Invocation Of Allah's Personal Name.

[Abu Hafsat]

As-Salaam alaikum, 

We have read it in ayat 55 of the 7th chapter of the Holy Qur'an, Surat A'araf, where Allah Ta'ala says :--

"Invoke your Lord's (personal) Name most submissively and secretly. Surely He does not like the transgressors" (7 :55)

Sauyadi Sultan Bahoo, may Allah be Merciful to him, says that to invoke secretly means to invoke without voice - ie through breathing. Allah ordered to invoke Ism-e-Allah Zaat with breath because breath is related to soul. 

As soon as soul enters the body it starts breathing, and when it leaves it stops. So, Zikr through breathing is a source of strength for the soul just as eating from mouth is is a source to provide energy to the whole body. The Holy Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, said :-

"Every person has counted breaths, every breath which leaves the body without invoking Allah's Name is lifeless."...meaning that the breath which comes out with Zikr of Ism-e-Allah Zaat is full of life for soul. The Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, said :-

" The person who invokes Allah's Name is alive (spiritually) and who does not is dead ". (Bukhari and Muslim).