This course guides a beginner through the five daily prayers from readiness and appointed times to standing, recitation, bowing, prostration, tashahhud, salam and correction. It gi…
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This course guides a beginner through the five daily prayers from readiness and appointed times to standing, recitation, bowing, prostration, tashahhud, salam and correction. It gives Qur’anic commands their full place and uses authenticated teaching without disguising school differences or disability adaptations.
Times, Direction, Covering and Readiness
Authenticated hadith study · Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 46
✓ Source checkedArabic hadith text:
خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ
Reading support
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Talha ibn Ubaydullah reported that a questioner was taught that five prayers are due during the day and night, beyond which prayer is voluntary.
Evidence use
This directly supports the article’s answer that the daily obligation is five prayers.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 46; Book 2, Hadith 39
Chapter shown by source
To pay Zakat is a part of Islam
Narrator
Talha ibn 'Ubaidullah
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the direct clause establishing five prayers in the day and night is retained. The complete report also discusses voluntary prayer, Ramadan fasting, zakah and the questioner's response.
Evidence boundary
The report also discusses fasting and zakah. It does not supply every prayer time, condition or movement, and it must not be used to judge a person.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
2قَضَيۡتُمُqaḍaytumuyou (have) finished
3ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
4فَٱذۡكُرُواْfa-udh'kurūthen remember
5ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
6قِيَٰمٗاqiyāmanstanding
7وَقُعُودٗاwaquʿūdanand sitting
8وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand (lying) on
9جُنُوبِكُمۡۚjunūbikumyour sides
10فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut when
11ٱطۡمَأۡنَنتُمۡiṭ'manantumyou are secure
12فَأَقِيمُواْfa-aqīmūthen establish
13ٱلصَّلَوٰةَۚl-ṣalatathe (regular) prayer
14إِنَّinnaIndeed
15ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
16كَانَتۡkānatis
17عَلَىʿalāon
18ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
19كِتَٰبٗاkitābanprescribed
20مَّوۡقُوتٗاmawqūtan(at) fixed times
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allāh standing, sitting, or [lying] on your sides. But when you become secure, re-establish [regular] prayer. Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
Compare · M. Pickthall
When ye have performed the act of worship, remember Allah, standing, sitting and reclining. And when ye are in safety, observe proper worship. Worship at fixed times hath been enjoined on the believers.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
When ye pass (Congregational) prayers, celebrate Allah's praises, standing, sitting down, or lying down on your sides; but when ye are free from danger, set up Regular Prayers: For such prayers are enjoined on believers at stated times.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 4:103. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1أَقِمِaqimiEstablish
2ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
3لِدُلُوكِlidulūkiat the decline
4ٱلشَّمۡسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
5إِلَىٰilātill
6غَسَقِghasaqi(the) darkness
7ٱلَّيۡلِal-layli(of) the night
8وَقُرۡءَانَwaqur'ānaand Quran
9ٱلۡفَجۡرِۖl-fajriat dawn
10إِنَّinnaindeed
11قُرۡءَانَqur'ānathe Quran
12ٱلۡفَجۡرِl-fajri(at) the dawn
13كَانَkānais
14مَشۡهُودٗاmashhūdanever witnessed
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Establish worship at the going down of the sun until the dark of night, and (the recital of) the Qur'an at dawn. Lo! (the recital of) the Qur'an at dawn is ever witnessed.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Establish regular prayers – at the sun's decline till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer and reading: for the prayer and reading in the morning carry their testimony.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:78. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
3ءَامَنُواْāmanūO you who believe
4لِيَسۡتَـٔۡذِنكُمُliyastadhinkumuLet ask your permission
5ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
6مَلَكَتۡmalakatpossess
7أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡaymānukumyour right hands
8وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
9لَمۡlam(have) not
10يَبۡلُغُواْyablughūreached
11ٱلۡحُلُمَl-ḥulumapuberty
12مِنكُمۡminkumamong you
13ثَلَٰثَthalātha(at) three
14مَرَّٰتٖۚmarrātintimes
15مِّنminbefore
16قَبۡلِqablibefore
17صَلَوٰةِṣalati(the) prayer
18ٱلۡفَجۡرِl-fajri(of) dawn
19وَحِينَwaḥīnaand when
20تَضَعُونَtaḍaʿūnayou put aside
21ثِيَابَكُمthiyābakumyour garments
22مِّنَminaat
23ٱلظَّهِيرَةِl-ẓahīratinoon
24وَمِنۢwaminand after
25بَعۡدِbaʿdiand after
26صَلَوٰةِṣalati(the) prayer
27ٱلۡعِشَآءِۚl-ʿishāi(of) night
28ثَلَٰثُthalāthu(These) three
29عَوۡرَٰتٖʿawrātin(are) times of privacy
30لَّكُمۡۚlakumfor you
31لَيۡسَlaysaNot
32عَلَيۡكُمۡʿalaykumon you
33وَلَاwalāand not
34عَلَيۡهِمۡʿalayhimon them
35جُنَاحُۢjunāḥunany blame
36بَعۡدَهُنَّۚbaʿdahunnaafter that
37طَوَّٰفُونَṭawwāfūna(as) moving about
38عَلَيۡكُمʿalaykumamong you
39بَعۡضُكُمۡbaʿḍukumsome of you
40عَلَىٰʿalāamong
41بَعۡضٖۚbaʿḍinothers
42كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
43يُبَيِّنُyubayyinuAllah makes clear
44ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah makes clear
45لَكُمُlakumufor you
46ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِۗl-āyātithe Verses
47وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
48عَلِيمٌʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
49حَكِيمٞḥakīmunAll-Wise
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess and those who have not [yet] reached puberty among you ask permission of you [before entering] at three times: before the dawn prayer and when you put aside your clothing [for rest] at noon and after the night prayer. [These are] three times of privacy for you. There is no blame upon you nor upon them beyond these [periods], for they continually circulate among you – some of you, among others. Thus does Allāh make clear to you the verses [i.e., His ordinances]; and Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! Let your slaves, and those of you who have not come to puberty, ask leave of you at three times (before they come into your presence): Before the prayer of dawn, and when ye lay aside your raiment for the heat of noon, and after the prayer of night. Three times of privacy for you. It is no sin for them or for you at other times, when some of you go round attendant upon others (if they come into your presence without leave). Thus Allah maketh clear the revelations for you. Allah is Knower, Wise.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! let those whom your right hands possess, and the (children) among you who have not come of age ask your permission (before they come to your presence), on three occasions: before morning prayer; the while ye doff your clothes for the noonday heat; and after the late-night prayer: these are your three times of undress: outside those times it is not wrong for you or for them to move about attending to each other: Thus does Allah make clear the Signs to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 24:58. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 28 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abu Barza described Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) praying Dhuhr after the sun declined, Asr while daylight remained, preferring some delay for Isha and completing Fajr when people could recognise one another.
Evidence use
Authenticated lived landmarks for several daily prayer times.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 547; Book 9, Hadith 24
Chapter shown by source
The Time of the Asr Prayer
Narrator
Abu Barza al-Aslami
Displayed grading
Sahih — Collection status: Sahih al-Bukhari. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The exact teaching excerpt is reproduced without the chain. Open the source page for the complete narration and context.
Evidence boundary
The report is not one universal clock timetable. Exact boundaries, calculations, seasons and high-latitude cases require local qualified review.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 1 September 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
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Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1قَدۡqadIndeed
2نَرَىٰnarāWe see
3تَقَلُّبَtaqalluba(the) turning
4وَجۡهِكَwajhika(of) your face
5فِيfītowards
6ٱلسَّمَآءِۖl-samāithe heaven
7فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَfalanuwalliyannakaSo We will surely turn you
8قِبۡلَةٗqib'latan(to the) direction of prayer
9تَرۡضَىٰهَاۚtarḍāhāyou will be pleased with
10فَوَلِّfawalliSo turn
11وَجۡهَكَwajhakayour face
12شَطۡرَshaṭratowards the direction
13ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِl-masjidi(of) Al-Masjid
14ٱلۡحَرَامِۚl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
15وَحَيۡثُwaḥaythuand wherever
16مَاmāthat
17كُنتُمۡkuntumyou are
18فَوَلُّواْfawallū[so] turn
19وُجُوهَكُمۡwujūhakumyour faces
20شَطۡرَهُۥۗshaṭrahu(in) its direction
21وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
22ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
23أُوتُواْūtūwere given
24ٱلۡكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
25لَيَعۡلَمُونَlayaʿlamūnasurely know
26أَنَّهُannahuthat it
27ٱلۡحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
28مِنminfrom
29رَّبِّهِمۡۗrabbihimtheir Lord
30وَمَاwamāAnd not
31ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
32بِغَٰفِلٍbighāfilinunaware
33عَمَّاʿammāof what
34يَعۡمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muḥammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him)], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face [i.e., yourself] toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām.1 And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces [i.e., yourselves] toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture [i.e., the Jews and the Christians] well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allāh is not unaware of what they do.
The salutation is an editorial addition; the stored translation is unchanged.
