dayand that you imagine you know and understand very well; so much so
that you imagine it would be impossible to understand the majority of
them any better than you do already. But that is not always true.
Sometimes you may hear a different account or witness something that
leads to a brand new door, a new horizon you had never contemplated
before, opening up on a subject you thought you knew so well. Your
whole perspective changes, not only momentarily but fundamentally. You
acquire a new perspective on that long familiar subject, as if you
were encountering it for the first time.
One of these subjects about which one constantly acquires a new and
more profound conception during the various stages of one's life is
'prayer.' A believer knows that Allah will heedall prayers, and trusts
in that truth with all his heart. But the more a person's closeness to
Allah,depth of faith and understanding of destiny grow, the more his
perspective toward prayerdeepens and is perfected. Although he knows
the verses of the Qur'an very well, the spiritual power that Allah
instills in his heart through those verses constantly
increaseswhenever he reads them again. And for someone who is
determined in faith, this situation is repeated constantly until the
end of his life.
One piece of knowledge regarding prayer that will again be
instrumental in the opening of his heart when he hears it is that
prayer 'is the key to destiny.' This is part of thelaw of Allah. When
Muslims beseech Allah with love and passion, by His leave, what they
desirewill come about.
This is a secret mystery of Allah that very few peopleare aware of.
When one prays, Allah's destiny goes into motion. Mass prayer
especially has a particular power; when Muslims request something
determinedlyand en masse , and when they embrace natural causes, then
by Allah's leave, something that people thought would never happen
does in fact come to pass. Allah has created the world by that law.
Allah is He Who heeds every prayer
Allah has cited many examples in the Qur'an so that people can
understand this secret of destiny: the Prophet Jonah(pbuh) frequently
prayed to Allah from inside the stomach of the whale, andAllah rescued
him in an incomparable manner. When the Prophet Moses (pbuh) and his
people were trapped between Pharaoh's army and the sea, the Prophet
Moses (pbuh) prayed to Allah in full submission, and Allah created a
miraculous escape for him and his people. Rasulullah (saas) placed all
his trust in the infinite might of Allah when he and a friend were in
the cave, and Allahspared him from the traps of the unbelievers and
granted him victory. In thesame way, when the Prophet Joseph (pbuh)
was thrown down the well, Allah in His infinite mercy sent him help.
Allahagain manifested His infinite mercy when the Prophet Abraham
(pbuh) was about to be cast into the flames, and made them cool for
him. The Prophet Zechariah (pbuh) prayed to Allah, and despite their
advanced age, he and his wife were blessed by Allah with the birth of
the Prophet John (pbuh).
Some of the verses of the Qur'an that reveal how Allah heeds the
sincere calls of His prophets are asfollows:
Jonah too was one of the messengers. When heran away to the fully
laden shipand cast lots and lost. Then the fish devoured him and he
was to blame. Had it not been that he was a man who glorified Allah,
he would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are raised
again. So We cast him up onto the beach and he was sick; and We caused
a gourd tree to grow over him. We sent him to a hundred thousand or
even more. They believed and so We gave them enjoyment for a time.
(Surat as-Saffat, 139-148)
And when the two hosts came into sight of one another Moses'
companions said, "We will surely be overtaken!" He said, "Never! My
Lord is with me and He will guide me." So We revealed to Moses,
"Strike the sea with your staff." And it split in two, each part like
a towering cliff. And We brought the others right up to it. We rescued
Moses and all those who were with him. Then We drowned the rest. There
is certainly a sign in that yet most of them are not believers. (Surat
ash-Shu'ara', 61-67)
If you do not help him, Allah did help him when the unbelievers drove
him out and there were two of them in the Cave. He said to his
companion, "Do not be despondent, Allah is with us." Then Allah sent
down His serenity upon him and reinforced him with troops you could
not see. He made the word of the unbelievers undermost. It is the word
of Allah which is uppermost. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (Surat
at-Tawba, 40)
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