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PRAYERS
قل هذه سبيلي أدعوا على بصيرة أنا ومن اتّبعني - يوسف:108
"Say (O Muhammad s.a.w.): "This is my way; I invite unto Allah (i.e. to the Oneness of Allah) with sure knowledge, I and whosoever follows me (also must invite others to Allah i.e. the Oneness of Allah) with sure knowledge. And Glorified and Exalted be Allah (above all that they associate as partners with Him). And I am not of the Mushrikun (polytheists, disbelievers etc.; those who associate partners with Allah or worship others along with Allah) " [Q12:108]
Prayer is the soul of religion. Where there is no prayer, there can be no purification of the soul. The non-praying man is rightly considered to be a soulless man. Take prayer out of the world, and it is all over with religion because it is with prayer that man has the consciousness of God and selfless love for humanity and inner sense of piety. Prayer is, therefore, the first, the highest, and the most solemn phenomenon and manifestation of religion.
The way in which prayer is offered and the words which are recited in it explain the true nature of religion of which it is the expression of man's contact with the Lord.
Prayer in Islam gives in a nutshell the teachings of Islam. The very first thing which comes into prominence in Islamic prayer is that it is accompanied by bodily movements. It implies that Islam lifts not only the soul to the spiritual height, but also illuminates the body of man with the light of God-consciousness. It aims at purifying both body and soul, for it finds no cleavage between them. Islam does not regard body and soul as two different entities opposed to each other, or body as the prison of the soul from which It yearns to secure freedom in order to soar to heavenly heights." The soul is an organ of the body which exploits it for physiological purposes, or body is an instrument of the soul" (Iqbal, Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam, p 105), and thus both need spiritual enlightenment.
Secondly, Islamic prayer does not aim at such a spiritual contact with God in which the world and self are absolutely denied, in which human personality is dissolved, disappears and is absorbed in the Infinite Lord. Islam does not favour such a meditation and absorption in which man ceases to be conscious of his own self and feels himself to be perfectly identified with the Infinite, and claims in a mood of ecstasy: My" I" has become God, or rather he is God. Islam wants to inculcate the consciousness of the indwelling of the light of God in body and soul but does allow him to transport himself in the realm of lnfinity. It impresses upon his mind that he is the humble servant of the Great and Glorious Lord and his spiritual development and religious piety lies in sincere and willing obedience to Allah. The very first step towards the achievement of this objective is that man should have a clear consciousness of his own finiteness and Infiniteness of the Lord, and clearly visualise and feel that he is created as a human being by the Creator and Master of the universe, and he cannot, therefore, become demi-god or god. His success lies in proving himself by his outlook and behaviour that he is the true and loyal servant of his Great Master. Islamic prayer is, therefore, the symbol of humble reverence before the Majesty of the Glorious Lord.
Invocations - Prayers - Supplications
Muslim Supplications
Invocations - Prayers - Supplications :: الدعاء
Invocations :: الدعاء
Hajj And Umrah
A - Z Hajj And Umrah
African Hajj And Umrah Commission :: لجنة الحج والعمرة الإفريقية
Halq or Qasr: Shaving or Clipping
Leaving Arafah to spend night in Al Muzdalefah
Names For The Muslims
Naming In Islam
Names For The Muslims :: الأسماء للمسلمين
Jurisprudence Of Sunnah
Fiqh Sunnah
Jurisprudence Of Sunnah (Fiqh us-Sunnah) :: مباحث فقه السنّة
Ash-Shirk [i.e. Polytheism] And Its Evils
Ash-Shirk [i.e. Polytheism]
Ash-Shirk [i.e. Polytheism] And Its Evils :: وآفاته الشرك بالله
Arabic English Dictionary
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Conjugal Formulas :: الموازن الصرفية
Conjugal Verbus (Verb Formulas) :: موازن الفعليات
Conjugal Nomen Verbi (Verbal Noun Formulas) :: موازن المصدريات
Conjugal Agentis (Active Noun Formulas) :: موازن الفاعليات
Conjugal Patentis (Passive Noun Formulas) :: موازن المفعوليات
Conjugal Cognitus (Cognitive Formulas) :: موازن المجردات
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