The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 91
III - Concept of the Acceptance of Prayer in Islām 91 few words which fly off the tongue, they wish to attain all ranks. However, in this manner, when their desire remains unfulfilled and their objective is not acquired, they become dismayed and say farewell to this desire all together. They begin to declare this objective as an imaginary thing. Verily, this is not the manner in which to acquire a significant objective. In the Holy Qur’ān, God the Exalted states: لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا فِينَا وَالَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا “Those who fully and truly strive in our way, most definitely do we open our ways unto them. ” 1 Our readers should now reflect, have they fully and truly strived in this regard? Have they at least strived in this regard to the extent of their worldly objectives? If they have not and verily they have not, justice demands that they restrain their tongue and their pen. They should pass a favourable judgement to the testimony of those people who have devoted their lives in this field, and the life accounts of whom are at least a guarantee to the fact that they were not fabricators or mad. Concept of Prayer is a Constituent of Belief in the Existence of God The real question is whether there is a God of this world at all, Who has created it and is running the system of the universe by His hand of Omnipotence. If there is such a God and after creating the world He has not been deposed from His Divine Throne, nor have His powers suspended, then the concept of prayer cannot be worthy of objection by any wise individual. The only question which remains is if a specific prayer has practically reached a level of acceptance or not and whether a particular result has ever come about therefrom or not. As this relates to the field of observation, in which rational argument is not very significant, I am compelled to move away from my actual topic, otherwise, 1 Al-‘Ankabūt (29:70)