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136 136 136 136 136 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION Importance of Prayers (by the Promised Messiah as ) A strange phenomenal event took place in the deserts of Arabia, when hundreds of thousands of the dead became alive within a few days, and those who had been corrupted through generations took on Divine colour. The blind be- gan to see, and the tongues of the dumb began to flow with Divine wisdom. Such a revolution took place in the world as no eye had seen and no ear had heard of before. Do you realize what this was? All this was brought about by prayers during the dark- ness of nights of one who had been wholly lost in God which created an uproar in the world and manifested such wonders as seemed impossible at the hands of that un- lettered helpless person. O Allah! Send down blessings and peace on him and on his followers in proportion to his concern and suffering for the Muslim Ummah (the people of Islam), and shower upon him the light of Thy mercy for ever. (Roohani Khazaa’in Vol. 6: Barakaatud-dua, pp. 10 - 11)