Understanding Salat — Page 122
Understanding S al A t 122 is fitting that your supplications should be answered. ” ( S a hīh Muslim, Book 4, Chapter 41) ( Commentary S a hīh Bukh ā r ī , vol. 2, pp. 193-194) ________ O _________ ُ رَبَّنَا وَلَك َ الْحَمْد Our Lord! and Yours is the Praise Hadrat Khalīfatul Masīh IV rta said, In reality, “Our Lord!” ( نَا َّ رَب ) in itself is a complete prayer. When we say “Allah hears him who praises Him” ( ُ سَمِع َ هللا ُ لِمَن ْ حَمِدَه ), then we pray, “Our Lord! and Yours is the Praise” ( ُ رَبَّنَا وَلَك َ الْحَمْد ). Why does the “and” ( وَ ) come in between? If the “and” ( َ و ) were not here, then the translation would be, “O our Lord, Yours is the praise. ” But the “and” ( َ و ) has broken the con- nection between “Our Lord!” ( نَا َّ رَب ) and the sentence that comes after. The reason for this is that “Our Lord!” ( نَا َّ رَب ) is a complete prayer in itself. …There is a narration that Hasan ra said that once the Holy Prophet sas continuously recited only “Our Lord!” “Our Lord!” is a complete prayer