Muraqaba in islam

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Muraqaba is a sufi term and a type of divine meditation. Through muraqba a person turns his heart towards Allah ta’ala by meditating and profound focus.

The concept of muraqaba had originated from the practice of our Beloved Prophet (s.a.w) who used to visit the Cave of Hira at night to seek solace by meditating. During night Rasulallah (s.a.w) was highly devoted to meditation and used to spend one or two thirds of each night in prayer and meditation. It was on one such night that Hazrat Jibrail (A.S) appeared before Rasulallah (s.a.w) and conveyed to him the message of Prophethood. So, we find that muraqaba or meditation is a Sunnah of our Dear Prophet (s.a.w).

. “And Allah is [fully] acquainted with what you do.” [Qur’an 2:234] And that He is indeed also aware of the state of our hearts: “Allah knows well the secrets of your hearts.” [Qur’an 5:7]

So when a person practices muraqba he concentrates his heart solely upon the Creator. He is ably to feel the divine Presence intensely through muraqba. Hence, muraqba is unique way to achieve communion with Allah and to aquire his goodwill.

In one hadith, Rasulallah (s.a.w) says: Tafakarru sa`atin khayrun min `ibadati sabaeen sannah." This implies that, "One hour of meditation (muraqaba) is better than 70 years of worship."

It is mentioned that Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique used to invite his companions to his house where they would do zikr in a group.

Since muraqba is a Sunnah so we can safely conclude that every saint performed muraqaba, although not every saint promoted it as some preferred to keep it private.

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