﴿ إِنَّآ أَخْلَصْنَٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٍۢ ذِكْرَى ٱلدَّارِ ﴾

“for, verily, We purified them by means of a thought most pure: the remembrance of the life to come.”

Assuredly We purified them with a pure [thought]: the remembrance of the Abode. He said:He purified Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac from the remembrance (dhikr) of this world through a remembrance of Him, purely for [His sake] (khāliṣatan), not for the attainment of recompense(jazāʾ). Neither did they witness themselves in it [their remembrance]; rather, they remembered Him through Him and for Him. Furthermore, the one who remembers God through God (bi�Llāh) is not like the one who remembers God through the remembrance of God (bi-dhikri�Llāh). But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best.His words, Exalted is He: