📕 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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📕 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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📕 Obeying the rules for prayer is the first condition to being polite in front of God.
📌 The Memory of a Friend’s Unique Way of Praying at the Front
📌 Mr. Panahian, “I was struggling with myself, ‘God what should I do? Should I tell him, or not?’”
💠 At the front, I was friends with a certain person for a while. When my friend would prostrate in praying, he would gather himself tightly into a ball in such a way that the distance between his forehead and his knees was nearly a hand span. Instead of putting his toes on the ground, he would put the backs of his feet on the ground. This prayer is not accepted; because, while prostrating, the distance between a person’s forehead to his knees should be enough for his knees to be on the ground correctly so that he can be supported by them. In addition, a person should put the tips of his big toes on the ground.
When this friend of mine would say, “Subhana Rabbi al-A’la wa Bihamdih,” he would pull out the words very much and say them in a special way like this, “Subana Rabbi al-Ala…”
💠 However, he was in his own world and he prayed nicely. I mean his voice was nice, but his pronunciation was wrong. Instead of saying, “A’la” he said, “Ala” and instead of “Subhana” he said, “Subana”.
💠 I was struggling with myself, ‘God what should I do? Should I tell him, or not? Should I hide my friend’s fault for our friendship not to be ruined, or should I tell him for him to understand his mistake? Finally, I made up my mind and told myself, “Let me tell my friend his mistake.”
- Why do you gather yourself tightly into a ball while prostrating? Why do you moan like that? Your moaning was nice but your pronunciation was wrong.
- I enjoy being with Gos more when I do these!
- You’re wrong to want to enjoy God! If God wanted, He knew how to make the rules of prayer simpler for us to be free and easily enjoy Him. God couldn’t realize these things when He put these strict rules?!
💠 For propagating prayer, it is not right for us to tell the youth, “O dear young person, come and enjoy. If you don’t do the prostration, it is alright. Or, if you see that you’re in the mood, you can prostrate three times! That’s fine!” Instead, we must say, “Obeying the rules for prayer is the first condition to being polite in front of God. Being polite comes before loving and being in love.”
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 23 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📌 The Memory of a Friend’s Unique Way of Praying at the Front
📌 Mr. Panahian, “I was struggling with myself, ‘God what should I do? Should I tell him, or not?’”
💠 At the front, I was friends with a certain person for a while. When my friend would prostrate in praying, he would gather himself tightly into a ball in such a way that the distance between his forehead and his knees was nearly a hand span. Instead of putting his toes on the ground, he would put the backs of his feet on the ground. This prayer is not accepted; because, while prostrating, the distance between a person’s forehead to his knees should be enough for his knees to be on the ground correctly so that he can be supported by them. In addition, a person should put the tips of his big toes on the ground.
When this friend of mine would say, “Subhana Rabbi al-A’la wa Bihamdih,” he would pull out the words very much and say them in a special way like this, “Subana Rabbi al-Ala…”
💠 However, he was in his own world and he prayed nicely. I mean his voice was nice, but his pronunciation was wrong. Instead of saying, “A’la” he said, “Ala” and instead of “Subhana” he said, “Subana”.
💠 I was struggling with myself, ‘God what should I do? Should I tell him, or not? Should I hide my friend’s fault for our friendship not to be ruined, or should I tell him for him to understand his mistake? Finally, I made up my mind and told myself, “Let me tell my friend his mistake.”
- Why do you gather yourself tightly into a ball while prostrating? Why do you moan like that? Your moaning was nice but your pronunciation was wrong.
- I enjoy being with Gos more when I do these!
- You’re wrong to want to enjoy God! If God wanted, He knew how to make the rules of prayer simpler for us to be free and easily enjoy Him. God couldn’t realize these things when He put these strict rules?!
💠 For propagating prayer, it is not right for us to tell the youth, “O dear young person, come and enjoy. If you don’t do the prostration, it is alright. Or, if you see that you’re in the mood, you can prostrate three times! That’s fine!” Instead, we must say, “Obeying the rules for prayer is the first condition to being polite in front of God. Being polite comes before loving and being in love.”
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 23 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📕 This is God, He isn’t your childhood friend!
📌 Why should I pray my prayers in Arabic?
📌 Prayer humbles a person.
💠 Which of these will nullify prayer, not pronouncing the sentences of the prayer well, or not crying while praying? Obviously, mispronouncing the sentences will nullify our prayer. So the main thing is to not mispronounce the sentences, and crying is not the main thing.
- Sir! Once I was praying the Morning Prayer, and it was a good prayer too. I was in a good mood! Then I doubted whether it is the first or the second cycle! I prayed an extra cycle just to be sure.
- As soon as you doubt whether you’re in the first cycle or the second cycle, your prayer becomes null and you must pray again.
- Sir! But, I was enjoying the prayer!
