How to pray to God?
Once a Sufi saint was attending a gathering. Question arises on presence of God. If there exists God, then how to pray to him?
One man got up and said he heard that there are 7 types of hell. After death, according to our deeds, we are allocated to one type of hell. To escape from this punishment , we must pray to God to help us. Another man got up and said that there are various types of heavens. We must pray to God to achieve the feat of entering into the heaven.
Sufi saint was listening to everything , but not talking. Finally , question has been put forwarded to him. Then he said " we must not pray to God to achieve something. We must treat him as a friend. How we share our happiness and sorrow with our friends, same way we must communicate with him. Praying with returns in mind is not good ".
We also pray to God for returns. But sharing our difficulties and also our good moments with Him make us internally strong.
Once a Sufi saint was attending a gathering. Question arises on presence of God. If there exists God, then how to pray to him?
One man got up and said he heard that there are 7 types of hell. After death, according to our deeds, we are allocated to one type of hell. To escape from this punishment , we must pray to God to help us. Another man got up and said that there are various types of heavens. We must pray to God to achieve the feat of entering into the heaven.
Sufi saint was listening to everything , but not talking. Finally , question has been put forwarded to him. Then he said " we must not pray to God to achieve something. We must treat him as a friend. How we share our happiness and sorrow with our friends, same way we must communicate with him. Praying with returns in mind is not good ".
We also pray to God for returns. But sharing our difficulties and also our good moments with Him make us internally strong.