IMPACT OF WORSHIP AT SOUL
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IMPACT OF WORSHIP AT SOUL
God-seekers believe that acts of worship and religious duties are different from one another in terms of leaving a certain impact on soul and its perfection. Some of them have the quality of purification while others adorn the soul; some of them remove darkness from the soul while others illuminate man's soul. For example, charity purifies man's heart from the evil of love for wealth. In this relation, the Holy Quran says: Ø®Ùذْ Ù…Ùنْ أمْوالÙÙ‡Ùمْ صَدَقَةً تÙطَهّÙرÙÙ‡Ùمْ وتÙزَكّÙيهÙمْ بÙها. ?Take alms out of their property, you would cleanse them and purify them thereby. (9:103)?
Observing fast ?Sawm- strengthens one's will and power of resistance against carnal desires, leading to piety and immunity. In this relation, the Holy Quran says: يا أيّها الّذينَ آمَنÙوا ÙƒÙتÙبَ عَلَيْكÙم٠الصّÙيام٠كَما ÙƒÙتÙبَ عَلى الّذينَ Ù…Ùنْ قَبْلÙÙƒÙمْ لَعَلَّكÙمْ تَتَّقونَ. ?O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard against evil. (2:183)?
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The virtue of prayer is to illuminate man's soul with the light of the heavens and the earth. The Holy Quran says: ÙˆÙŽØ£ÙŽÙ‚Ùم٠الصّلاةَ Ù„ÙØ°Ùكْري. ?Keep up prayer for My remembrance. (20:14)?
Nevertheless, Hajj has a double purpose?it has the quality of purification and it is ornament as well. They both remove darkness of mammonism from heart and bring about illumination of God's remembrance. Almsgiving, being far from one's family, having no ease and comfort of one's home, one's business and jobs, tolerating the sufferings of a trip, having to put up with short-tempered co-travelers, sunburn, insufficient sleep, performing rather unfamiliar acts are not pleasant by the norms of the superficial intellect. Yet, throwing pebbles at Satan in Mina, waling at fast pace, getting out of one's normal clothes, and shaving one's hair are extremely useful in purifying man's heart from the evil of arrogance, egotism and in taming the haughty and the disobedient souls. This is party of the purifying quality of Hajj.
As for the ornamental virtue of Hajj, it is both moral and spiritual. Hajj congregation leads to Ummah's supremacy among other nations.
