Prayer

Prayer

1986 6 June 4 Prayer (258) Here are some sayings of the Prophet Mohammad concerning prayer:

“Prayer – that is what worship is.” (Ahmad)

“Prayer is the essence of worship.” (Tirmidhi)

“God becomes displeased with one who does not beseech Him.” (Tirmidhi)

“Nothing, save prayer, can avert fate.” (Tirmidhi)

“As long as one does not pray for an abomination, or for the severing of some bond of kinship, God will grant one whatever one prays to Him for, or else withhold evil from the supplicant in like degree.” (Tirmidhi)

“There is nothing dearer to God than prayer.” (Ibn Majah)

“Call on God, asking Him of His bounty, for the Lord loves to be called upon.” (Tirmidhi)

“Prayer helps with regard to what has happened, and what has not happened. Have recourse to prayer then, you servants of God.” (Ahmad)

“Each one of you should beseech God for his every need. Why, even when the strap of his sandal breaks, he should pray to God.” (Tirmidhi)

Prayer is an acknowledgement of the supplicant’s absolute helplessness on the one hand, as opposed to God’s absolute power on the other. The act of prayer puts man in his true place, and also gives God His rightful station. Prayer, then, is to accept things as they are; it is the ultimate degree of realism, and the apprehension of reality, in turn, is the most excellent of all actions. For, in this world, where man has been given a choice between belief and disbelief, between acknowledgement and denial, there is nothing greater than acceptance of the true nature of things.