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The Prayer (alāh) Made Easy www.alkiani.com 1 The Prayer (alāh) made easy The First Unit What to Say (Transliteration/Translation) What to Do 1. Takbīr (Exaltation of Allāh) Allāhu Akbar Allāh is the Greatest. Raise your hands to your ears and then tie them below your navel with the right hand over the left, staring at the place of prostration. 2. Thanā’ (Praise) subḥānak Allāhumma wa bi-amdiKa wa tabārak-asmuKa wa taʿālā jadduKa wa lā ilāha ghayruK(a) This must be recited in the first unit of every prayer.

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The Prayer (Ṣalāh)

made easy

The First Unit

What to Say (Transliteration/Translation)

What to Do

1. Takbīr (Exaltation of Allāh)

Allāhu Akbar

Allāh is the Greatest.

Raise your hands to your ears and then tie them below your navel with the right hand over the left, staring at the place of prostration.

2. Thanā’ (Praise)

subḥānak Allāhumma wa bi-ḥamdiKa wa tabārak-asmuKa

wa taʿālā jadduKa wa lā ilāha ghayruK(a)

This must be recited in the first unit of every prayer.

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Glory be to You, O Allāh, and [extreme] praise

Your Name is blessed Your Majesty is exalted

And there is no god but You.

3. Taʿawwudh (Seeking Protection)

aʿūdhu bi ’Llāhi mina ’sh-shayṭāni ’r-rajīm

I seek refuge with Allāh from Shayṭān the accursed

This must be recited in the first unit of every prayer.

4. Basmalah (Saying the Name of Allāh)

bismi ’Llāhi ’r-Raḥmāni ’r-Raḥīm

[I begin] with the Name of Allāh, the Divinely-Compassionate, the Ever-Merciful.

This is be recited in the first unit of every prayer.

5. [Sūrat] al-Fātiḥah (the Opening)

al-ḥamdu li ’Llāhi Rabbi ’l-ʿālamīn ar- Raḥmāni ’r-Raḥīm Māliki yawmi ’d-dīn

iyyāKa naʿbudu wa iyyaKa nastaʿīn ihdina ’ṣ-ṣirāṭā ’l-mustaqīm

ṣirāṭa ’lladhīna anʿamTa ʿalayhim

This must be recited in every unit of every prayer.

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ghayri ’l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa la ’ḍ-ḍāllīn

(āmīn)

All Praise is due to Allāh, Lord of [all] the worlds The Divinely-Compassionnate, the Ever-Merciful

Master of the Day of Judgement You alone we worship, and You alone we seek for help

Guide us on the Straight Path The Path of those whom You have favoured

Not of those who have earned [Your] anger and nor of those who went astray.

6. Added Sūrah

[Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ]

qul huwa ’Llāhu aḥad Allāhu ’ṣ-Ṣamad

lam yalid wa lam yūlad wa lam yaku ’l-laHū kufuwan aḥad

Say (O Beloved Muḥammad): ‘He is Allāh, the only One

Allāh is Eternal, Independent He did not beget and nor was He begotten

And there is none equal to Him.’

A short Sūrah, or at least three verses, are added in every unit of every non-obligatory prayer. In obligatory prayers, it is only added in the first 2 units.

7. Takbīr (Exaltation of Allāh)

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Allāhu Akbar

Allāh is the Greatest.

Release your hands and enter the bowing (rukūʿ) posture, with hands gripping the knees, back being parallel to the ground, and staring between the feet.

8. Tasbīḥ (Praise) in Bowing (Rukūʿ)

subḥāna Rabbī (y)al-ʿAẓīm

Glory to my Lord, the Great.

This must be pronounced three times in the bowing posture.

9. Tasmīʿ

samiʿAllāhu li-man ḥamidaH

Allāh hears whoever praises Him.

Whilst saying this, adopt the standing posture, with hands hanging down the sides, staring at the place of prostration.

10. Taḥmīd

Rabba-nā laKa ’l-ḥamd

Our Lord! All praise be to You.

Say this when you are standing upright.

11. Takbīr (Exaltation of Allāh)

Perform the prostration: knees

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Allāhu Akbar

Allāh is the Greatest.

should touch the ground first, softly, then the hands, nose+forehead.

