54 - Division of Prayer

1. If anyone offers a prayer without reciting the Mother of the Qur’an, it falls short’. He repeated it three times, ‘not perfect’.  2. It was said to Abu Hurayrah: ‘We are praying behind the imam’. He said: ‘Recite it in silence.  3. I heard God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) say: “God, the Exalted, said: I have divided prayer in two halves between Myself and My servant. My servant shall have what he requests.  4. When God’s servant says: ‘All praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds’, God will say: ‘My servant has praised Me’. When he says: ‘the Lord of Grace, the Ever-Merciful’, God will say: ‘My servant has extolled Me’. When he says: ‘Master of the Day of Judgement’, God will say: ‘My servant has glorified Me’. (In one narration: My servant has submitted himself to Me.)  5. When he says: ‘You alone do we worship and to You alone do we turn for help’, God will say: ‘This is between Myself and My servant. My servant shall have what he requests’.  6. When he says: ‘Guide us on the straight path, the path of those on whom You have bestowed Your favours, not those who have incurred Your wrath, nor those who have gone astray’, God will say: ‘This is granted to My servant, and My servant shall have what he requests’”.