Allaahu Dhikir

Allaah is the proper name of God, however, we know Him generally through His attributes. These attributes describe how Allaahu ta'aalaa manifests Himself to us. Allaahu ta'aalaa's attributes are innumerable since human intellect cannot possibly comprehend every aspect of the Supreme Being.  A Hadiith ash-shariif of the Holy Prophet {sall'Allaahu ta’aalaa alaihi wa’sallam} makes mention of Ninety Nine names of Allaahu ta'aalaa commonly known as Al-Asmaul Husna, the Most Beautiful Names.

In the Holy Qur’aan al-keriim we read:

“The most beautiful names belong to Allaah, so call on Him thereby.” {7:180}

"And to Allaah alone belong all perfect attributes.  So call Him by these.  And leave alone those who deviate from the right way with respect to His Attributes." {7:181}

"Allaah - there is no God but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. Slumber seizes Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that will intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them; and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He pleases. His knowledge extends over the heavens and the earth; and the care of them burdens Him not; and He is the High, the Great." {2:256}

Allaah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude of His light is a lustrous niche, wherein is a lamp. The lamp is in a glass. The glass is as it were a glittering star. It is lit from blessed tree - an olive - neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would well-nigh glow forth even though fire touched it not. Light upon light! Allaah guides to His light whomsoever He will. And Allaah sets forth parables to men, and Allaah know all things full well. This light is now lit in houses with regard to which Allaah has ordained that they be exalted and that His name be remembered in them, Therein is He glorified in the mornings and the evenings {24:36-37}

"He is Allaah, and there is no God beside Him, the Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is Gracious, the Merciful. He is Allaah, and there is no God beside Him, the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Source of Peace, the Bestower of Security, the Protector, the Mighty, the Subduer, the Exalted. Holy is Allaah far above that which they associate with Him. He is Allaah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most Beautiful Names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is the Mighty the Wise. {59: 23-25}

In the Hadiith ash-Shariif states:

Hadrat Abu Huraira {radiy’Allaahu ta’aalaa anhu} narrated: The Holy Prophet {sall’Allaahu ta’aalaa alaihi wa’sallam} said, "Allaahu ta’aalaa has ninety nine Names, one hundred less one; and who memorized them all by heart will enter Paradise." {Bukhari Shariif}

 

The Messenger of Allaahu ta’aalaa {sall’Allaahu ta’aalaa alaihi wa’sallam} said: 'There is nobody who is afflicted with distress or grief and who says:

 

"Allaahumma inni 'abduka wa ibn 'abdika wa ibn amatika, naasiyati bi yadika maadin fiyya hukmuka 'adlun fiyya qadaa'uka, as'aluka bi kulli ismin huwa laka sammayta bihi nafsaka aw 'allamtahu ahadan min khalqika aw anzaltahu fi kitaabika aw asta'tharta bihi fi 'ilmi al-ghaybi 'indaka an taj'al al-Qur'aana rabee'a qalbi wa noor sadri wa jilaa'a huzni wa dhihaaba hammi

 

{O Allaahu ta’aalaa, I am Your slave, son of Your slave, son of Your maidservant, my forelock is in Your hand, Your command over me is ever executed and Your decree over me is just.  I ask You by every name belonging to You which You have named Yourself with, or which you revealed in Your Book, or which You taught to any of Your creation, or which You have preserved in the knowledge of the Unseen with You, that You make the Qur'aan the life of my heart and the light of my breast, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety}

 

Allaahu ta’aalaa will take away his distress and grief, and replace it with ease.' He {sahaaba} was asked, 'O Messenger of Allaahu ta’aalaa, should we not learn it?' He said, 'Of course, whoever hears it should learn it'

On base on these Hadiith ash-shariif our Peer-o-Mursheed Shamsul Mufassireen Faridul Asar Allaama Alhaaj Hadrath Syed Muhammed Omer Aamir Kaleemi Shah Noori Chisti-ul-Qadiri has find an easy way to memorise these Allaahu ta’aalaa's great names by way of dhikir as reading 3 times after Fazr Namaaz and 3 times after Maghrib Namaaz in "Dhikir-e Aamiria".  In Silsila-e Aamiria we use to dhikir daily one name of Allaahu ta'aalaa as {“Rahmaan” one day, next day will be “Raheem”, next to next day will be “Malick”, and so on} when we complete these 99 names, we will reach to 100^th day which will be in name of "Allaah".  On this 100^th day dhikir will run for 24 hours with out stopping, of course Farz Namaaz will be made on times by Grace of Allaahu Rahmaan.

 

Alhamdulillaah! "Allaahu Dhikir" has been started in the year “1966” and it’s carrying as on with great success under our Sarkaar Qibla's guidance for past 43 years, the great thing was, while our Sarkaar Qibla was in "Madinatul Munawwarah" this "Allaahu Day" falls and dhikir has been carried on with great success, with this we can understand that even in Darbaar of our Aaqa {sall'Allaahu ta’aalaa alaihi wa’sallam} this Allaahu dhikir has been maqbool, Alhamdulillaah!

Now we reached to 161^st Allaahu, which will be held on “May 14th, 2010 at “ALLAAHU HALL” Nallanna Mudali Street, Royapettah, Chennai – 600 014. INDIA”.

Request all Muslim brothers & sisters-in-Islaam to attend this great Allaahu Dhikir and get great sawaab and be in dua with Sarkaar Aamir Piya Qibla to get your needs for both worlds, Insha'Allaahu ta’aalaa you will be succeed in life.