Understanding Salat — Page 217
Qa‘dah 217 تِي َّ ی ِّ وَمِن ذُر and my children too As parents, we are spiritually raising our children; this is what makes us unique as believers. The Promised Messiah as said, The philosopher Plato has written that it is the father who brings the soul from the heavens to the earth, but it is the teacher who takes it from the earth and again makes it reach the heavens. A father’s relationship is only with the mortal body. But a spiritual guide, especially that spiritual guide appointed by God to give guidance, his relationship is with the soul that does not die. So when he fosters that soul and is the means of its spiritual birth, then if he is not called a father, what will he be called? ( Malf ūzā t (10 volume edition), vol. 2, pp. 364) Anybody can be a biological parent, but not everyone is a spiritual parent for their children. When we observe this prayer of, “make me observe Prayer and my children too”, we strive to foster their spirituality. Ultimately, we have no power to make our children truly established on S alāt. We can make our children regular in