Compare · M. Pickthall
We have seen the turning of thy face to heaven (for guidance, O Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him)). And now verily We shall make thee turn (in prayer) toward a qiblah which is dear to thee. So turn thy face toward the Inviolable Place of Worship, and ye (O Muslims), wheresoever ye may be, turn your faces (when ye pray) toward it. Lo! Those who have received the Scripture know that (this revelation) is the Truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
The salutation is an editorial addition; the stored translation is unchanged.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
We see the turning of thy face (for guidance to the heavens: now Shall We turn thee to a Qibla that shall please thee. Turn then Thy face in the direction of the sacred Mosque: Wherever ye are, turn your faces in that direction. The people of the Book know well that that is the truth from their Lord. Nor is Allah unmindful of what they do.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:144. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1۞ يَٰبَنِيٓyābanīO Children
2ءَادَمَādama(of) Adam
3خُذُواْkhudhūTake
4زِينَتَكُمۡzīnatakumyour adornment
5عِندَʿindaat
6كُلِّkullievery
7مَسۡجِدٖmasjidinmasjid
8وَكُلُواْwakulūand eat
9وَٱشۡرَبُواْwa-ish'rabūand drink
10وَلَاwalābut (do) not
11تُسۡرِفُوٓاْۚtus'rifūbe extravagant
12إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
13لَاlā(does) not
14يُحِبُّyuḥibbulove
15ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnathe extravagant ones
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O children of Adam, take your adornment [i.e., wear your clothing] at every masjid,1 and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O Children of Adam! Look to your adornment at every place of worship, and eat and drink, but be not prodigal. Lo! He loveth not the prodigals.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O Children of Adam! wear your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer: eat and drink: But waste not by excess, for Allah loveth not the wasters.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 7:31. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَثِيَابَكَwathiyābakaAnd your clothing
2فَطَهِّرۡfaṭahhirpurify
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And your clothing purify.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Thy raiment purify,
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And thy garments keep free from stain!
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 74:4. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُوٓاْāmanūbelieve
4إِذَاidhāWhen
5قُمۡتُمۡqum'tumyou stand up
6إِلَىilāfor
7ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
8فَٱغۡسِلُواْfa-igh'silūthen wash
9وُجُوهَكُمۡwujūhakumyour faces
10وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡwa-aydiyakumand your hands
11إِلَىilātill
12ٱلۡمَرَافِقِl-marāfiqithe elbows
13وَٱمۡسَحُواْwa-im'saḥūand wipe
14بِرُءُوسِكُمۡbiruūsikumyour heads
15وَأَرۡجُلَكُمۡwa-arjulakumand your feet
16إِلَىilātill
17ٱلۡكَعۡبَيۡنِۚl-kaʿbaynithe ankles
18وَإِنwa-inBut if
19كُنتُمۡkuntumyou are
20جُنُبٗاjunuban(in) a state of ceremonial impurity
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janābah,1 then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women2 and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allāh does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash you faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and lightly rub your heads and (wash) your feet up to the ankles. And if ye are unclean, purify yourselves. And if ye are sick or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have had contact with women, and ye find not water, then go to clean, high ground and rub your faces and your hands with some of it. Allah would not place a burden on you, but He would purify you and would perfect His grace upon you, that ye may give thanks.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity, bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah doth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete his favour to you, that ye may be grateful.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 5:6. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Prayer begins before the opening takbir. The learner identifies the appointed prayer, verifies its local time, faces the qiblah, prepares body, clothing and place, and follows one reviewed covering route. This lesson turns readiness into a dependable checklist rather than guesswork.
The authenticated report identifies five required prayers in the day and night, while Qur’an 4:103 states that prayer is prescribed at appointed times. Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha should be learned as recurring obligations, not optional wellbeing breaks.
Read the complete evidence panel before reducing it to a step. The Arabic, named translation, source locator and explanation have different roles; preserving those roles lets a learner worship with confidence without turning a short guide into an unsupported ruling.
Keep three lines in your notes: what the source explicitly says, what this lesson explains, and what remains for qualified review. That structure makes later correction clear rather than embarrassing.
Exact time boundaries and missed-prayer cases require qualified teaching.
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Standing, Recitation, Bowing and Prostration
Authenticated hadith study · Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 631
✓ Source checkedArabic hadith text:
وَصَلُّوا كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي أُصَلِّي
Reading support
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Malik ibn al-Huwayrith reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) instructed the young visitors to pray as they had seen him pray.
Evidence use
This report grounds learning salah in accurately transmitted demonstration and practice.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 631; Book 10, Hadith 28
Chapter shown by source
Prayer teaching for a group of young travellers
Narrator
Malik ibn al-Huwayrith
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the direct instruction to pray as the Companions had seen the Prophet pray is retained. The complete record also contains family, teaching, adhan and leadership instructions.
Evidence boundary
The excerpt establishes the demonstration principle. It does not make every later local custom obligatory.
