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HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

"afternoon," "evening" and "night." These are clearly set out
in several verses in the Qur'an, one of which reads:

So be steadfast in the face of what they say and glorify
your Lord with praise before the rising of theSun and
before its setting. And glorify Him during part of the
night and at both ends of the day, so that hopefully you
will be pleased. (Surah Ta Ha: 130)

Our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace),
who best understood and commented on the Qur'an through
the revelation and inspiration of Allah, also described the
timings of the five prayers in the day. One of the best known
hadiths in which the timings of the prayer are revealed is that
reported by 'Abdullah b. 'Amr reported:
The time of the noon prayer is when theSun passes the meridian

and a man's shadow is the same (length) as his height, (and it
lasts) as long as the time for the afternoon prayer has not come;
the time for the afternoon prayer is as long as theSun has not
become pale; the time of the evening prayer is as long as the
twilight has not ended; the time of the night prayer is up to the
middle of the average night and the time of the morning prayer
is from the appearance of dawn, as long as theSun has not risen.
(Sahih Muslim)

Both the verses of the Qur'an and the sound hadiths of
our Prophet (saas), as well as statements by Islamic scholars,
show that there are five timings for the prayer and that there
can be no debate over this.

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