The Realities of our Daily Prayers -- Part Two

c) Salat ul Wusta (literally the "middle prayer") in verse 2: 238 الصَّلَوَاتِ والصَّلاَةِ

2. No one has so far identified the FIVE DAILY SALAATS by their names, from the Qur'an.

3. The identifications of the Farj prayer recited at Dawn and 'Isha prayer recited in the early nightfall have not been questioned. The opinions do differ as to which is the "middle prayer".

The above verses do Command the Prophet and those who fear Allah and those who are not heedless to celebrate the Praises of their Rabb (Creator & Sustainer), to remember Allah and Glorify Him at the above mentioned times. Glorifying Allah at the sun's decline, in the noon-day and in the night time is also incumbent upon the Believers. We are reminded of the additional prayers that are being recited individually and silently, after the prescribed daily prayers. Remembering Allah silently (below the breath) - the Internal Meditation, is also upheld. I have not included every verse on this subject since some of them are repetitions of the Message.

Salat ul Kasuf (Prayer of the solar and lunar eclipse): This is very important...

this is all for now ... until later, when i may have more to say. but, before i go, i do want to thank shaykh akbarally meherally for being one of those who truly think, ponder, and pay heed to Allah's words and His Hadith as narrated in the His sacred Book, al Qur'an al karim.

If they argue with you, say: "Allah knows best all that you do." Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning the matters in which you differ.

The following text was added on December 11.

One may be tempted to ask:

What was Prescribed by Allah to the followers of Prophet 'Isa (a.s.) - the Christians?

And in their (earlier Prophets') footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary, confirming the Taurat (The Law of Moses) that had come before him:

We sent him Al-Injeel (The Gospel): therein was Guidance and Light.

And confirmation of the Taurat that had come before him:

A guidance and an admonition to those who fear Allah. Qur'an 5: 46

The term Al-Injeel which is translated as The Gospel above, is not to be confused with the Four Gospels written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Al-Injeel refers to 'The Gospel of God' that Jesus Christ had personally preached to his disciples during his Ministry. Often it is erroneously asserted by some misguided Muslims that the original Revealed Message sent by Allah to Christ Jesus was lost within the first five centuries of the Christian Era and is not to be found within the New Testament. If that was indeed the Reality, Allah would not have revealed the following verse, addressed specifically to the "People of the Gospel", in the seventh century.
Let the people of the Gospel Judge by what Allah hath revealed therein. If any do fail to judge by what Allah hath revealed they are (no better than) those who rebel. Qur'an 5: 47.
Even today, the essential Prescribed Message of Allah, within which there was the True Guidance and the Light conveyed to the followers of Christ is present within the Four Gospels. The Reality is that the PRESCRIBED MESSAGE conveyed by Jesus has been OVERSHADOWED by the PREACHING OF THE SAINTS AND MINISTERS that are since then, propagated by the Church. Below are the DAILY PRAYERS prescribed by "Christ" and that by the "Holy Men and Women".

Daily Prayer prescribed by Jesus Christ:
Today, the Catholic Community has the majority among the various denominations of Christianity. Below are the two Daily Prayers compiled by the Saints of the Catholic Church.

Daily Prayer prescribed by the Saints:: O Sacred Heart of Jesus! Living and life-giving Fountain of eternal life, infinite treasure of the Divinity, glowing furnace of Love! You are my refuge and my sanctuary. Oh my adorable and lovely Savior, consume my heart with that burning fire with which You are inflamed. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Your Love, and let my heart be so united with Yours, that our wills may be one, and mine in all things conformed to Yours.; This Daily Prayer is compiled by Saint Gertrude the Great.; Gertrude was a daughter of unknown parentage, born in the year 1256 in Germany.; At the age of twenty five she became a Saint. She died either in 1301 or 1302.; Gertrude's writings have been greatly appreciated by St. Teresa & St. Francis de Sales.

Readers can easily visualize the noticeable difference between the two prescribed prayers. First is a REVEALED DOCUMENT and the later are the HUMANLY COMPOSED DOCUMENTS.
Offering prayers with the later text is in reality an act of committing unpardonable Sin of associating a Messenger of God with his Creator; the Only True God that had sent him. Jn. 17:3
IF Jesus was to return on this earth, which is most unlikely, that son of Mary would be shocked beyond belief to see his personal name and that his mother being associated in these Prayers. Similarly, if the Prophet Muhammad was to return and see the enigmatic rites and rituals of his community, he too may be shocked to notice that millions of misguided Muslims who do recite the Muslim Confession of Faith - Kalemah Shahadah, are seeking before or from the tombs of the long dead Sages and Awliyyahs (lit. the protecting friends), who cannot hear them.

The 'Law of Moses' was STRICTLY PRESCRIBED by Jesus:

Earlier we read within the Quranic verses that; within The Gospel revealed to Jesus Christ was the confirmation of Taurat (The Law of Moses) that had come before him. Jesus said:

¹⁷"Do not think that I (Jesus) have come to abolish the law, or the prophets:

I have not come to abolish but to fulfill. ¹⁸For truly, I say unto you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one stroke or a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. ¹⁹Therefore whosoever shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach others to do so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever does them and teaches them, shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven". Gospel according to Matthew Chapter 5.

The above Message by itself is the CONFIRMATION and FULFILLMENT of the LAW OF MOSES. Keeping of the Law of Moses is so strongly preached by the Righteous Prophet of Allah that if his followers had observed them, they too would have alike Jews, prayed daily THREE TIMES.

The 'Law of Moses' was CATEGORICALLY ABOLISHED by Saul of Tarsus:
Saul of Tarsus, a roman citizen who later changed his name to Paul, had never met or heard the historical Jesus. Yet his Epistles (Letters) is the primary source of the Christian doctrine.
The vast majority of the followers of Christ regard this apostle to be the most important disciple of Jesus Christ and his writings to be next to (or at par) with the words of Christ.
Interestingly, one would not find Paul's name within the Four Gospels nor in the Qur'an.

Jesus claimed: "...but I speak these things as the Father instructed me." John 8: 28.
Disobeying Jesus is to disobey the ONE that had sent Jesus with HIS ETERNAL MESSAGE.
Following texts are from the Letter (Epistle) of Paul to the Galatians. This letter was addressed to the young churches in southern Galatia, founded by Paul on his first missionary journey. Paul's aim was to refute the Judaizers - the followers who had heard the Message of Jesus and were insisting upon the Keeping of the Law to be saved. Paul deviated his believers from the Original Message of Jesus and gave them what they wanted - the Liberty from the Law.

We have sent them the Truth: but they indeed practice Falsehood! Qur'an 23: 71

This Message applies to all who have OVERSHADOWED the Primary with Secondary Documents.

The Important Question is; Why the Pope in Vatican, who claims to be the Vicar of Jesus and the Archbishops of Protestant Churches and the TV Evangelists who profusely read the texts from the New Testament DO NOT CONVEY THE DIVINE ADMONITION SENT TO JESUS BY GOD?
Please HONESTLY REFLECT as to whose Vicar, Disciple, Follower, Believer or Missionary, AM I?

I wish to end this article with a crucial thought provoking DIVINE MESSAGE to MUSLIMS:

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُواً أُولَئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ {6} وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا وَلَّى مُسْتَكْبِراً كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا كَأَنَّ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ وَقْراً فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ {7


Among the people there are some who purchase Ridiculous Hadeeths so that they may lead people away from the Way of Allah, without any knowledge (of its true source), and take the invitation to the Right Way as a mockery. For such people there will be a humiliating punishment. When Our revelations are recited to such a person, he turns his face away in arrogance as if he did not hear them or as if his ears are sealed: announce to him the news of a painful punishment.
Qur'an Surah Luqman (31): 6-7
Thanks for reading this article. Jazak Allah Khair...
If you find it appealing please circulate... If you find otherwise, please convey your thoughts to me. It becomes a duty upon those who know the Truth, not to conceal it. Qur'an 2: 42.
Akbarally Meherally
Further notable verses of the Qur'an added on December 14, 2004:

اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٍ مُّبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونِةٍ لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ نُّورٌ عَلَى نُورٍ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ {35} فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِيهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ {36}‏ رِجَالٌ لَّا تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجَارَةٌ وَلَا بَيْعٌ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاء الزَّكَاةِ يَخَافُونَ يَوْماً تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ الْقُلُوبُ وَالْأَبْصَارُ {37} لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِ وَاللَّهُ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche, in which there is a lamp, the lamp is enclosed in crystal, the crystal is of a star like brilliance, it is lit with the olive oil from a blessed olive tree which is neither eastern nor western, its very oil would almost be luminous though no fire touched it - as though all the means of increasing Light upon light, Allah guides to His Light whom He pleases. Allah cites such parables to make His message clear to the people; and Allah has knowledge of everything. His Light is found in those houses which Allah has sanctioned to be built for the remembrance of His name; where His glory is extolled, in the mornings and in the evenings - by such people whom neither business nor business profit can divert from the remembrance of Allah, nor from establishing Salah and nor from paying Zakat, for they fear the Day of Judgement when hearts will be overturned and eyes will be petrified, who hope that Allah will reward them according to the best of their deeds and add for them even more out of His grace: for Allah gives without measure to whom He pleases.
Qur'an 24: 35-36-37-38

Little further in verse 41 it is revealed:

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالطَّيْرُ صَافَّاتٍ كُلٌّ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُ وَتَسْبِيحَهُ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ

Do you not see that Allah is the One Who is praised by all those who are in the heavens and in the earth? The very birds praise Him as they wing their flight. Each one knows indeed how to pray unto Him and how to praise Him, and Allah has full knowledge of all their actions.

Note: Within the hi-lighted portions of verse 35 to 38, one notices that in the mornings and in the evenings is mentioned. There is no mention of "the afternoons" associated with the Mosques - houses which Allah has sanctioned to be built for the remembrance of His name.
The verse 41 identifies two objects - salatahou and tasbeehah - the Prayers and the Praises.

Part Two has ballooned beyond expectation. Al-Hamdulillah, I have come across some serious material on the Zohr and 'Asr prayers in the Bukhari. Please click realities-of-our-daily-prayers--part-three and continue reading...