Thirty & Up The Secrets Of Prayer #09
Sep 16, 2026 · 54 min · 9 segments
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Sep 16, 2026 · 54 min · 9 segments
So Imam Ghazali, when he's talking about the prayer, remember, this book is not like how to pray.
Okay, put your hands here, put them here." That's not what this book is about.
This book is about why do we pray and what do we get from prayer, and how can we make our prayer more meaningful and better.
But beyond a person understanding how to pray, there's also the reflection of how do I take from my prayer and make it better.
So we were talking last week about khushu', and he starts the chapter with this really beautiful ayah in the Quran where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala makes it like abundantly clear why we pray, right? We talked about this.
We pray so that we can, you know, and we all kinda had our schedule, to keep our schedule.
But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he says, "Wa aqim al-salata lidhikri," establish your salah for my remembrance.
The first is that prayer only works when it's something that is done in consistency.
So if I pray irregularly, like if I'm praying not regularly, then I'm not gonna feel the effect of that prayer.
They say, "Why are there five prayers a day?" Why would Allah not just say, "You know what? Wake up and pray all of your prayers then," right? Or pray two of them there, and then pray three of them at the end of the day.
So Imam Ghazali, when he's talking about the prayer, remember, this book is not like how to pray.
Okay, put your hands here, put them here." That's not what this book is about.
This book is about why do we pray and what do we get from prayer, and how can we make our prayer more meaningful and better.
But beyond a person understanding how to pray, there's also the reflection of how do I take from my prayer and make it better.
So we were talking last week about khushu', and he starts the chapter with this really beautiful ayah in the Quran where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala makes it like abundantly clear why we pray, right? We talked about this.
We pray so that we can, you know, and we all kinda had our schedule, to keep our schedule.
But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, he says, "Wa aqim al-salata lidhikri," establish your salah for my remembrance.
The first is that prayer only works when it's something that is done in consistency.
So if I pray irregularly, like if I'm praying not regularly, then I'm not gonna feel the effect of that prayer.
They say, "Why are there five prayers a day?" Why would Allah not just say, "You know what? Wake up and pray all of your prayers then," right? Or pray two of them there, and then pray three of them at the end of the day.
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