فَٱذۡكُرُونِىٓ أَذۡكُرۡكُمۡ وَٱشۡڪُرُواْ لِى وَلَا تَكۡفُرُونِ (سورة البقرة۱۵۲)
Hazrat Abu Usman RE once claimed that he knew the time when Allah Ta’alah remembered His servants. The listeners grew curious as to how he could know this. He replied that according to the promise made in the Holy Quran, when a Muslim remembers Allah, He too remembers him, and thus everyone can know for himself that as soon as he turns to Allah and remembers Him, Allah too remembers him.
The actual meaning of this verse has been narrated as that if a person remembers Allah by obeying His commandments, He will remember them by granting His pardon and His rewards. The commentator Sai’id ibn Jubayr RE has, in fact, interpreted Dhikr (Rememberance) of Allah as obedience and submission to Him. He says, “He who has not obeyed Him has not remembered Him, even though he has kept himself apparently busy in offering (nafl: supererogatory) prayers and reciting His praises.”
This explanation is fully endorsed by a hadith cited by Al-Qurtubi that the Holy Prophet ﷺ has said that one who has been obeying Allah - that is - following the injunctions with regard to the lawful (Halal) and the unlawful (Haram) - has truly been remembering Allah, in spite of being deficient in (nafl: supererogatory) prayers and fasting, while one who has been disobeying divine commandments has, in fact, forgotten Allah, in spite of spending hours on nafl prayers, fasting and recitation of His praises.
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From Ma'ariful Quran, Interpretation of Surah Al-Baqarah, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
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