A story told to me when I was little
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salamun alykum, All
Here's my question to producer. If its written in gita that "god created heaven and the earth " does that mean they will convert Muslims and Christians into Hinduism. peace
No.
now answer this;
"God created the heavens and the earth" I think its true, am I wrong?
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Amica,
I thought the story was cute.
I for one speak very little arabic and I stopped praying for a while because I felt like a parrot. I still struggle with prayer. I do maybe once or twice a day. I personally did at one point enjoy praying 5 times a day( when I first converted almost 3 yrs ago), but over time with full-time work, kids, school, cooking, cleaning and managing everything else in the household (bills, doctors, shopping... etc), it became a time restraint and a burden and I started to dread the call of prayer, which then led to me skipping and since I feel very little connection in my prayer, well then it was easy from there. Only after 2 weeks did my husband asked if I was praying. But this story is nice and adds some hope since I wanna get back on track with my prayer.
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Salaam,
I hope you do go back to prayer, Indelwyn. Holy Qur'an is trully a Miracle because I have no problems memorizing surahs in Arabic. Once I learn it, I cannot forget it. It is the native language translation that I have trouble with. Strange, I know, but it is so true. I think because very often translations are not 100% close to the original Arabic words in the Qur'an. Perhaps that is why the Ummah has prayed in Arabic for such a long time.
Anyway. What I have been trying to help myself is to memorize generalized interpretation of each surah/prayer when I recite them during the salaat. For example, what does 'Allahu Akbar" mean. And, as I am reciting words in Arabic, I try to get that general meaning repeated in my mind. I have been struggling with concentration in prayer for a long time, but I found that this does help. You might try it. Also, after each formal salaat I like to say a dua in my own language (sometimes English, depending of my mood) and I express gratitude. This helps too.
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Salaam,
I hope you do go back to prayer, Indelwyn. Holy Qur'an is trully a Miracle because I have no problems memorizing surahs in Arabic. Once I learn it, I cannot forget it. It is the native language translation that I have trouble with. Strange, I know, but it is so true. I think because very often translations are not 100% close to the original Arabic words in the Qur'an. Perhaps that is why the Ummah has prayed in Arabic for such a long time.
Salam Amica,
Quran just like Psalms (Tehilim) was written in a form of poetry... translated poem shall lose the 'artistic' aspect from the original. And memorizing poem (or song lyrics) is always easier given the repetitive and artistic pattern that it possess.
Nevertheless it doesn't mean that one must pray in a language which they don't understand.
It will be odd won't you think if somebody tell you that you must pray using (section of) psalms in Hebrew, while you doesn't understand Hebrew at all.Praying is for men not men for praying...
Salam / Peace