The Lights of Prayer (Kanadîl A-Salât) by Chaykh Dr Farid Al-Ansârî

It is a journey where the "lamps of prayer" keep you company with their radiant lights through the stations of the adhân (The call to prayer), the takbîr to enter into prayer -takbîratu al-ihram-, of the recitation of the surah of the Opening, of the inclination -ar-rukû'- of the prostration -as-sujûd-...

There, dear friend, under the waterfalls of prayer, you can rid yourself of your ills and through its green door you can come out of the cave of your being into the world of good and beauty and into its vast expanse. .

To open the sanctuary of prayer is to sail towards the station of light on the sailboats of peace by practicing the exercises of the prophets and the truthful. It is there where the soul pours out in all its splendor on all the organs of the body, lighting green lamps in the wings which fill the heart with serenity and ecstasies -mawâjîd- and which are provided with halos. of light that carry you to the station of the supreme neighborhood, near the sublime King, where the dew of the graces of salvation will blow: “Salvation be upon you, as well as the mercy of Allah and his blessings! (Final salutation of the prayer).

You then return to earth purer than ever, more beautiful than anything and stronger to be able to cross the storms of darkness on both sides. There is still on your wings a celestial light which does not stop drawing its oil from ale mishkat (niche of light) of Allah with each new appearance among the five appearances of the shining star in its revolution. So if you want to undertake the journey to your Beloved (Allah), climb with us on the vessel -The Light of Prayer-.