What is "prayer"
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Peace be upon you,
I think it is time we discussed what exactly is "prayer"?
prayer (pr?r)
n.A reverent petition made to God, a god, or another object of worship.
So "prayer" is asking/begging/petitioning The God for something. Lets look at a few verse where someone is doing this.
(33 At that place and time Zachary called/prayed his Lord, he said "My Lord grant/present for me, from at you good descendants, that you are hearing the call/prayer."
(7189) He is who created you from one (F) soul , and He made/created from it/her its spouse to be tranquil/settle/secure to it/her, so when he had sexual intercourse with her she carried a light weight/pregnancy , so she passed with it, so when she became heavy, they (B) called/prayed The God their (B)'s Lord "If (E) You gave us correct/righteous, we will be/become (E) from the thankful/grateful."
(1440) "My Lord make me persist in the learning connection, and from my descendants, our Lord, and accept my call/prayer ."
All of these "prayers" are in the form of Dua, not solaat.
Now, what I want to focus on is 2186 when the God says he answers the prayers and is Near. Does this mean that if I ask the God for anything right now, such as money, will it miraculously come into my hand , or will I have to still seek it out? The point I am trying to make is that "prayer" is not a magic weapon that will suspend the laws of the God. If you 100% righteous and you jump off the empire state building, the laws of gravity will not be suspended for you no matter how much you pray. So just like Zachariah did, after he prayed(dua), He began as-solaat(the learning connection) so he could understand the God's laws that were working for his immediate concern, once the law was found by him through the sending to him of a controller(mailaika- remember the God and His malaika sens solaat upon the prophet) then he was able to see the solution.