📚 Part 21 of the book “#How_to_pray_a_good_prayer,” by #AlirezaPanahian. (Under translation.)
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📕 Praying a good prayer is very simple!
📌 The right of prayer is that you should know that prayer means standing in the presence of the Almighty God.
📌 For a while, try to be polite when praying.
💠 We have said before that before anything else, prayer is for being obedient to God’s command. The first step for us to obey God’s commands is to internalize God’s Greatness in our hearts. Now, what should we do for God’s Greatness to become internalized in our hearts? The way we can do this is for us to “be polite in front of God.” The first place where we should start to be polite in front of God is when we are praying. In fact, prayer is being polite in front of the God of the universe in the same way that being polite is the first action that a servant should practice and learn in his dealings with his master. Therefore, Imam Zayn al-Abedin (‘a) explained the necessity of being polite while praying in this way, “The right of prayer is that you should know that prayer means standing in the presence of the Almighty God. In prayer, you are standing in front of God. So when you understood this, you should be an abject, wretched, eager, hopeful, fearful, destitute, and beseeching servant. You should stand with calmness and solemnity, due to your respect for the One Whom you are standing in front of.”
💠 Praying a good prayer is very simple. For a while, try to be polite when praying. Gradually you will see what a love God has put in your heart for Himself. For a while, be polite when you are standing in the presence of God. Little by little, God will give you knowledge, which can’t be described. For now, learn to pray politely so that God willing in the future you will be successful in being able to pray with love and like a mystic.
💠 It is not easy for a person to become pale when he is standing in God’s presence due to his fear of God. Since we are too far from God, we will only miss Him sometimes if we are really able to do something. Fearing God is the behaviour of the mystics with God. When a person considers Imam Ali’s (‘a) prayer, he becomes hopeless of himself being able to pray with love. For us to be able to learn and start praying well, we need to look in front of ourselves and see how much we can move forward, although we should sometimes look at the peaks too.
💠 If we want to progress in our prayer, the first step is to pray politely. What does praying politely mean? It means that while praying you say, “God, whether I’m in a good mood or not, whether I love You or not, whether I’m afraid of You or not, whether it is hard for me to pray or not, no matter what I have to be polite.”
💠 Prayer is being abject in front of God. In the initial levels, we shouldn’t say that prayer is being in love with God. It is too early for us. I’m afraid you won’t be in the mood of being in love with God and will dishonour the prayer. Being polite while praying is very important.
💠 In the beginning, prayer is not falling in love. It means being polite. What is the first step to being polite?
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 21 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📌 The right of prayer is that you should know that prayer means standing in the presence of the Almighty God.
📌 For a while, try to be polite when praying.
💠 We have said before that before anything else, prayer is for being obedient to God’s command. The first step for us to obey God’s commands is to internalize God’s Greatness in our hearts. Now, what should we do for God’s Greatness to become internalized in our hearts? The way we can do this is for us to “be polite in front of God.” The first place where we should start to be polite in front of God is when we are praying. In fact, prayer is being polite in front of the God of the universe in the same way that being polite is the first action that a servant should practice and learn in his dealings with his master. Therefore, Imam Zayn al-Abedin (‘a) explained the necessity of being polite while praying in this way, “The right of prayer is that you should know that prayer means standing in the presence of the Almighty God. In prayer, you are standing in front of God. So when you understood this, you should be an abject, wretched, eager, hopeful, fearful, destitute, and beseeching servant. You should stand with calmness and solemnity, due to your respect for the One Whom you are standing in front of.”
💠 Praying a good prayer is very simple. For a while, try to be polite when praying. Gradually you will see what a love God has put in your heart for Himself. For a while, be polite when you are standing in the presence of God. Little by little, God will give you knowledge, which can’t be described. For now, learn to pray politely so that God willing in the future you will be successful in being able to pray with love and like a mystic.
💠 It is not easy for a person to become pale when he is standing in God’s presence due to his fear of God. Since we are too far from God, we will only miss Him sometimes if we are really able to do something. Fearing God is the behaviour of the mystics with God. When a person considers Imam Ali’s (‘a) prayer, he becomes hopeless of himself being able to pray with love. For us to be able to learn and start praying well, we need to look in front of ourselves and see how much we can move forward, although we should sometimes look at the peaks too.
💠 If we want to progress in our prayer, the first step is to pray politely. What does praying politely mean? It means that while praying you say, “God, whether I’m in a good mood or not, whether I love You or not, whether I’m afraid of You or not, whether it is hard for me to pray or not, no matter what I have to be polite.”
