Haroon Siddiqui - Prayers are designed to raise God-consciousness five times a day, throughou

Prayers are designed to raise God-consciousness five times a day, throughout one's life. Prayers also provide regular exercise - like yoga or Tai Chi or Qigong built into the day - and serve as a calming retreat from the daily demands of life. Muslims thus learn to balance deeni wa dunyavi (the spiritual and the worldly). They can't abandon one for the other; that's the essence of their faith.

- Haroon Siddiqui

source: Haroon Siddiqui (2010). “Groundwork Being Muslim”, p.59, A&C Black

topic: Spiritual, Prayer, Yoga, Qigong, Tai Chi, Regular Exercise