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THE RELIGIOUS LIFE IN ISLAM. " Clothe not the truth 'with vanity, neither conceal the truth against your own knowledge ; Observe the stated seasons ofprayer, and pay your legal alms, and bow down yourselves with those who bow down. Will ye command men to do justice^ and forget your own souls Tet ye read the books of the law ; do ye not therefore understand Kalima La ildha Ullah. I. THE REPETITION OF THE CREED. Il-lal-laho, Muhammad-ur-Rasul- God is the alone God, and Muhammad is the Apostle of God. The Creed must be repeated by the true Muslim once at the least during his life-
The Religious Life of Islam 33 time. This is the confession of the lips, and must be made correctly and without hesitation ; it is also the confession of the heart, and must be held till death. 2. THE DAILY DEVOTIONS. "Therefore glorify God when the evening overtaketh you, and when ye rise in the morning; And unto him be praise in heaven and earth, and at sunset, and when ye rest at noon." There are five services of prayer daily, Sulat observed with great regularity by all religious men and women. The form is liturgical the word Sidat has rather the ; meaningD of devotional service than of hours of prayer. The first hour is at dawn of day. Hours The second is at noon. The third is between four and five in the afternoon. The fourth service is held as the sun disappears beneath the horizon. The fifth is at the retiring hour at night. Before prayer all Mussulmans cleanse Preparaface, ears and nostrils, hands and feet ; tion
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