Blessings of Prayer — Page 11
11 It is obvious from the discourse I have summarised above that Sayyid Sahib does not believe prayer to be the means of attaining an objective, nor does he believe it to be helpful in achieving any purpose. He believes that a person who prays for the sole purpose of attaining an objective is grossly mistaken, because something which has been predetermined does not need any prayers; and crying and beseeching is of no avail when something has not been preordained. It is quite clear from this discourse that Sayyid Sahib believes prayer to be related only to worship, and that he considers it a folly to think of it as a means for achieving any worldly objective. Let it be clear that Sayyid Sahib is seriously mistaken in his understanding of the verses of the Holy Quran. God willing, I shall elaborate on this miscon- ception later on. Here it pains me to point out that if Sayyid Sahib did not have enough understanding to comprehend the verses of the Holy Quran, was also the law of nature hidden from his eyes when he wrote on this subject? How could he have ignored the law of nature while he professes to follow it and regards it as the interpreter of Divine guidance and of the hidden mysteries of the Holy Quran? Was Sayyid Sahib not aware that though