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@kekasih | 8 December 12 | |
up until today, you have been invited to several campaigns, boycotts, and mobilizations, or witnessed them; perhaps you even joined some of them. We invite you to a campaign which will save your life both in this world and in the hereafter: to the Revival with the Prayer mobilization! We invite you to perform your prayers if you already perform them, and to hold fast to your prayers if you do not miss any prayer times. We invite you to discover humility through prayer. Prayer, to which Our Lord gives the greatest value, commanding it seventy times in the Quran, is a must in our religion! Islams first obligation is to believe in Allah and the second one is to establish five daily prayers. COME AND JOIN THE REVIVAL WITH THE PRAYER MOBILIZATION According to the hadiths of the Prophet (pbuh), prayer will be the first deed we will be questioned about in the hereafter. Again, based on His (pbuh) sayings, prayer is the pillar of the religion, the believers ascension, the key to paradise and the glory of my eyes. A major reason for the troubles the Muslim world and the entire Muslim ummah are suffering today is the abandonment of prayer. This is because prayer, whose abandonment is not permitted not even in times of war, and whose performance is a requirement upon us, is the reason for Allahs mercy and blessings. The main reason for negligence in the matter of prayer is not knowing how outstanding its importance and value is. Unfortunately, until now there has been no serious effort to bring prayer into the national agenda in our country. There are almost no movies, plays, documentaries, novels, stories, poems, songs, radio and TV programs, which inform people of the significance of the prayer. Fortunately, in this field there are good books which deal with various aspects of the prayer and try to generate awareness of prayer. Those of us who have written about the prayer and who have taken up the cause of prayer have come together and decided to bring prayer into our nations agenda. Up until now, we, in the name of our assembly, have carried out several gatherings, conferences, panels and programs. We have also planned cassettes, CDs, VCDs, movies, radio-TV programs, symposiums, congresses and similar activities, which deal with prayer. We, as the volunteers of the prayer platform want to start this mobilization with the Revival with the Prayer booklet. And we want this booklet to reach our people as a gift. For this reason, we are calling for support for the publication and distribution of this booklet from everyone who has heard our call. In the following days we plan to coordinate consecutive Revival with the Prayer meetings in numerous places. In that matter, we, as the platform, will give our support to organizations of our nation and various corporations. In this setting, we invite all the employees of religious affairs, teachers, employers, companies and corporations, mothers, fathers, newspapers, magazines, radios and TVs to support the mobilization of the prayer. We invite you to the mobilization of the prayer, which you can join at any place and at any time. Let us join together and work towards explaining all aspects of the prayer to people everywhere. Being a nation and Muslim community, let all of us strive together for the establishment of prayer. Let us perfect our qiym (standing), ruk (bowing down), and sajdah (prostration), and revive the prayer so that we may attain our salvation. Let us join the rows of praying believers, in which color, language, social status, sect, or character are not distinguished. Let us join the prayer in recognition of the oneness and uniqueness of Allah. Let us stand together shoulder-to-shoulder, living together in unity and brotherhood. Let us embrace the prayer so that it would embrace us on the Day of Judgment. Let us fill our mosques so that Allahs mercy and blessings will pour down upon us. Let us love the prayer so that the Prophet (pbuh) will love us. Come to prayer! Come to revival with prayer! Come to true salvation with prayer! web site: www.namazladirilis.com The volunteers of the prayer platform e-mail: namaz@namazladirilis.com |
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@kekasih | 8 December 12 | |
MEETING WITH A REAL FRIEND Allah Almighty created all beings for humanity, and He created human being for Himself. Therefore human being has the excellent design. Lets think a tree. When we observe why this tree was created, we look for what kind of qualities it was equipped with and what is the use of it. From the conclusions we have reached, we figure out the purpose of its creation. This method may be applied to all the creation, and at the same time manifests the value of it. The above mentioned method can be applied to Human being, too. When we look at his spiritual and material qualities, we easily understand that this perfect being was created for a paramount objective. Nobody uses a vase decorated with precious pearls for flower cultivation. That vase would be set to a worthy place as a decoration. Human being, who has several seen and unseen superior powers, shouldnt be at the same living level with the other creation. Above the common qualities between them, he must take his place for a much more superior purpose