اتجاهات
Some benefits of The Prayer in
Al - Qura’n Al – Kareem
By : shaykh/ Mohammed
abd ellateef
Firstly : changing bad
behaviors.
If a prayer feels the fear of standing in front of
Allah five times each day, faith in Allah will be fixed in his thinking and in
his view of the material world. His faith will be an effective force in his
life. So, he will be away from bad desires, and he will leave sins and bad
behaviors. Allah in the following verse points to this meaning.
اتْلُ مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ الْكِتَابِ وَأَقِمْ
الصَّلَاةَ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَى عَنْ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَلَذِكْرُ
اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ
[ سورة 29 العنكبوت
/ الآية : 45 ] .
Recite what is sent of the Book by inspiration to thee, and establish regular Prayer: for Prayer restrains from shameful and unjust deeds; and remembrance of Allah is the greatest (thing in life) without doubt. And Allah knows the (deeds) that ye do.
[sora 29 / ayah 45]
In this verse, Allah orders people to do the
prayer. Doing the prayer means making it complete in order to achieve its aim
which is destination to Allah and real submission to Him to make people away
from committing sins and bad behaviors. If The prayer doesn’t have these
meanings, the prayer isn’t doing it well.
***
Secondly: Planting the manners
of courage and generosity.
Man isn’t stable in his conditions. If Allah gives
him something good, he is a miser. If Allah gives him something bad, he is
afraid. But if Man does the prayer, he will be accustomed to stability, and he
will depend on a strong corner, i. e. the creator of people and their Donor.
This will remind him of Allah’s favor upon him. This will remind him also of
Allah’s orders to do good. So, he will spend his money for Allah’s sake and for
general benefit to obey Allah’s orders. Qura’n points to this meaning saying.
إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا(19)إِذَا مَسَّهُ
الشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا(20)وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا(21)إِلَّا
الْمُصَلِّينَ(22)الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِمْ دَائِمُونَ(23)
[سورة 70 المعارج
/ آية : 19 ]
Truly man was created very impatient(19);
Fretful when evil touches him (20); And niggardly when good reaches him(21); Not
so those devoted to Prayer(22), Those who remain steadfast to their prayer(23).
[sora
70 / ayah 19]
Qura’n also points to the effect of the prayer on
decreasing a disasters saying :
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعِينُوا
بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ(153)
[ سورة 2 البقرة
/ الآية : 153 ]
O ye who believe! Seek help with
patient Perseverance and Prayer: for Allah is with those who patiently
persevere.
[sora 2 / ayah 153]
i. e. believers should overcome
disasters of life by patience and the prayer which increase confidence in
Allah. Also all pains and sufferings will lessen when you call Allah in the
prayer.
***
Thirdly : developing the gift of
concentration .
Allah, many ideas come to his mind: He tries to dismiss these
ideas to replace them with feeling of Allah’s greatness and the fun of calling
him. This work which the prayer does to dismiss the ideas that come to his mind
needs determination, patience and fear of Allah which is called “submission”.
Qura’n made success in life and afterlife depend on submission in the prayer. Allah
said : “ ”
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ(1)الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي
صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ(2).
[ سورة 23 المؤمنون / الآيتان 1 ـ 2 ]
.
The Believers must
(eventually) win through(1), Those who humble themselves in their prayers)(2).
[sora
23 / ayah 1- 2 ]
submissive people are subject
to Allah and afraid of him. El-Fakhr Al – Razee explained for it and leaving
the other things. This submission is a way to develop the gift of concentration
which has a great effect in man`s success in this life. So, it`s great
importance in man`s success.
***
Fourthly: Strengthening the human
psyche .
Islam defined this truth and
called for it. Allah said :
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
ارْكَعُوا وَاسْجُدُوا وَاعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمْ وَافْعَلُوا الْخَيْرَ لَعَلَّكُمْ
تُفْلِحُونَ .
[ سورة 22 الحج / الآية : 77
] .
O ye who
believe! Bow down, prostrate yourselves, and adore your Lord; and do good; that
ye may prosper.
[sora 2 / ayah 153]
So, Allah forced people to do
the Friday prayer once a week in the mosque, and described it as a good thing
for the human psyche. Allah said:
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا
نُودِي لِلصَّلَاةِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْعَوْا إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ
وَذَرُوا الْبَيْعَ ذَلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ . [
سورة 62 الجمعة / آية 9 ] .
O ye who
believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday (the Day of Assembly),
hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah, and leave off business (and
traffic): that is best for you if ye but knew!
[sora 62 / ayah 9]
Henry Link, an experimental
psychologist, said, “In this time I realized the importance of the religious
belief for man’s life because I found that people who believe in a religion or
go to a worship house enjoy a stronger and better personality than those who
don’t believe in religions or don’t practices any kind of worship.
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