Salat - The Muslim Prayer Book — Page 94
94 S al a t —The Muslim Prayer Book Kit a bu s - S al a t; Sunan Nasa’ i ) Translation: O Allah, give us rain, abundant, widespread, producing herbage, benefiting without doing injury, soon, without delay. O Lord send water for Thy servants, and Thy animals, and extend Thy Mercy and revive the land that lies dead. O Lord send us water! O Lord send us water. Then, the Im a m should recite Dur u d and continue to pray, expressing his humility and extolling the greatness of God. Then he should turn his sheet of cloth inside out. This amounts to a good omen and, in a way, depicts the plight of the people to the Creator, making a plea to Him that as the Im a m has overturned his outer garment, God Almighty should accept their supplications and overturn the existing suffering caused by drought. ISTIKH A RAH PRAYER It is a Prayer to seek guidance from God Almighty when one intends to embark upon any important task or project, e. g. , trade, journey, marriage, etc. The matter may be religious or otherwise. The purpose of this Prayer is also to seek God’s help so that the outcome of the task in hand is successful. A two Rak‘ a t Prayer is offered, before one goes to bed at night, in which S u rah Al-F a ti h ah is followed by S u rah Al-K a fir u n in the first Rak‘at and S u rah Al- F a ti h ah followed by S u rah- Al-Ikhl as in the second Rak‘at. During Qa‘dah position after reciting