Understanding the vocabulary of salah

MOVING AROUND ORDER OF THE SENTENCE

THIS AYAH, THE KA IS MOVED FROM THE END TO THE BEGINIGNG OF THE WORD, BEFORE THE WORD!

When ever you do that, taking the attached pronoun and being to the beginning of the word you need to add “IYA”
If refers to order,- in English doesn’t add a lot, YOU DO WE WORSHIP, WE WORSHIP YOU

But in Arabic, it has a very specific purpose and powerful effect on a word!

It adds flavor to the word, core of the meaning stays the same!

It adds to the meaning a sense of EXCLUSIVITY

ONLY you do we worship- very powerful

Makes its very precise

There is no room to interpretation

Because the mushirkoon arabs at the time of the Prophet pbuh acknowledged that Allah should be worshiped …but along with the idols

ONLY YOUUU do we worship and enslave ourselves to
Wa iyaaka Nastaeen

WA IYAAKA (and)

And ONLY YOU NASTAEEN

NASTAEEN comes from the root word AWN

AWN VS NASR

Awn doesn’t t mean help,

Help in arabic is NASR

HELP implies you were NOT able to do it by yourself. Example could be like in an emergency

AWN means ASSISTANCE. Not like above. If there is water on the table, he is able to get it himself, But while he was getting water the brother gets up and “assists” him to get him water that is AWN.
AWN means to ASSIST, NASR (help) means doing something the person can’t do
NASTAEEN (only you we seek ASSISTANCE FROM!)

Meaning we should not turn to Allah only in emergency situations, but turn to Allah for EVERYTHING!!!!

Before you go to the bathroom, before you eat, before you sleep, before applying for a job, when getting married etc.

EVERTYTHING you do you start by saying BISMILLAH

The word nastaeen makes us understand that we turn to Allah and seek his assistance not just when we are in emergency, but for all things. No matter how capable we are, no matter how confident we are, we seek assistance from Allah
Lets look at the STRUCTURE of the ayah.

If someone was to say that you take away the repetition.

IYAKA repeats itself. If someone was to say just use the first iyaaka, it would make sense. The repetition of the IYAKA is not really necessary but it IS DONE none the less
Why is the word nabudu mentioned before seeking assistance? Why worship first and then seek assistance. Because the BEST WAY TO SEEK ASSITANCE FROM ALLAH IS THROUGH WORSHIP
You presented worship now seek what you need

At the end of the prayer, supplications are accepted

When breaking your fast, supplications are accepted