Ag ùrnaigh ann an suidheachadh buailteach - Mata 26:39

Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

Seasamh

In Islam, one prays in using various positions including bending their heads toward the ground (by this we mean bending at the waist and having one's face looking toward the ground). Muslims pray a ritualistic prayer called salah or salat in Arabic, facing the Kaaba in Mecca, five times a day. Islam asserts Jesus taught/demonstrated this method of prayer in Matthew:39 (Islam 101 - Muslim at Prayer and How to Pray).

First, in Matthew:39 and Mark:35, we are told Jesus fell with his head (face) toward the ground and he prayed. However, does Scripture reveal other ways God's people prayed?

Kneeling - 1 Kings:54; Daniel:10 (and prayed three times per day); Acts:60,:36; Ephesians:14; Philippians:9-11.
Standing - 2 Chronicles:5.
Facedown - Numbers:22,:6; Joshua:14; Revelation:11.
Hands Raised - Psalms:2,:2.

The fact that Jesus prayed using this posture does not mean that he always did so. God is more interested in a prostrated heart than he is a prostrated body. Moreover, when Jesus taught the disciples how to pray in Matthew:5-15 he did not specify any posture at all.

Time

Although in Islam one may pray anytime, there are specific times one "must" pray: Fajr (pre-dawn), Dhuhr (noon), 'Asr (afternoon), Maghrib (sunset), and 'Isha (evening). However, in the Bible God does not give his people specific times to pray, i.e., the hour, the minute, the second, etc. We find Jesus and the disciples praying at different times of the day. The prayer of Jesus in our text is around midnight and beyond (it was already night when he began - John:30).

Jesus is not teaching Islamic Prayer

Jesus addressed, "his Father" in Matthew:39, which is not from any Islamic traditional formula of prayer. Allah's 99 names do not even include God as Father. "There is nothing like male Allah or female Allah. Allah has no gender. If you add the word 'father' to 'God' it becomes 'God-father'. God-father means someone who is a guardian. There is no word like 'Allah-Abba' or 'Allah-father'" (Naik). Allah also has no son - "Allah has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have sought to overcome others. Exalted is Allah above what they describe [concerning Him]" (:91).

Jesus was NOT praying an Islamic prayer. Jesus prayed to his Father, not Allah or Muhammad.

Jesus taught his people - his Church - how to pray:

Matthew:5-15 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. This, then, is how you should pray:

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Please see Christianity and Islam Contrasted.

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Reference

Naik, Zakir. Islam 101 - Concept of God in Islam, www.islam101.org.

becomes

In Islam, bidh daoine ag ùrnaigh ann an diofar shuidheachaidhean am measg a' gabhail a' ceann a lùbadh a dh'ionnsaigh na talmhainn (leis a' ciall seo tha sinn a' ciallachadh lùbadh aig a' lòin agus aghaidh a bhith a' coimhead a dh'ionnsaigh na talmhainn). Bidh Muslamaich ag ùrnaigh ùrnaigh deas-ghnàthach ris an canar salah no salat ann an Arabais, a' coimhead a dh'ionnsaigh a' Kaaba ann am Mecca, còig tursan san latha. Tha Islam ag ràdh gun do theagaisg/no gum biodh Iosa ag ùrnaigh/dearbhadh an dòigh ùrnaigh seo ann am Mata:39 (Islam 101 - Muslim aig Ùrnaigh agus Ciamar a Ùrnaigh).

An toiseach, ann am Mata:39 agus Marc:35, tha sinn air innse gun do thuit Iosa le a cheann (a aghaidh) a dh'ionnsaigh na talmhainn agus e ag ùrnaigh. Ach, a bheil Sgriobtur a' nochdadh dòighean eile air am bi daoine Dhè ag ùrnaigh?

A' gèilleadh - Rìghrean 1:54; Daniel:10 (agus ùrnaigh trì tursan san latha); Acts:60,:36; Ephesians:14; Philippians:9-11.
A' seasamh - 2 Chronicles:5.
A' laighe sìos - Numbers:22,:6; Joshua:14; Revelation:11.
Làimhean air a thogail - Psalms:2,:2.

Chan eil fhìrinn gum biodh Iosa ag ùrnaigh a' cleachdadh a' ghàidheachd seo a' ciallachadh gum biodh e daonnan a' dèanamh sin. Tha Dia nas motha de cheàrrach air cridhe a tha air a lùbadh na air corp a tha air a lùbadh. A thuilleadh air sin, nuair a theagaisg Iosa an luchd-leanmhainn ciamar a ùrnaigh ann am Mata:5-15 cha do shònraich e suidheachadh sam bith.

