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> The Prayer and the Three Ways to Success by
Maulana Muhammad Ali Sahib The
Prayer and the Three Ways to Success:
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"Surely We have given thee abundance of good. So pray to thy Lord and make a sacrifice. Surely thy enemy is the one cut off (from good)." (108:1-3) This shortest surah [chapter] of the Holy Quran is known as Kausar. It means abundance of good. It is pointed out here as to how one could achieve abundance of good. To make a mention of the highest good and to point out the way of its attainment is one of the great achievements of the Holy Quran. There are three verses in this surah: the first and last verses consist of a brief sentence, while the middle one contains two. In the first verse it is said: Surely We have given thee, O Prophet, abundance of good and in the last: Thy enemy who is out to crush you, will himself be obliterated and deprived of all good. In the middle verse there are two commandments in two short sentences: ‘pray to thy Lord’ and ‘make a sacrifice’. These are, so to say, the two ways of attaining abundance of good. Aim of Religion and
means to attain it: "God the Great bestowed upon the Holy Prophet all good in abundance." When some one pointed out to him that Kausar was a canal, he replied that it was a canal and over and above that it was secular and religious good. In Lisan al-Arab, under Kausar, it is laid down that in respect of ‘good’ one is given that which is beyond one's computation. It is a matter of fact that no Prophet was so instrumental in diffusing ‘good’ in the world as the Prophet of Islam. And so every Muslim can attain abundance of good through prayer and sacrifice. Apparently, in this surah, the Apostle of God (peace be upon him) alone is addressed. But it should be remembered that in this address every follower of the Prophet is also included. In the Holy Quran, second person singular invariably means not only the Apostle of God but every follower of his - a fact which is further elucidated by the commandment that prayer and sacrifice are incumbent both on the Prophet and his followers. In other words, it amounts to this: God has granted man through His revelation abundance of good which he can acquire through prayer and sacrifice. And it is through prayer and sacrifice alone that one occupies such an exalted position as cannot be attained by any other means. In these two commandments which throw open to man paths of success, Divine bounties are obtainable by God's guidance towards the means of their attainment. And thus God has opened the doors of Kausar for the Muslims to gain access to it. Prayer:
Fountainhead of Human Progress: Sacrifice is an act and apparently the attainment of good or progress depends upon human action, i.e., man will reap whatever he will sow, and it is a principle which is mentioned in the Holy Quran itself: "Man can have nothing but what he strives for" (53:39). All human actions are the outcome of man's thought and desire, no matter whether the actions are good or bad. If we look carefully, we find that man commits no act without the desire for it. There is some motive behind every act of man. But motives actuate man to bad acts and vice versa. A person murders a lonely wayfarer. This act is the outcome of a sordid motive of his. Another person, when he finds a fellow being in trouble, is filled with the noble desire of alleviating his suffering even at personal discomfort. Thus every human act is the outcome of some desire and in his actions man is a slave to his desires. A man, whose mind is occupied by a low and sordid motive, falls prey to bad acts, while one who entertains high, noble thoughts performs good deeds. It, therefore, follows that all human progress depends on the suppression of low and sordid motives, and the attainment of high and noble desires, and it is the prayer that paves the way for it. Importance of
Prayer: "Keep up prayer. Surely prayer keeps (one) away from indecency and evil; and the remembrance of Allah is the greatest (force)." (29:45) Prayer is a means of elevating man to a much higher place. In fact, the creation of lofty ideas raises man to heights of progress. It is for this reason that prayer is considered to be the best means of man's salvation: "Successful indeed are the believers who are humble in their prayers." (23:1, 2) According to a hadith, prayer has not only been likened to a stream which purges a man of all sorts of pollution but also it has been characterised as Miraj-ul-Momin (highest evolution of a true believer). It is, so to say, a means of his elevation to the highest point. The command of God enjoining prayer is also connected with the "Ascent" of the Prophet, i.e., on the occasion of the "Ascent" [Miraj] the Prophet was ordained to say prayers. Individual and
Collective Progress: Acquisition of
Noble Aspirations: "Then He made him complete and breathed into him of His spirit" (32:9) i.e., God elevated man to a point of perfection and infused His spirit in him. The light of human nature therefore exhibits itself at its height only when man's mind becomes conscious of the existence of God. Without this consciousness the light of nature acquires no radiance, and the greater the consciousness the brighter is the light. All the means of creating this consciousness in its perfection are embodied in prayer. Man indulges in the prayer to God not only through his tongue and singing songs of His Greatness but also adopts such physical gestures as conform to what he utters, and theory combined with practice produces an extraordinary effect on the mind. Chief Utterance in
