Prayer

Prayer is a worship and communication to God. Prayer can be spoken, silent (no talking), or in a song. It can be used to praise God or to ask for something including help and forgiveness.

See also: Service of worship
Muslims in prostration
Mary Magdalene by Ary Scheffer (1795–1858).

Prayer can take a variety of forms: it can be part of a set ritual or an individual invocation and can take the form of a hymn, a ritual statement, or a spontaneous expression. It can be done alone or in groups.

In Christianity, prayers are varied. They can be completely spontaneous, or read entirely from a text, like the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. The most common prayer among Christians is the Lord's Prayer, which according to the gospel accounts is how Jesus taught his disciples to pray.

Islamic prayer, or salat is a duty to be performed five times per day.

Hinduism has prayer to various divinities or holy beings.

Dua
Painting of the Mughal Emperor Akbar doing a Dua prayer.

duʿāʾ (Arabic: اَلدُّعَاءُ) is a prayer or request made by Muslims[1][2] in which they ask for help from their God. Muslims see dua as a very serious way of worship.

Dua has been done by Muslims for a long time,[3] as it is seen as very important by a lot of Muslims and Muslim families.[4] They have been carried on as traditions.

References
  1. John L. Esposito, ed. (2014). "Dua". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. Gardet, L. (2012). "Duʿāʾ". In P. Bearman; Th. Bianquis; C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0195.
  3. Asani, A. S. (1987). "The khojahs of Indo‐Pakistan: The quest for an Islamic identity". Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 8: 31–41. doi:10.1080/02666958708716015.
  4. "The Importance of Dua in Islam". AZIslam. 30 November 2017.


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