- How quickly you become overfriendly with God! You have opened your arms and are saying, “God, hug me!” Be polite when praying! This is God and not your childhood friend!
Each one of us should look at how much time we have spent to pronounce the sentences of the prayer correctly in Arabic!?
- Sir! But why should we pray our prayers in Arabic?
- Excused me. Why should you bow one time and prostrate two times in prayers? Bow one time and do one prostration!
- But, God determines these things!
- So, God determined that too. God has said to recite the prayers in Arabic. Prayer really humbles a person.
💠 Imam Baqir (‘a) said, “Making the minor ablution is one of the limits of the divine limits, [which has been determined] by God to see who will listen to Him and who will disobey Him.” (Osul Kafi, vol. 3, p. 21)
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 24 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📌 Why should I pray my prayers in Arabic?
📌 Prayer humbles a person.
💠 Which of these will nullify prayer, not pronouncing the sentences of the prayer well, or not crying while praying? Obviously, mispronouncing the sentences will nullify our prayer. So the main thing is to not mispronounce the sentences, and crying is not the main thing.
- Sir! Once I was praying the Morning Prayer, and it was a good prayer too. I was in a good mood! Then I doubted whether it is the first or the second cycle! I prayed an extra cycle just to be sure.
- As soon as you doubt whether you’re in the first cycle or the second cycle, your prayer becomes null and you must pray again.
- Sir! But, I was enjoying the prayer!
- How quickly you become overfriendly with God! You have opened your arms and are saying, “God, hug me!” Be polite when praying! This is God and not your childhood friend!
Each one of us should look at how much time we have spent to pronounce the sentences of the prayer correctly in Arabic!?
- Sir! But why should we pray our prayers in Arabic?
- Excused me. Why should you bow one time and prostrate two times in prayers? Bow one time and do one prostration!
- But, God determines these things!
- So, God determined that too. God has said to recite the prayers in Arabic. Prayer really humbles a person.
💠 Imam Baqir (‘a) said, “Making the minor ablution is one of the limits of the divine limits, [which has been determined] by God to see who will listen to Him and who will disobey Him.” (Osul Kafi, vol. 3, p. 21)
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 24 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📕 Imam Baqir (‘a), “When praying, stand in front of God like a sinful servant whom his master wants to punish!”
📌 This is being polite in prayer, even if you haven’t sinned!
📌 Some Traditions about the Prayer Rituals
💠 A servant being polite in front of the God of the universe is one of the issues that the Household of the Prophet (‘a) paid attention to very much. They have given much advice about how to be polite while praying and even mentioned the details.
💠 For example, Imam Reza (‘a) said, “If you want to pray, don’t get up lethargically for praying. Don’t pray while dozing off. Don’t pray hastily. Instead, pray with calm and serenity… when you want to stand up in front of your God while praying, stand up in front of God like a sinful servant whom his master wants to punish. (This is being polite in prayer. Even if you haven’t sinned!) Place your feet straight and firm. Control your own will. Don’t look this way and that way. Don’t play with your beard or other parts of your body. Don’t crack your knuckles. Don’t scratch yourself. Don’t touch or fidget with your nose and clothes. When you are standing in prayer, always look at the place where you prostrate. Pray with eagerness, fear and enthusiasm.” (Fiqh al-Reza, p. 101)
💠 In another similar tradition, Imam Muhammad Baqir (‘a) said, “When you stand up to pray… don’t fidget with your hands, head and beard… Don’t yawn. Don’t try to remove your fatigue by stretching your hands. Don’t lean on this foot or that foot. Stand on both your feet. Don’t stick your legs together, and don’t separate them very much either. Don’t put your forearms on the ground while prostrating. (Don’t stick them to the ground.) Don’t crack your knuckles loudly in a way that can be heard by others. Because, all of these cause imperfections in the prayer. Don’t get up for praying lethargically. Don’t pray while dozing off or feeling heavy!” (Osul Kafi, vol. 3, p. 299)
💠 Why have the Household of the Prophet (‘a) stressed these details in the rituals of praying? It is because being polite in front of God is very important, and the Household of the Prophet (‘a) wanted to teach us how to be polite in prayer. If we are polite in prayer, gradually God’s Greatness will become internalized in our hearts. Then, that sweet relationship with God will be established.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 30 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📌 This is being polite in prayer, even if you haven’t sinned!
📌 Some Traditions about the Prayer Rituals
💠 A servant being polite in front of the God of the universe is one of the issues that the Household of the Prophet (‘a) paid attention to very much. They have given much advice about how to be polite while praying and even mentioned the details.
