“I bear witness that there is no God but ALLAH and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger.  After this I seek refuge in ALLAH from the accursed devil.  I begin in the name of ALLAH, the Beneficent, the Merciful.”

We welcome you to the Muslim Center with this beautiful Surah.  This Surah consists of seven verses, and is rightly called the essence of the Qur’an.  It teaches us the perfect prayer.  If we can pray  aright, it means that we have some knowledge of ALLAH and His attributes, of His relations to us and His creation, which includes ourselves; that we glimpse the source from which we come, and that final goal which is our spiritual destiny under ALLAH’s true judgment; then we offer ourselves to ALLAH and seek His light.

 

Prayer is the heart of religion and faith.  We are taught a prayer that sums up our faith, our hope, and our aspiration in things that matter.  We think in devotion of ALLAH’s name and His nature; We praise Him for His creation and His cherishing care; We call to mind the realities, seen and unseen; we offer Him worship and ask His guidance; and we know the straight from the crooked path by the light of His grace that illumines the righteous.

 

The Muslim Center

Mosque and Community Center

 

 

1605 W. Davison Detroit, MI 48238 (313) 883-3330 E-mail: muslimcenter@ameritech.net

By, Imam Derrick Ali

Surah 4 Verse 29