3. ISLAM IS THE VOICE OF HUMAN NATURE

~ 64 ~ time for prayer, we must assemble together for our salvation. Worshippers perform their ablutions, then make their way to the mosques with God ever in their thoughts. There, as a congregation, they worship together, following the leader in prayer, the imam. Their doing so symbolizes the vow made by all Muslims to gather round the Prophet of God and make him their sole rallying point. There are different positions, which supplicants may adopt. By folding their hands, bowing, sitting reverentially, touching the ground with their foreheads, they renew their covenant of servitude to God. One of the important features of salah is that it includes recitation of verses from the Qur’an. No matter where it is opened, there is sure to be the essential message of God. It is a Book where each page is the quintessence of the whole. Although in salah, only a small part of the Qur’an is recited at a time, it is always sufficient to convey the divine will. Besides God’s message, words in praise and remembrance of God are recited; His mercy is invoked; exalted sentiments are expressed about the Prophet