الصَّلٰوَةَprayer

Example sentences

• فَنَادَى الصَّلٰوَةَ جَامِعَةً

  Then he called for the prayer to be held in congregation.

  الصَّلَاة — the prayer. The al- marks this as the definite, specific prayer, the named ritual. It is the thing called for. Its written 'the' attaches to a letter that swallows the l-sound in speech, so the article blends into the noun when read aloud even though it stays written.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →