urstill1 wrote:washiku wrote:AlphDoti wrote:murchr wrote:The Ethiopian side of Highway A2.

When it is time for prayer, muslim knows what to do; five daily prayers. The beauty of prayer in Islam!
Going deeper into the spiritual state, with focused heart and understanding of the words. It is a good feeling and nourishment of the soul and of course the delight of the eyes.
All this because of the Love of Allah. It should be done out of more than just following orders and hoping to enter heaven; But also it should be done out of love for Allah. Allah says in the Quran:
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...Allah will bring forth [in place of them] a people He will love and who will love Him" (Quran chapter 5:54)

I admire Islams displine on prayer life, but sometimes they let me down. Do you remember those deadly boys at Westgate had to put aside some minutes to "pray"? What were they really telling God? What beauty was there really? To me, for such kind of characters, prayer is just coz its an order or sth...not well cemented in their spirituality.
Their act made me detest the Islamic discipline in prayer. I guess they always utter a memorized prayer.
As regards the behaviour of some alleged Msulims in Westgate, we have discussed this many times
hereand
there. You cannot say this is Islam from what you have withnessed through behavior of some Muslims (or some who claim to be). Because I don't think I have to tell you (an objective person) that
a Christian is not necessarily an example of life of Christ. A Muslim therefore, is not necessarily an example of the faith that he might claim to embrace
@urstill1 that is what critics say. They just want to condemn. Christians go to church on Sundays as a ritual, don't they? And they prepare their mind for this, don't you think? Only that Muslims do this more frequently, praying 5 times in a day, at fixed intervals of day. So praying 5 times a day is considered the second most important of Islam’s five pillars (you know pillar means foundation).
Every Muslim must pray to remind him/her about God throughout the day. No matter how busy you are, you have to take out a few minutes and to remind yourself why you're really on this world.
Muslims consider a prayer as a spiritual and physical action.The various standing, bowing, and prostrating on ground symbolize devotion to God. Look at this: you put yourself in lowest point, the head on the ground, and saying ‘Oh, praise to my God, the most high’.
It is very humbling when in that position.
So as a human being the ritual prayer involves the physical body, the intellect mind, and the spirit. So it is the entire being involved in a Muslim prayer. And it symbolizes dedication of the entire being to the service of the Creator.




