Fajr (Morning Prayer)

‘Glorify Allah before sunrise, and before sunset, and as night approaches, and at the start and end of the day.’ (Holy Qur’an)

Human life is linked to the physical world and the physical body that appears before us. To provide the physical body with strength, man carries out those actions that provide him with the comforts of the physical world. Allah has created the day for man to earn his livelihood. This is so that man can work hard at fixed times to fulfill his physical demands, and spend the months and years of his life in comfort and ease. In reality, to perform the Fajr Prayer is an acknowledgement of the fact that Allah has made us rise from sleep, which is actually half the stage of death, with conscious and intellect and has made us capable of working and making effort in order to fulfill the physical demands of life. By performing the Fajr Prayer we thank Allah. It is also important for one to be attentive towards the fact that Allah is our Provider and Sustainer. It is Allah who creates the resources for us and grants us strength to search for our food and sustenance on His Earth so that we may spend a decent life. Apart from this, the spiritual and physical benefits achieved are that the rays attained in Prayer create energy within one; an energy and strength that keeps all existing matter in motion. These rays contain a plentiful quantity of all those vitamins that play a vital role in the conservation of life.

When one gets out of the region of the four walls of the house and enters into open air and bright light, a clean and pure atmosphere is made available for one to breath in. If the atmosphere and air is clean one is supplied with vitality. For women, the courtyard, and for men, the mosques provide this fresh air and light. Out of the fundamental requirements to keep life established, fresh air and light have been given great importance. If one is kept deprived from fresh air and light for a period he acquires many illnesses including diseases such as tuberculosis. It is a bounty of nature that by offering the Fajr Prayer one, without having to make much effort, seeks the favours of fresh air and light and remains protected from infectious diseases.

Early in the morning the singing of the birds, the sweet sound of the sparrows, the slow graceful walk of the quadrupeds are all expressions of the fact that they glorify Allah and thank Him for granting them the ability and energy to search for their food once again.

When one who offers the Fajr Prayer is occupied in worship and glorification alongside all other creatures, the whole atmosphere of the world becomes clean, illuminated and enlightened. The pureness of this atmosphere blesses man with physical and spiritual nourishment.

Zuhr (Early Afternoon Prayer)

From morning until afternoon man remains occupied in the acquisition of the means of livelihood or engaged in organizing food and drink, all which are required to keep life established. The nerves get tired and the body gets exhausted. When one performs ablution after working hard for the fulfillment of physical demands one is liberated from tiredness. When one then performs Prayer one is supplied with spiritual nourishment. A world of delight, pleasure and joy is enlightened upon one.

Once the intensity of the sun has reached its peak and the sun slowly begins to set, a gas is expelled from the inside of the earth.

This gas is very poisonous, to the extent that if one is affected by it, all sorts of diseases inflict one. The mental system becomes so disturbed that one could be given the supposition of a mental person. During this time if one is mentally occupied in worship, the divine lights of Prayer protect one from this poisonous gas. The divine lights cause this poisonous gas to become inactive.

Asr (Late Afternoon Prayer)

The Earth rotates in two ways; axial rotation and longitudinal rotation. Once the sun begins to set, the speed of the earth's rotation is decreased and keeps slowly decreasing after this. By late afternoon the rotation is decreased so much that the senses are put under pressure. Humans, animals, beasts and birds all start to become subjected to the senses of the night and distanced from the senses of the day.

Every wise human feels that in the late afternoon a state of tiredness and weakness draws upon one. The Asr Prayer prevents tiredness and weaknesses overtaking one, to the extent that it protects the brain becoming affected negatively. The conscious of the one who performs ablution and the Asr Prayer is strengthened so much that one can easily accept the subconscious and become closer to the soul. The brain becomes prepared to receive spiritual stimulation.

Maghrib (Sunset Prayer)

Man thanks Allah for providing him with sustenance, for blessing him with a house and a good partner who fulfils the family’s demands. The emotions of gratitude bring happiness and joy to one, and the attributes of the Creator of the universe that are used to create the universe start to become active within one. When one then converses with the family with a content mind, the lights operating within one are directly transferred to the children. These lights cause the children to have love and respect in their hearts for the parents. Children unwillingly absorb their parents’ habits very quickly and this creates the emotions of importance and love of parents in them. In short, the one who offers the Maghrib Prayer in its proper manner has obedient children who respect their parents.

Isha (Night Prayer)

The Isha Prayer is a specific programmed devised to introduce one to the unseen world and to unite one with Allah. The reason being that at night time one enters the senses of the night. This is the reason that the lessons, religious recitations (Wird) and invocations practiced in spiritual education and development are practiced after the Isha Prayer. This is due to the fact that when one enters into the senses of the night one subconsciously and spiritually becomes very close to the unseen world, and one’s supplications and requests are accepted. The Isha Prayer is the thanking of Allah of the fact that Allah has granted one deliverance from the senses of the wakeful state and made one enter the life in which Adam existed before committing disobedience in Heaven. It is through these senses that one observes dreams and through which the relevant information regarding safeguard from forthcoming problems, issues and diseases is disclosed. By the interpretation of dreams one remains secure from problems yet to occur in the future. After offering the Isha Prayer if one goes to sleep, the whole night is subconsciously spent in worship and Allah's blessings descend upon one. The dreams of such a person are based on truth and divine inspiration.