I've been thinking about sharing this for the last couple of days and I hope it's the right forum to do so.
When I first did Shehada, I remember my good friend and Imam telling me that I should try and learn the prayers in Arabic as soon as I could.
I felt confidant that I could, but when I first began, I was overwhelemed by the opening invocation, Faaitha, etc. I was trying to do it phonectically but came up very short. When I went to Jumma, I more or less (much more than less) faked my way through everything.
I truly felt useless. Then one day I was speaking to a brother who I love very much and he told me, "Naji, just learn one movement at a time. master that and then go on to others. Allah will be pleased and he knows your heart better than you."
Well, I began this way and got stronger and stronger, and as I did, I began to see the amazing power that Islam has in the words that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) wrote oh so many years ago.
I remember the first time I realized what I was saying, that I began to weep with joy. I had not cried real tears in years. my heart had become hardened. I felt a lifting of a cloth from my eyes.
Now when I say Salah, it takes on a deep and beautiful meaning. Al'humdillilah, I just wanted to share that with my beloved family.
Asalam Allkum!
Naji
When I first did Shehada, I remember my good friend and Imam telling me that I should try and learn the prayers in Arabic as soon as I could.
I felt confidant that I could, but when I first began, I was overwhelemed by the opening invocation, Faaitha, etc. I was trying to do it phonectically but came up very short. When I went to Jumma, I more or less (much more than less) faked my way through everything.
I truly felt useless. Then one day I was speaking to a brother who I love very much and he told me, "Naji, just learn one movement at a time. master that and then go on to others. Allah will be pleased and he knows your heart better than you."
Well, I began this way and got stronger and stronger, and as I did, I began to see the amazing power that Islam has in the words that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) wrote oh so many years ago.
I remember the first time I realized what I was saying, that I began to weep with joy. I had not cried real tears in years. my heart had become hardened. I felt a lifting of a cloth from my eyes.
Now when I say Salah, it takes on a deep and beautiful meaning. Al'humdillilah, I just wanted to share that with my beloved family.
Asalam Allkum!
Naji
