Muraqabah

• Ambient sound: wind / cave reverb / subtle ocean.
• Voice: warm, male or female, slow paced.
• Use space for 5–10 second pauses where noted.

(Read gently)

Begin now by sitting.
Let your spine be upright. Your hands rested.
Let your body become still, but not tense.
Close your eyes, and come home to yourself — the self that belongs to Allah.

Say in your heart:
“I begin in the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Aware.”

(Pause 5 sec)

And now, breathe.
Inhale… gently.
Exhale… slowly.
Again… inhale…
And exhale.

(Repeat 2 more cycles)

(Read slowly, with 3-second pauses between phrases)

Say silently in your heart:
“Allāh is watching me.”
“He knows what I fear.”
“He knows what I want.”
“He is with me — now.”

With each breath, imagine His light watching over you.
Not judging — just witnessing.
You are not alone. You were never alone.

(Pause 5 sec)

Now say:

“Wa Huwa maʿakum aynamā kuntum.”
“And He is with you wherever you are.”
Qur’an 57:4

(Pause and breathe)

(Read slowly, gently)

Now, observe what’s inside.
What is moving in your heart?
What thought just came?
What fear, what desire, what memory?

Do not judge it. Do not hold it.
Let it pass like a cloud.

(Pause 10 seconds)

These thoughts are not you.
They are not your soul.
You are not your fear.
You are the servant of the Most Merciful.

And Allah is closer to you than even these thoughts.

“Wa laqad khalaqnā al-insāna wa naʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihi nafsuh… wa naḥnu aqrabu ilayhi min ḥabli al-warīd.”
“We created man, and We know what his soul whispers, and We are closer to him than his jugular vein.”
Qur’an 50:16

(Pause deeply here)

Now return to the center of all things.
Return to Lā ilāha illa Allāh.
Whisper in your heart — slow, like waves:

Inhale with: Lā ilāha
Exhale with: illa Allāh

(Repeat for 7 slow breaths)

With every breath, a veil is lifted.
With every repetition, a burden falls.
There is no god but Him.
Nothing else matters.

(Now shift to silent reflection)

Now, bring into your mind:
One blessing from Allah that you forgot to notice today.
It could be your sight.
It could be that breath.
It could be the fact that you are alive and remembering Him right now.

(Pause 10 seconds)

Say quietly:
“Alḥamdulillāh for this blessing.”

Now contemplate:
What does it mean that Allah is Ar-Raḥmān?
That He sees me, even when I forget Him?
That He calls me back, no matter how far I go?

Reflect for one minute. You can even ask yourself:
“Ya Allāh, how much have You loved me, without me even realizing it?”

(Pause 60 seconds)

Whisper now in your heart:

“O Allah, I was absent — You were always present.”
“O Allah, I doubted — You remained patient.”
“O Allah, allow me to walk today with light, not ego.”
“Let my breath, my eyes, my hands — all witness You.”

(Pause, breathe deeply)

Astaghfirullāh ×3
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad ×3
Lā ilāha illa Anta, subḥānaka, innī kuntu min al-ẓālimīn. ×1
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