الصَّلَاةُ أَفْضَلُ الْقُرْبَتَيْنِ
Prayer is the better of the two means of [attaining] nearness [to Allah]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
الصَّلَاةُ تَسْتَنْزِلُ [تُنْزِلُ] الرَّحْمَةَ
Prayer causes [divine] mercy to descend
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
الصَّلَاةُ حِصْنُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَمَدْحَرَةُ الشَّيْطَانِ
Prayer is the fortress of the all-Merciful and the instrument for expelling Satan
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
الصَّلَاةُ حِصْنٌ مِنْ سَطَوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ
Prayer is a fortress [that protects] from the influences of Satan
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيُصَلِّ صَلَاةَ مُوَدِّعٍ
When one of you stands to perform prayer, then let him pray the prayer of one who is bidding farewell [iehe should assume that it is the last prayer he will perform in his lifetime]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
عَلِّمُوا صِبْيَانَكُمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَخُذُوهُمْ بِهَا إِذَا بَلَغُوا الْحُلُمَ
Teach your young children [how to perform the ritual] prayer and make them accountable for it when they reach puberty
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
كَمْ مِنْ قَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ قِيَامِهِ إِلَّا الْعَنَاءُ
How many of those who stand [to perform prayer] have nothing in their prayer but [physical] effort
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْمُصَلِّي مَا يَغْشَاهُ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ لَمَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ السُّجُودِ
If the one who offers prayer knew how much divine mercy is descending upon him, he would surely not raise his head from prostration
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
مَا أَهَمَّنِي ذَنْبٌ أُمْهِلْتُ [أُهْمِلْتُ] فِيهِ حَتَّى أُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ
I am not worried by a wrongdoing in which I am given time so that I can offer two units of prayer [and seek forgiveness]
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم
لَا تَقْضِ نَافِلَةً فِي وَقْتِ فَرِيضَةٍ ابْدَأْ بِالْفَرِيضَةِ ثُمَّ صَلِّ مَا بَدَا لَكَ
Do not perform a recommended act at the time of an obligatory one; start with the obligatory [prayer] and then pray whatever more you wish to
المصدر : غرر الحكم ودرر الكلم