Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 412
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 412 entering the grave. Then that repentance is accepted. However, God Almighty puts His servants through trials so as to bestow rewards upon them. In order to attain rewards it is necessary to pass through trials. Supplications in the Prayer The Promised Messiah as said: Supplicate to God Almighty in your own language within the Prayer. In prostration, while sitting, bowing, standing, sup- plicate before Allah the Exalted in every position. Of course, pray in the Punjabi language. For those whose language is not Arabic and cannot understand Arabic, it is necessary for them that in the Prayer itself, after reciting the Holy Quran and the prescribed supplications in Arabic, they should supplicate God Almighty in their own language as well. They should also learn the translation of the Holy Quran and the Arabic supplica- tions. Do not offer the Prayer just like reciting some magic for- mula, but get to know its meaning, essence, and cognition. Pray to God Almighty that we are your sinful servants and the nafs [self ] has become overpowering, so forgive us and save us from the calamities of this world and the Hereafter. Nowadays, people finish the Prayer in a hurry and sit after- ward to make long supplications. This is an innovation. The Prayer in which there is no earnest supplication, no turning to God Almighty, no fervent pleading with God Almighty—that Prayer itself is a badly damaged Prayer. Prayer is that in which the delight of supplication is experienced. Stand in the pres- ence of God with such concentration that you should be over- come with an intense fear of God Almighty, like a person who