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2 This presentation was based on the Fourth Word; part of the Risale-i Nur Collection written by the late scholar Bediüzzaman Said Nursi

3 In the Name of God, the Merciful, the compassionate. The prescribed prayers (salat) are the pillar of religion. TirmidhI, Iman, 8; Ibn Maja, Fitan, 12; Musnad, v, 231; al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, ii, 76

4 and how crazy and harmful is the person who neglects them, pay attention to the following story which is in the form of a comparison and allegory. If you want to understand the value and importance of the prescribed prayers (salat), and how they are gained with little expense,

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10 A single gold coin remained.

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12 What will happen if this stubborn man does not spend that single gold coin to buy a ticket, which is like the key to a treasury and instead spends it for passing pleasures? Will not the most senseless person realize how foolish and senseless this man is ? EVERYBODY HEREAFTER WORLD UNKNOWN

13 The realities of this story are as follows: O you who do not perform the prescribed prayers! And O my own soul, which does not like to pray!

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17 24 hours of a day The 24 gold coins are

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21 People cover that long journey to different degrees according to their good and bad actions. Some of the truly devout cross a thousand year distance in a day, like lightening. And some traverse a fifty-thousand year distance in a day, at the speed of imagination. The Qur'an alludes to this truth in two of its verses.2 2. (Quran 22:47 and 70:4)

22 EVERYBODY HEREAFTER UNKNOWN WORLD The ticket in the comparison represents the prescribed prayers.

23 That is to say, a single hour in a day is sufficient for the five prayers together with taking ablutions. (i.e. preparing for salat by washing the hands, face, feet etc.)

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25 Moreover, the spirit, the heart, and the mind find great pleasure in prayer. And it is not trying for the body Furthermore, the right intention transforms all the other non evil acts of someone who performs the prescribed prayers into worship. Thus He can change the whole capital of his life into property of the Hereafter in this way. He can make his transient life permanent in one respect…

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