Daily Salah and understanding Qur

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Daily Salah and understanding Quran

• Out of the 24 hours in a normal day, the most
  precious moments for a Muslim is when he stands
  in front of Allah for Salah.
• Before, after, and during the Salah, I do ask
  Allah a long list of things and He out of His
  mercy grants them too.
• But how ungrateful I am that when He tells me
  something through the Imam during the Salah, I
  stand there as a deaf guy!
• How obstinate I am that even with years passing
  by, I dont try to learn Arabic!

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Daily Salah 2

• Whatever I am made to listen in these Salahs is
  written in my fate and is the message by Allah
  for me for TODAY at that time in that Salah.
• Nothing happens in this world by chance. It is
  not that Imam remembered some Surah and he
  recited it.

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Daily Salah 3

• Allah wants us to start everyday under Quranic
  light (with 2 lectures in 2 Rakaahs of Fajr)
• Allah wants us to end the day also in Quranic
  light with 4 lectures 2 in Maghrib and 2 more in
  Isha within 2 hours! Perhaps because man is more
  prone to Satanic temptations in the night (Allah
  knows best).

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Daily Salah 4

• I emphasize these 3 Salah because in these Salah,
  Imam may recite from any part of the Quran (and
  he should try to recite from different parts of
  the Quran).
• Consequently, if I do not understand complete
  Quran, I may miss the message in any of these
  Salahs simply because Imam may recite from any
  part of the Quran.
• I can not read translation in Salah. Most
  importantly, I wont know which part of Quran
  the Imam will recite. So, for all practical
  purposes, relying on translations for this
  purpose does not work.

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Daily Salah 5

• The right attitude in each one of these 3 Salahs
  is that I should stand with full attention and
  wait for instructions from Allah. I should try
  to pick up each and every word of Allah.
• And if I fail to understand, I should ask
  forgiveness from Allah and re-commit myself to
  understanding the Quran.
• Each Salah is a continuous reminder for me to
  understand Quran IN TOTAL and not just a part
  of it.

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Daily Salah 6

• If I dont understand Quran, then everyday I
  loose the message given to me in 6 lectures (two
  each in Fajr, Maghrib, and in Isha).
• That too, at a time when I am in the best of
  worshipping mode to Allah (out of the 24 hours).
  
• Every year, I miss the message given to me in
  2000 Rakahs (plus 240 or 600 rakahs of Taraweeh).
  
• It is equivalent to 5 EQUIVALENT rounds of Quran
  per year (2 rounds in 3 Salahs of the whole year
  1 in Taraweeh Self recitation of at least one
  round per year)

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Daily Salah 7

• It is true for other Salahs TOO. Whether we
  recite it or the Imam recites it, every part
  should be understood.
• It is true of our personal recitation of the
  Quran outside Salah too.
• Allah wants us to concentrate on certain ayahs
  (ponder on small pieces of Quran) in these Salah
  and to have a global view (ponder on bigger
  sections of Quran) in Taraweeh.
• If we dont understand Quran, a tremendous
  opportunity to build the relationship with Allah
  is lost. How tragic and tremendous loss it is!!!

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Daily Salah 8

• If we dont understand Quran, a tremendous
  opportunity to build the relationship with Allah
  is lost. How tragic and tremendous loss it is!!!
• Therefore, understanding Quran is not just
  related to time duration when one recites the
  Quran at certain time of a day. It is, in fact,
  related to every Salah everyday!!!
• Does that not motivate us to work quicker and
  faster (almost daily) on understand Quran?