Pray long longwe time, bodi i go daun - Matyu 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."

Posisi

In Islam, wanpela i pray long stonim olsem, inclutim bendim ol head blong i go long graun (long ston ol i mean bendim long wait na face blong i lukim long graun). Muslim i pray long ol ritulistik praea olsem salah o salat long Arabic, fes long Kaaba long Mecca, 5 taim long de. Islam i save Jesus i tijim/demonstratem dispela metod blong praea long Matthew 26:39 (Islam 101 - Muslim long Praea na How to Pray).

Furst, long Matthew 26:39 na Mark 14:35, i tambu long yumi i save Jesus i fal down long ol head (face) long graun na i pray. Bagam, Scripture i no reveal narapela ol wei God i pipul i pray?

Kneeling - 1 Kings 8:54; Daniel 6:10 (na i pray 3 taim long de); Acts 7:60, 20:36; Ephesians 3:14; Philippians 2:9-11.
Standing - 2 Chronicles 20:5.
Facedown - Numbers 16:22, 20:6; Joshua 5:14; Revelation 7:11.
Hands Raised - Psalms 134:2, 141:2.

Fact i tambu Jesus i pray long dispela posture i no mean i always i so. God i more interested long wan heart we i down than i bodi we i down. Olsem, taim Jesus i tijim ol disciples long praea long Matthew 6:5-15 i no specify any posture at all.

Time

Although long Islam wanpela i pray anytime, i gat spesel taim ol i "must" pray: Fajr (befor sun rise), Dhuhr (noon), 'Asr (afternoon), Maghrib (sunset), na 'Isha (evening). Bagam, long Bible God i no givim ol pipul i spesel taim long praea, i.e., ol hour, ol minute, ol sekens, etc. Yumi findim Jesus na ol disciples i pray long narapela taim long de. Praea blong Jesus long stori i rong midnight na beyond (i no nap long time i start - John 13:30).

Jesus is not teaching Islamic Prayer

Jesus i address, "his Father" long Matthew 26:39, we i no long narapela Islamic traditional formula blong praea. Allah 99 nem i no include God as Father. "I no gat narapela olsem male Allah o female Allah. Allah i no gat jender. If yu addim ol word 'father' long 'God' i become 'God-father'. God-father i mean someone we i guardian. I no gat ol word olsem 'Allah-Abba' o 'Allah-father'" (Naik). Allah i no gat pikin - "Allah i no gat pikin, na i no gat narapela deiti. [If i gat], then ol deiti i gat wailim olsem i created, na ol narapela i save tryim long winim ol narapela. Exalted is Allah above olsem ol i describe [concerning Him]" (23.91).

Jesus i NO pray Islamic praea. Jesus i pray long his Father, no Allah o Muhammad.

Jesus i tijim ol pipul blong i - ol Church - long praea:

Matthew 6:5-15 Na taim yu pray, no be olsem ol hipokrit, olsem ol i love long pray standing long sinagog na long street korner long i seen long narapela. Tru long yumi i tell yu, ol i gat ol reward blong ol. Bagam taim yu pray, go long yu rum, close door na pray long yu Father, we i no seen. Then yu Father, we i see olsem i done long sekret, i reward yu. Na taim yu pray, no keep on babbling olsem ol pagan, olsem ol i ting ol i hearim long ol man i wud. No be olsem ol, long yu Father i save olsem yu nid befor yu ask him. Dispela, then, i olsem yu save pray:

Yu Father long heven, olsem i holim yu nem, yu kingdom i kam, yu will i done, long erth olsem i heaven. Gim yumi today olsem i daily bred. Na forgive yumi olsem i debts, olsem yumi i forgive ol debtors blong yumi. Na lead yumi no long temptation, bagam deliver yumi long olsem i evil wan. Taim if yu forgive ol narapela pipul taim ol i sin long yu, yu heavenly Father i forgive yu. Bagam if yu no forgive ol narapela ol sin, yu Father i no forgive yu ol sin.

Please see Christianity and Islam Contrasted.

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Reference

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