Should we still pray if we cannot truly feel the wisdom behind prayer?
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Does prayer lose its meaning if we’re not able to concentrate? Should we still pray if we cannot truly feel the presence of God or the wisdom behind prayer?
Category: Worship
Is working a waste of time?
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Working is the means by which we provide for ourselves in this fleeting world. Yet what about the afterlife? Does working benefit our afterlife as well or is it only for this world?
Ninth Word – Fifth Subtle Point (Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr)
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The human being by nature is very impotent. Yet everything bothers him, affects him, and pains him. Also, he is very weak. Yet his calamities and enemies are so many. Also, he is very poor. Yet his needs are too abundant. Also, he is lazy and powerless. Yet the burdens of life are quite heavy. […]
How do animals and unconscious beings worship God?
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In the previous post, we discussed what it meant for prayer (salat) to encompass all the various types of worship belonging to conscious beings such as humans, angels, and the Jinn and those of unconscious beings like trees and mountains. So how do animals and unconscious beings worship God? They submit to God Humans and […]
How does prayer symbolize other types of worship?
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prayer is an encompassing luminous index of all types of worship and a holy map pointing to the colors of worship of all kinds of creatures. (Ninth Word; Third Subtle Point) Here, Ustadh Bediuzzaman states that prayer, in a way, represents and points to all other forms of worship. How so? We can […]