A CONSTRUCTIVE COURSE OF LIFE

On one hand, prayer is a divine training and on the other hand, it is a complete constructive course.  

The preparation for prayer begins with ablution or wudu. It is a means of purifying man in a regular way. After the ablution, the first sentence of prayer is Allahu Akbar (Allah is great). This phrase is repeated almost three hundred times a day in adhan and prayer. The phrase Allahu Akbar (Allah is great) has the implication that man is not great. He is insignificant and helpless. In this way, prayer leads a man to modesty.

Prayer has been commanded to be observed in congregation. This is the supreme training of unity. In congregational prayer, all the people offer their prayer behind an Imam who leads them in their prayer. In this way, prayer teaches us that we should make one of us our leader to follow him.

Prayer ends with salam which means ‘peace and blessings of God be on you’. That is, instilled with the spirit of peace for all human beings, coming out of the mosque.