💠 Prayer is being abject in front of God. In the initial levels, we shouldn’t say that prayer is being in love with God. It is too early for us. I’m afraid you won’t be in the mood of being in love with God and will dishonour the prayer. Being polite while praying is very important.
💠 In the beginning, prayer is not falling in love. It means being polite. What is the first step to being polite?
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 21 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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🎦 The Differences between People
🔻 Beautiful examples of the Prophet’s (s) behaviour when preaching and prohibiting evil
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🔻 Beautiful examples of the Prophet’s (s) behaviour when preaching and prohibiting evil
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📷 Thankful people are kinder.
Nothing makes a person kind like thanking God. People, who thank God, first see the blessings they have, and then they receive many more blessings. It is natural that they do not need others and do not hold grudges in their hearts.
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Nothing makes a person kind like thanking God. People, who thank God, first see the blessings they have, and then they receive many more blessings. It is natural that they do not need others and do not hold grudges in their hearts.
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📷 This battle does not bring fatigue.
Battling for the truth does not make a person who is seeking the truth tired; instead, it gives him power. However, struggling to satisfy one’s own selfish desires makes a person weak and exhausts his soul.
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Battling for the truth does not make a person who is seeking the truth tired; instead, it gives him power. However, struggling to satisfy one’s own selfish desires makes a person weak and exhausts his soul.
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🎦 A Feeling, which Cannot Be Found Anywhere Else
🔻 The Joy of Being a Servant
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🔻 The Joy of Being a Servant
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📷 Escaping
This world is not the place for us to stay. It is the place from which we must escape. We must escape from the sweetness of this world, because it constantly hurts us and keeps us regretful. Escaping from this world does not mean leaving it, because we are forced to stay. It is enough for us to make our hearts escape from it. If we escape from this world, its hardships will decrease and its small amount of sweetness will increase.
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This world is not the place for us to stay. It is the place from which we must escape. We must escape from the sweetness of this world, because it constantly hurts us and keeps us regretful. Escaping from this world does not mean leaving it, because we are forced to stay. It is enough for us to make our hearts escape from it. If we escape from this world, its hardships will decrease and its small amount of sweetness will increase.
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📷 A Person who Is God-Fearing and a Person who Is not God-fearing
The definition of a person is different depending on whether he is God-fearing or not. When a person is God-fearing, he is a creature who gains the most advantages from the universe and reaches to the highest powers and pleasures. When a person is not God-fearing, he is a wandering creature who does not reach to everything that he wants and in the end, he is a mountain of sorrow and regret.
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The definition of a person is different depending on whether he is God-fearing or not. When a person is God-fearing, he is a creature who gains the most advantages from the universe and reaches to the highest powers and pleasures. When a person is not God-fearing, he is a wandering creature who does not reach to everything that he wants and in the end, he is a mountain of sorrow and regret.
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📚 Part 22 of the book “#How_to_pray_a_good_prayer,” by #AlirezaPanahian. (Under translation.)
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📕 In the beginning, prayer is not falling in love. It means being polite!
📌 It is true that loving someone can’t be by force; however, being polite can be by force!
📌 Why have they been so strict in the rules for prayer?
💠 We said that the sweetness of being in contact with God is created by feeling God’s Greatness in our hearts. God’s first adjective, which we should feel in our hearts, is His Greatness. A good prayer is supposed to bring about such a feeling.
💠 In the beginning, prayer is not falling in love. It means being polite. The first step to being polite is to carry out the rules of prayer. Pay careful attention to these few matters, which are about the rules for prayers.
💠 Some of the rules of prayer:
- Loud laughing when praying nullifies prayer.
- Making large, extra movements when reciting the obligatory sentences of prayer, nullifies it.
- It is abominable to scratch yourself while praying. In general, even small movements while praying are abominable.
💠 When praying, we should avoid any action, which is a sign of even a little impoliteness towards the God of the universe. It has been narrated from Shaykh Rajab Ali Khayyat, “I saw that Satan kisses the places where a person scratches himself while praying!”
💠 It is true that love isn’t by force; however, politeness can be by force! Being polite when praying is by force and has rules. Being polite is so important that one of the very important dimensions of the rules for prayer is to be polite. Even if a person doesn’t like someone, he will still be polite in front of him. Being polite is not hard. Pray politely. Does praying politely need a good mood? No, everyone can pray a polite prayer. Does it require that a person love the Almighty God? No, only a little understanding is needed, which thank God most everyone has.
💠 Why have they been so strict in the rules for prayer? For example, why has it been said, “Don’t look around while praying”? Why do we have all these strict rules? Are these for anything besides the fact that in the first place God wants politeness from us while praying?!
