Supplication During Salat — Essence of Islam Vol. 2
Introduction
In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 2), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Supplication During Salat, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.
Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 8: The Pillars of Islam
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Salat Should be Offered in the Most Befitting Manner It is folly to be satisfied with the outward performance of Salat. Most people observe the Salat only formally and get through it quickly as if it were a burdensome tax which should be got rid of speedily. Then there are those who get through the Salat quickly and thereafter occupy themselves with long drawn out prayers which take twice or three times as much time as the Salat, whereas the Salat itself is nothing but prayer. He who does not observe it in that spirit and does not occupy himself with supplication in the course of it fails to observe the Salat. You should seek to make your Salat delicious like food and cold water, lest it should bring woe upon you rather than blessing. Salat is an obligation due to God. It should be carried out in an excellent manner.
[Malfuzat, vol. VI, p. 370]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 303]
Salat is the effective criterion of the piety of a worshipper. He who weeps throughout his Salat is bestowed security. As a child weeps loudly in its mother’s lap and is comforted by the love and compassion of its mother, in the same way he who supplicates God with humility and a melting heart in his Salat places himself in the lap of the compassion of Gracious Lord. He who finds no delight in the Salat has not yet truly tasted the pleasure of believing. Salat does not merely mean physical postures and movements. Some people get through the Salat quickly like the nibbling of a hen and then start long supplications, that is to say perform the Salat quickly as if it were a formal ceremony, whereas that is the time for supplicating God
[Malfuzat, vol. II, p. 145]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 303]
Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 8: The Pillars of Islam
Navigation: Book Table of Contents | « Previous: Salat Should Be Offered in the Most Befitting Manner | Next: Recitation of Al-Fatihah in Salat »