Is it permissible to connect the number of prostrations with the noble verse: "And you were dead, and He gave you life; then He will cause you to die, and then He will bring you to life again; and then to Him you will return" – such that the first prostration represents the state before creation, the sitting between the two prostrations represents the brevity of worldly life, the second prostration represents death, and rising from it represents resurrection – in order to increase focus and remembrance of death during prayer?
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Remembering death and contemplating matters of the Afterlife helps one achieve khushu' (devotional humility) in prayer, for the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Remember death in your prayer, for if a man remembers death in his prayer, he is most likely to perfect his prayer." And he also said: "When you stand for prayer, pray as one bidding farewell." There is no evidence connecting this to a specific verse.
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