Prayers
In Universal Sufism there are several prayers which were written by Hazrat Inayat Khan and are recited on specific occasions. Universal Sufism encourages one to pray for peace (Hazrat Inayat Khan's "Prayer for Peace being particularly useful), meditate upon the Divine Peace using the Wazifa "Ya Salaam", courageously and compassionately confront and transform the sources of fear and hostility within oneself, embody peace (which, of course, is not the same as laxity) in all of relationships, and reflect the essential unity of the human family in all of dealings.
Individual prayers include:
- The Confraternity Prayers or Universal Sufi Prayers: Saum, Salat, Khatum, Pir, Nabi, Rasul
- Prayer for Peace
- Nayaz
- Nazar
- Dowa
- The Healing Prayer
- Prayer for the Dead
- Blessing
- Namaz-e Norooz (Prayer for the New Year)
- Prayer for Peace in the World
- Prayer of Invocation
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