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A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abu Huraira reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) taught a man to begin with takbir, recite what was available, then bow, stand, prostrate and sit with calmness before continuing through the prayer.
Evidence use
This report establishes an ordered core and the importance of settling calmly in the prayer positions.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 757; Book 10, Hadith 151
Chapter shown by source
Teaching the person who prayed without sufficient calmness
Narrator
Abu Huraira
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the direct teaching sequence is retained. The complete record includes the man's earlier prayers, repeated instruction to pray again and request to be taught.
Evidence boundary
The excerpt is a minimum-shape teaching in its context, not a complete cross-school validity checklist.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Ubada ibn al-Samit reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) stated that there is no valid prayer for the person who does not recite the Opening of the Book.
Evidence use
This Sahih al-Bukhari report establishes the central place of al-Fatihah in the prayer and supports the article’s direction to learn its Arabic recitation.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 756; Book 10, Hadith 150
Chapter shown by source
Recitation of al-Fatihah in prayer
Narrator
Ubada ibn al-Samit
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the direct Prophetic statement is retained. The transmission chain and surrounding chapter heading remain available on the linked source page.
Evidence boundary
The report does not by itself settle every school-level ruling for a new Muslim, a person unable to recite Arabic or a person with a speech or learning disability. Those cases require qualified fiqh guidance.
Controlled check
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Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
3ءَامَنُواْāmanūO you who believe
4ٱرۡكَعُواْir'kaʿūBow
5وَٱسۡجُدُواْۤwa-us'judūand prostrate
6وَٱعۡبُدُواْwa-uʿ'budūand worship
7رَبَّكُمۡrabbakumyour Lord
8وَٱفۡعَلُواْwa-if'ʿalūand do
9ٱلۡخَيۡرَl-khayra[the] good
10لَعَلَّكُمۡlaʿallakumso that you may
11تُفۡلِحُونَ ۩tuf'liḥūnabe successful
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord and do good – that you may succeed.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! Bow down and prostrate yourselves, and worship your Lord, and do good, that haply ye may prosper.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! bow down, prostrate yourselves, and adore your Lord; and do good; that ye may prosper.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 22:77. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abu Huraira reported Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) teaching that prostration is a place for abundant supplication.
Evidence use
This establishes an authenticated place for du'a within formal salah.
How this hadith panel was sourced and checkedOpen the collection, locator and grading record
Collection and locator
Sahih Muslim 482; Book 4, Hadith 245
Chapter shown by source
What is said while bowing and prostrating
Narrator
Abu Huraira
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih Muslim collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The complete concise matn is retained to establish prostration as a place for abundant supplication.
Evidence boundary
Does not alone settle language, congregation or school-specific prayer rulings; not Qur’an or hadith qudsi.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1حَٰفِظُواْḥāfiẓūGuard strictly
2عَلَىʿalā[on]
3ٱلصَّلَوَٰتِl-ṣalawātithe prayers
4وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِwal-ṣalatiand the prayer
5ٱلۡوُسۡطَىٰl-wus'ṭā[the] middle
6وَقُومُواْwaqūmūand stand up
7لِلَّهِlillahifor Allah
8قَٰنِتِينَqānitīnadevoutly obedient
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle [i.e., ʿaṣr] prayer and stand before Allāh, devoutly obedient.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Be guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer, and stand up with devotion to Allah.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Guard strictly your (habit of) prayers, especially the Middle Prayer; and stand before Allah in a devout (frame of mind).
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:238. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
The core prayer sequence is not hurried choreography. The authenticated teaching begins with takbir, recitation, bowing with calmness, standing upright, prostrating with calmness and sitting with calmness. This lesson provides a slow practice loop and an adaptation boundary.
The teaching report directs the learner to say takbir on standing for prayer and then recite what is available from the Qur’an. The opening is deliberate: enter the prayer, settle the hands through the reviewed route and recite without racing.
A beginner needs a usable route and an honest boundary at the same time. Learn the shared practice first, record any circumstance that changes it, and take medical, disability or school-specific questions to a qualified person who can examine the real case.
Read once for meaning and a second time for boundaries. On the second reading, test strong words such as always, never, invalid and required against the complete evidence shown.
Opening formulas, hand placement and recitation minimums require full evidence and school-specific review.
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A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abdullah ibn Masud reported that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) taught the tashahhud, closing with testimony that none has the right to be worshipped except اللّٰه(ALLAH) and that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) is His servant and Messenger.
