HUMILITY AND SINCERITY IN PRAYER — Sure Path to Positive Thinking

HUMILITY AND SINCERITY IN PRAYER Sure Path to Positive Thinking The Quran says: Successful indeed are the believers; those who are humble in their prayer […] THE QURAN 23: 1-2 HUMILITY and utmost sincerity in one’s Salat or worship comes when you recall God, who will one day take account of your every thought, word and deed, and who will reward or punish you, as the case may be, for all of these. In this regard, the Quran talks about the humble; Who know for certain that they will meet their Lord, and that they will return to Him. THE QURAN 2: 46 From this we learn that humility and sincerity are the condition engendered in one’s heart from the overwhelming consciousness of one‘s meeting with God. Humility and utter sincerity in prayer is to make oneself so awakened at the conscious level that when one utters the words that are part of the prayer, their meaning and significance activate one’s mind. Humility and sincerity are the condition engendered in one’s heart from the overwhelming consciousness of one‘s meeting with God. Various parts of one’s body perform the external actions that form part of the prayer and one’s mind is full of fear of having to stand in front of God. This condition becomes so overwhelming that one’s body begins to quake with fear. Acquiring this condition requires great effort. That is why patience has been included along with prayer (THE QURAN 2: 45). A Persian poet says: At night, when I stand up with the intention of offering prayers, I keep thinking, ‘What will my child eat tomorrow morning?’