The Quest of a Curious Muslim — Page 21
21 day without a dose, so too a sincere worshipper cannot survive a day without speaking to his or her God multiple times a day. The Promised Messiah as has spoken of this subject numerous times. He says, “I would like to say that we should pray to God Almighty with incredible pain and passion that He should enable us to taste the pleasure of prayer and worship—even once—just as he has granted us the different kinds of pleasures of other fruits and things”. 11 Then, the Promised Messiah as compares a worshipper to an alcoholic who keeps on drinking alcohol until he becomes intoxicated. The one who worships should have a similar goal of continuing to worship until he or she is intoxicated with spiritual pleasures. 12 That is why Allah says in the Holy Quran, “Observe Prayer at the two ends of the day, and in the hours of the night that are nearer the day. Surely, good works drive away evil works. This is a reminder for those who would remember” (11:115). Similarly, Allah says: ا ِ ن 7 ا ﻟ ﺼ 7 ﻠ ٰ ﻮ ة َ ﺗ َ هن ۡ ٰ ـ ﻰ ﻋ َ ﻦ ِ ا ﻟ ۡ ﻔ َ ﺤ ۡ ﺸ َ ﺎ ٓ ء ِ و َ ا ﻟ ۡ ﻤ ُ ﻨ ۡ ﻜ َ ﺮ ِ ؕ و َ 6 َ ِ ﻛ ۡ ﺮ ُ ا Q ّ ٰ ِ ا َ ﻛ ۡ رب َ ُ