What Does Prayer Change? Why Do We Pray If God Already Knows Everything?

What is the meaning of prayer? Can prayer change destiny? Does dua alter fate, or does it change the heart of the one who prays? In this video we explore the Sufi understanding of prayer through the wisdom of Ibn Arabi. Prayer is more than asking for wishes. Prayer is not a transaction. Prayer is remembrance, surrender, transformation, awareness, trust, and recognition. Sufism teaches that prayer is the way the servant meets the Creator, the moment when the heart becomes naked before God. Ibn Arabi explains that prayer is not your will but God’s word placed on your tongue. Dua is not demanding but witnessing. Every prayer is a mirror of your intention. Every prayer reveals who you are before your Lord. Prayer in Islam, the role of dua, the meaning of destiny, the mystery of fate, the secret of surrender, all come together in this reflection. We ask: Why do we pray? What does prayer change? Why does God sometimes not answer? How does dua transform the soul? Why did Ibn Arabi say that prayer is already written, and yet the servant must pray? In this Sufi way, prayer becomes not a request but a recognition of truth.