Understanding Salat — Page 204
Understanding S al A t 204 The Promised Messiah as devoted his life to the mission of the Holy Prophet sas. When we observe Dur ū d , it should be how the Promised Messiah as taught us to observe Dur ū d. It should be out of our personal love for the Holy Prophet sas , and to spread a love for him sas throughout the world. We should pray that the Holy Prophet sas be magnified in this world and the next, and that the blessings of Allah Almighty on him sas continue to increase forever. For insight into the use of the word as/like [ كَمَا ], we can see how it has been used in another prayer we are familiar with. The Holy Quran teaches us to pray for our parents in the words, My Lord, have mercy on them both as [ كَمَا ] they had mercy on me in my childhood by raising me. (17:25, translation from R ūhā n ī Khaz ā in, vol. 23, pp. 210) In this prayer, we do not pray that Allah Almighty limit His infinite mercy to only be equivalent to the mercy that a par- ent has on their child. But then the question arises, why do we make this comparison in the first place? Why do we pray that Allah Almighty have mercy on our parents as [ كَمَا ] they had mercy on us? The reason is so that we have a clear idea in our own mind of what the concept of mercy is. Before we pray for mercy, we have to know what mercy is. The best example of mercy in this world is the love parents show to As ( كَمَا ) You did bless Ibrāhīm as and his people