قُنُوتِthe standing supplication

Example sentences

• وَهَذِهِ إِحْدَى الْفَوَائِدِ فِي دُعَاءِ الْقُنُوتِ اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ أَيْ أَدْخِلْنِي فِي هَذِهِ الزُّمَرَةِ،

  And this is one of the benefits in the standing supplication: O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, that is, admit me into this group.

  الْقُنُوتِ — the standing supplication. This definite noun completes the 'of' pairing with 'supplication' before it: 'the supplication of the standing (devotion)', a named prayer. As the owned half it takes the genitive ending, its al- marking the specific rite. The bare juxtaposition carries the 'of'.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →