The "Individual and Social" Effects of Prayer in the Qur'an

Prayer is the most important worship in Islam, which has a lot of educational effects. The educational effect is referred to any internal and external character that a person receives in the process of an education that flourishes his intuitive talents. Using a descriptive-analytical method, this paper analyzes the individual and social educational effects of prayer from the perspective of the Qur'an. The individual educational effects of prayer include relaxation and mental health, preventing depression, preventing moral illness, eliminating negligence, cultivating ethical virtues, and spiritual evolution. The social educational effects include the public spirit, faith-making, punishing the hypocrites and distinguishing hypocrites from believers.