Evidence use
The prayer-context wording joins servanthood and messengership. Servanthood prevents worship of the Messenger; messengership establishes that his authentic guidance is followed. This longer prayer wording is not silently substituted for the concise standalone testimony.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 831; Book 10, Hadith 225
Chapter shown by source
The Tashahhud in the last rak'ah
Narrator
Abdullah ibn Masud through Shaqiq ibn Salama
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
This controlled panel reproduces only the testimony-bearing closing excerpt. It omits the chain and earlier tashahhud wording; open the source page for the complete prayer-context narration.
Evidence boundary
Authenticated prayer-context testimony evidence. The scoped excerpt must not be presented as the entire narration or confused with Qur'anic text.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1إِنَّنِيٓinnanīIndeed, [I]
2أَنَاanāI Am
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4لَآlā(There is) no
5إِلَٰهَilāhagod
6إِلَّآillābut
7أَنَا۠anāI
8فَٱعۡبُدۡنِيfa-uʿ'bud'nīso worship Me
9وَأَقِمِwa-aqimiand establish
10ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
11لِذِكۡرِيٓlidhik'rīfor My remembrance
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Indeed, I am Allāh. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Lo! I, even I, am Allah, There is no Allah save Me. So serve Me and establish worship for My remembrance.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"Verily, I am Allah: There is no god but I: So serve thou Me (only), and establish regular prayer for celebrating My praise.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 20:14. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Ka‘b ibn Ujrah reported that the Companions asked how to invoke blessings upon Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him), and he taught them a fuller Abrahamic formula.
Evidence use
This establishes that the practice has authenticated taught wording beyond the compact ligature.
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Collection and locator
Sahih Muslim 406a; Book 4, Hadith 70
Chapter shown by source
Sending salat upon the Prophet after the tashahhud
Narrator
Ka'b ibn Ujrah, through Ibn Abi Layla
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih Muslim collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The complete direct taught formula in this route is retained. Public rendering requires exact Arabic, pronunciation and prayer-fiqh review.
Evidence boundary
Exact Arabic, pronunciation and prayer use require qualified review. Keep this route distinct from Bukhari 6357. It is not Qur’an or hadith qudsi.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
The report teaches seeking refuge from punishment of Hell, punishment of the grave, trials of life and death, and the trial of al-Masih al-Dajjal after tashahhud.
Evidence use
The report teaches seeking refuge from punishment of Hell, punishment of the grave, trials of life and death, and the trial of al-Masih al-Dajjal after tashahhud.
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Collection and locator
Sahih Muslim 588a; Book 5, Hadith 162
Chapter shown by source
From what refuge is to be sought when in salat
Narrator
Abu Huraira
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih Muslim collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
Exact controlling Arabic excerpt; full record and translation remain on the cited source page pending named specialist review.
Evidence boundary
Exact prayer placement, wording variants and school-level rulings remain for Arabic and fiqh review; this record cannot be used to declare another recognised prayer invalid.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abdullah ibn Masud reported the taught tashahhud and the instruction to select a supplication afterwards.
Evidence use
This gives another authenticated place for supplication within salah.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 835; Book 10, Hadith 228
Chapter shown by source
Optional invocation after the tashahhud
Narrator
Abdullah ibn Masud
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the concluding permission to select a supplication is retained. The full report includes the taught tashahhud wording.
Evidence boundary
Exact sequencing and legal application need qualified fiqh review; not Qur’an or hadith qudsi.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Malik ibn al-Huwayrith reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) instructed the young visitors to pray as they had seen him pray.
Evidence use
This report grounds learning salah in accurately transmitted demonstration and practice.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 631; Book 10, Hadith 28
Chapter shown by source
Prayer teaching for a group of young travellers
Narrator
Malik ibn al-Huwayrith
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the direct instruction to pray as the Companions had seen the Prophet pray is retained. The complete record also contains family, teaching, adhan and leadership instructions.
Evidence boundary
The excerpt establishes the demonstration principle. It does not make every later local custom obligatory.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Warrad reported the remembrance Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) used after every obligatory prayer, declaring exclusive worship, dominion, praise and complete power, and that no created effort overrides the Creator’s giving or withholding.
Evidence use
Authenticated evidence for a tawheed-centred remembrance after obligatory prayer.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 844; Book 10, Hadith 236
Chapter shown by source
Remembrance after the Obligatory Prayer
Narrator
Warrad from al-Mughira ibn Shuba
Displayed grading
Sahih — Collection status: Sahih al-Bukhari. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The exact teaching excerpt is reproduced without the chain. Open the source page for the complete narration and context.
Evidence boundary
The exact wording is retained. Other remembrances, counts and placement questions require their own authenticated evidence.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 1 September 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
The later sitting gathers testimony, blessings, supplication and the exit from prayer. This lesson gives exact authenticated records their own panels, prevents transliteration from being mistaken for Arabic revelation and carries tawheed into remembrance after the obligatory prayer.
