Thursday, August 07, 2008
Prayer - the peasant and the king
I went to a Mosque close to our Main Office as I was late leaving office and it was time for prayer. And after reaching inside I was so pleased with what I saw and could not stop praising Almighty God. In the same row, I could see some very influential intellectuals of this country/our company side by side with may be a meagre cleaner in the company who might be getting 20 KD (~3000 INR) salary. It touched me soo much, what a noble religion it is that brings down the rich and the poor, the Fair and the Dark, the Arab and the Non-arab all are equal in front of their lord. And when they pray they stand shoulder to shoulder and feet to feet with whoever is next to them. Can people still have pride and look down upon others, after going through this practice 5 times a day where you proclaim God alone is great and you kneel down putting your forehead on ground out of Submission to God. I dont think so... I remembered something similar said by a lady leader of Indian history called Sarojini Naidu, who mentioned in A talk given to the Young Men's Muslim Association, Madras, 1917 : "the democracy of Islam is embodied five times a day when the peasant and the king kneel side by side and proclaim, "God alone is great."
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