Prayer and Planning Are Two Natural Demands — Essence of Islam Vol. 2

14 Sep, 2026 Essence of Islam 0

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In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 2), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Prayer and Planning Are Two Natural Demands, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.

Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 5: Prayer
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As the relationship between planning and prayer is proved by the law of nature, it is also proved by the testimony of the book of nature. It is often observed that as human temperaments at a time of distress incline towards planning and remedies, in the same way they incline by natural eagerness towards prayer and almsgiving and charity…. This is a spiritual argument that the inner law of man has, from the beginning, directed all peoples that they should not separate prayer from means and planning, but should search for plans with prayer. In short, prayer and planning are two natural demands of human nature which ever since the creation of man, have been the servants of human nature like two real brothers. Planning is the necessary consequence of prayer and prayer incites towards planning. The good fortune of man consists in this, that before entering upon planning he should seek help through prayer from the Fountainhead of grace so that being granted light from this everflowing spring good plans should be made available to him.
[Ayyam-us-Sulh, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 14, pp. 230-232]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 207]

He who supplicates God at the time of difficulty and
[Ayyam-us-Sulh, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 14, p. 237]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 207]

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