A Critical Review of a Video on Praying at the Earliest Time?

There is no doubt that praying at the beginning of its prescribed time brings all the benefits mentioned by the speaker, as well as countless other blessings and benefits beyond the reach of our imagination or words. But:

Anyone who prays for any of these benefits, whether mentioned or unmentioned, or who gives priority to praying at the beginning of the prescribed time for their sake, will be deprived of the greatest good and benefit of all: nearness to God and the vision of Him. Surely, the joy of nearness to God cannot be compared with any other benefit.

Any aim in prayer other than nearness to God diminishes the prayer’s sincerity and, in some cases, may be considered a form of associating partners with God. Without doubt, when the intention behind praying at the beginning of the prescribed time is nearness to God, it encompasses within itself every benefit in the world.

A single intention in prayer is its foundation and the key to its acceptance: one intention, for God, the “One” and the “Unique.”

Peace be upon you, respected teacher.

According to the principles of electromagnetism, a potential difference can be created in a circuit by applying a magnetic or electric field to a conductor whose electric charges are randomly distributed; this creates a potential difference and, consequently, a flow of electric charges. Also, because of the repulsive force arising as electrons approach the nucleus, electrons are constantly moving in orbits around it.

Given that any phenomenon requires energy to set it in motion, whatever the source (for example, a car needs petrol to supply the energy for movement), does the life of the cells and atoms that make up the human body depend on an external force being applied—such as an external electric field that creates a potential difference and drives the flow of charge?

More generally, what does it mean to be alive? When is a cell alive?

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The chemical elements and solutions, and certain other substances supplied from outside the body, provide the fuel for its cells. The most important question, however, is how processes within the cell are brought about, because the mere presence of the necessary elements and substances does not create order, movement or change. As we know, a cell is an intelligent system that, once supplied with the necessary fuel, is set in motion like a vast factory. The question is how these remarkable cellular processes are initiated and sustained, and how the cell functions.

Besides the forces within and around it that we know of, each cell is subject to the oversight and direction of particular forces that remain unknown to us. Scientists today are investigating them in an effort to discover their nature.

In the language of Meshkat, one might put it this way: each cell, atom and elementary particle is governed, by God’s command, through forces of the spiritual and celestial realms. God watches over all of them from above and directs them—that is, He governs each force in its proper place and provides its power.

The incomparable Creator transforms the entire chain of causes and effects, sustaining all things in existence and supplying them with power. The instructions inherent in every being—its created nature—at every scale, from the atomic to the galactic, are infused into its very being. The necessary knowledge is inspired within them by the Creator of existence, setting them in motion and stirring them to action.