04-07-2006, 08:05 PM
Bismillah
salam Mahasvapna
First off, the contempt word was a typo of course I didnt mean disrespect at all. I meant comfort and inner content.
Alhamdulelah, I did sort of understood your aim, that is why I made this initiation. I can see you are not after posting rigid questions. You are not after the system but rather the spirit of the system.
Let me see if the coming will help Insh a Allah,
Well where to start? As far as I can see, why are we here, to worship Allah, yes that is correct. Does Allah Need this? No. It is us who really need it, badly need it.
Allah Didn’t talk to any of the three Messengers prayer and peace be upon all of them, directly while on earth except with Moses. That is why we call him one who spoke with Allah. While Allah Spoke directly, when I say directly I mean not thru the Archangel Gabriel, to Prophet Mohamed salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam when he ascended to the skies in what is called the night journey.
Now back to our core of interest. How would u connect to Allah?
Allah Sobhanhuh wa Ta`laa Communicated His word to human beings thru the numerous prophets and Messengers Allah Sent to mankind starting from Adam to Mohamed peace and prayer be upon all of them. Allah Sent one after the other calling for the same concept which is to worship Allah and only Allah the One Who Is Worthy to worship without taking any associates or partner.
Being here in this world, is nothing but a test. Through this test, we of course need to excel in order to attain the desired grades. The desired grades in any given test can never be attained unless one puts down the correct answers according to the determined curriculum. I mean you cannt put correct math answers when you are sitting for a history exam, can you? Likewise, Allah may He be Glorified Placed the curriculum to us presented in the Holy books He Revealed to the Prophets and Messengers.
However, because mankind faces two powers of evil, satan and the ego (oneself), such books were subject to distortion till Allah revealed the Quran.
Thus, as I said Allah Communicates to mankind in general, not individually, thru the books, not because Allah Is Incapable of or unable to. But because Allah Does not Force Himself on us. Allah Is Free of all wants, we need Allah, Allah Needs no one, we need to relay our problems to the One Who Listens all the time, without being annoyed or tired, One Who Is Capable of solving any problem in less than a fraction of a second, One Who Can Find us a way out in any given situation from sources and means beyond our expectations. Thus, being able to worship Allah actually is an honor to us. When a Muslim puts his/her forehead down to the ground during prayer, in this specific position, one is close to Allah in a way that u cannt imagine. However, if one really truly desires to establish a one to one communication with Allah, at this point, it is up to us to strive to establish it using the means and path Allah Taught us, not what we invent or desire. If u r keen to be special to Allah, then Allah must be Special to you first. You must feel deep in your heart how special Allah Is, how unimaginable Allah Is, how Powerful Allah Is, how Superior and All Seeing Allah Is.
In Islam, we pray 5 times a day, this is worship yes, and it is the second pillar of Islam. Prayer is so important in Islam that one who denies it as being an obligation, I mean if one stops praying because he /she sees it is not an obligation to do so and does not believe it was ordained, one is deemed out of Islam. Prayer in Islam is seen as our meeting with Allah. Can u see this? Allah Allowed us and determined for us to go meet Him five times a day. And this chance is permitted to everyone without distinction. However, usually during any meeting with a superior one, the superior does set the time on which the meeting is initiated, also usually the superior kicks off the meeting. Unlike in prayer, Allah Did determine the time span of each prayer. For example we pray Fajr (early morning), the on time hour is 4.15 am, but it remains valid till 5.45. Therefore, if someone couldn’t get up till 5. 30 and got up and took the washing and stood there and started praying, Allah Shall not dismiss him/her and tell him/her u came on late I m not going to receive u. NO Allah Shall be still there and accept the prayer.
Also unlike the usual meetings with superiors, we kick off the meeting. Meaning we stand there, we start the prayer by saying Allah u Akbar. By doing so, we actually became into the status of prayer or more precisely went into the meeting. Can u see the point? U can actually remain in this meeting as long as you want, no matter how long u stay Allah Shall not dismiss u or say o I m busy I have other things to attend to.
Never one who does not perform prayer on time comes to pray late even after the time ends and seeking to make it up, and for example finds a secretary saying or sorry your appointment is over and Allah has another meeting. Allah Shall still be there for this person to Listen to.
Can u see? thus, it all depends on us and still in our benefit. Pls note that I m talking from the top of my head I m just expressing what is in my heart regarding the closeness of Allah.
Now back to being special, of course u can be very special to Allah as I said if u feel Allah Is special to u. We have means to attain this specialty, those means are well established in Quran and Sunnah. Allah Taught us how to get close to Him, because if we are left without direction we will be susceptible to fall into traps of satan. Some people may teach u and show u how to perform miracles, whereas, it might all be satan’s work.
The road to Allah is very easy, it just needs us to start. Once u start, you will certainly attain the inner satisfaction you are looking for. At any given time, on any position you might be, without any special rituals, like candles, scented sticks or what so ever, just start talking to Allah, even outside of the formal frame of prayer. Because prayer in Islam involves certain movements and recitation of Quran and supplications. But you may just start talking to Allah, using any language without any barrier or intermediate. You will not hear an answer back. But Allah Has countless means to give you the answer you need.
Again execuse any incosistency as I was as I said talking from the heart of a human being to another.
Let me stop here, and see if I will continue later on Insh aAllah.