what is the difference between pray and wish?

Answer 1

Pray is a request to Allah to make our wishes come true. Its His will, whether he fulfill it or not.

Answer 2

I like the answer of Adorable, above.

I think wishes are the motivation for prayer, or can be. I can wish selfishly (I wish I was rich) or I can wish unselfishly (I wish there was no poverty in the world). Either way it is an expression of the heart which we should not ignore.

When you believe in God you can recognise these wishes as something leading you to prayer. God will teach you how to ask for what is right and good, that is, what He wants. Some of these things will be the same as you wanted before; some of them will be what you didn't want or even think about before. But you will recognise Will, that is, that there is a greater Will than yours but yours was always a kind of echo of it, however mixed up and twisted it was.

There are other kinds of prayer which are not asking for something, but they are all a kind of fulfilment of your deepest wishes.

Answer 3

For some there is no difference. For some, a wish is hoping for something that you want. A prayer implies that you are placing an issue with God for action. I think someone who prays for something reserves prayer for those special things in life; e.g., health, forgiveness, love; wishes would be used for material objects that you want but which aren't thought of as needs.

Answer 4

Praying is to a being outside of your self. A wish is a mindful undirected thought.

Answer 5

You pray to god, and you wish upon a star! when you pray you are asking god for help, When you wish you are hoping that it happens. either way neither will come true!

Answer 6

For most folks, there is no difference.
Traditionally, prayers were emotional and intellectual 'scripts' (so to speak). That is why the more traditional denominations stick to predefined prayers, while the less traditional denominations believe that prayers should be spontaneous. Prayer in the early Church was always liturgical, and was used as a form of 'meditation' (if you want to use that term).

Answer 7

I'm not too sure. But, I would say when you pray you are communicating to a God or Gods. I wish is just something that you want to happen... I guess.

Answer 8

Praying is wishing a supreme being would make something happen.

Answer 9

prays are never answered, but wishes sometimes come true

Answer 10

Sometimes you can wish for something when you are speaking with God, but other times when you speak with God you are thanking Him or talking about your day. Kind of like a square is always a rectangle but a rectangle is never a square. When talking with God, when you wish for something it is always a prayer, but their are other forms of prayer that is not a wish or want....