Understanding Salat — Page 170
Understanding S al A t 170 and other things are how a person finds relief in this world, and it is by means of it that he can do some- thing for the hereafter. That is why this world is referred to as a farm for the hereafter. ( Tafs ī r Hadrat Mas ī h Mau’ ū d, vol. 2, pp. 370, 2:202) ________ O _________ ْ وَارْفَعْنِي and raise me up (The connection of exaltation [ رفعت ] with prostration, and the wisdom of observing the prayer ‘raise me up’ [ ْ ارْفَعْنِي ] just before Sajdah, has been covered under the chapter on Sajdah. Please refer to that chapter for commentary on this prayer. )