The Companions asked how to invoke blessings upon Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him), and the authenticated report teaches the Abrahamic formula. Learn it from the complete source panel rather than adding promises or invented counts.
Calm completeness is the goal. Repeating an action without evidence, rushing past a required area, or forcing the body through pain can all move the learner away from careful worship. Practise once slowly, check once, and improve through observed teaching.
An adult guiding a child should praise careful attention and an honest “I need to ask” answer. The aim is worship with understanding, not performance for the teacher.
Authenticated variants and placement classifications remain reviewed teaching.
Learning move: Open lesson 3, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abu Huraira reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) taught a man to begin with takbir, recite what was available, then bow, stand, prostrate and sit with calmness before continuing through the prayer.
Evidence use
This report establishes an ordered core and the importance of settling calmly in the prayer positions.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 757; Book 10, Hadith 151
Chapter shown by source
Teaching the person who prayed without sufficient calmness
Narrator
Abu Huraira
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the direct teaching sequence is retained. The complete record includes the man's earlier prayers, repeated instruction to pray again and request to be taught.
Evidence boundary
The excerpt is a minimum-shape teaching in its context, not a complete cross-school validity checklist.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 30 August 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the supplication from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abu Hurairah reported Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) teaching that when a person cannot remember whether three or four units were prayed, two prostrations of forgetfulness are performed while sitting.
Evidence use
Authenticated evidence for one specific uncertainty and its correction.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 1231; Book 22, Hadith 9
Chapter shown by source
Uncertainty between Three and Four Units
Narrator
Abu Hurairah
Displayed grading
Sahih — Collection status: Sahih al-Bukhari. This records the named grading shown by the source; Tawheed Club does not silently present it as an unqualified editorial verdict.
Arabic scope
The exact teaching excerpt is reproduced without the chain. Open the source page for the complete narration and context.
Evidence boundary
This scenario is not a complete chart for every omission, addition or doubt. Timing, certainty and school-specific details require qualified teaching.
Controlled check
Collection, number, chapter context, Arabic report text, displayed grading and source URL checked 1 September 2026. Qualified hadith and Arabic review remain release gates.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:36. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَمَآwamāAnd not
2أَرۡسَلۡنَاarsalnāWe sent
3مِنminbefore you
4قَبۡلِكَqablikabefore you
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6رِجَالٗاrijālanmen
7نُّوحِيٓnūḥīWe revealed
8إِلَيۡهِمۡۖilayhimto them
9فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْfasalūso ask
10أَهۡلَahla(the) people
11ٱلذِّكۡرِl-dhik'ri(of) the Reminder
12إِنinif
13كُنتُمۡkuntumyou
14لَاlā(do) not
15تَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
Compare · M. Pickthall
And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men whom We inspired – Ask the followers of the Remembrance if ye know not! –
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 16:43. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Mistakes do not make a learner worthless, and uncertainty does not authorise invention. The Prophetic teaching corrected a rushed prayer through patient instruction and provides a response to forgotten units. This lesson builds a correction record and a compassionate referral route.
A learner should ask a capable, trustworthy teacher who can identify the school route, evidence and real facts. Complex mistakes involving purity, time, congregation, disability or repeated doubt should not be decided by a quiz score or anonymous answer.
For a younger learner, use plain words, a visual sequence without animate imagery and one correction at a time. Adults should protect privacy, ask before helping physically and never use purification or prayer teaching to shame a child.
If terminology becomes difficult, return to the practical question: what is the learner preparing to do, which step is established here, and what fact about the person or situation could change the answer?
The platform records a question; it does not appoint an unknown person as a scholar.
