speaking of zikir, I had an interesting interaction with someone few years ago. I was getting out of masjid after a maghrib prayer and this Bengali guy I vaguely know stopped me. So after the initial hi hello he was telling me about the virtues of zikir.
long story short he is a murid (follower) of some peer in Bangladesh. I have always been skeptical of those practices. but he tells me he can teach me some tricks where my heart will continue doing zikir even when I sleep. I said how? that is physically impossible. he says his peer has taught him how.
I said bhai amar jaite hobe. ajke time nai trick shikhar. never followed up.
the way I see, zikir is more than just the lip service. saying aloud those Arabic sentences even without understanding does little good. It is about being conscious of the meaning of the words and saying it out of reverence and devotion.
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