AMAZING IS THE PRAYER
As I stood there
I feel Allah is near
As I say Allahu akbar
I testify that there can be no one greater.
To bow down and prostrate
To the Lord of All Worlds
Humbling myself
As HIS slave.
When I pray, a part of me trembles
Both in fear and in absolute awe
Of His Might, of His Power, of His Greatness,
Of His Punishment, of His Reward, Of His Mercy, Of His Love,
Of His Creations, Of His Dominion of the Earth and the Heavens,
Of His Knowledge of the Unseen
And how neither sleep nor slumber overtakes Him.
Then when I make sujood
It is the best feeling in this whole wide world
To worship Allah as the One and Only True God
To surrender to HIM, offering every part of my being.
When I say, "Alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen"
Allah says to the angels, "My slave has praised me."
Isn't that enough to bring me to tears?
For Allah to acknowledge me as I pray.
The most beloved deed to Allah
Is the doing of the five obligatory prayers
Which was why HE made them obligatory
Because Allah Azza Wajal does not want me to be led astray.
Salah is not for HIM
It is for me, it is for us
To safeguard peace in our hearts
To give tranquility to our minds.
If I pray the morning prayer with an added sunnat prayer
I am assured that I am one of the richest people
Because Rasulullah (s.a.w) has said, "The fajr prayer is more precious than the world and everything in it."
Then if I consistently make sunnat prayers for isha and zuhur
I am assured to be saved from the punishment of the Fire's doom
And when I wait for the next Azan,
staying on my prayer carpet,
doing dhikr,
reciting the Qur'an,
after praying maghrib
The angels during the waiting duration tell Allah to grant me forgiveness.
When I commit a sin I regret doing
I need only to pray two raka'at to the Most Forgiving
Then I am thus forgiven
and can strive to be a good Muslim.
The whole night and dawn is an open chance
For me to pray Tahadjud even just once
A time when Allah comes down on our land
Asking, "Who seeks forgiveness so I may forgive him? Who seeks for help so I may help him?"
The benefits of prayer goes a multitude
It has many rewards and can change our attitude
It helps us remember Allah often
To enjoin what is right and stay away from the forbidden.
But the most neglected prayer aside from fajr
Is the one after the high noon, the praying of asr
Only a true Muslim can fulfill it though
If I can't then I am in deep woe.
As the angels who record our deeds leave our shoulders
And be replaced with the next assigned angels
If they leave us as we do the asr prayer
They report to Allah, "we left Your slave and he was praying."
In the grave and in the Day of Judgment
Our prayers will be our light, our shade and our helpers
So if there's one thing you should never fail to do
It is to bow down in prayer and make sujood.
Wudu cleanses not just our body
But also wash away the sins we may have unknowingly
So isn't prayer so amazing for everyone?
Truly what a loss if we miss even just one.
*And Allah knows best. May Allah guide us. Ameen. Allahu akbar!*
- Original Poem Written by Rasheena Alfaro
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