WHAT IS PRAYER?

It is the outpouring of the heart to the Great Maker; it is a sense of faith in a higher power than one self for help and guidance; it is fear of that power; it is humility in the presence of the power; it is hope for mercy and a feeling of repentance and regret for the omissions and commission. Again, mind has the natural attribute of soaring higher and higher since it has come from the Most High. It is not at all stationary. This aspiration of the human mind towards the Highest Idea is achieved through prayers and supplications. Words emanating from the innermost recess of the heart possess potentialities of producing wonderful effects. They have not the wings of birds and yet they can fly, no eyes to see yet they can see, no legs to walk upon and yet they can soar high to penetrate the Divine Veil. It is only through prayer that the veil between man and God can be uplifted. It can approach the Highest Mind and can converse with each other. This drawing together of the two-their intercourse and conversation is known in religion as prayer. True prayer directs “the self” to tread the one straight path towards the one single goal. The final stage of prayer is the immerging of “ the self” to the Universal Self, and “the will” to the Universal Will. Such a man always says “Thy will be done.” The Quran, therefore, teaches us to say; “Verily my prayer; and my sacrifice. My life and my death are all for Allah, the Lord of the Universe”(6:163Q)




		What is Prayer? It is the outpouring of the heart to the Great Maker; it is a sense of faith in a higher power than one self for help and guidance; it is fear of that power; it is humility in the presence of the power; it is hope for mercy and a feeling of repentance and regret for the omissions and commission. Again, mind has the natural attribute of soaring higher and higher since it has come from the Most High. It is not at all stationary. This aspiration of the human mind towards the Highest Idea is achieved through prayers and supplications. Words emanating from the innermost recess of the heart possess potentialities of producing wonderful effects. They have not the wings of birds and yet they can fly, no eyes to see yet they can see, no legs to walk upon and yet they can soar high to penetrate the Divine Veil. It is only through prayer that the veil between man and God can be uplifted. It can approach the Highest Mind and can converse with each other. This drawing together of the two-their intercourse and conversation is known in religion as prayer. True prayer directs “the self” to tread the one straight path towards the one single goal. The final stage of prayer is the immerging of “ the self” to the Universal Self, and “the will” to the Universal Will. Such a man always says “Thy will be done.” The Quran, therefore, teaches us to say; “Verily my prayer; and my sacrifice. My life and my death are all for Allah, the Lord of the Universe”(6:163Q)
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