ذِّكْرَىٰ
Appears 6 times in Quran
Derived Words (2)
Words derived from the stem "ذِّكْرَىٰ".
- admonition
- exhortation
- recollection
- remembrance
- reminding
- the Reminder
Occurrences in Quran
Found 6 verses containing "ذِّكْرَىٰ".
وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا۟ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِۦ ۚ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فَلَا تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
4:141.
4:141.
4:141.
Important Words:
ذکری (recollection) is the noun-infinitive from ذکر i.e. "he remembered, etc." for which see 2:41, 153, 201. ذکری means, remembering or recollecting; remembrance; the presence of a thing in the mind; mentioning or relating a thing; accepting of an exhortation; reminding or causing to remember; admonition. Thus the word is used both intransitively and transitively (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
When the disbelievers, in reply to their demand for punishment, were told that there was a time fixed for every prophecy and that the punishment of God could not come before its time, they began to laugh at the prophecy. So the Quran calls upon the Holy Prophet and, through him, the believers to turn away from them, i.e. to quit their company and depart from the place, so that they might not provoke the further wrath of God by indulging in their vain and insolent discourse. Believers are told not to afford disbelievers an occasion to commit further excesses by sitting in their company but to leave them at once on such occasions, so that they may be induced to turn to other talk.
The words, turn thou away from them, may also be taken figuratively, signifying that you should overlook and treat as unnoticed their action of ridiculing and should not dispute with them about it, so that they might drop the subject and turn to some other topic.
"Satan", for which see 2:15, does not always mean the Evil Spirit; the word is also applied to other harmful things.
It has even been applied to "anger" and "jealousy" in some of the sayings of the Holy Prophet. Here, also, it is used in the sense of "anger" and the sentence would thus mean, "if anger or wrath should cause you to forget the injunction to leave the company of such persons and to quit the place…" This interpretation, however, will hold good only in the case of men who stand on a high level of righteousness. In the case of ordinary men, the word would be taken to mean "evil suggestion" or "negligence".
The word ذکری (recollection), as shown under Important Words, means both "recollection", i.e. remembering, and "reminding." Taking it in the intransitive sense, the sentence would mean that when you recollect the injunction to quit the place, you should do so forthwith. Taking the word ذکری in the sense of "reminding," the sentence would mean that before quitting the place, you should remind the scoffers of their mischievous conduct and tell them that it is an evil and dishonourable course which they follow and that it is calculated to excite against them the wrath of God.
It should also be remembered that really it is not the Holy Prophet but every believer that is addressed in this verse.
d
4:141.
b
4:141.
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Important Words:
ذکری (recollection) is the noun-infinitive from ذکر i.e. "he remembered, etc." for which see 2:41, 153, 201. ذکری means, remembering or recollecting; remembrance; the presence of a thing in the mind; mentioning or relating a thing; accepting of an exhortation; reminding or causing to remember; admonition. Thus the word is used both intransitively and transitively (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
When the disbelievers, in reply to their demand for punishment, were told that there was a time fixed for every prophecy and that the punishment of God could not come before its time, they began to laugh at the prophecy. So the Quran calls upon the Holy Prophet and, through him, the believers to turn away from them, i.e. to quit their company and depart from the place, so that they might not provoke the further wrath of God by indulging in their vain and insolent discourse. Believers are told not to afford disbelievers an occasion to commit further excesses by sitting in their company but to leave them at once on such occasions, so that they may be induced to turn to other talk.
The words, turn thou away from them, may also be taken figuratively, signifying that you should overlook and treat as unnoticed their action of ridiculing and should not dispute with them about it, so that they might drop the subject and turn to some other topic.
"Satan", for which see 2:15, does not always mean the Evil Spirit; the word is also applied to other harmful things.
It has even been applied to "anger" and "jealousy" in some of the sayings of the Holy Prophet. Here, also, it is used in the sense of "anger" and the sentence would thus mean, "if anger or wrath should cause you to forget the injunction to leave the company of such persons and to quit the place…" This interpretation, however, will hold good only in the case of men who stand on a high level of righteousness. In the case of ordinary men, the word would be taken to mean "evil suggestion" or "negligence".
The word ذکری (recollection), as shown under Important Words, means both "recollection", i.e. remembering, and "reminding." Taking it in the intransitive sense, the sentence would mean that when you recollect the injunction to quit the place, you should do so forthwith. Taking the word ذکری in the sense of "reminding," the sentence would mean that before quitting the place, you should remind the scoffers of their mischievous conduct and tell them that it is an evil and dishonourable course which they follow and that it is calculated to excite against them the wrath of God.
It should also be remembered that really it is not the Holy Prophet but every believer that is addressed in this verse.
a
4:141.