12. Tasbīḥ (Praise) in Prostration (Sajdah)

subḥāna Rabbī (y)al-Aʿlā

Glory to my Lord, the Most High.

This must be pronounced three times.

13. Takbīr (Exaltation of Allāh)

Allāhu Akbar

Allāh is the Greatest.

Adopt the sitting posture. The right foot must be erect with the toes bent facing the Qiblah, and the left foot must be resting flat on the floor.

14. Takbīr (Exaltation of Allāh)

Allāhu Akbar

Allāh is the Greatest.

Repeat Step 12

15. Takbīr (Exaltation of Allāh)

Allāhu Akbar

After second prostration of first unit, say the Takbīr and adopt

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Allāh is the Greatest. the standing posture, with hands tied below the navel, as you did in the first unit.

The Second Unit

In the second unit, repeat what you did in the first unit, missing out Steps 1,2,3 & 4.

16. Tashahhud (Testimony)

at-taḥiyyātu li ’Llāhi wa ’ṣ-ṣalawātu wa ’ṭ-ṭayyibātu,

as-salāmu ʿalayka ayyuha ’n-nabiyyu wa-raḥmatu ’Llāhi wa barakātuH,

as-salāmu ʿalaynā wa-ʿalā ʿibādi ’Llāhi ’ṣ-ṣāliḥīn, ash’hadu al-lā ilāha illa ’Llāhu

wa ash’hadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabdu-Hū wa-rasūluH

All oral, physical and monetary worship is for Allāh,

peace be upon you O Prophet, as well as the mercy and blessings of Allāh, peace be upon us all, and upon the righteous servants of Allāh.

I testify that there is no god but Allāh, And I testify that Muḥammad is His servant and messenger.

After the second prostration of the second unit, adopt the sitting posture, staring at the lap. When pronouncing the word of negation (lā), coloured here in green, one is to form a circle with the middle finger and thumb of the right hand, and raise the index finger. When reaching the word of affirmation (illā), he should lower the index finger and release the circle to normal position coloured here in red.

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If this is a prayer of more than 2 units, then say the Takbīr, adopt the standing posture and repeat all the Steps from Step 5 onwards.

At the end of the final unit, perform the following Steps.

17. Ṣalawāt (Invoking Blessings)

Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā āli-Muḥammadin ka-mā ṣallayTa ʿalā Ibrāhīma wa ʿalā āli-Ibrāhīma inna-Ka

Ḥamīdu ’m-Majīd, Allāhumma bārik ʿalā Muḥammadin wa ʿalā āli-Muḥammadin

ka-mā bārakTa ʿalā Ibrāhīma wa ʿalā āli-Ibrāhīma inna-Ka Ḥamīdu ’m-Majīd,

Rabbi ’jʿal-nī muqīma ’ṣ-ṣalāti wa min-dhurriyyatī, Rabbanā wa-taqabbal duʿā,

Rabbana ’ghfir lī wa-liwālidayya wa li ’l-mu’minīna yawma yaqūmu ’l-ḥisāb

O Allāh! Shower mercy upon Muḥammad and upon the family of Muḥammad, just as you showered mercy upon Ibrāhīm

and upon the family of Ibrāhīm - indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Majestic. O Allāh! Shower blessings upon Muḥammad and upon the family of Muḥammad, just as you showered blessings upon

Ibrāhīm and upon the family of Ibrāhīm - indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Majestic. My Lord, make me one who performs the prayer, as well as my children.

Our Lord, accept the supplication. Our Lord, forgive me, both my parents and [all] the believers on the day when the Reckoning will be established.

Remain in the sitting posture, with both hands on thighs, fingers spread apart, and staring at the lap.

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18. Salām (Salutation)

as-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatu ’Llāh Peace and Blessings of Allāh be upon you.

Turn your head to the right side.

as-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatu ’Llāh Peace and Blessings of Allāh be upon you.

Turn your head to the left side.

End of Prayer Text Highlighted GREEN is only to be recited in the first unit of any prayer (or third unit of non-emphasised sunnah prayer). Text Highlighted PINK is: short Sūrah or 3 verses to be added to the Fātiḥah in first 2 units of obligatory (farḍ) prayer, or every unit of non-obligatory prayer.