This new edition has been revised and updated with a full complement of notes on a number of contemporary Muslim issues, and three major essays have been appended.
This beautiful presentation of Islamic prayers and supplications from the Qur’an and recorded sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) which engages the reader in a moment of daily reflection.
Hizb al-Bahr (Litany of the Sea) a unique litany made of Quranic verses and supplications, it is a powerful invocation read by multitudes throughout the Muslim world, it was taught by the Prophet to Sidi Abul Hasan al-Shadhili.
The paths we choose mark out our lives-who we marry, how we make a living, even our very names-all of these can be traced back to a decision that someone somewhere has made.
The prayer, or ṣalah, has been described by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as one of the five foundations of Islam, the first duty to be judged by Allah Most High on the Day of Judgment and as the divider between faith and disbelief.