Prayer: Prayer Creates a
Feeling of Greatness of Allah: "Glory to Thee, O Allah! and Thine is the praise, and blessed is Thy name, and exalted is Thy majesty, and there is none to be served besides Thee. I seek the refuge of Allah from the accursed devil." Human mind is so constituted that if it is once impressed by the greatness of a certain object it never thinks otherwise of that object. Those who are convinced of the greatness of their religious leader never run counter to his commands. Similarly those who are impressed by the greatness of a ruler would never act against his orders. Islam has inculcated a mode of prayer which impresses the Greatness o f Allah on one's mind. The external gestures of bowing down, prostrating and sitting in a reverential attitude are designed to inspire men with the Greatness of Allah. Again, the division of prayer into five times in the course of day and night brings home to man repeatedly this feeling of the Greatness of Allah. When man busies himself with some task, the underlying idea in diverting his attention to the remembrance of God is that he may have the feeling of that greatness when he reverts to that task. Preference to
Individual Progress: Collective
Progress: First Step Towards
Individual Progress: Beginning of the
Prayer: "O Allah! Who are the King, none is to be served but Thee!" In these lines there is a mention of the absolute power of Allah the Great which He exercises over his creations. This is followed by a reverence to the relation between Allah and man: Thou art my Lord and I am Thy servant. This relation points out that when man considers himself to be a slave of Allah (and a servant is bound to give as wide as publicity to the name of his Lord as possible and to treat his belongings as those of his Lord), the Lord sustains His servant to the utmost degree. Further the prayer runs as follows: "I have been unjust to myself and I confess my short-comings, so forgive Thou all my short-comings, for none forgives the short-comings but Thou!" This is, so to say, the real prayer. This is the same earnest desire which is sought to be created in the heart of man in the beginning of prayer so that he may make a confession of his short-comings, drawbacks and try to rise above them and seek the help of Allah in getting rid of sins and failings. There is another similar prayer: "O Allah! Keep me as apart from sins as East is apart from West. Cleanse me, O Allah, from sins as a white cloth is washed of dirt. Wash off my sins, O Allah! With water, snow and hails." [Footnote: In this connection, snow and hails are metaphorically used to mean that God may forgive man in such a manner that it may bring him comfort and solace and guard him against the burning sensation which is the necessary result of sin.] In prayer the first and foremost desire is that man should "not commit sin." The first earnest desire which prayer is calculated to create in man is that he should not commit sin. His higher self and sins should be poles asunder: He should be as free from sins as a white cloth is cleaned of all dust and dirt. If he has ever committed any sin, Allah, out of His grace, may wipe it out. The first stage in the progress of human soul is that it should be free from sin. Man cannot make progress unless his soul is free from all sins. The Holy Quran has repeatedly drawn attention to this fact thus: "He is indeed successful who purifies himself." (91:9) When a man is absorbed in this prayer, his heart is seized with the earnest desire that he may remain immune from aggression, sin and impiety, immoral practices and sordid motives. For the attainment of this object, not only he makes a personal effort and endeavour to keep himself away from sins and launches a campaign against the devil but Allah also helps him because he betakes himself to Him with this earnest desire. Bowing and
Prostrating: "Glory to my Lord, the Most High!" In bowing, the words which are often repeated are as follows: "Glory to my Lord the Great!" Apparently there is no prayer here; rather there is a confession of the sublimity and exaltation of Allah. The fact, however, is that the nature of the relation between Allah and man is such that when man makes a confession of the sublimity and exaltation of Allah, not only by the tongue but also by physical gestures, the Divine qualities are reflected in his mind as well. Divine qualities are boundless but a limited reflection of those qualities is cast on the limited human mind. It is, of course, essential that human mind should be susceptible to them and, in order to acquire this susceptibility, man makes a confession of the sublimity and exaltation of Allah by his tongue on the one hand and bows and prostrates before Him on the other. The deeper the voice of confession emanates from human mind, the deeper the impression he receives from his Lord. It is not merely a proposition of philosophy but a fact of human experience that greater a man has bowed down before Allah the more elevated position he has gained. A voice emanating from the heart is like a ball which bumps with