Sentence examples for the salat from inspiring English sources

They listened to the salat al gha'ib, a prayer performed when the body of the deceased has not been found, most often used for soldiers.

There is disagreement among Islamic scholars as to whether some passages about prayer in the Muslim sacred scripture, the Qurʾān, are actually references to the salat.

He went there regularly in the months to come, first doing the ablution known as wudu in a washroom fitted for cleansing hands, face and feet, and then facing toward Mecca to intone the salat prayer.

Qiblah, also spelled qibla or kiblah, the direction of the sacred shrine of the Kaʿbah in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, toward which Muslims turn five times each day when performing the salat (daily ritual prayer).

Just before 12 30 p.m., Sheikh Mohammad Amir, the chairman of the Religious Advisory Board of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand, advised everyone that together they would say the Salat al-Janazah, the Muslim funeral prayer featuring a call and response with four recitations of "Allahu akbar," then walk with the family as they carried the dead to the graves.

The Quran states that the Salat or prayer (ritualistic practice of physical acts with supplication), as it is a form of remembrance of God, is one example of an act of worship: "Therefore remember Me (by praying, glorifying,).

One example of this is the salat-al-janazah (funeral prayer), an obligatory part of the Muslim funeral service where congregants pray that the deceased person's sins will be forgiven.

But von Bremzen makes the best of her material, conjuring the whiff of fermenting sauerkraut in an enameled bucket, the sight of sinews and fat glistening in a cheap goulash "with an ivory palette" and the sharp and creamy taste of the ubiquitous salat Olivier in the "kitschy, mayonnaise-happy '70s".

Tomorrow the Tour de France peloton will swish down a steep mountainside between the valleys of the river Ger and the river Salat, through a series of tight bends on a one-in-six slope as they descend from the Col du Portet d'Aspet.

One participant who accepted evolution and prayed four to five times a day said that she frequently had difficulty performing the fajr salat, or morning prayer, because of her late night schedule.

Kenyan officials and Somali expatriates "came to the marketplaces, during the middle of the day," Mr. Salat said.