Learning move: Open lesson 4, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
Keep revelation, demonstration and legal classification distinct
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
2قَضَيۡتُمُqaḍaytumuyou (have) finished
3ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
4فَٱذۡكُرُواْfa-udh'kurūthen remember
5ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
6قِيَٰمٗاqiyāmanstanding
7وَقُعُودٗاwaquʿūdanand sitting
8وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand (lying) on
9جُنُوبِكُمۡۚjunūbikumyour sides
10فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut when
11ٱطۡمَأۡنَنتُمۡiṭ'manantumyou are secure
12فَأَقِيمُواْfa-aqīmūthen establish
13ٱلصَّلَوٰةَۚl-ṣalatathe (regular) prayer
14إِنَّinnaIndeed
15ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
16كَانَتۡkānatis
17عَلَىʿalāon
18ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
19كِتَٰبٗاkitābanprescribed
20مَّوۡقُوتٗاmawqūtan(at) fixed times
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allāh standing, sitting, or [lying] on your sides. But when you become secure, re-establish [regular] prayer. Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
Compare · M. Pickthall
When ye have performed the act of worship, remember Allah, standing, sitting and reclining. And when ye are in safety, observe proper worship. Worship at fixed times hath been enjoined on the believers.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
When ye pass (Congregational) prayers, celebrate Allah's praises, standing, sitting down, or lying down on your sides; but when ye are free from danger, set up Regular Prayers: For such prayers are enjoined on believers at stated times.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 4:103. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَمَآwamāAnd not
2أَرۡسَلۡنَاarsalnāWe sent
3مِنminbefore you
4قَبۡلِكَqablikabefore you
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6رِجَالٗاrijālanmen
7نُّوحِيٓnūḥīWe revealed
8إِلَيۡهِمۡۖilayhimto them
9فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْfasalūso ask
10أَهۡلَahla(the) people
11ٱلذِّكۡرِl-dhik'ri(of) the Reminder
12إِنinif
13كُنتُمۡkuntumyou
14لَاlā(do) not
15تَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
Compare · M. Pickthall
And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men whom We inspired – Ask the followers of the Remembrance if ye know not! –
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 16:43. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Learn one coherent observed prayer route from the Qur’an and authenticated Sunnah. Keep exact recitations, school classifications and personal adaptations attached to named evidence and capable teaching rather than mixing isolated clips.
The course begins with the Qur’anic command, uses authenticated Prophetic teaching for practice and labels later legal classifications. This gives a learner a usable route without pretending that a short page decides every recognised difference or personal case.
Distinguish a revealed command, an authenticated Prophetic demonstration and a later legal classification. They work together, but they are not interchangeable. Where recognised schools differ, this resource labels the difference instead of presenting one view as the only Islam.
A resume point can preserve more than scroll position. Save the last completed step, the unresolved question and the next safe action so the learner can continue without unnecessary repetition.
This resource teaches a careful shared route. Detailed legal classification, school-specific minimums, unusual circumstances and personalised medical, disability or travel cases remain assigned to qualified review before indexing.
Learning move: Make three columns headed revelation, authenticated demonstration and qualified application.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:36. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Save the prayer, unit, movement, recitation line and correction point reached. Resume from the exact section, rehearse with a qualified observer and record whether the need is memory practice, physical adaptation or fiqh review.
Record what has been learned, practised and checked. Do not turn uncertainty into repeated purification, abandoned prayer or authority over another learner. The next action should be specific and proportionate.
Save the exact point that needs review. A useful learning record says what was completed, what remains uncertain, which source was checked and who should help next. That is more valuable than a confident tick beside a misunderstood step.
Explain the practice in plain language before using legal vocabulary. If the simple sentence overstates the evidence, a technical Arabic label will not repair it.
This resource teaches a careful shared route. Detailed legal classification, school-specific minimums, unusual circumstances and personalised medical, disability or travel cases remain assigned to qualified review before indexing.
Learning move: Save the completed steps, one unresolved question and the support route required next.
See exactly where this resource comes fromQur’an, authentic hadith and editorial boundaries are kept distinct
Qur’an evidence
Qur'an-primary; controlled Quran Foundation QPC Hafs panels. Named translations are human renderings and later fiqh remains separately attributed. Arabic, word alignment, transliteration and named translations are supplied through the separately labelled Quran Foundation panels.
Hadith evidence
Controlled authenticated record: bukhari:46, bukhari:547, bukhari:631, bukhari:757, bukhari:756, muslim:482, bukhari:831, muslim:406a, muslim:588a, bukhari:835, bukhari:844, bukhari:1231. Report wording, legal classification and personal application remain distinct. The collection and reference are preserved; a named displayed grading is not silently changed into a universal claim.
Teaching explanation
Explanatory prose, examples, diagrams and adult teaching advice are Tawheed Club editorial material. They are never presented as Qur’an, translation, tafsir or words of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him).
Release control
This item must pass source, meaning, language, editorial and release checks. Corrections remain welcome when supported by an exact source locator.
Help a learner master Daily Prayer: Conditions, Pillars and Practice
This course guides a beginner through the five daily prayers from readiness and appointed times to standing, recitation, bowing, prostration, tashahhud, salam and correction. It gives Qur’anic commands their full place and uses authenticated teaching without disguising school differences or disability adaptations. Your role is to slow the learning down, keep the exact evidence visible and make it safe for the learner to say, “I am not sure yet.”
Begin with the source
Open the named ayah or hadith before explaining it. Tell the learner whether they are seeing Arabic revelation, a reading aid, a named translation, a hadith translation or editorial teaching.
Invite an answer before helping
Ask one precise question and wait. If the learner struggles, point to the relevant line, narrow the choice or replay the audio before supplying the answer.
Correct with dignity
Praise honest checking and careful effort. Correct the idea or sound without labelling the learner, and never turn a mistake into embarrassment.
