hi Unity, welcome to the forum ) i got the same experience as yours on prayers. i can read arabic but i don't understand the words, so got to see the translation for that. the problem when i do the prayer is that i don't understand the meaning naturally, and quite often that makes my mind wander about and forgot the arabic words i'm reciting lol i guess, for now, i'm happy with meditating. i can concentrate more, plus i can do it anytime i want, even when i woke up in the middle of the night in my sleep, i would meditate and think about god and life. so far it works like that pray