Humility in Prayer memorering af Koranen and those who saw him

and those who saw him did not see his likeness in knowledge and piety

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known as the Golden Age

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Humility in Prayer memorering af Koranen and those who saw himThis is a treatise we have written concerning humility (Khushu) and the hearts meakness and breaking (inkisar) before the Lord. The basic meaning of Khushu, is the softness of the heart, its being gentle, still, submissive, broken, and yearning. When the heart is humble, so too is the hearing, seeing, head, and face; indeed all the limbs and their actions are humbled, even speech. This is why the Prophet would say in his bowing (ruku), 'My hearing,