salah

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salah

A man performs salah in a quiet room.

Definition

Noun 1. The Islamic ritual prayer: Salah is the name for the prescribed, formal prayers that are one of the Five Pillars of Islam. It is a specific liturgy performed at five set times each day.

Usage
  • Salah is a central and obligatory act of worship in Islam.
  • Performing salah requires ritual purity (wudu), facing the direction of Mecca (qibla), and reciting specific verses and phrases in Arabic.
  • While salah can be performed anywhere that is clean, it is considered preferable to perform it in congregation at a mosque.
Examples
  • Muslims interrupt their daily activities to perform the salah.
  • The noon prayer is one of the five daily salah.
  • He went to the mosque to perform the Friday salah in congregation.
Advanced Usage
  • To perform/offer/establish salah: These are common collocations used to describe the act of completing the ritual prayer.
    • The faithful perform salah at dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, and nightfall.
  • The times of salah: Refers to the five specific periods of the day when the prayers are to be performed.
    • He checked the prayer timetable to know the times of salah.
Variants and Related Words
  • Salat: An alternative transliteration of the same Arabic word (صلاة).
  • Namaz: The term for Islamic ritual prayer in languages such as Persian, Urdu, and Turkish.
  • Dua: This is a separate concept meaning personal supplication or invocation to God, which is distinct from the formal liturgy of salah.
Synonyms
  • Islamic prayer: The direct descriptive synonym.
  • Ritual prayer: Emphasizes its formal, prescribed nature.
Notes on Meaning
  • Salah refers specifically to the formal, physical act of worship with prescribed movements (standing, bowing, prostrating, sitting) and recitations. It is distinct from the general English word "prayer," which can mean any form of spiritual communication or request. In an Islamic context, salah is the second of the Five Pillars.
salah

A man performs salah in a quiet room.

Noun
  1. the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca

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