19/05/2026
A SUFI MANUAL: UNDERSTANDING PRAYER – PART 1
"If My servant raises their hands to Me in supplication, I would be ashamed to send them away empty."
— Hadith Qudsi
"Prayer is the weapon of the believer."
"Prayer is the essence of worship."
— Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
"I am as My servant thinks of Me. Let them think of Me as they will."
— Hadith Qudsi
In other words, if you hold absolute, unwavering belief that your prayer will be answered, then know with certainty that it will.
When we pray, we must remain mindful of the verse:
"You cannot will unless Allah, the Lord of all worlds, wills."
Thus, to truly desire something is to already attain it—because Allah will not allow His servant to persistently ask for what He has no intention of granting.
How can mere words become a weapon?
To grasp this, we must explore the depths of Sufism.
In their essential nature, human beings are created with the attributes of Allah and exist through His existence.
We are alive because of Allah’s quality of Hayy (The Living).
We possess knowledge because of His quality of Aleem (The All-Knowing).
We are able to act and choose because of His quality of Mureed (The Willing).
The degree to which a person manifests these Divine Names—already present within their being—determines how effectively they can attain their desires and be protected from their fears.
So what is prayer?
Prayer is nothing more than a technique to activate the divine power within you.
When a person prays with full concentration and focus, they can achieve things that seem impossible. That is why prayer is the believer’s most powerful weapon.
To optimize this technique, we must understand the significance of its form, place, and timing. Our physical postures during prayer are deeply meaningful.
Important Note on Posture:
When praying, raise both arms until the armpits become visible. Extend your hands, level with your face, so they align with the rays emanating from your fingertips—about thirty centimeters from your face—allowing them to join with the rays emitted from your forehead. This meeting point is where the Lord and His servant connect during sujud (prostration).
The merging of energy waves from the fingertips with the directed brain waves creates a laser-like effect, crucial for the realization of prayer.
Thus, the primary force behind accepted prayer is not external but is fully activated from the Divine Names within us. Internalizing those Names is key. In short, prayer is the act of manifesting one’s needs through the divine power already present within. There is, of course, a scientific explanation for this.
The Scientific Perspective:
Prayer is essentially guided brain waves. Just as knowledge transforms into energy and the quantum field gives rise to the universe, the desires of consciousness emerge from the realm of knowledge and become actualized through the densification of guided brain waves. The stronger the concentration, the faster the response.
This explains the saying: "The prayer of the oppressed will never go unheard", and "The cursed will never attain true success"—for a curse is uttered with such intense focus that the negative brain waves directed at the target become nearly inescapable.
There is a saying: "If a curse does not affect the grandfather, it will eventually affect the grandson." This is because the curse modifies the genetic code of the one who receives it. Even if its effect does not appear in him, it is passed down to his children and grandchildren.
Returning to the physical posture:
The arms must be raised and open, hands in front of the face. This is how the Prophet of Allah prayed. Praying in this standing position—arms raised high, palms open toward your face so rays can flow freely from the fingertips—is highly effective, especially during prostration.
Prayers made after midnight (one reason the night prayer is so swiftly answered), when the sun is completely behind the earth and its radiation minimal, are immensely powerful.
If you pray during the final prostration of the Salat al-Hajat (Prayer of Need) or any other prayer, its effectiveness increases further.
Practical Advice:
If you pray at night—when solar energy does not interfere with what emanates from within—and in the final prostration you first confess and admit your faults and ask for forgiveness, repeating this for several days, then depending on what you seek, divine will, and the intensity of your energy flow, there will surely be a response leading to the fulfillment of your prayer.
The very fact that you are allowed to repeat the same prayer persistently is itself a sign that it will be answered. Allah would not allow a persistent prayer if it were not meant to be accepted. In other words, without persistence, the chance of acceptance is low.
When you prostrate, strong blood flow nourishes the brain with oxygen and energy, enabling it to emit powerful waves.
When you confess and admit your mistakes, intense concentration arises, further strengthening the waves of what you are praying for.
Another critical factor: The person must be completely free from suspicion and groundless fear—do not allow interference with the flow of energies. Prostration is a state in which the illusory ego is entirely lifted.
Thus, the Prophet advised us to "pray with certainty that your prayer will most definitely be accepted, without doubt or suspicion."
The greatest obstacle to answered prayer is doubt and suspicion. The prayers of those who have attained yaqeen (certainty) are answered swiftly because their doubt is minimal. Moreover, the enlightened engage heavily in spiritual practices (a form of daily spiritual exercises) that activate certain inner forces, further contributing to the effectiveness of their prayers.
A Critical Warning:
The jinn, known for their satanic attributes, whisper misleading suggestions to people about prayer, preventing them from using this most powerful weapon.
Final Advices from the Prophet:
"Ask Allah for everything, from the strap of your horse to the grass of your sheep."
Consider it a prize to pray during moments of emotional sensitivity, for this is the state of the hour of grace. When you are completely consumed by a particular need or topic, turning to Allah in that state means your brain is entirely focused on one purpose, and the divine qualities inherent within the brain become activated to manifest it.
The Most Important Factor:
The key to actualizing prayer is to nullify the ego-based self so that the one who is truly praying—the one stimulating the desire within the brain—is Allah, the Truth Himself: Ya Haqq.
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