10 TIPS ON HOW TO CONCENTRATE DURING
SALAT (PRAYERS)" 1. Before standing up for Prayer, try to deal
with all the minor urgent matters which
demand your attention. If you are pressed
by hunger, eat first; if you are pressed to
attend to the ...call of nature, relieve
yourself; if you are the parent of an infant, feed him or her, or keep him or her busy. 2. Perform your wudu’ (ablution) well,
paying due care and attention. 3. Approach the Prayer with zest and
passion as if it is the last prayer in your life
before dying. Actually the Prophet (peace
and blessings be upon him) taught us that
we could do nothing in this world that
could ever surpass Prayer in merit and excellence. 4. Visualize that in your Prayer you are
going to have a special audience with
Allah, Lord of the worlds, and that you are
enjoying a direct communion with Him—
which, in fact, is true. 5. Think of the Prayer you are performing
as if it were the last Prayer of your life. In
fact, it could very well be the last one,
since no one is given a guarantee that he
would live to perform another Prayer. 6. Picture the scene of the Last Day when
people will be lined up into two groups,
one destined for Heaven, and another for
Hell, and ask yourself where you would be
placed. 7. Focus your mind on what you are
reading in your Prayer and recite simple
suurats that you understand it's meaning
and ponder on the meaning whiles u
recite. 8. If, in spite of your best efforts, your
mind is still wandering, seek refuge in
Allah and bring your mind back to Prayer. 9. Pray to Allah and beg Him to grant you
true the joy of concentrating in your
Prayer and protection against the
wanderings of your mind. 10. Place your eyesight to the one spot
where you will be making your sujuud
while you recite and avoid taking your
eyes from that spot