Salat (صلاۃ, in Urdu: نماز)

Salat is the second pillar of Islam, entails the worship of God five times a day in the prescribed manner. This mode of worship, laid down for mankind by God through His prophets, is so all embracing that one cannot imagine any superior way of worshipping than this in a brief time. By reciting the words Allahu Akber (God is Great) the person enters in to the prayer (salat). Then he/she recites some verses from the Holy Quran, then the kneeling and prostration before God, physically expressed to show that the only course that befits him/her is to lead his/her life as a submissive servant of God. The prayer is concluded by turning the face first to the right side, then the left and each time uttering the words ‘Assalamualaikum Warahmatullah’ (peace and blessings of God be upon you).