Power of prayer By Shafin Verani Prayer is an act of communication by man with God.
Prayer is a significant and universal aspect of religion.
Religion is culturally and historically everywhere. If one removes prayer from the heritage of a culture, one would deprive it of an uplifting aspect. Sociologists often explain prayer in terms of the religious environment, which plays a vital role in spiritual behaviour. Though historians of religion and psychologists debate various theories concerned with the origin of prayer, the act of prayer itself is of great significance to the believers of all religions. Prayer is not necessarily a petition, the asking for benefits, but any communication of a human soul with Allah may rightly be termed prayer.