Chapter 15 - On Remembrance

“Then do ye remember Me; I will remember you. Be grateful to Me and reject not Faith.” [The Holy Quran: Baqara 2:152]. And He also said: “O' ye who believe! Celebrate the praises of God, and do this often.” [The Holy Quran: Ahzab 33:41]. He also said: “For men and women who engage much in God's praise, for them has God prepared forgiveness and great reward.” [The Holy Quran: Ahzab 33:35]. He also said: “Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish. Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.” [The Holy Quran: Ghashia 88:21-22]

Jabir said that he once told Imam Baqir (a.s): “There are some people who are such that whenever a part of the Quran is read for them or they are reminded of it, one of them becomes unconscious. He gets so unconscious that he will not even realize it if you cut off both his hands or legs.” The Imam (a.s) said: “Praise be to God. This is a Satanic act. They have not been instructed to do so. The Quran is only meant to cause fear of God, softening of the heart and weeping.”

Prophet (a.s) was quoted as saying the following regarding the verse: “Henceforth were your hearts hardened: they become like a rock and even worse in hardness.” [The Holy Quran: Baqara 2:74] “Do not keep on talking without remembering God. This will harden your hearts. And those whose hearts are hardened are the ones most distant from God.”