَ فِی نَفْسِکَ تَضَرُّعاً وَ خِیفَةً وَ دُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ [And remember your Lord within yourself humbly and fearing and in a voice not loud] — at the time of evening recite this supplication: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِیکَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْکُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ یُحْیِی وَ یُمِیتُ وَ یُمِیتُ وَ یُحْیِی وَ هُوَ عَلَی کُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدِیرٌ [There is no god but Allah, alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise; He gives life and causes death, and causes death and gives life, and He has power over all things]. I said: "بِیَدِهِ الْخَیْرُ [In His hand is all good]?" He said: "Indeed, in His hand is all good, but say ten times as I say to you, and وَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِیعِ الْعَلِیمِ [And I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing] at the time when the sun rises and at the time when it sets, ten times."

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever recites ten verses of the Quran in a night is not recorded among the heedless.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Luqman said to his son: "O my son, everything has a sign by which it is known and which testifies to it. And the sign of the heedless person is three things: error, distraction [with pointless matters], and forgetfulness."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Whoever has his shroud prepared in his house is not written among the heedless, and whenever he looks at it he will be rewarded.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): And if the enemy of man is Satan, then heedlessness of him is for what reason?

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Whenever a believer safeguards his obligatory prayers and performs them in their time, this person will not be of the heedless.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): One who remembers Allah among the heedless is like one who fights amid those who flee and does not flee himself, and one who fights amid those who flee will enter Paradise.