1 - Endless Bliss - Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

them, what good deeds were they? Eventually, Allahu ta’âlâ
blessed me with understanding the fact that these pious deeds
were the five binding rules, the five basic pillars of Islâm. If a
person does these five pillars of Islâm thoroughly and perfectly,
he will most probably be saved from Hell. These are original
pious deeds and will protect man against sinning and from
doing loathsome actions. As a matter of fact, it is declared in
the forty-fifth âyat of Sûrat-ul-’Ankabût of the Qur’ân al-kerîm:
“A prayer of namâz performed perfectly will certainly
protect man against doing fahshâ (foul) and munkar
(loathsome actions).” If it falls to a person’s lot to carry out the
five principles of Islâm, he has expressed gratitude for the
blessings. If he thanks Allah, he will be protected from the
torment of Hell. He declares in the hundred and forty-sixth âyat
of Sûrat-un-Nisâ: “I will not torment you if you have îmân
and thank Me.” Then, one should try most willingly to carry out
these five principles of Islâm.
Of these five, among the ones that have to be done with the
involvement of the body, namâz is the most important; it is the
basic pillar of the religion. One should try not to miss even one
of the adabs of namâz [see fn. 65 in article 40]. If namâz has
been performed perfectly, the basic and the greatest pillar of
Islâm has been erected. The strong rope that will save one from
Hell has been caught. May Allâhu ta’âlâ bless us all with
performing namâz correctly!
When beginning namâz, saying “Allahu akbar” means to
profess that “Allahu ta’âlâ does not need the prayer of any of
His creatures; He does not need anything in any respect; men’s
performing namâz does not give Him a benefit.” And the takbîrs
(saying “Allahu akbar”) that are in namâz signify that “We are
not capable of doing the worship worthy of Allahu ta’âlâ.” Since
the tasbîhs in rukû’ (bowing when performing namâz) have this
same meaning, we are not commanded to say “Allahu akbar”
when straightening up after rukû’. However, we are
commanded to say it after the tasbîhs of sajda (prostrating), for
sajda is the lowest grade of humility, inferiority and degradation.
By doing this one may suppose that one has worshipped
properly and perfectly. In order to protect one against this
supposition, it is not only a sunnat to say the takbîr when
prostrating and straightening up during these sajdas, but also
we are commanded to say “a’lâ” in the tasbîhs of sajda.
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