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Islam. Salah ( Arabic: ٱلصَّلَاةُ, romanized : aṣ-Ṣalāh) is the principal form of worship in Islam. Facing Mecca, it consists of units called rak'ah (specific set of movements), during which the Quran is recited, and prayers from the Sunnah are typically said. The number of rak'ah varies from prayer to prayer.
Salat times are prayer times when Muslims perform salat. The term is primarily used for the five daily prayers including the Friday prayer, which takes the place of the Dhuhr prayer and must be performed in a group of aibadat. Muslims believe the salah times were revealed by Allah to Muhammad (SAW) .
The Fajr prayer ( Arabic: صَلَاةُ الْفَجْر, romanized : Ṣalāt al-Fajr) is the salah (daily Islamic prayer) offered in the early morning. Consisting of two rak'a, it is performed between the break of dawn and sunrise. It is one of two prayers mentioned by name in the Quran. Due to its timing, Islamic belief holds the Fajr ...
The Fajr prayer is performed before sunrise, Dhuhr is performed in the midday after the sun has surpassed its highest point, Asr is the evening prayer before sunset, Maghrib is the evening prayer after sunset and Isha is the night prayer. All of these prayers are recited while facing in the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca and form an important ...
Centering prayer is a form of Christian contemplative prayer, to center awareness on the presence of God. [web 1] [web 2] This modern movement in Christianity was initiated by three Trappist monks of St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts in the 1970s, Fr. William Meninger, Fr. M. Basil Pennington and Abbot Thomas Keating, in response to the growing popularity of Asian meditation methods.
Al-Fatiha ( Arabic: ٱلۡفَاتِحَةِ, romanized : al-Fātiḥa, lit. 'the Opening') is the first chapter ( sura) of the Quran. It consists of seven verses ( ayat) which consist of a prayer for guidance and mercy. [ 1] Al-Fatiha is recited in Muslim obligatory and voluntary prayers, known as salah.
Friday prayer. In Islam, Friday prayer, or Congregational prayer[ 1] ( Arabic: صَلَاة ٱلْجُمُعَة, romanized : Ṣalāh al-Jumuʿa) is a community prayer service held once a week on Fridays. [ 2] All Muslim men are expected to participate at a mosque with certain exceptions due to distance and situation. [ 3]
Jesus Prayer. The Jesus Prayer, [ a] also known as The Prayer, [ b] is a short formulaic prayer, esteemed and advocated especially in Eastern Christianity and Catholicism : Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. It is often repeated continually as a part of personal ascetic practice, its use being an integral part of the ...