Prabhupāda: If we are offering prayer, so Allah must hear it. Then He will be pleased upon you. So if He has no capacity to hear, then what is the use of your prayer? This is the logic. He must have capacity to hear what I am offering, prayers: "My Lord, Your Lordship is so great. You have created this universe," or "You are maintaining so many . . ." these things are there. So what is the purpose? That appreciating the uncommon activities of the Lord. This is prayer. What else? What do they mean by prayer? What is the meaning of their prayer?
Nandarāṇī: Their prayers are for glorification of God, just like our chanting.
Prabhupāda: Glorification means to recite the glorified activities. So He has got activities. Prayers describing the glorified activities. So just like our prayers also. Cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipā . . . (BS 5.29). The Lord is tending cows, and He's surrounded by so many goddess of fortune, gopīs, these things are described. Cintāmaṇi-prakara. So the Lord's activities, Lord's place, how He is surrounded by other devotees or servitors, how He is tending, these are prayer. So what is their prayer? Did you try to understand? What do they offer?
Nandarāṇī: Allah illallah is a common . . .
Prabhupāda: That is their word, but what is the meaning?
Nandarāṇī: "God is great."
Prabhupāda: God is great, but how He is great?
Nandarāṇī: That is not emphasized, how He is great, just that He is great.
Prabhupāda: Then there is the proof of less intelligence. God is great, very good, but how He is great? What is the conception of greatness? You accept me as your spiritual master, great, so you have got some conception of greatness. That you see in your spiritual master; therefore you accept him. And if you have no conception of greatness, what is the meaning of "He is great"? Therefore the real fact is, in the world there is no religion. They do not understand what is God, what is religion. Traditional, you can say superstition or some idea, actually no clear conception of religion. No idea in the world, except in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. All vague ideas. "God is great," that's all. How He is great and . . . (indistinct) . . .? Who is God, that is not known. And our ideal is to love God. So if I do not know about God, if I do not know who is God, then where is the question of love?
Nandarāṇī: But their faith is there.
Prabhupāda: That is good, but that is called sa bhakta prākṛta smṛtaḥ. That is not exactly on the transcendental platform. In the material platform, just appreciating some great power beyond our reach, that's all. Not clear idea. Therefore they are disturbed when they think form. Form means limitation, they think. At least, they should think like that. They do not know. Nobody knows, except in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Why we have described about God so many books? But they have this idea, very poor idea. But they are accepting God is great. That will help in future.