Understanding Salat — Page 216
Understanding S al A t 216 prayer upright. If we take time to pause at these words, it is possible to make up for everything we lost right at the very end of S alāt. Conversely, if our S alāt went well by the grace of Allah, then this is a prayer that is said with pleasure, not with regret. We pray that Allah Almighty make this standard of S alāt into our constant reality and that we improve our S alāt even more. We beg Allah Almighty never to let us lose this stand- ard and fall back into distraction. Hadrat Khal ī fatul Mas ī h I V rta said about this prayer, As long as one is alive, he should continue with this prayer. Despite being established on worship, trials come upon worshippers and situations arise where they stumble. Some such worshippers have been mentioned in Ahadith who worshipped their whole lives, but at some point, for some reason, they stum- bled and fell far away from God. ( Khu t b ā t-e- Tā hir, vol. 10, pp. 367, 26 Apr 1991) Whether our S alāt went poorly or well, these words are an opportunity to analyze the S alāt we just observed before we end. ________ O _________