💠 For example, Imam Reza (‘a) said, “If you want to pray, don’t get up lethargically for praying. Don’t pray while dozing off. Don’t pray hastily. Instead, pray with calm and serenity… when you want to stand up in front of your God while praying, stand up in front of God like a sinful servant whom his master wants to punish. (This is being polite in prayer. Even if you haven’t sinned!) Place your feet straight and firm. Control your own will. Don’t look this way and that way. Don’t play with your beard or other parts of your body. Don’t crack your knuckles. Don’t scratch yourself. Don’t touch or fidget with your nose and clothes. When you are standing in prayer, always look at the place where you prostrate. Pray with eagerness, fear and enthusiasm.” (Fiqh al-Reza, p. 101)
💠 In another similar tradition, Imam Muhammad Baqir (‘a) said, “When you stand up to pray… don’t fidget with your hands, head and beard… Don’t yawn. Don’t try to remove your fatigue by stretching your hands. Don’t lean on this foot or that foot. Stand on both your feet. Don’t stick your legs together, and don’t separate them very much either. Don’t put your forearms on the ground while prostrating. (Don’t stick them to the ground.) Don’t crack your knuckles loudly in a way that can be heard by others. Because, all of these cause imperfections in the prayer. Don’t get up for praying lethargically. Don’t pray while dozing off or feeling heavy!” (Osul Kafi, vol. 3, p. 299)
💠 Why have the Household of the Prophet (‘a) stressed these details in the rituals of praying? It is because being polite in front of God is very important, and the Household of the Prophet (‘a) wanted to teach us how to be polite in prayer. If we are polite in prayer, gradually God’s Greatness will become internalized in our hearts. Then, that sweet relationship with God will be established.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 30 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📕 A verse about which we only know the first half!
📌 People who fear to stand in the presence of their Lord, will meet God.
📌 “Neither are You a God, nor am I Your servant!”
💠 A person who hasn’t realized God’s Greatness within his heart will enjoy some when people tell him about God’s Kindness. But, he will not be able to answer to this kindness. A person who hasn’t realized God’s Greatness within his heart, is not able to understand God’s Kindness towards himself correctly and to answer to this kindness. If we want to understand God’s Kindness and for this Kindness to affect us, God’s Greatness should enter our hearts first.
💠 There is a verse of the Holy Qur’an, which everyone has heard the first half of, “Call upon Me, I will answer you.” Everyone knows this part of the verse, because it is full of kindness. Usually, all of us know the “kind verses,” but many don’t know the rest of this verse. Why? Because, the rest of the verse talks about God’s Greatness and says, “Surely those who are too proud for My service shall soon enter hell abased.”
💠 This is God, Who talks about His Greatness in different parts of the Qur’an. In your opinion, if God talks about His Own Greatness and shows His Greatness, then no one will go towards Him or love him? Actually, loving God starts from seeing the Greatness of the Lord’s position. Which types of people will meet God? “And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord…” (Qur’an, 79:40)
💠 Now, pay attention to the meaning of the verse again. At first, God says, “Call upon Me, I will answer you.” Then, immediately it says, “Those who are proud and don’t come to Me and don’t ask for anything from Me, if I take others to Hell in a regular way, I will take them humiliated due to their arrogance.” In fact, it means, “I am your God, Who is saying to call Me so that I will answer you. But, you have put your head down and not said anything! Or, do you just not care and you leave?” This kind of behaviour is a sign of a person who is arrogant in front of God.
💠 When you go to a memorial ceremony, if a child offers you a date to eat and says, “Help yourself,” you won’t ignore him carelessly, because it is not polite. This is the case even though the one who is standing in front of you is just a child. Even if you don’t want any dates, you say, “Thank you very much. I don’t want any. Thank you.”
You will answer something to him. Now, God with His Greatness and Glory has come in front of you and says, “Ask Me for something so that I will give it to you!” But, you have put your head down and are passing by carelessly? So, are you being arrogant to God? Are you refusing God’s Kindness? Are you announcing your satiety?! God doesn’t joke with anyone.
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📌 People who fear to stand in the presence of their Lord, will meet God.
📌 “Neither are You a God, nor am I Your servant!”
💠 A person who hasn’t realized God’s Greatness within his heart will enjoy some when people tell him about God’s Kindness. But, he will not be able to answer to this kindness. A person who hasn’t realized God’s Greatness within his heart, is not able to understand God’s Kindness towards himself correctly and to answer to this kindness. If we want to understand God’s Kindness and for this Kindness to affect us, God’s Greatness should enter our hearts first.
💠 There is a verse of the Holy Qur’an, which everyone has heard the first half of, “Call upon Me, I will answer you.” Everyone knows this part of the verse, because it is full of kindness. Usually, all of us know the “kind verses,” but many don’t know the rest of this verse. Why? Because, the rest of the verse talks about God’s Greatness and says, “Surely those who are too proud for My service shall soon enter hell abased.”
