salat

Definitions

noun Islam The prayer sessions held five times daily; one of the five pillars of Islam

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

From Arabic صلاة (ṣalāa), from Classical Arabic صلوة.

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:) Moreover, when doing salat at home, my wife and I will often pray together; we're just careful to avoid touching each other until after salat is over.

Regarding "Progressive" Islam, Covering, and Gender Segregation During Salat JDsg 2006
:) Moreover, when doing salat at home, my wife and I will often pray together; we're just careful to avoid touching each other until after salat is over.

Archive 2006-09-01 JDsg 2006
From workplaces across the country, the faint voice of a muezzin can be heard calling salat al dhuhr, the afternoon prayers.

unknown title 2009
I found myself as a walk-on character in his third Star Risk novel, a "salat" teacher named "Stiff Perr."

Archive 2006-08-01 Steve Perry 2006
I found myself as a walk-on character in his third Star Risk novel, a "salat" teacher named "Stiff Perr."

Chris Bunch Steve Perry 2006
The word in Arabic for prayer is "salat," and it means "connection."

unknown title 2008
The word in Arabic for prayer is "salat," and it means "connection."

unknown title 2008
Or how Desis keep the ta marbuta on words such as salat, zakat, niyyat, Farhat.

MuslimMatters.org 2008
The word in Arabic for prayer is "salat," and it means "connection."

unknown title 2008
The word in Arabic for prayer is "salat," and it means "connection."

unknown title 2008