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ
Commentary:
The verse means to say that, now that the Meccans have been visited with Divine punishment, they cry that if it is removed, they would repent and reform. Their present show of humility, however, is only a temporary phase. There has come to them a great Prophet, whose whole life lay before them like an open book. They knew that he was honest, sincere, truthful and trusty. Yet they rejected such a paragon of truth and righteousness. What trust could then be placed in their word?
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Commentary:
The verse means to say that, now that the Meccans have been visited with Divine punishment, they cry that if it is removed, they would repent and reform. Their present show of humility, however, is only a temporary phase. There has come to them a great Prophet, whose whole life lay before them like an open book. They knew that he was honest, sincere, truthful and trusty. Yet they rejected such a paragon of truth and righteousness. What trust could then be placed in their word?
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰٓ
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
یعنی وہ سزا کا دن ہوگا‘ اور جہنم کافروں کو نظر آنے لگ جائے گی۔
الٰہی کتب میں ہمیشہ رحم کی تعلیم دی جاتی ہے۔ فرعون آخری وقت میں ایمان لایا تو اس کے متعلق بھی یہی حکم ہوا کہ ہم تمہاری ساری دعا کو قبول نہیں کر سکتے مگر بہرحال تمہارے جسم کو محفوظ رکھیں گے (یونس: ۹۳) یہی حال اہل مکّہ کا ہوا۔ جب مکہ فتح ہوا تو رسول کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے اعلان فرمایا کہ لَا تَثْرِیْبَ عَلَیْکُمُ الْیَوْمَ جس کے معنے یہی تھے کہ قتل اور موت کے عذاب سے بچا لئے گئے۔ لیکن ان کو وہ مقام حاصل نہیں ہوا‘ جو ابتدائی صحابہؓ کو حاصل ہوا تھا۔ چنانچہ قرآن کریم میں اللہ تعالیٰ فرماتا ہے کہ جو لوگ فتح کے بعد ایمان لائے‘ وہ ان لوگوں کے برابر نہیں ہو سکتے جو اس
f
26:92.
g
79:36.
3
یعنی وہ سزا کا دن ہوگا‘ اور جہنم کافروں کو نظر آنے لگ جائے گی۔
4
الٰہی کتب میں ہمیشہ رحم کی تعلیم دی جاتی ہے۔ فرعون آخری وقت میں ایمان لایا تو اس کے متعلق بھی یہی حکم ہوا کہ ہم تمہاری ساری دعا کو قبول نہیں کر سکتے مگر بہرحال تمہارے جسم کو محفوظ رکھیں گے (یونس: ۹۳) یہی حال اہل مکّہ کا ہوا۔ جب مکہ فتح ہوا تو رسول کریم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے اعلان فرمایا کہ لَا تَثْرِیْبَ عَلَیْکُمُ الْیَوْمَ جس کے معنے یہی تھے کہ قتل اور موت کے عذاب سے بچا لئے گئے۔ لیکن ان کو وہ مقام حاصل نہیں ہوا‘ جو ابتدائی صحابہؓ کو حاصل ہوا تھا۔ چنانچہ قرآن کریم میں اللہ تعالیٰ فرماتا ہے کہ جو لوگ فتح کے بعد ایمان لائے‘ وہ ان لوگوں کے برابر نہیں ہو سکتے جو اس
b
26:92.
c
79:36.
a
26:92.
b
79:36.
فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
یعنی جبکہ خداتعالیٰ انسان کو ہدایت کی طرف لے جاتا ہے تو انسان کا بھی فرض ہے کہ اللہ تعالیٰ کی نقل کرتے ہوئے باقی انسانوں کو بھی نصیحت کرتا رہے اور یہ کبھی نہ سمجھے کہ گمراہ انسان ہدایت نہیں پا سکتے۔ بلکہ امید رکھے کہ جس شخص کے دل میں ذرا بھی خدا کا خوف ہوگا وہ ضرور نصیحت حاصل کرے گا۔
Commentary:
The verse means that only those people profit by admonition who have fear of God in their hearts. But as it is not given to one to know when admonition would be beneficial to a man, no opportunity should be lost to preach truth and righteousness.
2
یعنی جبکہ خداتعالیٰ انسان کو ہدایت کی طرف لے جاتا ہے تو انسان کا بھی فرض ہے کہ اللہ تعالیٰ کی نقل کرتے ہوئے باقی انسانوں کو بھی نصیحت کرتا رہے اور یہ کبھی نہ سمجھے کہ گمراہ انسان ہدایت نہیں پا سکتے۔ بلکہ امید رکھے کہ جس شخص کے دل میں ذرا بھی خدا کا خوف ہوگا وہ ضرور نصیحت حاصل کرے گا۔
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Commentary:
The verse means that only those people profit by admonition who have fear of God in their hearts. But as it is not given to one to know when admonition would be beneficial to a man, no opportunity should be lost to preach truth and righteousness.