The Prayers of the Disbelievers — Seal of the Prophets Vol. 3

Introduction

In this discourse from The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 3), Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra) details the historical events and scholarly insights surrounding The Prayers of the Disbelievers.

Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 3)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra)
Section: III – Concept of the Acceptance of Prayer in Islam
Pages: Book pp. 95–95 (PDF pp. 113–113)
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Historical Account

ٍوَ مَ ا دُعَ اءُ الْكَافِرِينَ إِاَاَّلَّ ف ِي ضَ اَلَ ل

“No doubt, God listens to the prayers of His servants, but do not think that every prayer made by every individual is accepted. Rather, it is the law of God, that the prayers of the ungrateful or the infidels which they put forth against the virtuous are not accepted. Instead, they go in vain and are wasted.”

[Ar-Ra‘d (13:15)]

God does not Accept a Prayer in Contradiction to

His own Promise or Custom At another instance He states:

ً وَ لَن تَجِدَ لِسُ نَّةِ اهللِ تَبْدِيااًل… َاِنَّكَ اَلَ تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَ اد

“Allāh the Exalted never acts in contradiction to His own promise…Never thou wilt find a change in the way of God.”

[Āl-e-‘Imrān (3:10)]

[Al-Aḥzāb (33:63)]

Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 3)
Section: III – Concept of the Acceptance of Prayer in Islam | Navigation: « Previous: [God Listens to and Accepts Prayers] | Next: [God does not Accept a Prayer in Contradiction to His own Promise or Custom] »