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Play. TH. BADO HOURSH تین عد الله. EE. Prayer to Enter the Mosque بسمِ اللهِ الصَّلوةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُول الله - اللهم اغفر لي ولوبي وافْتَحُ فِي الْوَاب تَحْمَتِكَ. MAHMOOD HALL "I enter the mosque in the name of Allah. May peace and blessings be on the Messenger of Allah! O Allah, forgive me my sins and open for me the doors of Thy Mercy. ". What is a Mosque ?. Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmadra uslims make use of mosques for purposes of congregational prayers but. Mthis is not due to any feeling that the sites or buildings of these mosques possess any peculiar sanctity for the purposes of divine worship. A mosque is built to enable the Muslims of the neighborhood to assemble for the purpose of congregational prayers. Mosques facilitate the performance of collective worship and are used for other religious and social purposes also. No particular ceremony is required for consecrating mosques and dedicating them to the worship of God, as is the case with temples and churches. Any building that is used for the purpose of congregational prayers by the Muslims is a mosque. . No structural design has been prescribed for a mosque nor is a mosque divided into naves and transepts, nor does it possess anything resembling altar. There are no pictures or images in a mosque nor relics of saints. The. Muslims gather for divine worship in the simplest possible manner and Islamic religious services are free from all artistic and emotional distractions. There is no music or singing, no temples dances, no priestly vestments, no burning of candles and no attempt to create an emotional atmosphere by the aid of organs or incense. The light inside a mosque is not dimmed artificially to create an atmosphere of awe and no images of saints divert the attention of worshippers from God. At the appointed hour the worshippers collect in the mosque and range themselves in rows to indicate that, having concluded their individual worship in their homes or in the mosque, they are now ready to offer collective worship to God. . Mosques are used not solely for the purposes of congregational and individual worship but for all kinds of religious and intellectual pursuits. They serve as schools and for the celebration of marriages, as courts of law and places of meeting where plans are settled for the social and economic progress of the community. . Extracted from The English Commentary on the Holy Quran,. Volume One, pp. ccxiv. - ccxivi. ரின 豬肉飯 الحرة العالم الا الدية الالله محمد رسول الله