Share you most memorable experience during salaat in this forum...
I feel these days people share their experience when going to amusement parks and movies they saw, why not about good experiences during prayer. Wouldn't more people be more focused in prayer if we shared our good experiences.
Well for me...
It was during Ramadan, in the blessed masjid, performing taraweh. I was praying in the first row at the end, and I recently finished a beginners Arabic class so I learned many new Arabic words in the Quran. As I was listening to the Quran being recited in prayer I started crying profusely, normal during taraweh. Then I started breathing rapidly. It was very rapid short breaths not like when you are running. My body was still but my heart needed more oxygen and so I had to take short quick breaths. Then stop to take one long breath. If I try to do that right now after awhile I get dizzy. In prayer I did not feel any fatigue or dizziness. It was a feeling of being alive and close to my Creator. Then something miraclous happened, I saw my heart pumping. It was similar to a cartoon scenario except I did not see the physical heart. It was literally pumping out of my chest, like something pushing against my chest and creating a bump. If you observe the human body the place where the ribs is connected to sternum is made out of cartilage. Cartilage does not break and it can sometimes bend to a certain extent. I was seeing my heart bending the cartilage part. It did not stop there, I could understand even more of what imam was saying and I made dua when he was talking about heaven and hell (that is sunnah during long prayer). Tears came down like a fountain of water running. As soon as we went down for the first sujood my whole body just went on a breathing frenzy. My heart was pumping faster, quicker, and I was breathing even more rapidly. My heart was pounding so much it shook my whole body. I could not believe how amazing the feeling was. Then when I came back up from sujood my heart calmed down. Then when I went back to sujood the heart was pounding faster again. It was the best experience I had, I felt alive, and I never wanted to end... After that set was done my heart just calmed down and when he began the prayer again the breating started again.. I never experienced that again. InshaAllah I will this coming Ramadan or maybe soooner.
That is why Prophet (saw) said "The closest a servant is to his Lord is while he is in sujood (prostration)"
Share your experience...Sorry mine was looong.
I feel these days people share their experience when going to amusement parks and movies they saw, why not about good experiences during prayer. Wouldn't more people be more focused in prayer if we shared our good experiences.
Well for me...
It was during Ramadan, in the blessed masjid, performing taraweh. I was praying in the first row at the end, and I recently finished a beginners Arabic class so I learned many new Arabic words in the Quran. As I was listening to the Quran being recited in prayer I started crying profusely, normal during taraweh. Then I started breathing rapidly. It was very rapid short breaths not like when you are running. My body was still but my heart needed more oxygen and so I had to take short quick breaths. Then stop to take one long breath. If I try to do that right now after awhile I get dizzy. In prayer I did not feel any fatigue or dizziness. It was a feeling of being alive and close to my Creator. Then something miraclous happened, I saw my heart pumping. It was similar to a cartoon scenario except I did not see the physical heart. It was literally pumping out of my chest, like something pushing against my chest and creating a bump. If you observe the human body the place where the ribs is connected to sternum is made out of cartilage. Cartilage does not break and it can sometimes bend to a certain extent. I was seeing my heart bending the cartilage part. It did not stop there, I could understand even more of what imam was saying and I made dua when he was talking about heaven and hell (that is sunnah during long prayer). Tears came down like a fountain of water running. As soon as we went down for the first sujood my whole body just went on a breathing frenzy. My heart was pumping faster, quicker, and I was breathing even more rapidly. My heart was pounding so much it shook my whole body. I could not believe how amazing the feeling was. Then when I came back up from sujood my heart calmed down. Then when I went back to sujood the heart was pounding faster again. It was the best experience I had, I felt alive, and I never wanted to end... After that set was done my heart just calmed down and when he began the prayer again the breating started again.. I never experienced that again. InshaAllah I will this coming Ramadan or maybe soooner.
That is why Prophet (saw) said "The closest a servant is to his Lord is while he is in sujood (prostration)"
Share your experience...Sorry mine was looong.