💠 This is God, Who talks about His Greatness in different parts of the Qur’an. In your opinion, if God talks about His Own Greatness and shows His Greatness, then no one will go towards Him or love him? Actually, loving God starts from seeing the Greatness of the Lord’s position. Which types of people will meet God? “And as for him who fears to stand in the presence of his Lord…” (Qur’an, 79:40)
💠 Now, pay attention to the meaning of the verse again. At first, God says, “Call upon Me, I will answer you.” Then, immediately it says, “Those who are proud and don’t come to Me and don’t ask for anything from Me, if I take others to Hell in a regular way, I will take them humiliated due to their arrogance.” In fact, it means, “I am your God, Who is saying to call Me so that I will answer you. But, you have put your head down and not said anything! Or, do you just not care and you leave?” This kind of behaviour is a sign of a person who is arrogant in front of God.
💠 When you go to a memorial ceremony, if a child offers you a date to eat and says, “Help yourself,” you won’t ignore him carelessly, because it is not polite. This is the case even though the one who is standing in front of you is just a child. Even if you don’t want any dates, you say, “Thank you very much. I don’t want any. Thank you.”
You will answer something to him. Now, God with His Greatness and Glory has come in front of you and says, “Ask Me for something so that I will give it to you!” But, you have put your head down and are passing by carelessly? So, are you being arrogant to God? Are you refusing God’s Kindness? Are you announcing your satiety?! God doesn’t joke with anyone.
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📕 A verse about which we only know the first half!
🔷 (Section B, continued from the previous post)
💠Do you know why a ritual prayer isn’t accepted without its recommended supplications, which are read after it? Because, God tells you after the prayer, “My servant, did you pray? Did you obey My commands fearfully? Did you carry out My order? Good job! Now, you have an accepted prayer before Me. Ask Me, so that I may give you.” Then, suddenly God looks and sees that His servant is getting up from his prayer mat and leaving without asking for anything! What does this mean? Isn’t this ignoring God? Isn’t this being arrogant and announcing that a person has no need of God?
💠 The Holy Prophet of God (s) said, “About a person who doesn’t read the recommended supplications after the prayer and doesn’t ask God for anything, God tells His angels, ‘O My angels, look at My servant. He carried out My command but didn’t ask Me for anything. It is as if he has no need of Me. Take his prayer and strike him in his face with it. Why does a servant who has no need of Me come to carry out My command? With this action does he want to say, “Neither are You a God, nor am I Your servant”?!’”
💠 Not supplicating Him and not asking for our needs in a place where God has said, “If you ask for a need, I will answer you,” is being impolite towards the God of the Universe.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 26 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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🔷 (Section B, continued from the previous post)
💠Do you know why a ritual prayer isn’t accepted without its recommended supplications, which are read after it? Because, God tells you after the prayer, “My servant, did you pray? Did you obey My commands fearfully? Did you carry out My order? Good job! Now, you have an accepted prayer before Me. Ask Me, so that I may give you.” Then, suddenly God looks and sees that His servant is getting up from his prayer mat and leaving without asking for anything! What does this mean? Isn’t this ignoring God? Isn’t this being arrogant and announcing that a person has no need of God?
💠 The Holy Prophet of God (s) said, “About a person who doesn’t read the recommended supplications after the prayer and doesn’t ask God for anything, God tells His angels, ‘O My angels, look at My servant. He carried out My command but didn’t ask Me for anything. It is as if he has no need of Me. Take his prayer and strike him in his face with it. Why does a servant who has no need of Me come to carry out My command? With this action does he want to say, “Neither are You a God, nor am I Your servant”?!’”
💠 Not supplicating Him and not asking for our needs in a place where God has said, “If you ask for a need, I will answer you,” is being impolite towards the God of the Universe.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 26 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📕 Why did the light of spirituality shine so much among the soldiers?
📌 Being afraid of God, is the key to a loving relationship with God!
📌 Being afraid of God, is the result of believing in God’s Greatness.
💠 First, you have to believe in God’s Greatness and this should enter into your heart. You must obey God’s commands fearfully, and then gradually fearing God will become engraved on your heart. In that case, fearing God will gradually become sweet and enjoyable for you. This fear is the key to having a loving relationship with God!
💠 Do you know why during the time of the 8-year Holy Defence, the light of spirituality shone so much? Because, at that time death had come forward and could be easily felt. Death enters God’s Grandeur into a person’s heart. They told the soldiers, “Getting close to the night of the operation means getting close to meeting God. Do you know what this means?” Suddenly, God’s fear entered their heart. When God’s fear enters a servant’s heart, God embraces His dear servant and caresses him.
💠 Certainly, you have seen how a mother hugs her child who is frightened and caresses him. Similar to that mother, when God sees that His servant is obeying His commands fearfully, He starts caressing him and says, “My servant! Don’t be afraid!” He will quickly put His own love in His servant’s heart and make him taste His Kindness.
💠 This is called, a loving relationship with God and its key is in fear. A tradition says, “Nothing will correct a believer except fear of God.” However, we haven’t started talking about fearing yet. For now, we are saying that we have to obey God’s commands fearfully and believe in His Greatness a little.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 27 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📌 Being afraid of God, is the key to a loving relationship with God!
