صلاة prayer in Arabic
صلاة is how you say “prayer” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وفي الصلاة تقول سُبحانَ ربّي العظيم وسُبحانَ ربّي الأعلى؛ تنـزهه عن كل نقص،
And in prayer you say: 'Glory be to my Lord, the Most Great' and 'Glory be to my Lord, the Most High'; you declare His transcendence above all deficiency,
الصَّلَاةِ prayer
Genitive after 'fi' — 'the prayer', the setting for the formulas to come.
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قالوا بلى يا رسول الله، قال تسبحون، وتحمدون، وتكبرون، خلف كل صلاة ثلاثًا وثلاثين
They said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'You should glorify Allah, praise Him, and declare His greatness after every prayer thirty-three times.'
صَلَاةٍ prayer
This completes 'every prayer', in the genitive as owner — the obligatory ritual prayer. So the three devotions follow each of the daily prayers.
كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى ﴿قُلْ لِعِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ﴾،
as He, Exalted be He, said: 'Say to My servants who have believed to establish prayer',
الصَّلَاةَ prayer
The noun for the formal prayer, carrying 'the' and standing as the thing being established. As the direct object of the verb it takes an object ending, which in Arabic is how the listener knows this noun is on the receiving end of the action rather than doing it.
يحقر أحدكُم صلَاته مَعَ صلَاتهم
One of you would consider his prayer insignificant compared to their prayers.
صَلَاتَهُ his prayer
This noun pairs with the attached 'his' as its owner, 'his prayer', and its ending marks it as the object of the belittling verb. The pronoun points back to 'one of you', fixing whose prayer is meant.
يحقر أحدكُم صلَاته مَعَ صلَاتهم
One of you would consider his prayer insignificant compared to their prayers.
صَلَاتِهِمْ their prayers
This noun pairs with the attached 'their' as its owner, 'their prayers', and sits in the genitive because the word 'alongside' governs it. The pronoun points to the Khawarij, the group being compared against.