The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 226
226 it which is like it. As He has said:. Essence of Islām II ما ننسخ مِنْ آيَةٍ أَوْ نُنَسِهَا تَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْهَا أَوْ مِثْلِهَا الم تعلم أنَّ اللهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرُ 72 [Ḥaqiqat-ul-Waḥi, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, p. 340]. Be not content with thinking that you pray every day and that the whole of Ṣalāt is prayer, for the prayer which issues after understanding and through grace is of a different type altogether. It is something that destroys; it is a fire that melts; it is a magnetic power that draws mercy and it is a death which in the end revives. It is a fierce inundation which finally becomes a vessel. Every frustration is remedied by it and every poison becomes an antidote through it. . God Comes Closer through Prayer. Blessed are the prisoners who supplicate and do not get tired for they shall one day be released; blessed are the blind ones who persevere in their prayers for one day they shall see. Blessed are those who are in the graves and seek the help of God through supplication for one day they shall be taken out of their graves. . Blessed are you who do not get tired in your prayers and your souls melt while you pray, and your eyes shed tears, and a fire is lit in your breasts and you are driven into dark chambers and desolated jungles seeking solitude, and you are rendered restless and mad and unconscious of self, for in the end you will become the recipients of 72 Whatever Sign We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than that or the like thereof. Dost thou not know that Allāh has the power to do all that He wills?'-Al-Baqarah, 2:107 [Publisher]