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If they are not talking to God, who are they talking to? Are they just reciting words, like a Rosary? Is that really 'prayer' or recitation?
2007-09-29 19:50:16 · 15 answers · asked by Prof Fruitcake 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To my friend Sunshine: I was referring to the first answer to the question, not the question itself.
2007-09-29 20:03:18 · update #1
I really don't know how to pick the best answer here. I am looking for the best from the Muslim's perspective as that is what I am wanting to know. But there are different conflicting answers here given by Muslims. Which one is the one that is right (according to their faith)?
2007-10-01 13:29:09 · update #2
Here is what I found. As far as I know all religions that include prayer have some standards( bowing head, holding hands, fasting.......). According to the sight I found and the standards below they pray to God.
# Make sure your body and place of prayer are clean. Make the intention to perform your obligatory prayer.
# Standing, raise hands up and say "Allahu Akbar" (God is Most Great).
# Standing with hands folded over chest, recite the first chapter of the Qur'an in Arabic. Then recite any other verses of the Qur'an that you would like.
# Raise hands up, saying "Allahu Akbar." Bow, reciting three times, "Subhana rabbiyal adheem" (Glory be to my Lord Almighty).
# Rise to standing while reciting "Sam'i Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa lakal hamd" (God hears those who call upon Him; Our Lord, praise be to You).
# Raise hands up, saying "Allahu Akbar." Prostrate on the ground, reciting three times "Subhana Rabbiyal A'ala" (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High).
# Rise to a sitting position, saying "Allahu Akbar." Prostrate again in the same manner.
# Rise to a standing position, saying "Allahu Akbar."
# This concludes one "rak'a" (cycle or unit of prayer). Begin again from Step 3 for the second rak'a.
# After two rak'as, one remains sitting after the prostrations and recites the first part of the Tashahhud in Arabic.
# If the prayer is to be longer than these two rak'as, one now stands up and begins again to complete the prayer, sitting again after all rak'as have been completed.
# Recite the second part of the Tashahhud in Arabic.
# Turn to the right and say "Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah" (Peace be upon you and God's blessings).
# Turn to the left and repeat the greeting.
2007-09-29 20:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by DAN REVERE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Communication to God yes, but not talking to god... As you know it communication is an act of connecting to another being in many ways possible. But if you specifically says that praying is a Muslims act of talking to god, it's wrong. Talking is way of communication where you have 2 or more persons interacting with one another through words. So to the Muslims, praying and reading the Quran is an act of communication with god without having god communicating back to us in words from the mouth...
2007-09-30 03:18:14 · answer #2 · answered by philtre_09 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reality is my friend that Muslims today are in general very ignorant of their faith as well as many other things. Give them a breal they are ruled by ruthless dictators who are depriving them to basic rights like education, oppurtunity, and free speech.
Of course we are talking to God. Thats the whole point
2007-09-30 03:20:59 · answer #3 · answered by work4truth 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From what I gather it is a sign of submission to God. It shows God that they are submitting to his will and focusing on him throughout the day. So it is kinda like the Rosary thing except more mandatory for the believers of Muhammad.
2007-09-30 02:59:17 · answer #4 · answered by Prof. Dave 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dear, you didn't understand the question...
Well, actually it was a statement, he/she is saything that when Muslims pray, they are talking to God (during the prayer), and when they recite the Qur'an God is talking to them (with the words in the Qur'an).
Did I make it any clearer, or did I just repeat the same thing? :p.
Edit: LOL... ok, I thought you were refering to the question itself :p
Peace.
2007-09-30 02:55:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Islamic prayers as they are (fajr, zuhr, maghreb, asr & isha) is both talking to GOD & just stating the facts of our beliefs. At least I do. GOD knows what's in our hearts.
Example of parts of a prayer translated at best from Arabic to English:
"Salutations be to ALLAH & goodly be to ALLAH"......
I witness that there is no god other than ALLAH who has no partner.".........
"ALLAH hears all who praise HIM. O'our GOD you do we praise."
2007-10-07 08:22:32 · answer #6 · answered by Onomatopoeia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is correct..... Islamic prayer is not about talking to God, it is about worshipping, praising and glorifying God.
Du'a (supplication) is about talking to God, calling on God
2007-09-30 07:24:35 · answer #7 · answered by Muslimsister_2001@yahoo.co.uk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was not accurate in this regard.
Islam clearly teaches that Salaat (5 x prayers) is talking to Allah and reading his Word (Quran) is Allah talking to us.
We are all learning through this wonderful forum :)
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2007-09-30 02:53:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Praying to God is like talking to God...
2007-09-30 02:54:41 · answer #9 · answered by Lost my everything.. 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Who told you that, We muslims pray to God (i.e. talk to God)
2007-09-30 03:08:24 · answer #10 · answered by B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