صلى to pray in Arabic
صلى is how you say “to pray” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم
The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
صَلَّى peace
The past verb opening the honorific, 'sent blessing', its subject 'God' to follow. Part of the fixed 'God bless him and grant him peace'.
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فقراء المهاجرين أتوا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالوا ذهب أهل الدثور بالدرجات العلى، والنعيم المقيم
The poor among the emigrants came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and said: 'The wealthy have taken the highest ranks and everlasting blessings.'
صَلَّى prayers be upon
The blessing-formula — a past verb voicing a prayer ('may [God] bless'). Its subject, God, comes next.
يصلون كما نصلي، ويصومون كما نصوم، ولهم فضل من أموال يحجون، ويعتمرون، ويجاهدون، ويتصدقون
They pray as we pray, and fast as we fast, but they have extra wealth to perform Hajj, Umrah, strive in the way of Allah, and give charity.
يُصَلُّونَ they pray
A Form II verb 'pray', sound masculine plural ('-una' = 'they'). The doubled middle marks the dedicated 'perform the ritual prayer' verb. It opens the poor men's point: they worship just as the rich do.
يصلون كما نصلي، ويصومون كما نصوم، ولهم فضل من أموال يحجون، ويعتمرون، ويجاهدون، ويتصدقون
They pray as we pray, and fast as we fast, but they have extra wealth to perform Hajj, Umrah, strive in the way of Allah, and give charity.
نُصَلِّي we pray
A Form II verb 'pray', first person plural — 'we pray'. The subject 'we' is in the verb's shape. It completes 'as we pray', the standard of comparison.
انطلق رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وأصحابه حتى سبقوا المشركين إلى بدر وجاء المشركون،
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and his companions set out until they reached Badr before the polytheists, and the polytheists came.
صلى peace
This opens the fixed blessing after the Prophet's name, a set devotional formula asking God's blessing upon him; read the whole phrase as one frozen unit.
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ
Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
صَلَّى peace
Part of the fixed blessing on the Prophet, a past-tense verb that opens the set formula 'may God send blessings upon him'. It works as a frozen devotional phrase rather than an ordinary verb in the sentence's flow.