the same force with which it falls on the ground. The deeper this voice will rise from the heart the higher it will go and catch a reflection of the effulgence of Allah. But it should also be remembered that by the addition of the words: ‘My Lord’ in connection with this sublimity and exaltation, a humble entreaty is also introduced. When a man bows down before Allah with the words that his Lord is exceedingly Sublime, he professes His Greatness on the one hand and makes the following entreaty on the other in a humble manner with the words that Allah Who sustains him is leading him to the attainment of perfection by steady progress: "O Allah! Thou art the Lord of sublimity, save me from a state of helplessness and raise me to a position of eminence! It is a fact that greater is the Sustainer the better in effect grows the object He sustains. The more expert is the manufacturer the more excellent is the article manufactured. Why can not a work of art executed by the Lord of sublimity and exaltation, which is also His masterpiece, attain excellence and eminence? Prayer is Food for
Soul: "The sustenance of thy Lord is better and more abiding." (20:131) Similarly it points out: "Seek assistance through patience and prayer." (2:153) It also holds prayer as an instrument for the suppression of low and sordid desires. "Surely prayer keeps (one) away from indecency and evil." (29:45) It points out the way of achieving religious and secular success: "Successful indeed are the believers who are humble in their prayer." (23:1, 2) Whether we examine the training-ground of the Companions of the Holy Prophet which was none other than a mosque or look into their conduct of life in which prayer gained precedence over every other thing during the hours of day and night, we find that prayer alone was the chief source of comfort and peace for them. What a position of sublimity and exaltation man attains through prayer! Allah, through prayer alone, has elevated the Muslim nation to a position of sublimity and exaltation which no other nation of the world has attained at one and the same time. This is a fact which is admitted by the world so much so that Europe which on the one hand portrays the Prophet of Islam in a biased manner, admits on the other, that of all the religious leaders Muhammad (peace of Allah be upon him) possesses the most successful personality and the revolution which he brought about could not be caused by any other person of the world. The Arabs were a most illiterate, depraved and backward nation in the whole world. But in twenty-three years' time they attained to a position of greatness so as to dominate the whole world within a century. On the moral and religious side also, they became a foremost nation of the world and earned the title of "World teachers". They acquired this position of sublimity and greatness through prayer. They were not given any lesson except one of prayer. No school or college was established to guide them to prayer. They were not helped to promote trade nor were improved methods of agriculture taught to them. They took their cue from Islam only and thus attained to a position of greatness and sublimity. Difference between
Sublimity and Exaltation: Again, sublimity and exaltation differ so far as their attainment is concerned. In every rakat [cycle] of prayer bowing occurs only once while prostration occurs twice. This illustrates that worldly greatness is of secondary nature as compared with religious sublimity. The attainment of sublimity is easy while that of exaltation is difficult. People can acquire sublimity by human efforts but exaltation is not attainable except by establishing contact with Allah. Only that greatness is laudable which combines itself with twice as much desire for the attainment of spiritual exaltation. Prayer intervening the postures of prostration is a prayer in which Allah's help is invoked for progress. Again, there is a recitation in the form of prayer intervening the postures of prostration: "O Allah! grant me protection and have mercy on me and grant me security and guide me to the right path and grant me sustenance and set right my affairs and exalt me!" This recitation contains the following words also: "O Allah! guide me and exalt me." denoting a desire for the attainment of the highest point a man can aspire to. Those who take the word Rafa’ as it is used in connection with Prophet Christ (Jesus) to mean that he was lifted to the Heaven should think over this word in the present context. Elevation is the earnest desire of the heart of every Muslim. Similarly, exaltation does not represent a high position in terms of body; nor does elevation mean that one is bodily removed from this earth to heaven. Exaltation and elevation both are used in a spiritual sense. As stated above, prayer opens with the earnest desire on the part of man for his individual progress and ends with the same desire -- a fact which seeks to prove that the individual progress of man is the be-all and end-all of all progress. Final
Prayer: "My Lord! make me keep up prayer and from my offspring (too), our Lord! and accept my prayer. Our Lord! grant me, protection and to my parents and the believers on the Day when the reckoning comes to pass." (14:40,41) The lesson given in this prayer is that when man concludes his prayer, his mind should be occupied with the earnest desire that he should persevere in the path of prayer. This is not all. He also desires that his progeny should also observe prayer. This desire is so genuine and sincere that the acceptance of the prayer offered is particularly emphasised upon inasmuch as prayer constitutes the very foundation of all virtues. Yet another desire is added on to it: "Our Lord! grant me protection, and to my parents and also all the true believers." Posture of Standing
during Prayer: An important prayer during the posture of standing is the Fatihah, with which the Holy Quran opens and which, let the Muslims alone, is held even by the non-Muslims to be a prayer of a very high order. It is divided into four parts: The first part opens thus: "(All) Praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds." (1:1) Allah extends His spiritual patronage to the whole world. Allah's patronage is in a physical form. But the patronage which is particularly mentioned here in the Holy Quran relates to the guidance of mankind, because the real object of the Holy Quran is to guide mankind and help them attain human perfection. By characterising Allah as the Lord of the Universe, it is implied that the Holy Quran is not meant for the guidance of a particular nation only, but also for the guidance of the entire human race. The Holy Prophet, therefore, remarked, simultaneously with the revelation of the Holy Quran, that he had been sent by God for the guidance of both the Arabs and the Persians and it was his conviction that the human race will eventually attain perfection, of course gradually, as is implied by the word "Allah will extend His spiritual patronage to the human race as He had been extending it in physical form." Spiritual and
Physical Patronage: Foundation-Stone of
Collective Progress: "Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, the Beneficent, the Merciful, Master of the day of Requital. Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help. Guide us on the right path; the path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favours, not those upon whom wrath is brought down, nor those who go astray." (Chapter 1, Al-Fatihah) The very first verse of the Fatihah: "Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds." is the foundation-stone of collective progress. When a man recites this verse, his mind becomes wide enough to accommodate the whole of mankind. His outlook does not remain confined to his own self, to his relations and to his own nation and country. In fact, he looks upon the whole human race as one unit. He equally feels for all human beings. He is anxious for the amelioration of all. If he observes Europe or America or Persia or Afghanistan or Pakistan steeped in sin and degradation, his mind revolts at it. He feels that Allah, Who is the Real Lord of all the creatures and is their Sustainer, may come to their rescue and raise them from this position of degradation to a position of sublimity. Of course as soon as the verse comes on his lips, a spontaneous prayer shoots out from his heart -- a prayer which emanating from the hearts of the prophets and the pious, has been the means of the reformation and guidance of innumerable peoples. Here is the prayer: "O Allah! save Thy mankind from moral depravity and degradation and create in them an awakening by means of which they may know Thee Who art their Creator and Sustainer. O Allah! just as Thou art physically sustaining mankind, have the mercy to sustain all of them spiritually also. O Allah! thy mankind after severing its connection with Thee has not indulged in sin only but is heading to an abyss of destruction by internecine feuds. Have mercy on it! Illumine the dark recesses of their hearts. Put life into these dead beings by Thy spiritual showers just as Thou reviveth dead earth by rains. Shed the light of Thy spiritual sun in their hearts in the same manner as Thou diffuseth light by the sun on earthly bodies." Three Ways of
Sustenance: "The Beneficent, the Merciful, Master of the Day of Requital." In the opening sentence there is mention of the sustenance of all mankind, while in the next two verses it is indicated as to how Allah's grace takes place. The first phase of Allah's providence consists in His beneficence, viz., out of mercy He provides man with means of progress without man's asking for it, such as His sending prophets for the guidance of mankind. The second phase of Allah's providence consists in His giving man a munificent reward for his good actions. "Whoever brings a good deed will have tenfold like it." (6:160) Similarly, according to a saying of the Prophet, "Good brings from God a tenfold to a seven-hundred-fold reward." (Bukhari, 81:33) This is His universal law. By doing one good act, man attains to a very high rank. There is a third phase of Allah's providence. There are some who tread on the path indicated by Allah. There are others who do just the reverse and indulge in sin and aggression. Allah provides them with sustenance. This sustenance, however, is of a different type. It takes the shape of punishment. They are punished for their evil deeds, but this punishment is not inflicted in a spirit of vindictiveness: rather it aims at purging them of all contaminations. This punishment is sometimes meted out in this world, but in full measure it will be inflicted on the Day of Judgement, a day when the virtuous will be admitted to heaven, while the evil-doers will be thrown into hell so that they are purified by fire. That is why, according to the teachings of Islam, all the denizens of hell will betaken out and dropped into the "River of Life." In other words, they will be given a new birth and doors of hell will be slammed. Worship of Allah
Alone: "Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help." In the first two parts there is a mention of Allah and His providence. In the second two there is a reference to a particular class of men whose chief distinction is that they worship the Lord of the worlds, whose attributes are mentioned above. They worship none else. The whole world has thus been divided into two groups. One of those who worship the only Allah and the others either couple the worship of Allah with the worship of those who are others than Allah or do not believe in Allah at all. "Thee do we serve," specifically refers to that class of men who worship Allah alone and none else. That is, so to say, the group of men who are the followers of the Prophet Muhammad; while "Thee do we worship," is indicative of their distinct feature. "Thee do we beseech for help," is indicative of an earnest desire of theirs. In other words, they seek the help of Allah in not finding themselves equal to the huge task that lies before them. They are a manifestation of the attributes of Allah as embodied in ‘The Lord of the Worlds.’ They implore to Allah to extend His providence to other people also. Although the prayer is addressed to Allah by one solitary individual, the use of plural number extends the scope of the prayer so as to include the whole class of the followers of Muhammad of which he is a member. Man becomes perfect only when he engenders the spirit of fellow-feeling. In this prayer, therefore, it is inculcated that one should seek the help of Allah not only for himself but also for other members of his class. This is the first stage of collective uplift. Present Condition
of Muslims: Does worship mean only this much that one may offer prayer any time according to one's sweet will and disobey other commandments of Allah as one likes? Worship implies obedience coupled with humility. Are the Muslims in general obeying Allah and His Apostle today? Are they, as a rule, observers of prayer? Do they visit mosques and bow to Allah even once a day? Not to speak of the rich, do the poor pay any heed to prayer? When such is our condition in the matter of prayer, with what face should we invoke the help of Allah for a people who openly defy the commands of Allah; whose object of worship today is worldly riches and power? Prayer Teaches to
Invoke Help of Allah: Many Muslims Tread
on the Right Path: "Guide us on the right path, the path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favours; not those upon whom wrath is brought down, nor those who go astray." (1:6, 7) Just by using the plural adjective in "Thee do we beseech for help," it is implied that although the prayer comes from one single individual it aims at invoking the help of Allah for the whole community or nation and not for oneself alone. Similarly, in "guide us" the use of plural adjective refers to the followers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad wherever they may be on the face of the earth. What is the right path we desire for ourselves and for others? It is the path of the Prophets and the virtuous who feel for mankind, who make every effort to elevate follow beings and who kneel down before Allah when they find their efforts failing. Everywhere in the world there has been a large number of such individuals whose life-object was to establish others’ contact with Allah and thus make their lives sublime. All the Companions of the Holy Prophet were exemplary such. Immediately on embracing Islam, they became keenly anxious to have others partake of this boon of Islam. Even today the followers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad can attain to this exalted elevation. We should, therefore, pray to Allah to inebriate the present-day Muslims with the same love with which He has been inebriating His virtuous servants heretofore. There have been people in this world who committed excesses and Allah's wrath visited them. There have been others whose evil deeds were not of a serious nature and they escaped punishment in this life. They, however, in the matter of belief considerably deviated from the right path. O Allah! save the Muslims from treading the wrong path! Ameen! Recitation of Last
Prayer in Surah Baqar: Baqar are two lights with which no prophet was blessed before. I, therefore, desire that we should always recite these verses together with the Fatihah. These are, so to say, complements to the Fatihah. These chapters claim preference because of the grand prayer which occurs at their end: "Our Lord! punish us not if we forget or make a mistake. Progress of Truth
and Righteousness: Prayers in the
