صَلَاةٌ prayer in Arabic
صَلَاةٌ is how you say “prayer” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فالصلاة والصيام والزكاة والحج، وإن كانت مشقة على البدن، فإنها راحة للقلب، وطهارة للروح
Prayer, fasting, charity, and pilgrimage, though burdensome on the body, are comfort for the heart and purification for the soul.
الصَّلَاةُ prayer
The first item of the list-topic, 'the prayer', set up to be commented on later in the sentence. It carries the subject ending and its 'the' marks the definite ritual prayer.
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الْمَثَلُ الْأَوَّلُ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ،
The first example: a man went out of his house to pray.
الصَّلَاةِ the prayer
Governed by the preceding 'to', this definite noun takes the genitive ending and names the goal of the man's going: the prayer. Its al- (assimilating into the sun letter) marks the specific ritual prayer. With the preposition it completes 'out to the prayer'.
وهو الذي كان النبي ﷺ يفعله في كل صلاة،
Which the Prophet ﷺ used to practice in every prayer.
صَلَاةٍ prayer
A singular indefinite noun bound to the preceding 'every', sitting in the genitive that 'every' governs. Its singular indefinite shape is exactly what 'every' wants, since Arabic counts 'each one' with a bare singular here, so it completes 'every prayer'.
فإذا تركه عمداً بطلت صلاته،
If he leaves it intentionally, his prayer is invalid.
صَلَاتُهُ his prayer
A feminine noun with an attached '-his', the subject of the preceding feminine 'becomes void', so the verb's gender matches it. The suffix names the owner, so the one word means 'his prayer', and it states whose worship is rendered invalid.
فمذهب مالك من ترك من ذلك ثلاثاً عمداً أعاد الصلاة،
Malik's view is that if three of those actions are left intentionally, the prayer must be repeated.
الصَّلَاةَ the prayer
A definite noun with 'the', the direct object of the preceding 'repeated', so its accusative ending marks it as the thing acted upon. Its 'the' names the specific prayer in question, completing 'he must repeat the prayer'.