A Condition for Our Prayers to Be Accepted | Ali Reza Panahian

Does praying have a condition I haven’t thought about?

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It is said in one of the beautiful verses of the Qur’an, «إِذَا سَأَلَک عِبَادِی عَنِّی فَإِنِّی قَرِیبٌ» “And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near. «أُجِیبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ» I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me. «فَلْیَسْتَجِیبُوا لِی‌ وَ لْیُؤْمِنُوا بِی‌» So they should answer My call and believe in Me.” [Qur’an 2:186]
[God says,] “In the same way that I answer them, they too should answer Me when I call them and they should believe in Me.” So if this is a condition for prayers to be answered, that I must answer God and believe in Him, how should I fulfill this condition? “So they should answer My call and believe in Me.” Must I go a long way in trying to strengthen my faith in God then return to this?
Imam Sadiq (as) has shortened the path. About the verse “So they should answer My call and believe in Me,” the Imam said, «یَعْلَمُونَ أَنِّی أَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ أُعْطِیَهُمْ مَا یَسْأَلُونِّیَ» [God says,] “When they are praying, they should have this in mind that I am able to answer them.” Are you able to think this positively about God? This is the condition for your prayer to be accepted. [God says,] “When they are praying, they should have this in mind that I am able to answer them.”
The phrase “and believe in Me” means that you should believe that God can. Think in this way. In his interpretation, Imam Sadiq (as) said that people should have this in mind that God is able to answer them. Have you paid attention to the meaning of this? It is said in a tradition that when a servant says, “There is no strength except from God, the Exalted and Great,” God says, “Take care of the needs of My servant.” The angels say, “What’s happened? Did he pray? Why does he deserve this? What did he do?!” The tradition continues on to say that God answers them, “Didn’t you see that he said, ‘There is no strength except from God, the Exalted and Great’? I am the only One Who can do everything in the world. Take care of the needs of My servant.”
This means our only thought should be that God can. The phrase “and believe in Me” means that you should believe that God can. Think in this way. This is the condition for your prayer to be accepted.