We have no knowledge save what You have taught us. O God, grant blessings to our master Muhammad from past eternity to future eternity, to the number of what is contained in God s Knowledge, and to his family and Companions, and grant them peace. All praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds. That blessed person, upon him be peace and blessings, concerns himself with the happiness of his whole umma both individually and collectively, and he is anxious about whatever may befall them. Although he has, for himself, infinite degrees of eternal happiness and levels of perfection, yet he wishes ardently for the happiness in all times and degrees of each member of his nation and is grieved about each of their misfortunes, and so he needs and most certainly deserves countless blessings and prayers.
Prayer is a kind of worship.
A servant proclaims through prayer his helplessness and poverty before God. The apparent purposes for prayer are rather causes for doing the worship of prayer. The reward for worship is principally given in the Hereafter. If the intended worldly aims are not achieved through prayer, one should not say, My prayer has not been accepted , rather one should say, The time for prayer is not yet over . The prayer being answered does not necessarily mean its acceptance in all circumstances.