💠 For example, they have said that when you are standing, you should look at the place where you want to put your forehead. But when you are bowing, if you look at the place where you put your forehead, your eyelids will come up and this is impolite. A person shouldn’t raise his eyes this much in front of God. It is impolite. So in that position, where should you look? Look between your feet.
💠 Where should you look when you say the testimonies (Tashahhud) in prayer? Again, if you look at the place where you put your forehead, your eyelids will go up and this is impolite. Therefore, when you are saying the testimonies, you should look at your knees. So when you are saying the testimonies, you shouldn’t look at the place where you put your forehead anymore. These are a part of the rules, recommendations and abominable actions of prayer. Prayer has been designed in such a way for God’s Greatness to gradually become internalized within our hearts. The most important effect of a good prayer is to induce God’s Grandeur in our hearts, and this is a factor for establishing a sweet relationship with God.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 27 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📌 It is true that loving someone can’t be by force; however, being polite can be by force!
📌 Why have they been so strict in the rules for prayer?
💠 We said that the sweetness of being in contact with God is created by feeling God’s Greatness in our hearts. God’s first adjective, which we should feel in our hearts, is His Greatness. A good prayer is supposed to bring about such a feeling.
💠 In the beginning, prayer is not falling in love. It means being polite. The first step to being polite is to carry out the rules of prayer. Pay careful attention to these few matters, which are about the rules for prayers.
💠 Some of the rules of prayer:
- Loud laughing when praying nullifies prayer.
- Making large, extra movements when reciting the obligatory sentences of prayer, nullifies it.
- It is abominable to scratch yourself while praying. In general, even small movements while praying are abominable.
💠 When praying, we should avoid any action, which is a sign of even a little impoliteness towards the God of the universe. It has been narrated from Shaykh Rajab Ali Khayyat, “I saw that Satan kisses the places where a person scratches himself while praying!”
💠 It is true that love isn’t by force; however, politeness can be by force! Being polite when praying is by force and has rules. Being polite is so important that one of the very important dimensions of the rules for prayer is to be polite. Even if a person doesn’t like someone, he will still be polite in front of him. Being polite is not hard. Pray politely. Does praying politely need a good mood? No, everyone can pray a polite prayer. Does it require that a person love the Almighty God? No, only a little understanding is needed, which thank God most everyone has.
💠 Why have they been so strict in the rules for prayer? For example, why has it been said, “Don’t look around while praying”? Why do we have all these strict rules? Are these for anything besides the fact that in the first place God wants politeness from us while praying?!
💠 For example, they have said that when you are standing, you should look at the place where you want to put your forehead. But when you are bowing, if you look at the place where you put your forehead, your eyelids will come up and this is impolite. A person shouldn’t raise his eyes this much in front of God. It is impolite. So in that position, where should you look? Look between your feet.
💠 Where should you look when you say the testimonies (Tashahhud) in prayer? Again, if you look at the place where you put your forehead, your eyelids will go up and this is impolite. Therefore, when you are saying the testimonies, you should look at your knees. So when you are saying the testimonies, you shouldn’t look at the place where you put your forehead anymore. These are a part of the rules, recommendations and abominable actions of prayer. Prayer has been designed in such a way for God’s Greatness to gradually become internalized within our hearts. The most important effect of a good prayer is to induce God’s Grandeur in our hearts, and this is a factor for establishing a sweet relationship with God.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 27 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📷 The Worst Choice
The definition of a person is different depending on whether he is God-fearing or not. When a person is God-fearing, he is a creature who gains the most advantages from the universe and reaches to the highest powers and pleasures. When a person is not God-fearing, he is a wandering creature who does not reach to everything that he wants and in the end, he is a mountain of sorrow and regret.
#AlirezaPanahian
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The definition of a person is different depending on whether he is God-fearing or not. When a person is God-fearing, he is a creature who gains the most advantages from the universe and reaches to the highest powers and pleasures. When a person is not God-fearing, he is a wandering creature who does not reach to everything that he wants and in the end, he is a mountain of sorrow and regret.
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📷 The Most Powerful Human Organizations
In the same way that when two drops of water get close to each other, they drown in each other and become a larger drop, when believers get close to each other, they put aside the boundaries of selfishness and become like a single soul in two bodies. With such an attitude and behavior, we can build the most powerful human organizations with the smallest group of believers.
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In the same way that when two drops of water get close to each other, they drown in each other and become a larger drop, when believers get close to each other, they put aside the boundaries of selfishness and become like a single soul in two bodies. With such an attitude and behavior, we can build the most powerful human organizations with the smallest group of believers.
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