Can We Talk/Pray To Allah Directly 1on1?
You are absolutely right, the word has to be considered in its entirety of occurrence in the Quran, and if we search by the jizr of iqaama then Q-Wa-Ma gives us 281 counts, after removing the meaning of Qaum which refers to people. So lets consider 10 of those occurrences and see how the definition obtained from surah kahf works. 2:213: Traditional translation from Saheeh Intl. “And Allah guides whom He wills to a straight path.” Using the new meaning of the jizr Q-Wa-Ma “and Allah guides to the self-correcting (rectifying) methodology whoever wills to be guided!” 3:39: Saheeh Intl “So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber” Using the new meaning of both Q-Wa-Ma and Salah “And the angels called upon him, while he was (engaged in) rectifying his connection to God in the Chamber” 3:55: Saheeh Intl “when Allah said, “O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection.” Using the new meaning of Q-Wa-Ma (note Qiyama is from the root word Q-Wa-Ma and not from Q-Ya-Ma) the meaning becomes “When Allah said: O Eissa, I am recompensing you, and elevating you to me, and ridding you of those who rejected, and establishing those who followed you above those who rejected until the “time of” (i.e. yaum) “Rectification (of the outlook)(i.e.Qiyama)”. 4:175 Saheeh Intl “and guide them to Himself on a straight path” Using the new meaning of Q-Wa-Ma” derived from Surah-e-Kahf “and shall guide them towards him a methodology of rectification (self-correction)”. There are 276 occurrences of this where this meaning will fit with slight variations in accordance with the sentences albeith where it is used to refer to standing or sometimes people, as the same jizr in Arabic can have multiple meanings.I am attaching the spreadsheet with the 276 references in case you want to try this exercise .
Assalam-o-Alaikam: I am a little confused with the question. I thought having direct connection and considering Allah is present in front of us, everywhere, watching us, listening to us, knows what we are thinking, knows our past present and future… I thought that was the only way to pray. To my understanding. How else would someone pray? Isn’t this our fundamental belief?