{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/rok/rok14.htm","path":"isl/rok/rok14.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/rok/rok14.htm","text":"The Religion of the Koran, by Arthur N. Wollaston, [1911]\nCHAPTER II., Verse 182.\u2014When my servants ask thee concerning me, then, verily, I am near; I answer the prayer's prayer whene'er he prays to Me. So let them ask Me for an answer, and let them believe in me; haply they may be directed aright.\nChapter IV., Verse 104.\u2014But when ye have fulfilled your prayer, remember God standing and sitting and lying on your sides; and when ye are in safety then be steadfast in prayer; verily, prayer is for the believers prescribed and timed!\nChapter VI., Verse 71.\u2014Say, \"Verily, God's guidance is the guidance, and we are bidden to resign ourselves unto the Lord of the worlds, and be ye steadfast in prayer and fear Him, for He it is to whom we shall be gathered.\"\nChapter XIV., Verse 36.\u2014Say to my servants who believe, that they be steadfast in prayer.\nChapter XVII., Verse 80.\u2014Be thou steadfast in prayer from the declining of the sun until the dusk of the night, and the reading of the dawn; verily, the reading of the dawn is ever testified to.\nChapter XX., Verse 132.\u2014Bid thy people to prayer, and persevere in it; we do not ask thee to\nprovide. We will provide, and the issue shall be to piety.\nChapter XXII., Verse 76.\u2014Be ye then steadfast to prayer, and give alms, and hold fast by God; He is your sovereign, and an excellent sovereign, and an excellent help!\nChapter II., Verse 144.\u2014From whencesoever thou comest forth, there turn thy face towards the sacred mosque, for it is surely truth from thy Lord; God is not careless about what ye do. (145) And from whencesoever thou comest forth, there turn thy face towards the sacred mosque, and wheresoever ye are, turn your faces towards it, that men may have no argument against you, save only those of them who are unjust; and fear them not, but fear Me and I will fulfil my favours to you, perchance ye may be guided yet.\nChapter VII., Verse 29.\u2014O sons of Adam! take your ornaments to every mosque; and eat and drink, but do not be extravagant, for He loves not the extravagant.","title":"The Religion of the Koran: Prayer","type":"page"}