Tasbih - Iranian Prayer Beads - Iranian Prayer Rosary
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Tashbih as a Prayer Rosary:
The most widely use of Tasbih in Iran is as a prayer rosary. Similar to other religions, Moslems
in Iran use Tasbih to keep track of their prayer chanting (Number of times a prayer phrase is repeated).
Tasbih for Estekhareh
Persians and to some degree Moslems use Tasbih to seek God's guidance in making decisions.
In this process, the person would make a wish or think of the matter at hand and then select a
portion of tasbih. Then one bead is pulled away from each side and repeated till no bead is left (Good
Choice, Yes, Go ahead, Good Decision) or a single bead is left at the end (i.e. Bad choice, No, Do not
proceed, Bad decision). As such, the prayer beads (Tasbih) plays a practical role in every day life as well.
This process is called Estekhareh. For very important issues, people may ask a holy man, a moslem
priest to perform the Estekhareh for them to improve the chance of divine guidance.
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Iranian Rosary and Poetry for Meditation and Prayer - Cover Page
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