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Why Observing Prayers In Arabic? - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Why Observing Prayers In Arabic? 2022-10-20 480 Views Salat , Obligatory Daily Prayers The question sometimes is asked as to why should a Muslim observes prayers only in the Arabic language and not his mother tongue.

It may first seem logical that every Muslim should pray through his own mother language, so that he may understand what he says; but with a little more thinking and study, we shall find that there are strong arguments in favour of only one common language and that also Arabic.

Contents Arabic: A Deep and Vast Language A Common Language for the Islamic Prayer Cementing the Islamic Brotherhood The Quran, Work of Allah Translation almost Impossible Arabic: A Deep and Vast Language It is a fact recognized by linguists that the Arabic language has the best ability to express wide and deep thoughts and to explain important subjects in short and precise words.

Moreover, it has been proved that no language, except Arabic, is capable of presenting such deep spiritual, moral and ethical expressions in such an eloquent manner. Therefore the choice of Arabic for Islamic prayers is not to be wondered upon.

Veccia Vaglieri, an Italian orientalist at the University of Naples, writes in her book on Advancement of Islam, that in no literary work of the world can there be found such deep-meaning sentences with such beautiful words except in the Qur’an; and that depth of meaning is crowned with such eloquent language. The late George Bernard Shaw, in the course of his discussion on Islam at Mombasa in 1943 said: “I also very much admire the forcible and striking diction of the Qur’an.

What grace and beauty characterize that passage which depicts the dreadful scene of the doomsday field, and dealing with infanticide, dramatically leaves off at the question, ‘For what crime was thou slain?’ to the innocent child that was buried alive or put to death.

In my opinion, it is the most effective way of creating an abiding impression on the minds of people.” (1) Professor Arbury, the well-known orientalist scholar (University of Cambridge), says that no language has and shall have the ability to put in a short sentence, the word من (Min) (which is repeated five times in an ayat of the Qur’an) without disturbing the eloquence and conveyance of its meaning, except the language (Arabic) which is chosen for the Qur’an to convey the message of Islam.