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The following seven prayer movements are taken from

 

The Door of Prayer   (The Treasure, No. 9)

First Movement

Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Raheem

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

  • The Name of the Position:          Qiyam (Standing upright)

  • The State of Belief:                     Islam (Outward submission)

                                                      
    The desert Arabs say 'We believe'
                                                       [amana]
                                                        Say, "Ye believe not,but rather
                                                        say  'we submit' [aslamna] 
                                                        for the faith [iman] hath not yet
                                                       entered into your hearts."
                                                        Holy Qur'an  49:14

  • The State of the Self:              Nafs al-Ammara  (the Animal Self)
                                                     "The (human) soul is certainly 
                                                       prone to evil '
                                                        Holy Quran 12:53

  • The Name of Allah:                    Al Hayy  (the Ever-Living)

                                                     First ta'waf 
                                                      
    (circumambulation)
                                                       around the Ka'ba (the House of
                                                       Allah) in Mecca.

                                                     The Ka'ba is the outward house
                                                       symbolic of the inward House of 
                                                        Allah, the Heart.
          
                                                     
    First Earth
                                                      
    Awareness of the body


                                                      First Heaven
                                                         Adam

Second Movement


Alhumdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen

Absolute praise is for God Alone, the Lord of All Domains of Existence.

  • The Name of the Position:             Ruku (Bowing)

  • The State of Belief:                        Iman  (Belief)
                                                       "Each one of the men of 
                                                         faith believeth in
                                                        Allah, His Angels, His Books &
                                                        His Messengers"
                                                         Holy Qur'an 2:285

  • The State of the Self:               Nafs al-Lawwama  
                                                    
      (The Complaining Self)
                                                     
    "And I do call to witness the
                                            self-reproaching spirit: (eschew evil)."  
                                                               
    Holy Qur'an  75:2

  • The Name of Allah:                    Al Alim (the All-Knowing)

                                                       Second ta'waf

                                                
           Awakening the consciousness.

                                                       Second Earth
                                                
            Awareness of the body

                                                       Second Heaven
                                                
             Yahya & Isa  
                                                         
    (John the Baptist & Jesus, son 
                                                           of Mary)

Third Movement


Ar-Rahman ir-Raheem
The Compassionate, the Merciful

  • The Name of the Position:        Second Qiyam (Standing upright)

  • The State of Belief:                    Ihsan (Perfection)
                                                
            "Verily, in the Messenger of
                                                           Allah
                                                         ye have a beautiful example...." 
                                                           Holy Qur'an 33:21

  • The State of the Self:         Nafs al-Mulhamma (the Inspired Self)
                                                     "By the soul, and the proportion
                                                      and order given to it". 
                                                             Holy Qur'an  91:7

  • The Name of Allah:                     Al Iradat (Desire)

                                                       Third ta'waf
    (circumambulation)

                                                       Third Earth

                                                       Third Heaven
                                                
           Yusuf   (Joseph)

Fourth Movement


Maaliki yaum-id deen
King of Judgement Day

 

  •   The Name of the Position:        Sajda (Prostration)

  • The State of Belief:                    'Ilm al-Yaqin
                                                            
    (Knowledge of Certainty)
                                                  This knowledge comes from hearing  
                                                     about the Fire of Truth.
                                                                                                    

  • The State of the Self:                Nafs al-Mutma'inna 
                                                            
    (the Self at Peace)
                                                   "(To the righteous soul will be said:)

                                                     "O (thou) soul  in (complete) rest
                                                       and satisfaction
                                                      Holy Qur'an 89:27

  • The Name of Allah:                  Al Qadir (All - Powerful)  

                                                    Fourth Ta'waf
                                                              
        (circumambulation)   

                                                     Fourth Earth

                                                    Fourth Heaven
                                                     Idries / Enoch

Fifth Movement


Iyyaaka na'budu wa iyyaka nasta'een
You Alone we worship, and to You Alone we pray for help

  • The Name of the Position:          Jalsa (Sitting)

  • The State of Belief:                 'Ayn al-Yaqin ( Eye of Certainty)
                                                    
    This knowledge comes from seeing
                                                    the light of the Fire
                                                    with the inner eye, the basirah. 
                                                    "Musa said to his household:
                                                    Verily beyond all doubt I have seen
                                                     a fire
                                                     I will bring you tidings of it
                                                     [ie. 'ilm al-yaqin] or I will bring you
                                                     a flaming brand that ye may warm
                                                     yourselves.
                                                      [ie. 'ayn al-yaqin]." 
                                                     Holy Qur'an 27:7

  • The State of the Self:                Nafs al-Radhiyya 
                                                      
    (The Well-Pleased Self)

                                                    "Come back thou to thy Lord, 
                                                        Well Pleased (thyself)."  

  • The Name of Allah:                   Al Sami' (All - Hearing)

                                                     Fifth Ta'waf (circumambulation)

                                                     Fifth Earth

                                                     Fifth Heaven
                                                    Harun (Aaron)

Sixth Movement


Ihdinas siraat-al-mustaqeem
Guide us, O God, on the Right Path.

  • The Name of the Position:         Second Sajda (Prostration) 

  • The State of Belief:                   HAQQ al-Yaqin 
                                                     
    (The Truth of Certainty) 
                                                    To be consumed in the Fire. 
                                                    To become one with Reality.
                                                    "But when he[Musa] came to the
                                                    fire, a voice was heard:
                                                    'O Musa! verily I am thy Lord!
                                                    Therefore in My presence)
                                                     put off thy shoes: thou art in the
                                                     sacred valley Tuwa."
                                                     Holy Qur'an  20: 11-12

  • The State of the Self:               Nafs al-Mardhiyya 
                                                    
    (The Well-Pleasing Self)
                                                  "And well-pleasing unto Him!" 
                                                   Holy Qur'an  89:28

  • The Name of Allah:                    Al Basir (All-Seeing)

                                                      Sixth Ta'waf

                                                      Sixth Earth

                                                      Sixth Heaven 
     
                                                       Musa (Moses)

Seventh Movement


        Siraat-al ladheena an'amta 'alayhim ghayril maghdubi 'aayhim walad dhaaleen.  Ameen.

The Path of those You have favoured.   Not of those who are the object of Your displeasure, or of those who go astray.   Ameen

  • The Name of the Postition:         Second Jalsa (Sitting at Rest)    

  • The State of Belief:                     Islam 
                                                 
      (Total Submission to Allah)
                                                    Islam - the very essence of Islam
                                                    is istislam, which
                                                    is going to meet the Divine Will in
                                                    utter compliance.
                                                    "Behold! His Lord said to him
                                                    [Ibrahim]: 'Surrender! (aslim) 
                                                    He said:'I have surrendered
                                                    (aslamtu) to the Lord of the
                                                     Worlds!"  
                                                     Holy Qur'an  2:13

  • The State of the Self:               Nafs al-Kamila (The Perfect Self)
                                                   The Life of the Senses 
                                                    (Hayyat al Sha'ur)
                                                   "Enter thou, then, among My
                                                    slaves!" 
                                                    Holy Qur'an 89:29

  • The Name of Allah:                  Al Mutakalim (Speech)

                                                   Seventh Ta'waf

                                                   Seventh Earth

                                                    Seventh Heaven
                                                    Ibrahim (Abraham)

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