📌 Being afraid of God, is the result of believing in God’s Greatness.
💠 First, you have to believe in God’s Greatness and this should enter into your heart. You must obey God’s commands fearfully, and then gradually fearing God will become engraved on your heart. In that case, fearing God will gradually become sweet and enjoyable for you. This fear is the key to having a loving relationship with God!
💠 Do you know why during the time of the 8-year Holy Defence, the light of spirituality shone so much? Because, at that time death had come forward and could be easily felt. Death enters God’s Grandeur into a person’s heart. They told the soldiers, “Getting close to the night of the operation means getting close to meeting God. Do you know what this means?” Suddenly, God’s fear entered their heart. When God’s fear enters a servant’s heart, God embraces His dear servant and caresses him.
💠 Certainly, you have seen how a mother hugs her child who is frightened and caresses him. Similar to that mother, when God sees that His servant is obeying His commands fearfully, He starts caressing him and says, “My servant! Don’t be afraid!” He will quickly put His own love in His servant’s heart and make him taste His Kindness.
💠 This is called, a loving relationship with God and its key is in fear. A tradition says, “Nothing will correct a believer except fear of God.” However, we haven’t started talking about fearing yet. For now, we are saying that we have to obey God’s commands fearfully and believe in His Greatness a little.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 27 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📕 How should we generate God’s Greatness in our heart?
📌 …then, God says, “Why are you torturing yourself in trying to come towards Me for a few minutes? Go away and be comfortable! Relax!”
💠 We said that fear is the key to having a loving relationship with God, and that fear itself is the result of believing in God’s Greatness. Now, how should we believe in God’s Greatness?
💠 In this world, a person himself generates God’s Greatness. This means that you yourself should generate God’s Greatness in your heart. Now, how should we generate God’s Greatness in our heart? By obeying God’s commands fearfully. By being polite in praying. When you carry out the rules and the rituals of prayer more completely and in a better way, it shows that you have obeyed God’s commands fearfully. In this way, God will become Great in your heart. With whoever you are more polite, his grandeur will become internalized in your heart. Don’t you like God’s Grandeur to become internalized in your heart?
Some people say,
- Sir, I am not afraid of God. What should I do?
- Certainly, God doesn’t have Grandeur in your eyes. You probably haven’t prayed your prayer well. You have probably been scratching your head while praying! Certainly, you haven’t been polite while praying and your attention has been other places. You probably haven’t said the recitations of your prayers carefully.
💠 God can easily punish us severely for us to learn to fear His power! But, God is Kind and gives us time. He says, “My servant should understand this himself and do this action correctly.”
💠 If your fear God’s Power when praying, God’s Greatness will increase in your heart. Then, there is no need for God to shout at you. He says, “My dear, I don’t like you doing this.” And, you reply, “Ok, I won’t do it.” This is how servitude is. Otherwise, it is useless for a person to try to convince and force himself to do simple things. For example, he tells himself, “Don’t do that, or do this!” God says, “Why are you torturing yourself in trying to come towards Me for a few minutes? Go away and be comfortable! Relax!”
💠 God keeps some people so busy and caught up that they don’t have the time or energy to go to God and talk to Him. On the other hand, God loves some people so much that He Himself calls them for them to come to Him. What is the difference between these two groups? The difference is in how much God’s Grandeur and Greatness is in their heart, and how much they fear His power. The Commander of the Faithful, Ali (‘a), said the following about pious people, “The Greatness of the Creator is seated in their heart; therefore, everything else appears small in their eyes.”
💠 One of the most important things that the verses of the Qur’an do to us is that, they internalize God’s Grandeur in our hearts. For example, God says in the Chapter Zilzal, verses 7 and 8, “Whosoever has done an atom's weight of good shall see it, and whosoever has done an atom's weight of evil shall see it.” If only the grandeur of these two verses becomes internalized in your heart, you won’t be able to sleep at dawn.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 28 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📌 …then, God says, “Why are you torturing yourself in trying to come towards Me for a few minutes? Go away and be comfortable! Relax!”
💠 We said that fear is the key to having a loving relationship with God, and that fear itself is the result of believing in God’s Greatness. Now, how should we believe in God’s Greatness?
💠 In this world, a person himself generates God’s Greatness. This means that you yourself should generate God’s Greatness in your heart. Now, how should we generate God’s Greatness in our heart? By obeying God’s commands fearfully. By being polite in praying. When you carry out the rules and the rituals of prayer more completely and in a better way, it shows that you have obeyed God’s commands fearfully. In this way, God will become Great in your heart. With whoever you are more polite, his grandeur will become internalized in your heart. Don’t you like God’s Grandeur to become internalized in your heart?
Some people say,
- Sir, I am not afraid of God. What should I do?
