Purpose, obligation and our performance in life!

Performing Prayer looks like an excellent act done by us. But Allah/God details a series of obligations expected of us. This is taken from Sura (Chapter) Baqra from the Holy Quran

“It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness- to:
1. believe in Allah and
2. the Last Day, and
3. the Angels, and
4. the Book, and
5. the Messengers;
6. to spend of your substance, out of love for Him,
a. for your kin, for orphans,
b. for the needy,
c. for the wayfarer,
d. for those who ask, and
e. for the ransom of slaves;
f. to be steadfast in prayer, and
g. practice regular charity;
h. to fulfill the contracts which ye have made;
i. and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all period of panic;
j. adversity, and throughout all periods of panic.
Such are the people of truth, the Allah fearing.”

(Righteousness=An act in accord with divine law/excellent/right/justifiable}

As I understand we should and we are expected to judge whether we are missing some step from J. to the top 1. In our busy life we miss some good-ones. To please Allah we should seek Allah’s forgiveness for our faults and His guidance and help to correct our missing and wrongdoings. Aameen.

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