Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Discovering God · Ch 5 — Attributes of God

Prayer and Super Prayer

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There are two kinds of calling upon God, or prayer. One is to utter some specific words in the simple sense and then ask God for something. The other is that which may be called super prayer. This is the kind in which the suppliant prays in such a manner that it becomes a personal issue for God himself, just as it was a personal matter for the caller. Where the first type of prayer is traditional, the second type of prayer is creative. The former type of prayer can be called making a request, whereas the latter may be called invoking God, for example: “Almighty God was invoked by his call.”

This is the difference between simple prayer and prayer taking the great name of God. Prayer may be of a general kind but prayer taking the great name of God is a super prayer. For a better understanding of this matter, we give an example below.

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The realization of God is the essence of religion. Without maarifah, religion is reduced to a spiritless form.

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