ONE AYAT A DAY
فَاِذَا قَضَيْتُمْ مَّنَاسِكَكُمْ فَاذْكُرُوا اللّٰهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ اٰبَاۤءَكُمْ اَوْ اَشَدَّ ذِكْرًا ۗ فَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَّقُوْلُ رَبَّنَآ اٰتِنَا فِى الدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهٗ فِى الْاٰخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ
Fa iżā qaḍaitum manāsikakum fażkurullāha każikrikum ābā'akum au asyadda żikrā(n), faminan-nāsi may yaqūlu rabbanā ātinā fid-dun-yā wa mā lahū fil-ākhirati min khalāq(in).
And when you have completed your rites, remember Allāh like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance. And among the people is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world," and he will have in the Hereafter no share.
The Order for Remembrance of Allah and seeking Good in this Life and the Hereafter upon completing the Rites of HajjAllah commands that He be remembered after the rituals are performed.كَذِكْرِكُمْ ءَابَآءَكُمْ(...as you remember your forefathers)Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, "During the time of Jahiliyyah, people used to stand during the (Hajj) season, and one of them would say, `My father used to feed (the poor), help others (end their disputes, with his money), pay the Diyah (i.e., blood money),' and so forth. The only Dhikr that they had was that they would remember the deeds of their fathers. Allah then revealed to Muhammad :فَاذْكُرُواْ اللَّهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ ءَابَآءَكُمْ أَوْ أَشَدَّ ذِكْرًا(Remember Allah as you remember your forefathers or with far more remembrance.)Therefore, remembering Allah the Exalted and Ever High is always encouraged. We should mention that when Allah used "or" in the Ayah, He meant to encourage the people to remember Him more than they remember their forefathers, not that the word entails a doubt (as to which is larger or bigger). This statement is similar to the Ayat:فَهِىَ كَالْحِجَارَةِ أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةً(...as stones or even worse in hardness) (2:74) and,يَخْشَوْنَ النَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةً(. ..fear men as they fear Allah or even more) (4:77) and,وَأَرْسَلْنَـهُ إِلَى مِاْئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ(A…