Clean in my mind and heart
-
We all or many of us have felt that way at some time. We suffer because we are powerless inthe face of it. As against that you should do, of course what is in your power and for the rest trust God and ask him to take care of those you cannot help. He can and He will. You have to trust. You have to trust that everything in His hands will be squared, that those who suffer will be requitted as least pproportionnately. That their reward will be bigger for having undergone such trials. That, as God says, nobody will regret anything. You have to trust, brother or sister and not be impatient. For you it may be a big dispairing mess. For God it is nothign. God can right everything and make good everything.
Help along, pray along, and trust. He knows. He knows how you feel, just ask Him and trust Him. God wants that we ask him for things.
Salaam
i think i believe 90% that the only reason for prayer is fellowship with God. It seems as if the odds of prayers being answered are low due to all the constraints and criteria that the prayer has to meet before even being eligible to be answered--if that makes sense-. i 90% believe that God does not intervene in our lives although he hears and sees everything. But I guess theres no way to know for sure. Thats just how I feel
-
Peace everyone,
In terms of God and when we pray what we think of in terms of God, I don't know if this helps anyone who feels a little lost or confused, but I don't envision anything. I just know my Creator's attributes and remember the name of God and the many titles that the Creator has. I find this very relaxing actually. It all fits together for me. We don't have to envision or struggle to see God, God is beyond our imagination. But we can know and understand God, see the many Signs in nature that God's attributes are found in and we understand all this for our relationship with Him. I think the point in the Quran where it says our Creator is very close to us - that's important, Allah is part of our life in a way we can't fully comprehend. Also that God is intimately involved in the creation all around us. God isn't creation, but the Creator that sustains all that is, but the whole nearness of God - that's very important I believe.
-
and WOW you pray without the rakaats, that is very very different from what i have learned.
There is no word "raka'at", but if you found it, I may send you some money to you.
-
There is no word "raka'at", but if you found it, I may send you some money to you. D
Sorry I mean there is no word "raka'at" in the Quran
-
Peace Tigress,
You have to work harder and God will show signs of His presence in your life. If you had been in my shoes I could have showed you, but unfortunately that it not possible. But deciding to have doubt and not doing like Fox Mulder in X-files and tell yourself "I want to believe" then it will be a lot harder for you.
God will not show Himself right away, you have to gain His favor, gaining His Nearness and Guidance.
I understand how silly it feels talking to someone who does not seem to respond, like a monolog, but He does hear and will subtly show you that he reponded to your various needs or wishes stated in the prayer if you have Faith in that God truly listened and that He actually is there.
God bless you
-
Peace everyone,
I agree with Man of Faith, it will become clearer when you continue seeking guidance and act out of faith by doing good. One thing I'd say is that there are many things that are Unseen that we know we depend upon, that is required for life to exist. People before us did not know some of these unseen processes and with science we have discovered some of them. There could be some unseen processes that we may never know or see or hear about even through science because it is on a scale we perhaps don't know about. If there is a God - do we really expect to see/hear Him? Or do we understand that we will know Him through His Signs and that step by step we will come to understand what we need to for our relationship with our Creator?