Adnan Oktar A9 TV; December 16th, 2012

One would miss beauty. He would miss thanks, miss love. He would miss affections. How nice it is to thank Allah every single day! Performing prayers is a great blessing. Salat is a beauty. Salat is a relief. Salat is giving thanks, it is an expression of love.

You see the blessings of Allah every single day. Remembrance of Allah every single day, thanking Allah every single day would bring contentment to the heart. That is a demonstration of love. As you express your thanks, you pour out your feelings and feel relieved.

Performing prayers is a must; it is an inseparable part of a Muslim. Prayers (salat) cannot be separated from the Muslim. Muslims and prayers are adherent to each other, it is like breathing in and out, it is like the beat of the heart. Can one live without thanking Allah? It is the expression of love towards Allah, it is the expression of thanks.

Never leaving love by no manner of means is a characteristic of Paradise. That is because love is never left aside in the Paradise. In paradise love will never be left aside for all eternity. That is the greatest blessing. That is the greatest beauty. Otherwise Paradise will not have a meaning without love. Because we love Allah, we will love everything in the Paradise.

Profound faith is the greatest blessing; that is having faith in Allah without any doubt or suspicion. All attention should be directed towards Allah. All attention should be on Allah. All love should be directed to Allah, when you love others you love them as the manifestations of Allah.

There is nothing in the world more tasteful than faith. Faith and love for Allah are the most tasteful blessings in the Paradise as well. On Fridays, Our Lord will appear to the people of the Paradise in the appearance of a very beautiful young man and will greet the people of the Paradise.

Allah does not give all kinds of blessings at the very same time. When He gives blessings from one side, He creates a shortcoming from another, so that people would be tested.

Profound faith, that is the greatest blessing. Submission to Allah and profound faith.. That is because Allah tests people with many things. Some people squirm in these tests from time to time. That is a grave mistake. Good opinion of and love for Allah should never be given up. Allah should never be opened to discussion. A Muslim devotes himself to Allah with such a profound love that he never ever gives up his good opinion and love for Allah, not even momentarily.

A Muslim would never leave Allah. He would never give up his good opinion towards Almighty Allah.

Almighty Allah likes His servants' repentance. He says; "repent sincerely to Allah." That is a contentment for the Muslim. That is because those who repent would find contentment in their hearts. Their love for Allah would increase and because they have made a mistake, repentance would give them a feeling of contentment in their hearts about their feeling of guilt.

Allah establishes a special connection with those who believe and do good and sincere deeds. He listens to their words and wishes, accepts their prayers. In the Qur'an, Allah says; "[He will] reward them for the best of what they did and give them more from His unbounded favor". For instance, if Allah gives them health, He then increases their health, if He gives them welfare, He increases their welfare, if He gives them properties, He increases that, if He gives them influence, He increases their influence, if He gives them power He increases their power.

What are the things Muslims should be very attentive about? They should be attentive about lawful and unlawful acts, they should love Allah deeply, they should constantly praise Allah, they should constantly keep their hearts with Allah. What would that bring? There is a secret here. Allah says "you will then be at ease."

Almighty Allah says; "If you love Me a lot, if you fear from Me, if you abide by the Qur'an, if you act sincerely, if you constantly keep your heart and mind with Me and repent, if you thank Allah, if you constantly praise Allah's supreme being saying "Allahu Akbar", if you constantly testify your removing any anthropomorphic elements or associations with Allah saying "Subhan'Allah", if you praise Me saying; "My Lord You are free of all kinds of flaws and shortcomings, Glory be to You", if you strive with all your might to praise Me and My Glory, no evil would ever fall to you. You will be at ease," says Allah. There is a secret in this.

Prayer(salat) is a demonstration of joy, a way of thanking. Invoking the name of Allah is a way of thanking. Eating dinner with Muslims is a way of thanking, it is a beauty. We are having fun that is a beauty as well.

As foretold in the hadith, in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) all people, without making any distinction about good and bad, will be given lots of blessings.

Saying; "Praise be to Allah," saying "How beautiful Allah created," in the malls, in the streets, in cars, in buses would be a great service to people. People should hear Allah's Name everywhere. They should hear Allah's Name frequently. They will not forget, they would like that a lot and keep in mind. That is because some people are talking about their title deeds, some others are talking about their Money and others about their jobs, some others are busy gossiping, yet they see that someone there is talking about Allah with love. They would very much envy that, they would love that. They would take that person as an example and want to do that themselves as well.

Women should be high and honorable in your eyes, they should be great and they should be given great value. In many place they do not value women. Then they would be lost, you would be loosing. Allah would take away that blessing from you. That would turn into a scourge. It would darken your soul and would feet very bad.

To Whom do the images belong? They belong to Allah. To Whom does our love belong? To Allah. How can one forget about Allah? There is such an abnormality. Allah wants us to be thankful, and in return He says that He will increase His blessings upon Us. That is because everything belongs to Him.

Almighty Allah wants both gratefulness and to be loved.

It is an act of worship to praise an innocent, modest, beautiful person. It is fulfilling the commandment of Allah. What does Allah say, “And as for the blessing of your Lord, speak out!” (Surat an-Duhan , 11)

Forgetting Allah would offend Allah. Even though Allah is the One Who creates fruits, the One Who creates all blessings, the One Who creates beauties, houses, cars, and then some people do not give Him the time of day - may Allah forbid- in any way. They do not say “Thanks be to Allah.” Then Allah takes everything back. Allah says; “I have given you that car. I have given you that house and now I am taking back your house.” Allah says; “I have given you your life and I am taking your life back. Either you will thank Me, or I will take all of them back.”

Women should be held in high esteem, they should be shown a special respect. They should be protected specifically. Women are great blessings. Women are the greatest bodily and spiritually combined blessings of this world. There is none above them.

A person who has the morals of the Qur'an, a person who loves God would also love women who are the most perfect manifestation of God. However women are beautiful with their souls. They are soul and body. Women are perfect beings both in body and in spirit.

On prostration you ignore your pride completely. You prostrate to Almighty Allah. That has nothing to do with sports, nothing to do with gymnastics. You show your humility there. You express your thanks.

Perform your prayers (Salat) 5 times a day. If you cannot do that perform 4 times, if you cannot do that, perform 3 times, if you cannot do that then perform twice- once in the morning and once in the evening- if you cannot do that pray for once- only in the mornings or in the evenings- or if you still cannot do that, perform Cuma (Friday) prayers, or else perform your prayers in feasts. Let there be no brothers, sisters of ours who do not perform their prayers, they should all perform their prayers by all means, insha'Allah.