in the scene of the creation. Allah Almighty proclaims that mankind must be beings consciously communicating with Him. Because only mankind can achieve that with the capabilities of his creation and possibilities he holds. In this matter, even if a person experiences all the material joys of this world, gets every thing that he wants, and acquires highest position, rank, and fortune, none of these will bestow him the tranquility. Momentary pleasures and every action staying here in this world and not reaching to the eternity can not go beyond the temporary satisfactions. All of these are on the lower levels of humanity. Even if you do nothing in this world but only perform your worship, since it is the raison dtre of our creation, that means you have done everything. If you accomplish everything and do not perform your worship to Allah, that means you have achieved nothing. This is similar to a teacher who doesnt follow the educational plans given him and does every kind of activities outside the educational program, that means he hasnt done his duty as a teacher. A living style centered by connection with Allah Almighty is the most ideal living mode. The spiritual universe of the people who continue their lives disconnected from their Creator, since they can not get spiritual nourishment, will not be able to nurture like a plant without water. Peoples connection with their Creator materializes in the worship of prayer as the highest level. Because, prayer is the only type of worship which combines all other types of worship. By means of Prayer, a servant personally goes to the presence of Allah Almighty. He converse with Him. This is the most sublime bliss for a human being. We become friends with the people who understand us most. Since only Allah absolutely understands us, our only true fried can be Our Lord. With the prayer and chapters of the Quran recited in the prayer, we explain our situation to our Real Friend. When we say Guide us to the straight path while reciting the chapter of fatiha, good tidings of whatever My servant desires is given suddenly comes. He bestows hundreds of thousands of gifts from the paradise for we meet Him. In this book, you will find a rich explanation of prayer from different perspectives. You will rediscover it, and you will realize your missed revival with it. You will perceive that prayer is a solution. You will find the escape from stress, which is one of the biggest problems of our age. You will live that none of the meditation methods offered to humanity for serenity is as effective as it is. You will feel your elevation from lower levels to the highest ranks of the universe. You will see that prayer turns into a glory and take you to completely different horizons through your spiritual world. Then Lets come to the prayer, lets come to revival with the prayer. |
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@kekasih | 8 December 12 | |
Abdullah Yildiz PRAYER IS A REALIZATION OF TAWHID (UNITY OF ALLAH) Faith in Allah's unity and uniqueness, which is based on the principle: ''There is no deity but Allah'', transforms into action through the prayer. Standing in the presence of Allah, the servant turns toward the qiblah with a purified heart and a spotlessly clean body and clothes. The believer, who turns towards Allah's house, the Ka'bah, concentrates his or her heart and thoughts on Allah, and turns away from all the other qiblahs. When the believer raises his hands and utters the words Allahu Akbar (God is the Greatest), he puts all worldly thoughts and concerns behind his hands and fixes his heart upon Allah. Servant who recites Ftihah every rakats of a prayer renews his ''contract of servitude'' with his Creator. The servant utters to the Lord of the worlds, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful on the Day of Judgment: ''Thee alone do we worship, and Thine aid do we seek'' knowing that s/he will eventually need to explain his/her deeds to Allah. The servant who stands in reverence in front of his Lord with hands crossed should know that the qiyam (standing) is a physical stand against the worship of false gods. The ruku' (bowing) is an act of submission and surrender to Allah. In ruku', the servant declares that she will not submit to any other authority other than Allah. Sajdah (prostration) is the peak of worship, obedience, and liberty. The prostrating believer admits his or her weakness and lowliness while glorifying and praising his Lord. He or she declares that they will not prostrate to any other being. Two units of prostration are symbolic of person's emergence from the earth and their eventual return to it. In tashahhud, the believer opens his or her heart to the Creator and acknowledges his or her servitude, just like the Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) conversation with his Lord without a mediator during his ascension. Prayer, as an act of tawhid, turns the believers into active subjects and not passive objects. |
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@kekasih | 8 December 12 | |
''Prayer turns the believers into active subjects and not passive objects.'' |
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@kekasih | 8 December 12 | |
