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they have done and they will be recompensed or punished
accordingly.
Of no effect is the repentance of those who persist in
doing evil until death comes to them and who then say,
‘Now we repent’, nor of people who die rejecting faith.
We have prepared for them a painful punishment. (Surat
an-Nisa’: 18)

61. Why is prayer important?

Five regular daily prayers, among the most important
observances after faith itself, are acts of worship which
believers are commanded to carry out throughout their lives at
the specific times appointed.
Human beings are prone to forgetfulness and heedless-
ness. If they fail to use their will and become caught up in the
flow of their day-to-day activities, then they become dis-
tanced from those subjects they really ought to be concen-
trating on. They may forget that Allah surrounds them in every
possible way, that He sees and hears them at every moment,
that they will account to Him for all their deeds, the existence
of Paradise and Hell, that nothing takes place outside destiny
and that there is something auspicious in all events. Falling
into heedlessness may cause people to neglect the true pur-
pose behind their lives.
The prayer, however, which is performed five times daily,
eliminates this forgetfulness and neglect, and keeps a believ-
er’s consciousness and will alive. It ensures that the believer
constantly turns to Allah and helps him lead a life directed
towards the observance of our Creator’s commandments.
Adnan Oktar