July 5th, 2011 @ admin // No Comments

SUPPLICATION   

(DO’A)

“Indeed you were heedless of this; now have We removed your veil, and sharp is your sight this Day!”

The Quran, 50: 22

 

To illuminate this hidden future, the soul knocks at the gates of God at this time. Through prayer and conversation, God heals the spiritual wounds caused by the parting of the loved ones, and he forgets those who have long forgotten him. Now, one leaves everything behind which had long left one behind. Before man falls in a sleep that resembles death, he bows in Sudjud before God to ask for His company. With the night Prayer, man puts a bright end to his record of deeds of the day.

 

In summary, we can say that prayer in Islam is harmonically integrated in the daily life of man, and that it creates moments of reflection and peace. It binds the soul, the heart and the mind with the events of the universe and the future.

 

Through supplication, man turns directly to God in a very personal conversation. This is a private moment, which offers a place for grievance, the expression of wishes, or the presentation of needs. However, the question arises of why we sometimes seem to vainly await the fulfillment of our wishes by God.

 

The Prophet explained the influence of supplication as follows: “There is no Muslim that asks God for something and does not receive one of the following three things: he either has his supplication fulfilled, or it is stored for the Hereafter, or he is preserved from harm of equal value.”

 

His companions responded: “Then we will make many supplications” and the Prophet replied: “God can give you more than what you could ever wish for.”

 

Sometimes, pain and sorrow preserve man from an even larger future tragedy, even if man does never find out about it because God averted it. On the other hand, the Muslim suffers in this life in replacement of the punishment in the Hereafter.

 

The Prophet said about this:

“Every weariness, illness, worry, sorrow, harm or bitterness, down to the smallest bit, is deducted from the Muslim’s sins.” “Muslims will receive trials from themselves, their children and their possessions, until they stand before God free of sin.” “When God wants good for his servant, he lets him receive his punishment in this life, for otherwise He would keep his sin for him and let him receive it on the Day of Resurrection.”

 

 

Tags: Islam, Prophet Muhammed, Supplication