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vii. Essence of Islām-II. PRAYER _ 187. PRAYER, ITS ACCEPTANCE, AND THE PRINCIPLE OF QUR'ANIC. INTERPRETATION . 187. MIRACLES ARE WROUGHT BY PRAYER. . . . . . . . . . . . 192. THE EFFECT OF PRAYER IS GREATER THAN THE EFFECT OF FIRE 193. PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL MEANS ARE NOT OUTSIDE. DETERMINATION . . 194. MUST ALL PRAYERS BE ACCEPTED? . 195. CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE OF PRAYER . . 197. TO SUPPLICATE IS HUMAN AND TO RESPOND IS DIVINE. . 198. ETIQUETTE OF PRAYER. . . . . . . . . . 199. BE SINCERE AND DETERMINED . . 200. TWO WAYS OF ACCEPTANCE OF PRAYER. . . . . 203. WHAT IS PRAYER?. . . . 206. PRAYER AND PLANNING ARE TWO NATURAL DEMANDS207. DIVINE ATTENTION IS DRAWN THROUGH PRAYER. . . 208. FOUR REASONS FOR OBLIGATORY PRAYERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210. ACCEPTANCE OF PRAYER IS A TRUE MEANS OF GOD'S. RECOGNITION. . . . . . . . . . 210. DIVINE DETERMINATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF PRAYERS. . . . . . . . . . . 212. PRAYER IS A KIND OF DEATH. . . . . . 213. THREE CONDITIONS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF PRAYER. . . 214. GOD TREATS FAVOURITES AS FRIENDS. . . . . . . 216. WHY EVEN THE PRAYERS OF PERFECT PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS. ACCEPTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218. WHY ACCEPTANCE OF SUPPLICATIONS IS SOMETIMES DELAYED 221. DO NOT BE IMPATIENT AND HASTY. . . . . . . . . 222. GOD COMES CLOSER THROUGH PRAYER. . . . 226. ACCEPTANCE OF PRAYER DEMANDS EAGERNESS . . 229. HUMBLE PRAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . 233. REPENTANCE AND SEEKING FORGIVENESS 235. MEANING OF TAUBAH (REPENTANCE) . . 235. REPENTANCE WASHES OUT THE STAINS OF SIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237. MAN TURNS TO GOD WITH REMORSE AND GOD TURNS TO MAN. WITH MERCY. . . . . . . 239. THREE CONDITIONS FOR REPENTANCE. . . . . . . 240. THE MEANING OF ISTIGHFAR. . . . . 241. ISTIGHFAR HAS PRIORITY OVER REPENTANCE. . . 245