In The Name of GOD, The All Gracious, The All Merciful
Contact Prayers
God has counted all things
There have been many attempts by some to cancel or reduce the number of Salat "Contact Prayers". My job is to warn people not to fall for Satan’s tricks and follow the truth.
We learn from the Quran, a 19-based mathematically coded book, that its mathematics as well as its literal structure are beyond human and Jinns capabilities no matter how much assistance they give one-another (17:88).
Now let us look at the first sura or chapter in the Quran, namely the Opener or the Key. This sura has seven verses and when recited in the original Arabic has 29 Arabic words, signifying the 29 initialed suras in the Quran.
When one finishes reciting this sura, one runs into the first (1st) initialed sura in the Quran namely the “Cow”. One notices that this sura has 286 verses. We, therefore, have the number 1286. Some may recognize this number, however, I will explain this profound number and how it tells how many times a day you contact your Creator.
Let us take our number 1286 and multiply it by 19, the base of the Quranic mathematical structure, we have;
1286 × 19 = 24434.
Those who observe their Contact Prayers recognize the digits of the product number on the right-hand side are the number of “Rak’a”s or units of the Contact Prayers during 24 hours.
2 units at dawn,
4 units when the sun starts declining from the highest point in the sky,
4 units in the middle of the 24-hour day,
3 units during early evening right after sunset, and
4 units during the night, after the twilight is gone.
These add up to 17 units during the 24-hour day and signify the 5 daily contact prayers. Note also that the digits of 1286 also add up to 17.
2+4+4+3+4=17
This is a monumental sign from GOD and a response to those who challenge GOD as to where in the Quran He has mentioned the number of Contact Prayers.
The 29-word “Opener” signifying 29 initialed suras in the Quran. If we subtract 29 from 114, the number of chapters in the Quran, we have 85 un-initialed suras in the Quran, and therefore
85 = 5 × 17.
The un-initialed suras also tell us that we observe the Contact Prayers 5 times a day, and that there are 17 units total in these prayers.
Let us see if we can find the 17 units of the Contact Prayers elsewhere in the Quran.
For this we will go to the 17th initialed sura in the Quran.
This chapter (31) is called “Luqman”, a righteous man to whom GOD bestowed wisdom. In verse 17 of this 17th initialed sura, Luqman advises his son;
31:17
O my son, observe the contact prayer; advocate righteousness and
forbid evil
and be patient in the face of adversity. Indeed these reflect strength of character.
This is only half the story. Note that this sura has 34 verses and 34 is equal to 2 times 17.
Note the sura right after 31 in called “Prostration”. Therefore, the number 34 signifies 2 prostrations per unit of Contact Prayer for a total of 34 prostrations per day.
Verse 31:17 contains the 57th frequency of the word Salaat in the Quran. If we subtract 17 from 57 we get to the verse 19:31.
Let us see what this verse says.
19:31
And He has blessed me wherever I may be and has enjoined me
regarding
the contact prayer and the cleansing charity as long as I live.
And the verse 19:34 tells us;
19:34
Thus was Jesus, son of Mary a truthful narration, about which they doubt.
Ultimate Mathematics
The word Jesus has been mentioned a total of 25 times in the entire Quran (see verse 19:1). The word Jesus is only mentioned once in this sura and it is the 19th frequency of the word “Jesus” from the beginning of the Quran.
Again signifying 31:34 and the practice of Jesus regarding the Contact Prayers as God commanded him.
Can we find the number 1286 elsewhere in the Quran? The answer is “yes”. Remember that the Opener has 7 verses and 29 words.
So let us go to the 7th initialed sura in the Quran which is sura 13 and this happens to be the 29th initialed sura that was revealed.
The frequency of the initials A, L, M, and R in this sura is 1482. If we factor this number we then have;
1482 = 2 × 3 × 19 × 13.
The indices of these prime factors are;
1 2 8 6.
This not only tells us that the 1st initialed sura has 286 verses but it also certifies the number of the times and units per Salaat during the day by;
1286 × 19 = 24434.
Note that the product of the digits 2 , 4, 4, 3 and 4 is 384 (2 X 4 X 4 X 3 X 4)
and 384 written in base 19 is 114 which is the number suras in the Quran.
