And finally, we conclude and mark the end of our prayer by saying what is known as the تسليم tasleem, السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته translated as “May Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah, and His blessings,” the intended audience here being our fellow-worshippers (if present), and the recording angels. We have …
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The final part of the supplication that we recite before we conclude the prayer is, ومن شر فتنة المسيح الدجال **, “**and from the evil trial of al-Masijh ad-Dajjal – the false Messiah.” The word المسيح comes from the root meaning of wiping or removing something. The false messiah was so called due to the …
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The supplication that we recite before we conclude the prayer continues with the words, ومن فتنة المحيا والممات translated as, “and from the trials of life and death.” The word used for life is محيا a variation on the more common word for life: حياة. But the term محيا is more emphatic and expansive in …
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Just before concluding the prayer, as one last request before exiting from our meeting with our Lord, we are taught to ask Allah for refuge in four things as we say, اللهم إني أعوذ بك من عذاب جهنم ومن عذاب القبر , commonly translated to, “O Allah, I take refuge in You from the punishment …
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After sending prayers and blessings on the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), we go on to further praise Allah by saying, إنك حميد مجيد commonly translated to mean, “Indeed, You are praiseworthy and glorious.” The word حميد comes from the same root as حمد hamd meaning a praise that is deserved, and can mean …
In the phrase that follows we say, كما صليت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم translated as, “just as You sent prayers upon Ibrahim and upon the family of Ibrahim.” And with this, we are effectively invoking a preceding action of Allah’s, for a subsequent one to occur. So we are saying, “Just as You, Glorified …
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In the second part of the تشهد tashahhud, we continue to ask Allah to bless our Prophet (peace be upon him) as an acknowledgement of our gratitude to him for conveying to us the message of our Lord, and so we say, اللهم صل على محمد وعلى آل محمد usually translated as, “O Allah, send …
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After previously affirming the oneness of Allah, we then go on to testify the second part of the complete شهادة by saying وأشهد أن محمدا عبده ورسوله usually translated as, “and I testify that Muhammad is His slave and messenger.” It is pertinent to note that while the same meaning could have been conveyed without …
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We then move on to the شهادة – the testimony of faith – as we say أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله usually translated as, “I testify that there is no god [worthy of worhip] except Allah.” While this meaning is already complete, if we delve a little more into the precise meaning of the …
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Having first offered the utmost praise and glorification to Allah, and subsequently invoked prayers and blessings upon the Prophet (peace be upon him) in line with the proper etiquette of making supplications, we then turn our focus towards ourselves and others. By stating “السلام علينا وعلى عباد الله الصالحين,” which is generally interpreted as, “May …
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