Indeed upholding/maintaining SALAT is the Key for the success.
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Ermm one thing im curious about, if maintaining salat isn't worshipping Allah prostrating and stuff, how come some verses mention prostrating, and Allah in a verse tells us to leave everything for the friday prayer?
Salam,
Very good question, and to answer your question I will just invite you reasoning
prostration in arabic is SAJADA
In the Quran The God ask angels and Iblis to sajad in front of Adam. Do you think angels and Iblis were asked to prostrate in front of Adam? To do what?
In surat/chapter Yusuf, his brothers did SAJADA in front of Yusuf, same question arise?
My conclusion of the above is that sajada does not mean "physical" prostration, but means "hearing and obeying" as stated in verse 2285, 446, 57, 2451,2285
The Messenger believeth in what hath been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth in Allah, His angels, His books, and His Messengers "We make no distinction (they say) between one and another of His Messengers." And they say "We hear and we obey; (We seek) Thy forgiveness, Our Lord, and to Thee is the end of all journeys."For Salat Jumu'a
629
O ye who believe! when the call is proclaimed to "prayer on Friday" (SALAT of the Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah, and leave off business (and traffic) that is best for you if ye but knew!Jumu'a means means "assembly/gathering".
The timed SALAT refered as SALAT AL FAJR and SALAT AL Isha in alQuran see verse 11114, 1778 is the Bond when reading The Book.
1778
Establish SALAT at the sun's decline till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer and reading QURAN for the reading Quran in the morning carry their testimonyThis Bond "Quranic recitation/reading" is also performed at any "social gathering" as is done when burrying the dead, mariage, birth etc...
Peace
ps this is my understanding when I have written it, searching for the truth is a continual process and therefore might not be complete or totally right.
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Salam,
Very good question, and to answer your question I will just invite you reasoning
prostration in arabic is SAJADA
In the Quran The God ask angels and Iblis to sajad in front of Adam. Do you think angels and Iblis were asked to prostrate in front of Adam? To do what?
In surat/chapter Yusuf, his brothers did SAJADA in front of Yusuf, same question arise?
My conclusion of the above is that sajada does not mean "physical" prostration, but means "hearing and obeying" as stated in verse 2285, 446, 57, 2451,2285
The Messenger believeth in what hath been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth in Allah, His angels, His books, and His Messengers "We make no distinction (they say) between one and another of His Messengers." And they say "We hear and we obey; (We seek) Thy forgiveness, Our Lord, and to Thee is the end of all journeys."For Salat Jumu'a
629
O ye who believe! when the call is proclaimed to "prayer on Friday" (SALAT of the Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah, and leave off business (and traffic) that is best for you if ye but knew!Jumu'a means means "assembly/gathering".
The timed SALAT refered as SALAT AL FAJR and SALAT AL Isha in alQuran see verse 11114, 1778 is the Bond when reading The Book.
1778
Establish SALAT at the sun's decline till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer and reading QURAN for the reading Quran in the morning carry their testimonyThis Bond "Quranic recitation/reading" is also performed at any "social gathering" as is done when burrying the dead, mariage, birth etc...
Peace
ps this is my understanding when I have written it, searching for the truth is a continual process and therefore might not be complete or totally right.
Oh great thanks for the explanation
peace
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Salaam brother herbman,
I have two questions for you bro.
1778
Establish SALAT at the sun's decline till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer and reading QURAN for the reading Quran in the morning carry their testimony1- Please explain what you mean by "Establish" in the above.
2- How you get the understand of "Reading AlQuraan" in 1778?
May Allah guide us all to His path pr
Mohammed M. Khan -
Salaam brother herbman,
I have two questions for you bro.
1- Please explain what you mean by "Establish" in the above.
2- How you get the understand of "Reading AlQuraan" in 1778?
May Allah guide us all to His path pr
Mohammed M. KhanPeace MMKhan,
1- My translation came from Yusuf Ali which I replaced the word "prayer" by its original SALAT (not translated).
But I would say it is "establish/maintain/accomplish/perform" in that sense.here is the original translation of 1778
Yusuf Ali
Establish regular prayers at the sun's decline till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer and reading for the prayer and reading in the morning carry their testimony.Mohsin Khan
Perform As?Sal?t (Iqam?t-as-Sal?t) from mid-day till the darkness of the night (i.e. the Zuhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, and 'Ish?' prayers), and recite the Qur'?n in the early dawn (i.e. the morning prayer). Verily, the recitation of the Qur'?n in the early dawn is ever witnessed (attended by the angels in charge of mankind of the day and the night).Pickthal
Establish worship at the going down of the sun until the dark of night, and (the recital of) the Qur'an at dawn. Lo! (the recital of) the Qur'an at dawn is ever witnessed.Shakir
Keep up prayer from the declining of the sun till the darkness of the night and the morning recitation; surely the morning recitation is witnessed.PRL
= Qaf-Waw-Miim = stand still or firm, rose/stand up, managed/conducted/ordered/regulated/superintended, established, made it straight/right, maintain/erect/observe/perform, set up, people/community/company, abode, stature/dignity/rank. aqama - to keep a thing or an affair in a right state.2-"qur'ana al fajri", qur'ana come from root qaf-ra-alif
PRL
= Qaf-Ra-Alif = to recite/read, compilation, collection, reading, recitation, explanation, study, investigation.qur'ana from Coran corpus
http//corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=17&verse=78
accusative masculine proper noun QuranThe translation would be something like "....and the "grand recititation/lecture" at dawn is witnessed"
Peace
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Salaaman brother herbman,
Thank you for your reply.
1- My translation came from Yusuf Ali which I replaced the word "prayer" by its original SALAT (not translated).
But I would say it is "establish/maintain/accomplish/perform" in that sense.here is the original translation of 1778
Yusuf Ali
Establish regular prayers at the sun's decline till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer and reading for the prayer and reading in the morning carry their testimony.I understand that. But I wanted to suggest that the word "Aqim" is a derivative of "qum", "qayaam", "mustaqeem", etc. I believe, Allah used a 'single term' for each word in AlQuraan and also the same term is sued for its derivatives in His Book.
For example
1- A boy use to draw with both "hands"
2- You cannot escape from the "hands" of policeWhatever the 'particular' term is used for "hands" in AlQuraan, that always means "hands", it may refer to any of the example above, in both cases the same 'Arabic' term will be used in AlQuraan, same as we do in English.
In the same way, either "aqim", "qum", "mustaqeem" and other derivatives, all means simply "Straight/erect/stand". When Allah said "Aqim AlSalaat" that simply means "Straighten AlSalaat". As per my understanding 'Salaat' means 'link/contact/connection', so, "Aqim AlSalaat" can be translated as "Straighten the connection ". This is how I understand it, because every time it is needed to straighten cause we are busy also in other things.
2-"qur'ana al fajri", qur'ana come from root qaf-ra-alif
PRL
= Qaf-Ra-Alif = to recite/read, compilation, collection, reading, recitation, explanation, study, investigation.qur'ana from Coran corpus
http//corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=17&verse=78
accusative masculine proper noun QuranThe translation would be something like "....and the "grand recititation/lecture" at dawn is witnessed"
Again I found two terms in AlQuraan in the same regards as follows
1- 'Quraan' always refers to 'reading'
2- 'AlQuraan' always refers to 'AlQuraan' and in many places it is used with "Haaza" AlQuraan.If you look at the word 'Quraan' in 7517-18, you will get the clear meaning, inshaAllah.
There is no AlQuraan mentioned in 1778, so it has to be translated as "Reading of AlFajr", I believe it is referring to Salaat AlFajr. Initially 1778 talks about Salaat AlEshaan and this part is referring to Salaat AlFajr.
It can also be understood from the other aayat, inshaAllah.
"Quraan AlFajri" in 1778 is used same as "A'zaab AlNaari" in 2201. So, when "A'zaab AlNaari" means "Punishment of AlNaar" then why can't "Quraan AlFajri" means "Reading of AlFajr".
For further clarification please look at the terms already used in AlQuraan as "Qaraat AlQuraan" in 1698 and "Quria AlQuraan" in 7204. Allah would have used something similar in 1778.
Hope this may help you inshaAllah.
May Allah guide us all to His path pr
Mohammed M. Khan -
So the way i understood it, at salat times, a muslim which rejects all hadiths have to recite the Qu'ran and nothing else(ablution needed?)
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Salaam KR,
So the way i understood it, at salat times, a muslim which rejects all hadiths have to recite the Qu'ran and nothing else(ablution needed?)
Recite the Quraan? nope
There are instruction in AlQuraan for us to follow, how can repeat them back to Allah in your Salaat? Logically, it has no sense. For ablution you have understand 56 .
May Allah guide us all to His path pr
Mohammed M. Khan -
Salaam KR,
Recite the Quraan? nope
There are instruction in AlQuraan for us to follow, how can repeat them back to Allah in your Salaat? Logically, it has no sense. For ablution you have understand 56 .
May Allah guide us all to His path pr
Mohammed M. KhanOK, Some say its reciting, some say worshipping, i dunno what the hell is going on anymore, HOW DO YOU DO SALAT? IS IT Worshipping physically and how or mentally and how!? brickwall Can you show me step by step, ex. take this and go there and do this, i wanna know it is DONE, not what it means cos i already know.
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Salaam KR,
OK, Some say its reciting, some say worshipping, i dunno what the hell is going on anymore, HOW DO YOU DO SALAT? IS IT Worshipping physically and how or mentally and how!? brickwall Can you show me step by step, ex. take this and go there and do this, i wanna know it is DONE, not what it means cos i already know.
Easy easy...
Here it is http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9601300.msg261111#msg261111
Hope this may be of help to you inshaAllah.
Mohammed M. Khan
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Salaam KR,
Easy easy...
Here it is http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9601300.msg261111#msg261111
Hope this may be of help to you inshaAllah.
Mohammed M. Khan
Ok that explanation is good, but i see many people telling a different way of how they understand salat so im not sure which one it is but ill stick to yours for now even tho i don't do salat yet i need it for later God willing.
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Salaam KR,
Ok that explanation is good, but i see many people telling a different way of how they understand salat so im not sure which one it is but ill stick to yours for now even tho i don't do salat yet i need it for later God willing.
Don't rush brother. All the aayaats are given for each step of Salaat, do NOT fall on blindly. Take your time, ponder and judge them all and seek Allah's help for the guidance towards the truth. Again, do NOT fall on others understandings and don't worry, Allah is always with us for help and The Best and True Guidance.
Make it a habit brother, inshaAllah, this habit will help you on each and every step you take towards the truth.
May Allah guide us all to His path pr
Mohammed M. Khan