The Word Shalat in Quran
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peace All,
The following article was written by member adley and I was asked to upload it.
It does not really promote a specific view, however it is a fairly comprehensive account of the word's usage in al-quran.
It is meant to ease & promote further study.
http//www.geocities.com/learnislamquran/TheWordShalatinQuran.pdf
Post any comments here.
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Salaam all,
First of all... thank you very much to brother Wakas for helping uploading it.
The intended audience for this article is actually my local Sunnis. Thus, the final form will be in Indonesian. I created the English version first so that I can have feedbacks from this forum.
The real purpose of the article is to stimulate the curiosity of anyone who has always taken the word Shalat to be mere ritualistic prayer, to actually learn "more" and to criticize him/herself so that he/she can independently render a conclusion of the meaning of the word in Quran.
I wrote this article in a "polite" and "careful" way...
I've seen that provocative articles tend to make closed-traditional minds to be.. well... more "closed"... Thus, I hope by this polite-and-non-judging article, my local Sunnis (or might be anyone who doesn't take Quran to be complete and enough for Guidance) can re-evaluate their current understanding...So, feedbacks are most welcome...
I was just afraid that this article might be too polite/careful (or probably the other way around).Many thanks in advance.
Wasalaam,
=adley=