- Certainly, God doesn’t have Grandeur in your eyes. You probably haven’t prayed your prayer well. You have probably been scratching your head while praying! Certainly, you haven’t been polite while praying and your attention has been other places. You probably haven’t said the recitations of your prayers carefully.
💠 God can easily punish us severely for us to learn to fear His power! But, God is Kind and gives us time. He says, “My servant should understand this himself and do this action correctly.”
💠 If your fear God’s Power when praying, God’s Greatness will increase in your heart. Then, there is no need for God to shout at you. He says, “My dear, I don’t like you doing this.” And, you reply, “Ok, I won’t do it.” This is how servitude is. Otherwise, it is useless for a person to try to convince and force himself to do simple things. For example, he tells himself, “Don’t do that, or do this!” God says, “Why are you torturing yourself in trying to come towards Me for a few minutes? Go away and be comfortable! Relax!”
💠 God keeps some people so busy and caught up that they don’t have the time or energy to go to God and talk to Him. On the other hand, God loves some people so much that He Himself calls them for them to come to Him. What is the difference between these two groups? The difference is in how much God’s Grandeur and Greatness is in their heart, and how much they fear His power. The Commander of the Faithful, Ali (‘a), said the following about pious people, “The Greatness of the Creator is seated in their heart; therefore, everything else appears small in their eyes.”
💠 One of the most important things that the verses of the Qur’an do to us is that, they internalize God’s Grandeur in our hearts. For example, God says in the Chapter Zilzal, verses 7 and 8, “Whosoever has done an atom's weight of good shall see it, and whosoever has done an atom's weight of evil shall see it.” If only the grandeur of these two verses becomes internalized in your heart, you won’t be able to sleep at dawn.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 28 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📕 The answer to an important secret!
📌 Why should God’s Greatness become internalized in our Heart?!
📌 Which barrier is eliminated by this simple but very important function of prayer?
💠 The first adjective of God, which should become internalized in our heart, we should become fond of, and understand deeply, is God’s Grandeur and Greatness. If we pay attention for a while, pray our prayers correctly and adhere to the commands and rituals of prayer better, gradually God’s Grandeur will become internalized in our heart.
💠 Why should God’s Greatness become internalized in our heart? Because, the most important barrier to a person’s relationship with his God is the false imagination, which he has about God. The centre of this false imagination is the person “imagining himself to be great”. We usually don’t feel that we are small in front of God. As long as a person imagines himself to be great, he hasn’t understood this fact that he is small in front of God and he hasn’t understood God’s Greatness. All of his efforts to communicate with God will be fruitless and no useful relationship will be formed. There will be no effect. No prayer will be accepted, and nothing will be received.
💠 The simple but very important function of prayer is to eliminate this barrier, I mean a person’s arrogance. Hazrat Zahra (s) said, “God has made the ritual prayers obligatory so that a person may be purified from arrogance.” The obligatory rules of prayer have been designed in such a way that when we reiterate them repeatedly every day, they induce two key concepts in a person. These two key concepts are “God’s Greatness and Grandeur” and “a person’s humility before God.”
💠 A fundamental sentence of prayer is, “Allahu Akbar (God is Great).” In other parts of the prayer, many of the other sentences focus on God’s Greatness and Eminence too. The sentence, “Subhana Rabbi al-Azimi wa bi Hamdih (Pure and Immaculate is my God – the Greatest – and I praise Him) is again talking about God’s Greatness. The sentence, “Subhana Rabbi al-A’la wa bi Hamdih, (Pure and Immaculate is my God - the Highest - and I praise Him)” is again talking about God’s Greatness and Eminence. There is both bowing and prostration in prayers, which are the highest symbols of obeisance. It is as if prayer is nothing other than the induction of God’s Grandeur in a person’s heart.
💠 Imam Reza (‘a) wrote the following in a letter answering the question of one of the companions, who had asked about the reason for praying, “Prayer is confessing to the Lordship of the Mighty and Glorious God, negating any partner for Him and standing in front of the omnipotent God, Whose Glory is Great, humbly, in poverty, with humility, confessing [to His Greatness], repenting for previous sins and putting our forehead on the dirt five times a day to respect the Almighty and Glorious God. Prayer causes a person to remember God, not forget Him, not to be ungrateful, be humble, and to be in pursuit of increasing one’s religion and this world. In addition, prayer prevents a person from sinning and helps him to remember the Mighty and Glorious God day and night so that he won’t forget his Master, the One Who plans, and his Creator. Furthermore, he won’t become disobedient. When a servant remembers His Lord and stands in front of God, this prevents him from sinning and from any corruption.”
💠 We are supposed to obey God’s commands fearfully, and one of the first steps is for us to carry out the rules and rituals exactly. If we are careful about this while praying, gradually God’s Greatness will enter our heart. As soon as God’s Greatness becomes internalized in our heart, the springs of His Kindness will flow forth too.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 29 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📌 Why should God’s Greatness become internalized in our Heart?!
