Amjad Tarsin – Using Imagination to Gain Closeness in Prayer

			This is a statement of hat im
alsam, one of the great pious
		

			predecessors of Ali Allahu, anh,
he says, Then I place the Kaaba
		

			before my very eyes, imagining it
says, If I'm standing right in
		

			front of the Kaaba, and I place
the srirat that goes over
		

			hellfire. I place it at my feet,
so as if I can see it at my feet,
		

			and I imagine paradise to my
right, and I imagine the fire to
		

			my left, and I imagine the Angel
of Death standing behind me. And I
		

			think and ponder deeply that this
will be my final prayer. Then I
		

			stand and pray, and I am between
the state of hope and fear. So I
		

			begin the prayer, and I say Allahu
Akbar, and I recite the Quran with
		

			tarti, giving each of the letters
it's right, and reciting properly
		

			and with reverence. And then when
I go into ru the bowing position,
		

			I do so with humility. And when I
go into prostration, I prostrate
		

			with reverential fear, with this
bouch. When I sit in the position,
		

			I do so with sincerity. And when I
finish the prayer, I do not know
		

			has it been accepted from me or
not?
		

			Even after all of that, I still
remain in a state between hope and
		

			fear. Is it accepted or not? I.