Understanding Salat — Page 43
Qiyam 43 Allah Almighty says, I am to my slave as he thinks of Me ( Bukh a r ī , Book 97, Chapter 35). To us, He will become a deaf, blind, and mute God. It does not matter how much religious knowledge we have or how much of a scholar we are. If we do not have a correct belief in Allah Almighty in practice, we can never have a living rela- tionship with Him. In Tasb īh , we recognize that our lower-self has a vested interest in attributing imperfections to Allah Almighty. We realize that if there is any weakness, it is not a weakness in Allah; Sub ha nall a h , it is in fact a weakness in us. When we say ‘holy are You’ ( َ سُبْحَانَك ), we reflect on the being of Allah with emphasis on negating imperfections we attribute to Him. ________ O _________ َّ اللَّهُم O Allah Any name is meaningless to us if we don’t know someone