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.