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2:43 - And be steadfast in prayer; practice regular charity; and bow down your heads with those
who bow down (in worship). 60
60 The argument is still primarily addressed to the Jews, but is of universal application, as in all the teachings of the
Quran. The chief feature of Jewish worship was and is the bowing of the head. (2.43)
2:45 - Nay seek (Allah's) help with patient perseverance and prayer: it is indeed hard except to
those who bring a lowly spirit. 61
61 The Arabic word Sabr implies many shades of meaning, which it is impossible to comprehend in one English word. It
implies (1) patience in the sense of being thorough, not hasty; (2) patient perseverance, constancy, steadfastness,
firmness of purpose; (3) systematic as opposed to spasmodic or chance action; (4) a cheerful attitude of resignation
and understanding in sorrow, defeat, or suffering, as opposed to murmuring or rebellion, but saved from mere
passivity or listlessness, by the element of constancy or steadfastness. (2.45)
2:46 - Who bear in mind the certainty that they are to meet their Lord and that they are to return to
Him.
2:83 - speak fair to the people; be steadfast in prayer; and practice regular charity. Then did ye
turn back except a few among you and ye backslide (even now). 87
87 So far from the Covenant being of the kind you suggest in ii. 80, the real Covenant is about the moral law, which is set
out in ii. 83. This moral law is universal and if you break it, no privileges will lighten your punishment or help you in
any way (ii. 86). "Speak fair to the people" not only means outward courtesy from the leaders to the meanest among
the people, but the protection of the people from being exploited, deceived, defrauded, or doped with things to lull their
intelligence. (2.83)
2:110 - And be steadfast in prayer and regular in charity: and whatever good ye send forth for your
souls before you ye shall find it with Allah; for Allah sees well all that ye do. 113
2:238 - Guard strictly your (habit of) prayers especially the middle prayer and stand before Allah in
a devout (frame of mind). 271
271 The Middle Prayer: Salutul-wusta: may be translated "the best or the most excellent prayer." Authorities differ as to
the exact meaning of this phrase. The weight of authorities seems to be in favour of interpreting this as the 'Asr prayer
in the middle of the afternoon. This is apt to be most neglected, and yet this is the most necessary, to remind us of
God in the midst of our worldly affairs. There is special Sura, entitled 'Asr, of which the mystic meaning is
appropriately dealt with under that Sura. (2.238)
7:29 - Say: "My Lord hath commanded justice; and that ye set your whole selves (to him) at every
time and place of prayer and call upon him making your devotion sincere as in his sight: such
as he created you in the beginning so shall ye return." 10101011
1010 For wajh, see ii. 112 and n. 114. Our devotion should be sincere, not as in other men's sight, but by presenting our
whole selves, heart and soul, to Allah. Even so, it may not be enough; for the sight of our heart and soul may be
faulty. We should call upon Allah to give us the light, by which our sincerity may commend itself to Him as true
sincerity "as in His sight" (7.29)
1011 Cf. vi. 94. Our sincerity should be real sincerity, as in His sight for when we return to Him, we shall be stripped of all
pretence, even such self-deception as may satisfy us in this life. (7.29)
13:14 -For Him (alone) is prayer in Truth: any others that they call upon besides Him hear them no
more than if they were to stretch forth their hands for water to reach their mouth but it reaches
them not: for the prayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile) wandering (in the mind).
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: 1822 Haqq=truth; right; what is due, befitting, proper. All these meanings are to be understood here.
If we worship anything other than Allah (whether it is idols, stars, powers of nature, spirits, or
deified men, or Self, or Power, or Wealth, Science or Art, Talent or Intellect), our worship is
both foolish and futile. (13.14)
1823 Without Faith, it is obvious that prayer or worship has no meaning whatever. It is but an aberration of the mind. But
there is a deeper meaning. You may have false faith, as in superstitions or in worshipping things other than Allah, as
explained in the last note. In that case, too, you are pursuing mere phantoms of the mind. When you come to examine
it, it is mere imbecility or futility. Worship and prayer are justified only to Allah, the One True God. (13.14)
13:15 - Whatever beings there are in the heavens and the earth do prostrate themselves to Allah
(acknowledging subjection) with good will or in spite of themselves: so do their shadows in the
mornings and evenings. 1824182518261827
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