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SAJDA: Highest Point of Communication with Allah
Asifa
06/21/02 at 08:50:50
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While reading the book “THE FOUR PLIIARS OF ISLAM” by Syed Abdul Hasan Nadvi, this part of the book inspired me alot.  I am sharing this all of you with a hope that inshallah you will feel the same.

In the whole of Salat, Sajda marks the highest point of nearness or communication with God.  It is the most worthy and adorable act in his sight.  The devotee covers his forehead with dust in front of the Almighty and surrenders himself for the moment to the prompting of the heart.  Now there is neither a limit to submission and repentance nor a restriction on the shedding of tears.  A storm ranges within him and the cup of his heart begins to overflow. Since the bondman is nearest to his Lord in Sajda.  So beg earnestly of him and supplicate to him solemnly in it.   The devotee thus tries to make the most of this priceless moment and cries his heart out in the presence of the Almighty.  He so to speak says:

O Lord!  Thou hearth what I say and seeth whenever I am and in whatever state. Thou knowest what is secret and what is manifest in me,  and  naught concerning me is concealed from Thee.  I am in distress, a beggar.  I beg Thee for protection and succor.  Thy fear is gripping me.  I confess my sins.  I entreat Thee like a poor, helpless suppliant.  I beseech thee like a wretched sinner.  I implore thee like an afflicted, awe-struck slave – a slave whose head may be bowed before Thee, whose tears may be flowing in Thy presence, and whose body may be bent (in utter submission), a slave who may be lying prostrate on the ground, begging and imploring and crying his heart out:  O’ lord! Do not reject my prayer; have mercy on me.  O Thou!  The Best and Most Excellent of Givers and the Noblest of Helpers’.

This is the Sajda before which the mountains have quivered and earth has shaken.  The heads of powerful rulers and arrogant despots used to bend against it’s resistible force.  The all conquering,  Sajda  of intense love and devotion has, time and again come to the rescue of the Millat and lent it a helping hand and it’s crusading endeavors and religious expeditions.  The history of Islam is studded with its glittering achievements.  On many occasions it has changed the course of history, altered the destiny of nations and turned the defeat of weak in to victory and the victory of the strong into defeat.

May Allah help us in saying our prayers with earnest devotion and love as Salat only takes effect when it is real, genuine and charge with life, warmth and vitality.

Jazak Allahu Khairun

Your sister in Islam

Asifa

NS
06/22/02 at 00:27:12
Asim


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