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وَلا قُوَّةَ إلا باللهِ. Then the right of your ritual prayer is that you should know that it is an arrival at the threshold of God and that through it you are standing before God. And when you realize that, then you will stand in the station of him who is lowly, vile, beseeching, trembling, hopeful, fearful, and abased.

And you will magnify Him Who is before you through stillness, and bowing of the head, [^1] and humbleness of the limbs, and yielding of the wing, [^2] and by saying the best supplications to Him in yourself and beseeching Him to release (from punishment) your neck that is encompassed by your offenses and destroyed by your sins. And there is no power but in God. Imam Sajjad first stresses the importance of prayer since it is the means by which we can appear at the threshold of God.

It is the means with which we can migrate from the material world, put all that entertains us behind, attend to the divine grandeur, leave the darkness of this world and enter the world of brightness. This migration should be according to the requirements stated by the Imam . Praying is the Greatest Form of Worship Islam has established the prayer as the most important form of worship, and has made especial recommendations to Muslims regarding it.

Islam has made it incumbent upon boys and girls to pray five times each day from the time they reach adolescence. They are supposed to make up any prayers that they may skip for any excuse. Especial times are also specified for saying the prayers. Times of the Prayer There are verses in the Holy Qur’an that specify the times of the prayer.