Seek Help In Patience, Prayer and Concept of Doomsday

 

Seeking help in patience and prayer (L-76)

وَٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلْخَٰشِعِينَ45.

45. Wasta-‘iinuu bis-Sabri was-Salaah. Wa ‘innahaa lakabii-ratun ‘illaa ‘alal- Khaashi-iin.

45.  And seek help in patience and prayer. And truly it is hard save for the humble-minded—

 ‘Asta-‘iinuu – (seek help). This word has been derived from ‘awn, which means “help and support”. Origin of this word is ‘ista-‘aanat, which means “to seek help”. When someone feels a work difficult, he needs help of any other person/thing. In such situation, whoever requests for help, is called musta-‘iin, and who helps the needy, is called – Mu-‘iin. More explanation from it is musta-‘iin, which is from ‘ista-‘aanat (begging for help), and ‘a-‘aanat from mu-‘iin (helping someone).  

‘As-Sabru – (power of endurance, patience and tolerance), it is required every time. When any good work is being performed, doing it wholeheartedly is also patience; and when someone has to suffer from any calamity, bearing it without confusion is tolerance too. During working hard, the patience is necessary also. To keep the wishes pressed needs patience too. In short, patience is required every time and if we behold; it is the foundation of every good virtue.

God Almighty bestowed the mankind two things - soul and body. These both are very great blessings. Duty of the soul is to acquire knowledge, to devise and to take work from the body. And it is the duty of the body that it should move in accord with the intention of the soul. Prayer is a means of gratitude for these spiritual and bodily blessings. Recognizing Allaah Almighty is the thanks of the knowledge. Gratitude of the blessings of standing position is that someone should pray before God Almighty in straight standing position, then bow and remember Him in such position and then fall prostrate and remember Allaah in such position; that due to His blessings - hands from elbows, legs from knees, hands and feet from wrists and ankles can be bent. This is the great blessings; otherwise if any joint becomes stiff, then it would have a severe thrashing. Then the person must sit down and think that how is it a great blessing? Remember the blessing of turning the neck at the time of saying “‘As-salaamu ‘Alaykum  wa RahmatUllaah” to the right and then to the left.  Eventually, the person should thank God with tongue also by adopting every position of the body with intention. It is called a prayer.   

'Al- Khaashi-iin – (humble-minded people who fear God); this word has been derived from khushuu’, which means “to disclose one’s humility” and it is the biggest worship by the heart, the individuals who suppose themselves weak and feeble without help of God, are called ‘al-Khaashi-iin. It is the great worship of the heart to assert one’s humility during standing position, bowing position, prostrating position and in sitting position before God Almighty, because in prostrate position, all limbs of the body are bent which is a sign of capability to work and health of the body. So the prostration is the best form for declaration of the gratitude and conception of helplessness. We should think that if the body parts do neither turn and nor move then the mankind is helpless and crippled. From it, those people should learn who deem that the prayer is useless. 

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