Page 113 - Some Secrets of the Qur'an

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Prayer is prescribed for believers five times a day, as
specified in the Qur'an. God promised to reward those who
strictly guard their prayers and who are constant in their
prayers. Another reward that those who establish prayer will
receive is revealed in the Qur'an as follows:
Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book
and establish prayer. Prayer precludes indecency
and wrongdoing. And remembrance of God is
greater still. God knows what you do. (Surat al-
'Ankabut: 45)
As God states in the verse above, those who perform
prayer are kept away from indecency and evil. God inspires
the avoidance of such wrongdoing.
One who strictly safeguards and performs prayers as
prescribed in the Qur'an is one who fears God. One who
stands, bows and prostrates before the Lord five times a day
will surely keep away from wrong actions and as a result feel