Prayer
Prayeristhebelievers’ ascentandtheoffertoryofthe pious.Itisthe
solesanctuarywhenideas,grieves,andpainsseizethementalities.Pray-
erenablesthemindstoconnectdirectlywiththeCreator,shunningthe
thoroughmaterialandpersonalinterests.Thatsavesagainstthedestroy-
ingdepressionandthe terminatinganxiety.Prayer,fundamentally,im-
pliesmindinclinationandmentalturnout.Prayersloseessenceandfac-
tualityiftheylackthosetwoitems.Godthreatensthosewhoperformthe
prayers physically while they are unaware of its purport and factuality:
So, woe to the praying ones, who are unmindful of their prayers.
The performance of prayers while the soul is tending, succumbing,
andcalmingtoGodandHispotentialitywillcertainlysaveagainstthe
lifepainsthatfoistdiseasesandmisfortunestothebody.Manyreports
haveassertedthattheprayerbringsabouthealthinadditiontotheinnu-
merablebenefitsinthisworldandtheHereafterandlargepowersofath-
leticadvancements.Asthe lateimamMohammed Husseinal-Kashiful-
Ghitta,discussestheclinicalandphysicaladvantagesofprayers,hesays,
“Therequiredin allofthemovementsandstillnessof prayersissettle-
mentandstability.Instandingerectorsitting,eachorganshouldbesta-
bilizedinitsexactpositionalongwithperformingallofthemovements
that activate the whole knuckles and organs with a new movement.
Standingerect,sitting,bending,prostration,variousconditionsofraising
thehandsandconjoiningthe armsintervenedbysuppliantsayings, re-
cital and praises in definite times of universal peculiarity, like dawn,
middayandsunset.Alltheseareobjectstolearnlessonsandrefertothe
signsoftheexcellentcreationandtheSupremeCreator,alongwithvari-
ousfieldsofthinking.Eachofthesemovementshasphysicaladvantages.
Thegenuflection,forinstance,empowersthe abdominalmembranebe-
causeofcausingittoreduce,preventsitsrelaxation,andalertsthe vis-
ceraandtheintestinestothestraightpulses.Thissavesthebodyagainst
tenseconstipation.Besides,therearemanyotheradvantages.Theritual
prostrationisanotherexample.Itreducesthemusclesandbonesofthe
breastmoretensely,activatesthediaphragm,alertsthestomachtothrow
itscontents, andsavesitfromsymptomsofthe painfulextension.Sub-
sequently,all theseactivities andcertain conditions,which are orderly
arranged, are athletic movements that greatly influence the activity of
theorgansandthereduction,power,andcohesionofthemuscles.They
alsoplayaconsiderableroleinalertingthesensitivenerves,stimulating