Understanding Salat — Page 150
Understanding S al A t 150 finds us in S al ā t. Ironically, our pursuit of pleasure ends up causing us the pain needed to reach that point of pleasure we were looking for. Whenever we find ourselves making the mistake of looking directly for pleasure in S al ā t , the posture of Sajdah should remind us that success is only in letting go of what we want and then submitting to Allah Almighty in helplessness. Then, what we wanted will find its way back to us in a better way. The Promised Messiah as said, Be not content with thinking that you pray every day and that the whole of S al ā t is prayer, for the prayer which issues after understanding and through grace is of a different type altogether. It is something that destroys; it is a fire that melts; it is a magnetic power that draws mercy and it is a death which in the end revives. It is a raging flood which finally becomes an ark. Every frustration is remedied by it and every poison becomes an antidote through it. ( R ūhā n ī Khaz ā in, vol. 20, pp. 222, Lecture Sialkot, pp. 31)