Meditation can be thought of as washing ourselves of our small-self concerns by bathing in The Eternal Divine. In other words: just letting go of whatever arises during our session and remembering God.
If meditation is "remembering God" then what is one way that it is done?
A popular Sufi technique is to, under your breath, repeat some phrase like "God The Forgiving" (Alllah Al-Ghaffar") while directing your attention to you heart - feeling His forgiveness. God’s name “Al-Ghaffar” (The All-and Oft-Forgiving) in the Quran means that God forgives all kinds of sins everywhere and at all times as He is the Oft-and-All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Again, when thoughts, feelings, or body sensations arise - just return your attention to the phrase "God The Forgiving" and to your Heart.
He knows everything that goes into the earth, and everything that comes out of it, and everything that comes down from the sky, and everything that climbs into it. He is the Most Merciful, the Forgiving. (Quran 34:2)
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