“Windows To Spirituality”
Prayers For Salvation We have collected some of the best prayers for Salvation to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. Salvation (الخلاص, al-ḵalaṣ) is being saved or protected from...
A Salvation Prayer for Others Salvation (الخلاص, al-ḵalaṣ) is being saved or protected from harm or being saved or delivered from a dire situation. In religion, salvation is the saving of the soul from sin and its consequences. We have collected some of the best prayers for Salvation to use in request to God. May these prayers...
Hanukkah Blessings Hanukkah is known as the Festival of Lights because its central ritual is the lighting of the menorah (ceremonial candleholder) for eight consecutive nights. We commemorate Hanukkah to celebrate the inspirational story of the unlikely Maccabean victory over their Syrian-Greek oppressors who attempted to obliterate the Jewish faith...
Christmas Blessings We have collected some of the best Christmas Blessings to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. Christmas is an annual festival, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed...
New Year Prayers We have collected some of the best New Year prayers and blessings to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. Thanks for the Past and...
List of Jewish Prayers and Blessings Listed below are some Jewish prayers and blessings that are part of Judaism that are recited by many Jews. Most prayers and blessings can be found in the Siddur, or prayer book. This article addresses Jewish liturgical blessings, which generally begin with the formula:...
Prayers For Success In Work We have collected some of the best prayers for Success in Work to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. Success is the...
Studies On Intercessory Prayer Intercession or intercessory prayer is the act of praying to a deity on behalf of others. In Western Christianity, intercession forms a distinct form of prayer, alongside Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving. Some religions claim that praying for somebody who is sick can have positive effects on the health of the person being prayed for. Meta-studies of...
Supplication Supplication (petitioning) is a form of prayer, wherein one party humbly or earnestly asks another party to provide something, either for the party who is doing the supplicating (e.g., “Please spare my life.”) or on behalf of someone else. Supplication is commonly defined as: “The action of asking or begging...
What Is Tawassul? Tawassul is an Arabic word originated from wa-sa-la- wasilat (وسيلة-وسل). The wasilah is a means by which a person, goal or objective is approached, attained or achieved. In another version of the meaning of tawassul in another text: Tawassul is an Arabic word that comes from a verbal noun,...
Shafaah is Intercession in Islam Shafaah or Shafa’ah (شفاعه, “intercession“; Turkish: şefaat; Urdu: shafaat), in Islam is the act of pleading to God by an intimate friend of God (Muslim saint) for forgiveness. Shafa’ a close meaning to Tawassul, which is the act of resorting to intimate friends of God to ask forgiveness. The word Shafa’ah is taken...
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in Canada, the United States, some of the Caribbean islands, and Liberia. It began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Similarly named festival holidays occur in Germany...
Intercession Or Intercessory Prayer Intercession or intercessory prayer is the act of praying to a deity on behalf of others. In Western Christianity, intercession forms a distinct form of prayer, alongside Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving. The Apostle Paul’s exhortation to Timothy specified that intercession prayers can be made for those in authority. I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and...
Adoration Adoration is respect, reverence, strong admiration or devotion in a certain person, place, or thing. The term comes from the Latin adōrātiō, meaning “to give homage or worship to someone or something”. Ancient Rome In classical Rome, adoration was primarily an act of homage or worship, which, among the Romans, was performed by raising the...
The Duty Of Thanksgiving What is the Duty of Thanksgiving and how can it be carried out? In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate There is nothing that does not glorify Him with praise. The Qur’an of Miraculous Expression urges in reiterated phrases like, Will they not be...
Efficacy Of Prayer The efficacy of prayer is about the outcome of prayer requests. This topic has been discussed in many fields such as theology, philosophy, history, medicine, and psychology. Numerous religious traditions have complex understandings of the nature, function and expectations of prayer. For instance, within Jewish and Christian...
Sinner’s Prayer The Sinner’s Prayer (Consecration Prayer and Salvation Prayer) is an evangelical Christian term referring to any prayer of repentance, prayed by individuals who feel convicted of the presence of sin in their lives and have the desire to form or renew a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. It is a popular phenomenon in...
School Prayer School prayer, in the context of religious liberty, is state-sanctioned or mandatory prayer by students in public schools. Depending on the country and the type of school, state-sponsored prayer may be required, permitted, or prohibited. Countries which prohibit or limit school prayer often differ in their reasons for...
Prayers for Teachers A teacher (school teacher or educator) is a person who helps others to acquire knowledge, competences or values. We offer prayers for teachers because teachers have the enormous responsibility of imparting knowledge to our children, and their job is often difficult! We have collected some of the best...
Prayers For Animals And Pets We have collected some of the best prayers for Animals and Pets to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. See also Blessings...