📌 Which barrier is eliminated by this simple but very important function of prayer?
💠 The first adjective of God, which should become internalized in our heart, we should become fond of, and understand deeply, is God’s Grandeur and Greatness. If we pay attention for a while, pray our prayers correctly and adhere to the commands and rituals of prayer better, gradually God’s Grandeur will become internalized in our heart.
💠 Why should God’s Greatness become internalized in our heart? Because, the most important barrier to a person’s relationship with his God is the false imagination, which he has about God. The centre of this false imagination is the person “imagining himself to be great”. We usually don’t feel that we are small in front of God. As long as a person imagines himself to be great, he hasn’t understood this fact that he is small in front of God and he hasn’t understood God’s Greatness. All of his efforts to communicate with God will be fruitless and no useful relationship will be formed. There will be no effect. No prayer will be accepted, and nothing will be received.
💠 The simple but very important function of prayer is to eliminate this barrier, I mean a person’s arrogance. Hazrat Zahra (s) said, “God has made the ritual prayers obligatory so that a person may be purified from arrogance.” The obligatory rules of prayer have been designed in such a way that when we reiterate them repeatedly every day, they induce two key concepts in a person. These two key concepts are “God’s Greatness and Grandeur” and “a person’s humility before God.”
💠 A fundamental sentence of prayer is, “Allahu Akbar (God is Great).” In other parts of the prayer, many of the other sentences focus on God’s Greatness and Eminence too. The sentence, “Subhana Rabbi al-Azimi wa bi Hamdih (Pure and Immaculate is my God – the Greatest – and I praise Him) is again talking about God’s Greatness. The sentence, “Subhana Rabbi al-A’la wa bi Hamdih, (Pure and Immaculate is my God - the Highest - and I praise Him)” is again talking about God’s Greatness and Eminence. There is both bowing and prostration in prayers, which are the highest symbols of obeisance. It is as if prayer is nothing other than the induction of God’s Grandeur in a person’s heart.
💠 Imam Reza (‘a) wrote the following in a letter answering the question of one of the companions, who had asked about the reason for praying, “Prayer is confessing to the Lordship of the Mighty and Glorious God, negating any partner for Him and standing in front of the omnipotent God, Whose Glory is Great, humbly, in poverty, with humility, confessing [to His Greatness], repenting for previous sins and putting our forehead on the dirt five times a day to respect the Almighty and Glorious God. Prayer causes a person to remember God, not forget Him, not to be ungrateful, be humble, and to be in pursuit of increasing one’s religion and this world. In addition, prayer prevents a person from sinning and helps him to remember the Mighty and Glorious God day and night so that he won’t forget his Master, the One Who plans, and his Creator. Furthermore, he won’t become disobedient. When a servant remembers His Lord and stands in front of God, this prevents him from sinning and from any corruption.”
💠 We are supposed to obey God’s commands fearfully, and one of the first steps is for us to carry out the rules and rituals exactly. If we are careful about this while praying, gradually God’s Greatness will enter our heart. As soon as God’s Greatness becomes internalized in our heart, the springs of His Kindness will flow forth too.
[To be continued…]
📚 Part 29 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📕 Prostration is very beautiful…
📌 Try to make your prostrations longer.
📌 A person practices becoming extremely small in front of God in prostration.
💠 The part of the prayer, which we should lengthen and pay more attention to if we want our prayer to have more effect on us, besides carrying out the rules and rituals during the entire time that we are praying, is “prostration”. A long prostration with awareness is very effective in destroying our pride and causing God’s Greatness and Grandeur to enter our heart.
💠 Since God knew what amazing results and positive effects come from prostration in praying and how close His servants are to Him in prostration, He has put two prostrations in each cycle of prayer. From the beginning of the prayer when you say “Allahu Akbar (God is the Greatest),” wait eagerly for the moments when you go into prostration. Say, “So nice! I will bow now, and then I will go into prostration.” When you get up from the first prostration, it is as if your heart is coming out of your chest. That is when God says, “Wait My dear. Do another prostration again.” When you want to get up from prostration, it is as if you can’t breathe anymore. You love prostration very much!
💠 After the second prostration, you can’t get up anymore. You say, “O God, I don’t want to get up from prostrating before You.” God replies, “Give Me your hand My dear. I know that you can’t get up anymore. I know that you don’t like to raise your head from prostrating towards Me. I know how much you love prostrating. I will help you Myself.” That is why in praying you say, “Bi Howlillahi wa Quwwatihi Aqumo wa Aqud, (I stand up and sit down with God’s Help and Power.)”
