Understanding Salat — Page 111
Ruku’ 111 our body, that pleasure won’t be there. For example, if we go into Ruk ū ‘ without thinking about the sentiment behind Ruk ū ‘ , then we will only adopt the posture out of routine, not out of enthusiasm. Once in Ruk ū ‘ , we will try to find the sentiment that Ruk ū ‘ symbolizes, but since we did not pre- pare for it in Qiy ā m , we will likely feel frustrated. However, when our heart feels the ‘A z mat of Allah Almighty in Qiy ā m , we will be restless to bow down in obedience to Allah before we go into Ruk ū ‘. When the body follows the heart, we find pleasure in going to each posture because our body is anxious to express the sentiment that is in our heart. Then we find pleasure without even having to say anything. Imagine doing an entire S al ā t where we do not recite any words, where we express ourselves only with our body language, where our heart expresses the sentiment of each posture. We stand before Allah Almighty in Qiy ā m and express with our heart all the sentiments this posture symbolizes. We prostrate to our Allah and declare all of the sentiments of submission with only our body. That S al ā t may have no words, but it would not be silent. That S al ā t would be filled with eloquent expressions of our body language. Just bowing down before our Allah without any words is a worship and a pleasure in and of itself. The Promised Messiah as said, Bear in mind that anything physical in nature that is empty of spirit cannot prove beneficial. For example,