Our prayer to the 'One God'

All praise is due to the 'One God', the creator of the whole universe and this world we live in.
'He' is the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful.
'He' has the power to create everything we are exposed to now and 'He' has the power to end it all at any time 'He' wishes as 'He' is the overall 'King' of the Universe.

To 'Him' we bow our heads in prayer in full respect of the power 'He' has over us and our affairs,
and to 'Him' we ask for help in our state of helplessness as nothing can happen without 'His' will.

We ask of 'Him' to lead and guide us on the righteous and straight path.
A path in which we are able to gain 'His' favour and blessings like that of the people of the past whom 'He' has favoured and blessed.
We ask 'Him' to give us the strength to refrain from any wrong doings which can lead to 'His' anger on to us and to keep us away from those people who are astray from the rihgteous path, people who are condemned by 'Him'. (Fatihah Al-Quran)

Amin [So be it].

This is the prayer of every 'Muslim'. It is also the opening and the begining of 'The Holy Quran',
which has been sent down to our great 'Prophet Muhammed' [May the blessings of' Allah' be upon him].
This prayer poised us humans in a state of helplessness and ever so in need of 'His' consent and assistance in each and every thing that we do. 'He' created every little cell in our body and 'He' knows what we think, what we say and what we do.
'He' knows what is in store for us tommorrow and the days to come, but we know not.
We can plan for our future undertakings but it is 'He' who determines its success. Not all that we plan is good for us. Only 'He' knows what's good and what's bad for us.
This bountyful world is for us reap and harvest in order to sustain our lifelyhood. There are some who gets more than they need and there are some who gets just enough and some barely enough to survive. It is compulsary for those who have more than enough to supplement or give to those in need. This is the balance of need as in zakah.
Rich or poor humans in the eyes of 'God' is the same. The rich will be tried with their riches and the poor with poverty. There are many obstacles or problems that we have to go through in our lives. We need 'His' help in order to solve them. If any human think they can manage without 'God's' help they can be categorised as arrogant towards 'God'.
It is very important that we have to guide ourselves in accordance to what is being stated in the 'Holy Book Al Quran' and the examples as stated in the 'Hadiths' of our Prophet Muhamad [May the blessings of Allah be upon him] so as to be in 'God's' favour at all times.
In todays world there are two things that has caused many humans to go astray from the righteous path, riches and freedom of sex. [I have written on freedom of sex in my last blog.]

I pray that this blog will reach the hearts of those who read it and may 'God' extend his favour on to them and make them turn to him in prayers.

Please note that my translation of the surah 'Al Fatihah' is in the form of my understanding. The original which is in Arabic is the most precise. Only 'God' knows.