Mawlana Jalalddin Rumi DON'T GO TO THE DOOR OF THE FRIEND EMPTY HANDED Arriving at the door of friends empty-handed is like going to the mill without wheat. On the day of Judgment, Allah the Exalted will ask to the people: ''what gift did you bring for the Last day?'' He will say: ''You came here empty handed, without provisions, alone and destitute just like the day we had created you'' '' tell me what gift did you bring for the Last Day?'' ''Or did you not expect to come back from the world to afterlife and stand in the presence of Allah?'' ''Did you regard news of afterlife in the Qur'an as frivolous?'' If you believe in hereafter, how can you stand at the friend's door empty handed? Give up sleeping, eating and drinking just a little bit and prepare your gift for the time when you will meet the Truth. O lover of truth be among those who sleep little at night and beg forgiveness of their vices in the middle of the night. Like a fetus in the womb move and wiggle, so you may be bestowed senses to see the Light. If you get out from this womb-like, distressed, troubled and sorrowful Earth, you will go into a wider and more comfortable world. |
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@kekasih | 8 December 12 | |
''Be among those who sleep little at night and beg forgiveness of their vices in the middle of the night.'' |
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@kekasih | 8 December 12 | |
Jeffrey Lang MY FIRST PROSTRATION I took a deep breath and then forced myself to the floor. Now on my hands and knees, I hesitated for a brief moment, and then I pushed my face to the carpet. Ridding my mind of all other thoughts, I mechanically pr*nounced three times, ''Subhana rabbi-l 'ala'' (Glory to my Lord the highest!). ''Allahu Akbar,'' I called and sat back on my heels. I kept my mind blank, refusing to allow any distractions to enter it. ''Allahu Akbar,'' I pr*nounced and put my face again to the carpet With my nose touching the ground I called out mechanically, ''Subhana rabbi-l 'ala, Subhana rabbi-l 'ala, Subhana rabbi-l 'ala.'' I was determined to finish this, no matter what. ''Allahu Akbar,'' I called out and lifted myself from the floor and stood up straight. Three cycles to go, I told myself. I had to wrestle with my emotions and pride the rest of the prayer, but it did get easier with each cycle. I was even almost calm during the last prostration. While in the final sitting posture, I recited the tashahhud and then ended the prayer by calling ''Assalamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullah'' with my head turned to the right, and again, ''Assalamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullah'' with my head turned to the left. Spent, I remained on the floor and reviewed the battle I had just been through. I felt embarrassed that I had struggle so hard to get through the prayer. with my head lowered in shame I prayed: Please forgive me my arrogance and stupidity. I have come from very far and I have so very far to go. At that moment, I experienced something that I had never felt before and which is therefore difficult for me to put into words. A wave of what I can only describe as coldness swept through me, which seemed to radiate from some point within my chest. I was rather intense, and initially I was startled; I remember shuddering. However, it was much more than physical sensation, for it affected my emotions as well in strange way. It was as if mercy had taken on an objective form and was now penetrating and enveloping me. I cannot say exactly why, but I began to cry. Tears began to run down my face, and I found myself weeping uncontrollably. The harder I cried, the more I felt the embrace of a powerful kindness and compassion When I finally stopped crying, I was completely exhausted. The experience I had just had was for me too unfamiliar and overwhelming to try to rationalize at that moment, and I thought that it was definitely too strange to tell anyone right away. I did realize this much, however: I needed God and prayer desperately. Excerpt from Jeffrey Langs book Even Angels Ask |
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@kekasih | 8 December 12 | |
Yasar Alptekin I WAS REBORN WITH PRAYER When I heard Sakip Sabanci's death, I went to Fatih mosque for his funeral prayer even though I had not known him very well. Because I didn't know how to pray, I took a friend of mine with me who knew how to pray. One of the most affluent citizens of Turkey was dead, worn his cerements and alone. For a moment I thought ''If I were him, would I be different? I decided to pray regularly, after Sakip Sabanci's funeral. That night my friend, who was with me at the funeral, came to my home and taught me how to pray. At 2 AM, I walked to a mosque. It was closed. I waited two or three hours shivering in the middle of the night. Then mosque opened and I went inside. Then I was startled with loud noise. It was like an earthquake. When I heard the azan, I felt that all of my body cells started to tremble. I started pray dismissing everything in this world. I was in the presence of my Lord from whom I tried to escape for the last forty years. I threw my past which was fancy on the outside but filthy in the inside. Now I am like four years old. Because I dont count my years without prayer as part of my life. If that man in the coffin were me, would I be different? |
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