I shall take my present leave-but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in humble supplication [prayer] that. . . His Divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in. . . the wise measures on which the success of this government must depend.
The correct prayer is never one of supplication but one of gratitude.
We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him, by continuance in supplication; to be humbled; to be reminded of our sins.
Do not despair when in spite of intense supplication, there is a delay in receiving the expected gift. He has guaranteed that he will respond in what He chooses for you, and not what you choose for yourself, and at the time He chooses not the time you desire.
Relationships can't blossom unless there is meaningful communication. That's why 'supplication is the key to worship. ' It is a sign of meaningful communication between God and a person.
The great thing in prayer is to feel that we are putting our supplications into the bosom of omnipotent love.
Saying "Ameen" is permissible after reciting the Surah of al-Hamd in the Salat (but it's still not part of the Salat) especially with the intention of supplication.
When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
The universe is the way it is. It's not going to be changed by supplications.
You can graduate a man's progress in religion by the amount of prayer, not by the number of hours perhaps, but by the earnest supplication that he puts up to God. There is no exception to the rule. Show me a man who prays and his strength and his power cannot by exaggerated. Just give to a man this power of prayer and you give him almost omnipotence.
No human being escapes the necessity of conceiving some good outside himself towards which his thought turns in a movement of desire, supplication, and hope.