💠 It is because of this amazing effect of prostrating that we can repeat the words for prostration three times or more. Try to lengthen your prostrations. Don’t say, “I should finish my prayer sooner so that I will be able to do that job!” Don’t say, “I should go to my store. It’s late. I will lose my customers!” Don’t worry. Lengthen your prostration and the customer who will bring much profit for you will come. He will come two minutes later. Everything is in God’s Hands. Imam Sadiq, (‘a) said, “If a servant hurries (and gets up quickly) to pursue his needs, God will say, ‘Doesn’t My servant know that I am the One Who provides his needs?!’”
💠 Prostration is very beautiful. A person practices becoming extremely small in front of God in prostration. However, this practice doesn’t bring about a revolution in one’s heart from the beginning. When I have done this action beautifully for a while, God knows that there is no love, mystical feelings, and these kinds of things in my heart. But, He sees that I have held myself and am saying, “Subhana Rabbi al-A’la wa bi Hamdih, (Pure and Immaculate is my God - the Highest - and I praise Him.)” I say “Subhana Rabbi al-A’la wa bi Hamdih” again, and my will tells me to get up because that’s enough. When I say this sentence one extra time, I am disgruntling myself. On the other hand, God is looking at me too. God says to His angels, “Look at My servant. He is just in the beginning of the way. But, see how he is doing extra for Me.” Whoever spends some time and puts himself to a little extra trouble, God will welcome him so much that he can’t even imagine.
💠 The Commander of the Faithful, Ali (‘a), said, “If a person who is praying understands what a blessing from God has surrounded him, he will never get up from prostration.” It has been narrated that sometimes a single prostration of Imam Kazim (‘a) lasted until morning. God knows that if pious people have time, what they will do when standing before God.
📚 Part 30 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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📌 Try to make your prostrations longer.
📌 A person practices becoming extremely small in front of God in prostration.
💠 The part of the prayer, which we should lengthen and pay more attention to if we want our prayer to have more effect on us, besides carrying out the rules and rituals during the entire time that we are praying, is “prostration”. A long prostration with awareness is very effective in destroying our pride and causing God’s Greatness and Grandeur to enter our heart.
💠 Since God knew what amazing results and positive effects come from prostration in praying and how close His servants are to Him in prostration, He has put two prostrations in each cycle of prayer. From the beginning of the prayer when you say “Allahu Akbar (God is the Greatest),” wait eagerly for the moments when you go into prostration. Say, “So nice! I will bow now, and then I will go into prostration.” When you get up from the first prostration, it is as if your heart is coming out of your chest. That is when God says, “Wait My dear. Do another prostration again.” When you want to get up from prostration, it is as if you can’t breathe anymore. You love prostration very much!
💠 After the second prostration, you can’t get up anymore. You say, “O God, I don’t want to get up from prostrating before You.” God replies, “Give Me your hand My dear. I know that you can’t get up anymore. I know that you don’t like to raise your head from prostrating towards Me. I know how much you love prostrating. I will help you Myself.” That is why in praying you say, “Bi Howlillahi wa Quwwatihi Aqumo wa Aqud, (I stand up and sit down with God’s Help and Power.)”
💠 It is because of this amazing effect of prostrating that we can repeat the words for prostration three times or more. Try to lengthen your prostrations. Don’t say, “I should finish my prayer sooner so that I will be able to do that job!” Don’t say, “I should go to my store. It’s late. I will lose my customers!” Don’t worry. Lengthen your prostration and the customer who will bring much profit for you will come. He will come two minutes later. Everything is in God’s Hands. Imam Sadiq, (‘a) said, “If a servant hurries (and gets up quickly) to pursue his needs, God will say, ‘Doesn’t My servant know that I am the One Who provides his needs?!’”
💠 Prostration is very beautiful. A person practices becoming extremely small in front of God in prostration. However, this practice doesn’t bring about a revolution in one’s heart from the beginning. When I have done this action beautifully for a while, God knows that there is no love, mystical feelings, and these kinds of things in my heart. But, He sees that I have held myself and am saying, “Subhana Rabbi al-A’la wa bi Hamdih, (Pure and Immaculate is my God - the Highest - and I praise Him.)” I say “Subhana Rabbi al-A’la wa bi Hamdih” again, and my will tells me to get up because that’s enough. When I say this sentence one extra time, I am disgruntling myself. On the other hand, God is looking at me too. God says to His angels, “Look at My servant. He is just in the beginning of the way. But, see how he is doing extra for Me.” Whoever spends some time and puts himself to a little extra trouble, God will welcome him so much that he can’t even imagine.
💠 The Commander of the Faithful, Ali (‘a), said, “If a person who is praying understands what a blessing from God has surrounded him, he will never get up from prostration.” It has been narrated that sometimes a single prostration of Imam Kazim (‘a) lasted until morning. God knows that if pious people have time, what they will do when standing before God.
📚 Part 30 of the book “How to pray a good prayer,” by Alireza Panahian. (Under translation.)
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🤲🏼 I want my child to always pray his/her daily prayers.
🤔 Do you have any suggestion for this?
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🤔 Do you have any suggestion for this?
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