These are awesome signs that GOD has revealed and there is still time for those who not only have abandoned the Contact Prayers but go around misleading others and preventing them from observing the Contact Prayers to repent, for GOD is The Accepter of Repentance, All Merciful. As for those who refuse to accept these signs and follow their egos and try their best to mislead others and prevent them from observing their Contact Prayers are true disbelievers and their reckoning rests with GOD.
Salat or Contact Prayer A Gift from God
GOD reminds us in the Quran 67 times about the Salat or contact prayer. This has been decreed for us in order to grow our souls through a direct contact with our Creator. GOD mentions that Salat is decreed at specific times as it is stated in 4:103;
4:103
And when you finish your contact prayer, then you shall commemorate
God while standing, sitting or lying on your side. And once you are secure,
you shall continue upholding the contact prayer. Surely, contact prayer
has been decreed upon the believers at specific times.
Salat has been decreed for us at least 5 times during the day in specific time intervals. These times intervals are:
Dawn, (24:58),
During declining sun from the highest point towards the darkness of the night, (17:28),
Middle (2:238),
Early evening, (11:114) and
After when twilight is over in the evening (24:58).
Above and beyond these specific times GOD also encourages us to do some voluntary prayers as it is stated in 17:79.
I want to emphasize that these are only reminders and the Salat cannot be taught or forced upon people, but it is inspired to people by GOD as it is stated by GOD in 21:73;
21:73
And We made them leaders who guided according to Our command
and We inspired them to be doers of good and to observe the contact
prayersand to give the cleansing charity and to Us they were worshipers.
In the past decade, there have several attempts to reduce the numbers of contact prayers to three or two. These efforts will eventually cancel contact prayers altogether and we should be alert and do not fall into the trap, or we fall into the same category of people described in 19:59;
15:59
Afterwards, another generation replaced them who then wasted the
contact
prayer and followed their lust. They will therefore soon find out the evils of this.
Finally a sincere study of the Quran reveals that the number of daily contact prayers is more than three and definitely more than two. This is stated in 2:238;
2:238
Remember the contact prayers, as well as the middle prayer and rise up for GOD humbly.
The word “salawat” is plural and refers to a number greater than two and at least three. Now if we add the “middle prayer”, we end up with a minimum of four (4) daily contact prayers, however, an even number cannot have “middle”, so it has to be at least five (5) daily contact prayers.
Again remember that everything in this article is only a reminder, pointing to verses in the Quran. The sincere believers already know this since GOD has inspired them.
Five Daily Contact Prayers
Journal of Submission July/Aug 1997
GOD, out of His Infinite Mercy has inspired a group of people who have chosen Him as their ally, how to perform good deeds, and how to do the contact prayers and how to give the obligatory charity. GOD further tell us in the Quran that the contact prayers must be performed in specific times.
There has been disagreement, historically, when these times are to be. GOD in the Quran is very clear about these times and mentions these times in a most specific way not to leave any excuse for those who do not want to follow the word of GOD. Let us look at them very carefully.
In 24:58, where GOD talks about others requesting permission to enter one's room at private moments in their daily lives, He, specifically, mentions two contact prayers by name, "Assalat-Al-fajr" (the dawn contact prayer) and "Assalat-Al-esha" (the contact prayer at the time of the night when there is no light, i.e. after twilight is gone).
Note here that GOD does not mention the so-called noon contact prayer, although, He mentions "noon". This is because, there is no so-called "noon prayer", since "noon" is not a period of time, but rather an instant in time and obviously, we can not finish our contact prayer in an "instant". GOD, however, tells us in 17:78 to perform the contact prayers in the period of the "declining sun". This period starts immediately after "noon".
The same is true, for the so-called sunset prayer. Sunset is again an instant in time and not a period of time. GOD, therefore, appropriately has called this, in 11:114 as "Zolafan min-al-lail", which is the period of the night closer to the day or the period of night right after the sunset.
GOD tells us about the "middle contact prayer" in 2:238. He tells us that we should observe the "contact prayers" which is in Arabic refers to more than two and the "middle prayer". This tells us that the number of the rest of the contact prayers has to be "even" and it has to be more than two, so that the middle contact prayer would be the third one and there will be two remaining. The "middle contact prayer" is usually due before sunset in a time known as the late afternoon or "asr".
We should try to remember these names as GOD is teaching us in the Quran. We should not stick to our ways and say, for example, noon prayer or sunset prayer, we should rather think of them as "the declining sun" contact prayer and "early evening" or "after sunset" contact prayer. This is GOD's Will and we can not prosper except in accordance with His Will.
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