Who deserves to be Worshiped ?

{O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and
your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the
ankles…} (Quran 5: 6)
Prophet Muhammad (bpuh) taught his followers (by his statements and his
example) that ablution includes washing the hands, rinsing the mouth, washing the
face, washing the arms, wiping the head, and finally washing the feet.
17.14 Revival of performing prayers physically
Jesus performed his prayers physically, not just through supplication. Mark 14:32
states, “And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he [Jesus] said to his
disciples, ‘Sit here, while I pray.’”
Luke 5:16 says, “But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.”
Islam revived prayers as a main act of worship. In numerous Quranic verses,
Allah, the Exalted, has instructed believers to perform prayers. For example:
{And establish prayer and give zakah and bow with those who bow [in worship and
obedience].} (Quran 2: 43)
Prophet Muhammad (bpuh) taught his followers (through words and actions) that
performing prayers includes standing up, bowing down and prostrating.
Interestingly, the manner of performing prayer that Jesus taught is more in line with
the way Muslims pray than with what Christians do today. According to Isaiah
45:23, God is reported to have said, “To me every knee shall bow.”
Jesus is described in the Gospels as prostrating during prayer. The method
of prostration in prayer followed by Jesus was not of his own making. It
was the mode of prayer of the prophets before him. In the Old Testament,
Genesis 17:3, Prophet Abraham is recorded to have fallen on his face in
prayer; in Numbers 16:22 and 20:6, both Moses and Aaron are recorded to
have fallen on their faces in worship; in Joshua 5:14 & 7:6, Joshua fell on
his face to the earth in worship; in I Kings 18:42, Elijah bowed down on the
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