Namaz

In the name of God the most compassionate, ever merciful 

NAMAZ

Namaz or daily prayer is one of the required devotional obligations for a Moslem to perform. It is not my intention in this blog to fully describe what Namaz is nor what devotional obligations are, nor try to fully describe the verses of the Holy Quran.

However, I will be emphasizing the importance of this daily prayer for the believers based on certain personal ‘special’ experiences that I have had.

One can read about the details of Namaz (Salat) in a good book about Islamic practices, or listen to a good religious authority or a Moslem scholar. All these sources will tell you about the value and the necessity of proper Namaz and some might even specify some dos and don’ts regarding this daily prayer.

Let’s start with an important ‘do’ when performing Namaz. Perform it on time and unless there is a good reason, don’t delay nor miss it! You would know what a good reason is and what is not a good reason and it should not be necessary to try to give examples. If you don’t already have a Namaz alarm clock/device then get one for yourself and use it. When the time for Namaz comes, don’t delay unless there is a very good and valid reason to do so. 

God does not need for us to do the Namaz, we need to do it if we are devoted to him and understand that he does take notice if you perform Namaz willingly and with love for him.

The main part of Namaz is the Sureh Al-Hamd (Al-Fatiha) which is the first Sureh in the Holy Quran. This Sureh must be spoken in the original Arabic language form during Namaz. However, you can ‘think’ the meaning of each verse in your mother language (Persian, English, etc) after you say that verse in Arabic.  It is utterly important for those who don’t understand Arabic to FULLY understand each verse of this Sureh!

Let’s look at it briefly:

1. In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful  [Best description for God, the lord of all that is known and all that is unknown, all things must start with his name]

2. All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of the all that exists.  [This particular verse is used over and over in the Holy Quran and for good reason too. Please see my previous blog named ‘Thanking God’]

3. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.  [Certainly it is good that we have “the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” God, see the next verse for the reason why?]

4. The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)  [The only one who knows everything about what we have done in this world is God, and it’s so good to have him as the “the Only Ruling Judge” of the Judgment day because he delivers the ultimate justice with most grace and mercy.]

5. You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).  [This is one of the most important verses for us to obey. We must only worship God and we should ONLY ask HIM for help! Remember this is from Quran and Namaz, ONLY ask HIM for help!]

6. Guide us to the path that is straight.  [We are asking him for the path of truth, the bright light of divine guidance.  One will be guided to this path that remains pure and submits to the will of God.]

7. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace (the blessed), not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (i.e. those who knew the Truth, but did not follow it) nor of those who went astray (i.e. those who did not follow the Truth out of ignorance and error).

Finally, I would like to add that in another part of Namaz we say “Sami Allaho Liman Hamedeh” which means that “God will listen to those who praise him” and I have not only observed that to be true in many, many occasions personally but also a couple of years ago had a ‘special’ message telling me the same thing in a different way as well.

Thanks for taking time reading this and I will be trying to add more blogs of this nature in the future. This however may take some time (weeks or even months from now). So check my blog list http://iranian.com/main/member/anonym  from time to time for any new ones that may be added.

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