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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