Understanding Salat — Page 135
Sajdah 4 Prostration is the furthest stage of respect. When a person places himself in the state of non-existence, then he falls into prostration. (Malf uzā t (10 vol edition), vol. 9, pp. 110) Its prostration is that it falls on the threshold of God and, forsaking all personal thoughts, loses the very identity of its existence. (Lecture Sialkot, pp. 33) The prostration expresses, through action, the great- est possible reverence, utmost humility and lowli- ness, which are the objectives of Prayer. (Malf uzā t (English), vol. 1, pp. 161) Then the Imam says All ā hu Akbar loudly again and leads the congregation into the Prostration position called Sajdah , knees on the ground, then the head. In this posture, the knees, hands, nose and the forehead