Life #Improvement Journey from #Compliance to #Excellence ?In #Muslim #Prayer

On the first page of the Glorious Quran; Surah Al Fatihah (the opening chapter), ?that Muslim recites 17 times a day, there are seven verses: four verses identify ?the current strength points of Muslim within the profile of the world environment and the whole universe current and future vision, ?and other three verses engage Muslim  into an improvement journey starting from ?compliance confirmation, toward the excellence of the straight path. The 7 verses constitute a continuous self-control & improvement life system for Muslim.

First: Profiling and sustaining the Current Environment & Vision:

1.   ??Verse 1 is a key from Allah that open hearts, eyes, and ears because Allah will speak with mercy “In The Name of Allah, The All-Merciful, The Ever-Merciful”

2. Verse 2 makes Muslim identifying the enabling resources, graces and power ??that Allah has given him, along with the whole world’ resources that he can ??use, to make his life that easy, and to enable him achieve what he wants. That ??positive energy profile comes to Muslim brain when he prays and recites verse ???2 “Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds”.

3. Verse 3 upgrades this profiling from life and world environment to the ?feeling of Allah mercy when Muslim prays and recites verse 3 “The Most ?Gracious, Most Merciful”?

4.Verse 4 visualize the target end vision for life and for the whole universe, when Muslim prays ?and recites verse 4 “Owner of the Day of Recompense”

 The above four verses profiled the Muslim strengths in this life, the world environment, Allah mercy that opens the brain and wrap the universe, and the universe end vision.

Second: Seeking Continuous Improvement Toward the Excellence Award

5. Once you have reviewed the environment inputs and the target vision, it is time for action; for moving to achieve an improvement increment toward the vision. But before moving, you need to define your current starting point on the road. Fortunately, any Muslim possesses a foundation of core beliefs that puts his foot on the on the road of Allah. When Muslim prays, he persistently confirms his compliance to that foundation of core believes reciting Verse 5 “It is You, whom we worship, and it is you, whom we seek aid”.

6. If you have defined your current position and your vision, all you need now is a guidance for ?the shortest path linking the two points, and that is sought when ?prayer recites Verse 6 “Guide us the Straight Path”.

7. Now, how do you know if that straight path would lead to the ultimate vision; the Allah Award? The answer is defined when Muslim prays and recites Verse 7 “The path of those whom You blessed”

8. Ok, if you approached the straight path with that award vision, you need to know the barriers on the road to avoid, or the possible risks to mitigate. The answer comes when Muslim prays and recites the rest of Verse 7 " the straight path of those whom you have blessed, not those whom had gained wrath on them, nor whom are astray?” ?

Conclusion: Muslim’ life and prayer are precious chances to practice continuous improvement initiative on his life, environment, people, community, and even the whole world, as well as attaining higher level place on the Day of Recompense.

 Abdel-Halim Mahmoud