Treasure House of Prayers — Page 178
PRAYERS 178 God. (Malf uza t, vol. 1, page 353) 10 Our Jam a ‘at should offer heartfelt prayers during the night. The general public thinks that a prayer is only for worldly matters. They are the worms of this world and cannot get away from it. The real prayer is prayer for the faith. (Malf uza t, vol. 5, page 132) 11 Real prayer is for faith and the true faith is in prayers. (Malf uza t, vol. 5, page 132) 12 Copious prayers should be offered for the faith and the world. (Malf uza t, vol. 5, page 273) 13 Besides the prayer for a pious change in one's self, one should pray for his children and wife, as most of the trials humans face are because of children. (Malf uza t, vol. 5, page 456) 14 If one wishes for children, one should have the intention that they become propagators of Islam. If this pure intention is present, God is Potent to bestow progeny similar to Zakariyyah as’ s (Zacharias). (Malf uza t, vol. 3, page 579) 15 The best prayer is for attaining God's pleasure and deliverance from sin. As sins harden the heart and humans become like worms of the world. Our prayer should be that God removes the heart hardening sins from us and guides us to His pleasure. (Malf uza t, vol. 4, page 30) 16 True prayers should aim at attaining God's pleasure. Other prayers are accepted readily anyway as the remission of sins brings blessings. A prayer purely for worldly matters is not accepted. (Malf uza t, vol. 3, page 602) 17 A prayer full of pathos and emotions should be