Sitting Posture: "All services rendered by words and bodily actions and sacrifice of wealth are due to Allah. Peace be on thee, O Prophet! and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be on us and on the righteous servants of Allah! I bear witness that none deserves to be worshipped but Allah, and bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Apostle." The word: At-tahiyyatu with which the prayer opens is the plural form. Its root-word means "life." It seeks to wish life to others. The other word is: was-salawatu also in the plural form. It conveys the meaning of "prayer" and Salaat. At-tahiyyatu is a "prayer in words" and was-salawatu a "prayer in action." In Salaat man gets so absorbed in prayer that he becomes an embodiment of prayer. The third word is wat-tayyibatu which is plural and is used in connection with "a good object, a lawful possession and righteous person." Here the word represents that which man offers by means of his well-earned wealth. In other words, devotions are in three manners: 1. those which are offered by words, These three devotions, so to say, are for the sake of Allah. Man's words, his postures and his belongings should be devoted to exalting the name of Allah in the world. We should subordinate our individual and collective progress to this task of elevating Allah and His name. Without it neither an individual nor a community can uphold the cause of justice and righteousness. Prayer for the
Prophet: "Peace be on thee, O Prophet! and the mercy of Allah and His blessings!" Peace consists in saving him from all harms. Peace is followed by grace which conveys that Allah may shower His grace upon the Prophet both physically and spiritually. Then comes blessing which seeks to widen the scope of Allah's favours on the Holy Prophet. This word is used with special reference to the Prophet. Prayer in favour of the Holy Prophet is, in reality, a prayer for the security, promotion and perpetuation of truth and righteousness which was established in the world through him and for the dissemination of which the Prophet lived. Two Eternal Lives
of the Prophet: "Peace be on thee, O Prophet! and mercy of Allah and His blessings." Here the Prophet is addressed in a manner in which a living person is addressed. He is certainly having his everlasting life and is alive here also because of the truth and righteousness he established. The prayer of Allah's safety upon the Holy Prophet made by every Muslim is conveyed to him through Allah's angels. This prayer, as it emanates from our hearts, creates within us a sincere desire for the protection and propagation of truth and righteousness. Prayer for Safety
of the Muslim Nation: Assalam-o-'Alaina This includes the entire Muslim nation and particularly the virtuous servants through whom Allah's religion is gaining strength, and truth and righteousness are making headway in the world. Prayer is the long and short of Islamic religion. The present prayer is meant for the uplift and promotion of our great religion. Two Portions of
Darud Sharif: Allahu-mma salli 'ala Muhammadin wa ‘ala ali Muhammadin kama sallaita 'ala Ibrahima wa 'ala ali lbrahima inna-ka Hamidum Majid. The last portion conveys the sense of forgiveness and peace while the second signifies an increase in numbers. Darud Sharif, therefore, is a prayer whereby Allah is approached to help the Prophet and his followers in their worldly difficulties and to grant them strength to adhere to the principles of truth and righteousness. Darud is to invoke the blessings of Allah to increase the numbers of true followers of Muhammad. Particularisation
of Prophet Abraham: Secondly, Prophet Abraham found favour with the people more than anyone else. Even today more than half the world professes Prophet Abraham to be truthful. The Jews, the Christians and the Muslims are convinced of his righteousness. Prior to the advent of the Prophet of Islam, Prophet Abraham had a unique personality in the history of the world in the matter of Allah's grace and forgiveness. In the aforesaid prayer, therefore, God is approached to single out the followers of the Holy Prophet Muhammad in the matter of His grace and forgiveness and to bless them with such virtuous and pious people as might guide them on the right path in the same manner as He did in the case of Prophet Abraham. Two prayers contained in Darud are: (1) may the hearts of Muslims be filled with the light of Islam, and, Darud in favour of the Holy Prophet aims at creating a desire in man, firstly, that the misfortunes befalling Islam and Muslims may come to an end, and, secondly, that the light of Islam may illumine the dark corners where infidelity reins supreme. The attainment of progress by the Muslims through prayer is a historical fact. Even today what the Muslims need most is the strict observance of prayer so that they rise to the highest degree of progress. As a nation the Muslims rose to a position unparalleled in the history of the world. By their message of truth and righteousness and by their religious zeal, the Muslims superseded all the religions of the world within a century. When a nation becomes a conscientious observer of prayer, Allah raises it to the highest pinnacle of secular and religious glory. The contact which the Holy Prophet of Islam established between man and his Creator by means of prayer is the foundation-stone of how the Holy Prophet Muhammad is by far the most successful of all the religious leaders of the world. Similarly unique are the conquests of the Companions of the Holy Prophet in the world history and the rapid spread of Islam from one corner of the world to the other. Divine laws are unalterable. Even if today Muslims get linked with Allah through prayer we can regain our departed glory. Books
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