The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page vii
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 FIRE193 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 DEMANDS DIVINE ATTENTION IS DRAWN THROUGH PRAYER . 207 208 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. MAN TURNS TO GOD WITH REMORSE AND GOD TURNS TO MAN 237 WITH MERCY 239 THREE CONDITIONS FOR REPENTANCE . 240 THE MEANING OF ISTIGHFAR . 241 ISTIGHFAR HAS PRIORITY OVER REPENTANCE . 245