[2:152] So remember Me, I will remember you; and be thankful to Me, and be not ungrateful towards Me.
Remembrance is the immersion of the one who is remembering in the witnessing (shuhūd) of that which is remembered, and then it is being consumed in the existence (wujūd) of that which is being remembered until no trace (athar) remains of you doing the remembering, so that it is said 'so and so' once was.
So remember me, I will remember you, i.e., 'be consumed in Our existence (wujūd) and We will remember you after your annihilation from yourself'. God Most High said, 'For indeed formerly they had been virtuous' [51:16]. They were here for a time but they have become perpetually separate (bānū dāÌiman):
The world is
a beautiful [passing] event,
so be a beautiful event
for the one who is aware.
The path of the people of literal expression (ʿibāra) is 'So remember me by acts of conformity (muwāfaqāt) [to the divine command], I will remember you with special gifts (karamāt)'. The path of the people of people of allusion (ishāra) is 'So remember me in abandoning every worldly concern (ḥaẓẓ), I will remember you by raising you up in My reality (ḥaqq) after your annihilation from yourselves'.
'So remember me being content with Me instead of My gifts and favors (af?āl), I will remember you by being pleased with you regardless of your actions (afʿāl)'.
'So remember me - and it is by My remembrance of you that you remember, for without My prior remembrance your remembrance would not occur'.
'So remember me by cutting off attachments (ʿalāÌiq), I will remember you by the attributes of realities (ḥaqāÌiq)'.
It is said 'remember Me belongs to everyone you meet, I will remember you belongs to those I address'. Whoever remembers Me in a congregation, I will remember him in a congregation better than theirs.
It is said 'and be thankful to Me for the tremendous blessing to you in that I said to you: So remember me, I will remember you'.
It is said gratitude is a kind of remembrance. In His words, 'and be not ungrateful, the prohibition against ingratitude (kufrān) is a command to be grateful. Gratitude is a remembrance so He repeated for you the command to remember'. Three is the first term of multiplicity. The command to remember much is a command to love for that is in the tradition, 'One who loves something remembers it often', so this is, in truth, a command to love, i.e., 'Love me, I will love you'. So remember me, I will remember you, i.e., 'Love me, I will love you'.
It is said, 'So remember me in being humbled (tadhallul), I will remember you with favor (tafa??al)'.
'So remember me in being broken (inkisār), I will remember you in acts of beneficence (mabārr)'.
'So remember me with the tongue (lisān), I will remember you with the gardens (jinān)'.
'So remember me with your hearts (qulūbikum), I will remember you by fulfilling what you seek (ma?lūbikum)'.
'So remember me at the door with respect to service (khidma), I will remember you by responding on the carpet of nearness in completing the blessing (niʿma)'.
'So remember me with the purification of the innermost self (bi-taṣfiyati'l-sirr), I will remember you in giving kindness (bi-tawfiyati'l-birr)'.
'So remember me with effort and care (bi'l-jahdi wa'l-ʿināÌ), I will remember you with generosity and giving (bi'l-jūdi wa'l-ʿa?āÌ)'.
'So remember me with the attribute of soundness (salāma), I will remember you on the Day of the Resurrection (yaum al-qiyāma), a day in which remorse (nadāma) will not benefit'.
'So remember me with awe (rahba), I will remember you by making the wish (raghba) come true'.