WOMEN’S BOOK CLUB

A DIVINE QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE

THE INNER DIMENSIONS OF PRAYER

from Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

In this gathering, we are invited to soften—
to breathe with intention,
to listen with the heart,
to remember what the soul already knows.

As we move through this sacred text together, we will begin to see Salah not as something to be performed, but as something to be entered, with awe and with presence. Prayer is not a pause from life—it is life elevated, sanctified, illuminated. It is the quiet axis around which the believer’s world turns. It is the still sanctuary we carry with us, no matter where we stand on the earth.

Ibn al-Qayyim reminds us that the essence of prayer lies not in outer precision alone, but in inner presence—in the trembling of a heart aware that it stands before the King of the worlds. It is not perfection Allah seeks from us, but sincerity. The broken voice that whispers His name. The tired soul that still turns. The restless heart that remembers.

Together, we will reflect, listen, and allow these sacred insights to seep into the soil of our everyday lives. We will taste what it means to stand in prayer not out of habit, but out of love. Not out of duty, but out of yearning. We will explore how prayer becomes a homecoming—a return to the place we were always meant to be: in intimate conversation with our Lord.

You are warmly invited to join this circle of stillness and light—
to return to the prayer not as a ritual,
but as a refuge.
Not as an act to fulfill,
but as a sacred meeting with the Most Merciful. A hush beneath the heavens. A homecoming of the heart. Where your soul is no longer wandering,
No longer pleading to be seen— for here, it is already known, Already held. Not a beginning, But a return
To the door of The Beloved.

JUNE 8TH at 5PM CET for 2h15 minutes

"The coolness of the eyes of the lovers of Allah is in Salah."


Ibn Qayyim