Understanding the vocabulary of salah

RABI- my lord, my master

who is

AL ALAA- comes from the root word of U’LOO- the MOST HIGH

Whats the most noble, reputable part of our body? THE FACE

In sujood, we put our face to the ground, the place where we put our feet

The LOWEST POSITION

WE HUMBLE OURSELVES,

The lowest, most humiliating position, we say ALLAH is MOST HIGH

Unfortunately nowadays how do we say the above?

WE JUST MERGE EVERTTHING TOGETHER, how sad and pathetic,

IT MEANS NOTHING!!

IN ARABIC IT MEANS NOTHING,

WE NEED TO SAY IT PROPERLY FIRST

THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF PRAISE

THINK ABOUT IT, HOW ABSOLOUTLY AMAZING AND PERFECT IS ALLAH AND

HOW FLAWED AM I, HOW MISTAKE PROWN AM I

HE IS MY LORD AND MASTER

HE IS MY MASTER

I AM HIS SLAVE

I AM THE LOWEST OF THE LOW

HE IS THEHIGHEST OF HIGH

YOU THINK ABOUT IT

SAYING IT 3 TIMES SHOULD TAKE A MINUTE
Sometimes during the course, we can start to lose the objective, we aren’t here to consume mass amounts of vocabulary, we are here to internalize the vocabulary, to BUILD OUR KUSHOO IN SALAH
Think about what you say, process it

We have concepts, we know ALLAH is the highest, Allah is perfect

We all know that

We have concepts and ideas

Then we have certain words

SubhanAllah, Allahuakbar, but we don’t connect the two!!!

THIS IS HOW, this is biggest secret on how to stop your mind from wandering, how to stop losing focus in prayer
Now that you say subhanarabiyalalla, its MEANS SOMEHING
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We learned tasbih of ruku

Subhanarabial adheem

Then we learned extra

Subuhun qudusun…
The TWO EXTRA THIGNS IN RUKU canalso be said in SUJOOD

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3.04 SUPPLICATION BETWEEN THE SUJUD

Between the 2 sujoods there is a sitting position. In that sitting there is a beautiful supplication

ALLUMA- O Allah
IGHFIRLEE- this is 3 different words

1. 
   Ighfir- comes from root GA FA RA, it’s root means to COVER SOMETHING. To DRAPE SOMETHING, to COVER SOMETHING UP. That’s why in classical Arabic, MIGHFAR comes from the same root. Means HELMET. A helmet covers the head. It even comes in hadith.
   

GHAFEER- a HUGE crowd of people. Like aerial shot of hajj. Can you see the ground? No, All you see is people, they cover the ground.

IGHFIR HOO LISOOWAT-

GHA FA RA means to cover. We know its means forgiveness but it means a specific type of forgiveness. It means a type of forgiveness that also COVERS the sin. As IF IT NEVER HAPPENED, NOBODY SEES IT. AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED. IT’S GONE! IGHFIRLEE,
FORGIVE ME (cover up my sins)
IRHAMNEE- COMES FROM root word mercy

LEE-me
HAVE MERCY ON ME

There is a connection between forgiveness and mercy (we will learn tomorrow)
WAHDINEE-