بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى (1)

[80:1] He (the Prophet) frowned and turned his face,

أَنْ جَاءَهُ الأَعْمَى (2)

[80:2] because the blind man came to him!

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّى (3)

[80:3] What could tell you (O prophet about the prospects of the blind man?) May be, (if you had attended him properly,) he would have attained purity,

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَى (4)

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(بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم)

With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انفَطَرَتْ (1)

[82:1] When the sky will be cleft asunder,

وَإِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انتَثَرَتْ (2)

[82:2] and when the stars will disperse,

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ (3)

[82:3] and when the seas will be burst forth,

وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ (4)

[82:4] and when the graves will be overturned,

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ (1)

[84:1] When the sky will split apart,

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ (2)

[84:2] and will listen to (the command of) its Lord,__ and it ought to,__

وَإِذَا الأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ (3)

[84:3] and when the earth will be stretched (to give room to more people),

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ (4)

[84:4] and it will throw up whatever it contains, and will become empty,

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ (1)

[85:1] I swear by the sky, the one having stellar formations,

وَالْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ (2)

[85:2] and by the Promised Day,

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ (3)

[85:3] and by that which attends, and that which is attended,

قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الأُخْدُودِ (4)

[85:4] cursed were the People of the Trench,

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ (1)

[86:1] I swear by the sky and by the Night-Comer,__

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ (2)

[86:2] __and what may let you know what the Night-Comer is?

النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ (3)

[86:3] The star of piercing brightness!_ _

إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ (4)

[86:4] __there is no human being, but there is a watcher over him.

فَلْيَنظُرْ الإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ (5)

[86:5] So, let man consider of which stuff he is created.  Read more... (251 words, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.

لا أُقْسِمُ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ (1)

[90:1] I swear by this city,

وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ (2)

[90:2] __and (O Prophet,) you are going to be allowed (to fight) in this city__

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ (3)

[90:3] and by the father and all those he begot,

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ (4)

[90:4] indeed We have created man (to live) in hard struggle.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ (5)

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا (1)

[91:1] I swear by the sun and his broad light,

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلاهَا (2)

[91:2] and by the moon when she follows him,

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلاَّهَا (3)

[91:3] and by the day when it shows his brightness,

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا (4)

[91:4] and by the night when it envelops him,

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1. NOT TO PERFORM A SUNNAT OF NAMAAZ INTENTIONALLY.

2. TO PLAY WITH YOUR CLOTHES OR BODY.

3. TO WEAR UNSUITABLE CLOTHES WHICH ONE WOULD NOT WEAR IN FRONT OF RESPECTABLE PEOPLE.

4. LEANING AGAINST SOMETHING IN NAMAAZ.

5. TURNING YOUR HEAD TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT WITHOUT NEED

6. PRAYING WHILE FACING SOMEONE

7. PRAYING WHILE YOU NEED TO ANSWER THE CALL OF NATURE

8. PRAYING ON LAND OTHER THAN YOUR OWN WITHOUT THE OWNER’S PERMISSION

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The following fifteen things are wajib in salaat. If you forget to perform any one of these things during namaz your namaz will be incomplete and you will have to perform sajdah sahw. If you leave off performing a wajib on purpose, then you will be a sinner and the entire salaat will have to be repeated.  Read more... (329 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

1. To begin the namaz with the special words “Allahu Akbar”
2. To recite surah Fatiha in the first two rakaats of the fard namaz and in every rakat of witr and nafil namaz.

The adhan and iqamah are sunnah muakkidah for:

Fard salaat and jumah

For ada (on time) and qaza (after time)

For the one who is in his hometown and a musafir (traveller)

For men, but it is makrooh for women

It is makrooh:

To call the adhan in a singing tone;

Call the adhan without being in wudhu or ghusl;

By a boy who cannot understand;

By an insane or drunk person

By a woman;

By a faasiq;

By one sitting

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