Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 145
146 of anybody, shows His favour on him. Next are discussed all the deeds of ‘Ib a dur Ra h m a n which look to be related to the attribute of Ra hi miyyat. Thus, the point of discussion here is that you may perform good deeds in as many a number as you want, but you will not receive any reward unless the bounties of Ra h m a niyyat are added to Ra hi miyyat. For this reason concluding the current topic He [Allah] said in very glorious terms: “Say to the disbelievers : ‘But for your prayer to Him my Lord would not care for you. You have indeed rejected the truth, and the punishment of your rejection will now cleave to you ’. ” 69 True that carrying out good deeds is essential and abstaining from evil deeds is also good for man; but remember, God would not care for you or gain anything from your good deeds at all (but for your prayer to Him ). But if you care about Him then you should try to absorb His grace through prayers. When you will have absorbed His grace through your prayers only then will your deeds truly benefit you. Mere prayer is useless if its acceptance is not acquired with it, and to achieve that man needs Allah’s grace, and again for that man needs to invoke prayer. Hence, one should always keep himself busy praying, O God! whether we do something good or not, our prayers for the acceptance of our good deeds can reach You only when You will have decided to accept our supplications. Thus, for acceptance of prayer, again