Zakir Naik – How can I increase my Khushoo and Concentration in my Salaah?

			The question asked by Jamal Abdi Nasir
		

			Assalamu alaikum. Brother. May Allah bless you. I'm watching from Edmonton, Canada.
		

			And the question that came on the Facebook just a couple of minutes back. My question is how can I
achieve the horseshoe in my prayer? I feel my salah lacks enough pressure. And the similar question
that has been asked earlier on the WhatsApp. I'll inshallah club them together so that we can answer
more questions in a shorter time. This question was asked on the WhatsApp
		

			sometime before, maybe a couple of days ago,
		

			up the Sorbonne from Bangladesh currently living in USA. My question is, Could you kindly suggest us
some ways or tips to concentrate better in our prayers and gain Taqwa fear of Allah? A similar
question is posed by Muhammad Imran Hussain Assalamualaikum. Sir, my name is Imran from Chittagong,
Bangladesh. When I stand in my prayer, I remember the worldly things. And I keep thinking over and
over again, about the moments of talking to my friends, how can I increase my attention in prayer?
		

			A similar question again by Zerrin. Conductor assalamualaikum Sir, I'm from Bangladesh. Many
children and adults ask, what should we imagine while praying to Allah? Should it be the Kaaba or
should we ask them to imagine space? And there are many such questions asking mainly on how should
we concentrate on a Salah and this problem of your mind deviating during Salah is common. Don't
think it only happens to you? It is very common, it even happened amongst the farmers.
		

			So this is a common phenomena that your mind deviates when you pray to Allah subhanaw taala and when
you're doing work of Allah when you're doing Dawa you know the shaitan try then comes and DVT SIBO
		

			and just to make it a light moment you know one cent mom was praying salah the Maghreb Salah and
after the Salah over the moody says that Imam you have prayed only to rocket he wants his own iPad
Thea car so one person gets up and says you have to do that I'm concerned about it is and how
because in mammogram, salah I calculate the profits of my business. Now I wasn't able to complete it
that we have not finished all that anyway, this is just a joke, just for like moments. So your mind
does deviate and do it's a joke it's a reality. People do even calculate the profit they will take
which they should ideally intraday, delete biscuits, social died deal in cold drinks. So should
		

			ideally, it happens. I've given a full lecture on this salah the program it was I just did which is
available on the YouTube when you read your Salah, I always say that most of the Muslims, they don't
understand Arabic language. So what we should do because we are non Arabs,
		

			our 80% of the Muslims, they're non Arabs.
		

			So more than 80% of all don't know Arabic language. So I always tell them that at least you should
memorize the meaning of those portion of the Quran that you recite in the Salah. You should know the
meaning of Surah Fateha very well.
		

			This will monitor him in the Name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful. Alhamdulillah Bill Alameen
bitwala, the Lord of the words are Ramana Rahim, most Gracious, Most merciful, and so on and so
forth. After that, you recite the Surah, the surah that you recite whether it be for a class,
whether it be for the NASS so if Allah whatever Surah See to it, that those Surah that you recite in
your Salah, you should know the meaning very well. Now when you're reciting the Arabic portion in
your mind, because you don't know the meaning only a small portion of your mind is occupied, maybe
5% 95% of your mind is free. And most of the Muslim you ask them to recite surah Fatah from the
		

			middle of the slip they will do it you know only a small portion so remaining is blank. That's the
reason it keeps on wondering now when you decide in Arabic. And when you also at the same time
translate at the back of your mind. Recite an Arabic at the back of your mind the meaning is being
translated. Now more portion of your mind is occupied less chances to deviate.
		

			Those who navigate the language besides reciting also concentrate on the meaning it will deviate
less. Now once you start doing this, maybe after a few months, it become mechanical. You're reciting
in Arabic You know the translation so well you can say it in the middle of a night in the middle of
asleep. So what
		

			then besides
		

			Even recollecting the meaning also concentrate on the meaning, a human being cannot concentrate on
two things together.
		

			You can consider it 50 50% For example, while driving a car, you are concentrating partly and also
talking no problem. But if you're reading a book, you can eat a book and even listen to something
else but your concentration is divided but 100% you want to consider reading the book and the
meaning you cannot do 100% reading the book and understanding the meaning and doing something new to
similarly when you are doing the Salah in your Salah Vinod, setting the Quran recollect the meaning
concentrate on the meaning, the more you concentrate on the meaning less will your mind deviate and
less chances the evil thoughts will come less chances you will think of something else but to
		

			concentrate if you know the meaning, if you don't know the meaning, how will you concentrate? This
is the most important factor for concentrating and forgetting crucial in Salah and you try this, it
will get you wonders, but your concentration level also keeps on different. The more you
concentrate, the more you will get the crucial in Salah, even for the children tells them the
meaning of sort of fathia also a class and that time it's not necessarily that you have to think of
something concentration itself occupies your mind. You don't have to see an image I don't see an
image. Yes if you don't have anything then you may have to bring in an image that cob etc but when
		

			you're concentrating on the meaning image not required and we'll get the real question. I hope that
answers the question in brief for more details. You can see my talk on Salah, the programming
towards HSS