01Prepare a focused session
Read Daily Prayer: Conditions, Pillars and Practice yourself and open every cited source before inviting the learner.
Choose one realistic aim from the mastery statement. Do not try to teach the whole page in one sitting.
Test any Arabic audio. If a sound is outside your confidence, plan to listen together and seek correction from a capable teacher.
Remove distractions and decide when to stop: about 8–10 minutes for a younger child, 15–20 minutes for ages 8–11, or 20–30 minutes for an older learner.
Keep paper optional. If Qur’anic text is printed, follow the respect and waste guidance shown above the ayah panel.
Opening words: “We are going to learn one idea carefully and see exactly where it comes from. We can pause, replay and check the source whenever we need to.”
02Use a source-led teaching conversation
Connect: Ask what the learner already thinks the title means. Record the answer without immediately judging it.
Read or listen: Open the first evidence panel or cited report. Hear the complete Arabic before isolating one word or phrase.
Notice: Ask the learner to identify the exact words that support the first teaching point. A contextual word gloss is a clue; the complete named translation supplies the sentence meaning.
Explain: Read the teaching paragraph. Ask, “Which part came directly from the source, and which part is the writer helping us understand?”
Apply: Choose one practice task. Keep everyday examples within the boundary of the source; do not invent promises, hidden causes or rulings.
Retrieve: Close the explanation and ask the learner to state the idea, evidence locator and one careful application in their own words.
03Questions for this exact resource
“What does Times, Direction, Covering and Readiness mean here, and which words or source locator support your answer (Qur'an 4:103)?”
“What does Standing, Recitation, Bowing and Prostration mean here, and which words or source locator support your answer (Qur'an 17:78)?”
“Which sentence is revelation or hadith, and which sentence is explanation?”
“What would be an overstatement that the cited source does not allow us to make?”
04Adapt the same truth for different ages
Ages 5–7
Teach one short source phrase and one meaning. Use text cards, colour bands, paths or simple geometric symbols—never a picture of اللّٰه(ALLAH) and never an image that implies His form. Let the child point, match, listen and repeat once or twice.
Ages 8–11
Use two or three evidence cards and ask the learner to match each idea to its locator. Invite a short explanation in their own words, then reopen the source to correct it together.
Ages 12–15
Compare the named English translations where provided. Ask what wording differs, what remains constant, and why a translation must not be called the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Ages 16+ and adults
Require a precise claim, an exact source locator and a stated boundary. Invite the learner to distinguish established meaning from inference and to mark any unresolved question for qualified review.
05Support Arabic without creating false confidence
Listen to the whole ayah or supplication first.
Follow the Arabic from right to left and use the word-level controls only after hearing the complete wording.
Treat transliteration as temporary scaffolding. It cannot reproduce every Arabic sound.
Let the learner echo a short unit, then return it to the full phrase so meaning and pronunciation remain connected.
If neither of you can hear or form a sound confidently, record it for a capable Qur’an or Arabic teacher. Do not manufacture an English substitute and call it exact.
Gentle correction: “Let us listen once more and notice where the sound begins,” protects both accuracy and confidence.
06Choose one useful follow-up
Study every controlled evidence panel in context.
Complete the practice move and resume from the saved position.
Complete one task independently before adding another. Adult support should reveal the route, not hide whether the learner can use it.
07Revisit for durable mastery
After 24 hours · five minutes
Ask for the central idea without showing the answer.
Ask the learner to find its source locator.
Replay one Arabic phrase and reconnect it to the complete meaning.
Correct by reopening the source, then end with one successful retrieval.
After seven days · eight minutes
Ask for the idea, source and boundary in the learner’s own words.
Retry the most difficult mastery question.
Apply the idea to one new but appropriate situation.
Record what is secure and what needs another supported attempt.
Use this assignable record to practise each daily prayer with its time, readiness checks, units, recitation progress, movement correction and next observed-teaching appointment.
Mistakes do not make a learner worthless, and uncertainty does not authorise invention. The Prophetic teaching corrected a rushed prayer through patient instruction and provides a…
The core prayer sequence is not hurried choreography. The authenticated teaching begins with takbir, recitation, bowing with calmness, standing upright, prostrating with calmness a…
The later sitting gathers testimony, blessings, supplication and the exit from prayer. This lesson gives exact authenticated records their own panels, prevents transliteration from…
Prayer begins before the opening takbir. The learner identifies the appointed prayer, verifies its local time, faces the qiblah, prepares body, clothing and place, and follows one…
A complete ordinary ghusl joins intention, removal of relevant impurity, wudu and water reaching the whole outward body. The controlled report from Aisha gives a clear Prophetic se…