Ùine

Ged a dh'fhaodadh aon ùrnaigh a dhèanamh aig àm sam bith ann an Islam, tha tìdean sònraichte ann gum "feumar" ùrnaigh: Fajr (ro là), Dhuhr (meadhan an latha), 'Asr (feasgar), Maghrib (dol fodha na grèine), agus 'Isha (feasgar). Ach, anns a' Bhìoball chan eil Dia a' toirt ùine shònraichte dha na daoine aige ùrnaigh, i.e., an uair, a' mhionaid, an dànd, msaa. Tha sinn a' faighinn Iosa agus an luchd-leanmhainn ag ùrnaigh aig diofar amannan den latha. Tha ùrnaigh Iosa anns an teacsa againn timcheall minoich agus nas fhadalaiche (bha e mar-thà oidhche nuair a thòisich e - John:30).

Chan e Iosa a' teagasg Ùrnaigh Ioslamach

Tha Iosa a' bruidhinn, "a Athair" ann am Mata:39, nach eil à àm ùrnaigh traidiseanta Ioslamach sam bith. Chan eil gin de 99 ainmean Allah a' gabhail a' gabhail Dia mar Athair. "Chan eil ann an Allah fireann no boireann. Chan eil gnè aig Allah. Ma chuireas tu am facal 'athair' ri 'Dia' tha e a' ciallachadh 'Dia-athair'. Tha Dia-athair a' ciallachadh cùramair. Chan eil facal mar 'Allah-Abba' no 'Allah-athair'" (Naik). Chan eil mac aig Allah cuideachd - "Chan eil Allah air mac a ghabhail, no a bheil deity sam bith air a bhith còmhla ris. [Nam biodh], an uairsin bhiodh gach deity air na chruthaich e a ghabhail, agus bhiodh cuid dhiubh air a dhol a chèile a shàrann. Tha Allah air àrdachadh os cionn na tha iad a' mìneachadh [a thaobh air] (:91).

Cha robh Iosa ag ùrnaigh ùrnaigh Ioslamach. Bha Iosa ag ùrnaigh ris an Athair aige, chan e Allah no Muhammad.

Theagaisg Iosa a luchd-leanmhainn - a Eaglais - ciamar a ùrnaigh:

Mata:5-15 Agus nuair a bhios tu ag ùrnaigh, na bi mar an daoine-ceòl, oir tha iad dèidheil air ùrnaigh anns na synagogan agus air oiseanan a' rathaid air am faicheadh daoine eile. Gu dearbh tha mi ag innse dhuit, tha iad air an duais fhaighinn ann an làn. Ach nuair a bhios tu ag ùrnaigh, a dhol a-steach don t-seòmar agad, dùin an doras agus ùrnaigh ris an do Athair, a tha do-fhaicsinneach. An uairsin do Athair, a chì dè a tha air a dhèanamh ann an dìomhaireachd, a dhìolaidh tu. Agus nuair a bhios tu ag ùrnaigh, na cùm ort a' labhairt mar na daoine-pàgan, oir tha iad a' smaoineachadh gum bi iad air am cluinntinn air sgàth an fhaclan mòra. Na bi mar iadsan, oir tha do Athair eòlach air na tha thu feum mus iadsan iar t'. Seo, mar sin, ciamar a bu chòir dhuit ùrnaigh:

Ar n- Athair anns na nèamhan, biodh do ainm air a naomhachadh, do rìoghachd a' tighinn, do toil a dhèanamh, air an talamh mar a tha e anns na nèamhan. Dèanamaid arrainn arrainn làitheil. Agus mathaig sinn ar fiachan, mar a tha sinn cuideachd air ar fiachan a mhaitheachadh. Agus na leantainn sinn a-steach do theampall, ach saor sinn o'n olc. Oir ma tha thu a' maitheachadh dhaoine eile nuair a pheacaidh iad nad aghaidh, do Athair nèamhaidh a dhìolaidh tu cuideachd. Ach mura maitheas tu daoine eile am peacadh, do Athair cha maitheas tu do pheacadh.

Feuch Crìosdaidheachd agus Islam air an coimeas.

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Reference

Naik, Zakir. Islam 101 - Bun-bheachd Dhe ann an Islam, www.islam101.org.