Treasure House of Prayers — Page 173
PRAYERS 173 "Remember, your prayers will not be accepted unless you become God fearing. " (Malf uza t, vol. 5, page 130) "Some people tire of praying. I consider them eunuchs. I say that even if thirty or forty years pass, one should not tire and refrain from praying. God never destroys the people who pray. " (Malf uza t, vol. 5, page 106) " Hadrat Ya‘q u b as (Jacob) prayed for forty years. After forty years his prayers united him with Y u suf as (Joseph). " (Malf uza t, vol. 2, page 152) "Prayers should not only be offered by mere word of mouth. The real prayer is kind of a death. " "Whosoever begs incurs death upon himself. If you can attain this state, then go begging. " (Malf uza t, vol. 5, page 107) "If prayer is devoid of real anxiety and sincere anguish, the prayer is in vain, ineffective and a useless task. " (Malf uza t, vol. 5, page 455) "Remember, prayer is a sort of death. The same restlessness and agitation, which is present at the time of death, is necessary for praying. So you should get up in the night and with humility, anguish and pain, present your hardships to God. If you raise your prayers to this level that a kind of death occurs, this is the time for acceptance of prayers. " (Malf uza t, vol. 3, page 616) "In fact a prayer achieves acceptance if it reaches the level of extreme anguish. First the preparations are made in the heavens and then it manifests itself in the earth. This is not a trivial matter, it is a magnificent reality. The truth is that anyone who wants to see manifestation of God, should pray. "