Difference between revisions of "In the night"
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* '''Edith Holland, ''The Story of Mohammed'', p.93:''' "it is written, ‘Celebrate the praises of the Lord what time thou risest and in the night and at the fading of the stars’." | * '''Edith Holland, ''The Story of Mohammed'', p.93:''' "it is written, ‘Celebrate the praises of the Lord what time thou risest and in the night and at the fading of the stars’." | ||
− | * '''just after sunset:''' one of the 5 set times of day when devout Muslims are obliged to pray | + | * '''just after sunset:''' one of the 5 set times of day when devout Muslims are obliged to pray → James S. Atherton (''The Books at the Wake'', pp.210-211) says that the five times are, in order, Midday, Mid-Afternoon, Sunset, Nightfall, and Pre-Dawn → this would then be the Nightfall prayer |
Latest revision as of 07:39, 30 October 2010
- Edith Holland, The Story of Mohammed, p.93: "it is written, ‘Celebrate the praises of the Lord what time thou risest and in the night and at the fading of the stars’."
- just after sunset: one of the 5 set times of day when devout Muslims are obliged to pray → James S. Atherton (The Books at the Wake, pp.210-211) says that the five times are, in order, Midday, Mid-Afternoon, Sunset, Nightfall, and Pre-Dawn → this would then be the Nightfall prayer