Understanding Salat — Page 119
Qaumah 119 be cured through the knowledge of medicine. There is also a science in worship. There is a science to prayer. Only those prayers are accepted that are wor- thy of being accepted. ( Dhauqe ‘Ib ā dat , pp. 11-12) When our heart is filled with praise for the world, then as soon as we get that job, we will forget about Allah because we never really saw Him as praiseworthy or beautiful. Since our heart is filled with the praise of money, then obviously when we get that money we will be engrossed in it. The only thing that may bring us back to God is a fear of loss of that money. Sometimes we rationalize to ourselves that we will be righteous after we get the money and status we want. We are fooling ourselves similar to how the brothers of Hadrat Yūsuf as said, ‘you can thereafter become a righteous people. ’ (12:10) If our heart does not praise the beauty of Allah, then we will forget Him as soon as we have used Him to get what we want. That job will take us away from Allah, not bring us closer to Him. That prayer is not a blessing or a means of nearness to God; that prayer may be a curse. The Promised Messiah as said, For prayer, man should examine his thoughts and his heart as to whether his inclination is to the world or to religion. Are the frequency of his prayers for worldly comfort, or for service of religion? If he finds that, whatever he is doing, it is worldly concerns that