TIMES OF PRAYERS

Times of prayers

There are fixed times for the five compulsory prayers. The Quran says: “Surely prayer is the timed ordinance for the believers.” (4: 103Q.) The times have been given by the Holy Quran itself. It says: “And glorify thy Lord by praising Him before the rising of the sun and before its setting; and during the hours of the night do also glorify Him, and during parts of the day, that thou mayest be well pleased.” (20: 130Q.) “And keep up prayers in the two parts of the day and in the first hours of the night.” (11:114Q.) “Keep up prayer from the declining of the sun till the darkness of the night and the morning Quran reading.” (17 : 78Q.) It is deduced from the above verses that prayers must be said compulsorily after getting up from bed in the morning and before going to bed at night, at the time of the declining of the sun after the mid-day and before and after the sun sets.
The times are very significant and speak voluminously. The morning prayer signifies that we should all fall in prostration before the Almighty who refreshens us in sleep and that we should begin the day’s work in the name of the Almighty, and that we should finish it before noon. Then at the declining of the sun at noon we should remember the power of God, who can lower the mightiest even if it rises its head topmost, exhibiting worldly glories will decline in a similar way. We should also remember that our life’s half has already finished like the day’s half, and that the latter half is approaching with greater speed. Therefore we should turn towards God more than what we have before in the first half of life. Let us perform once more the Asar prayer before the evening of our life comes and before we leave our day’s work. In the evening we should remember the power of God, who can turn going into slumber from which we may not rise again the next morning. The times of prayer are also significant, in that one must fall in prostration before God even when the busiest after disengaging oneself from worldly concerns. The following are the scheduled times in Islam for prayers:-
The day into night and the night into day. Then when we go to bed we should say our farewell prayers as we are.

(1) Morning prayer
FAJIR, i.e., the early morning prayer, which begins from the appearance of the dawn with the white streak of line in the eastern horizon up to the rising of the sun. Thereafter the prayer becomes Qaza.

(2) The early afternoon prayer
ZOHAR, i.e., the early afternoon prayer, which begins from the declining of the sun at noon up to the time of the late afternoon prayer.

(3) The late afternoon prayer
ASAR, i.e., the late afternoon prayer, which begins when a man’s shade becomes double and ends just before the setting of the sun.

(4) The evening prayer
MAGRIB, i.e., the sunset prayer, which begins just after the setting of the sun up to the disappearance of the red signs in the horizon.

(5) The night prayer
ESHA, i.e., the night prayer, which begins from the disappearance of the red glow in the western horizon after sunset till midnight.
There are two optional prayer called forenoon prayer and
Tahajjad prayer. The former comes nearly at the breakfast time and the latter begins from midnight up to the appearance of dawn.




		Times of prayers There are fixed times for the five compulsory prayers. The Quran says: “Surely prayer is the timed ordinance for the believers.” (4: 103Q.) The times have been given by the Holy Quran itself. It says: “And glorify thy Lord by praising Him before the rising of the sun and before its setting; and during the hours of the night do also glorify Him, and during parts of the day, that thou mayest be well pleased.” (20: 130Q.) “And keep up prayers in the two parts of the day and in the first hours of the night.” (11:114Q.) “Keep up prayer from the declining of the sun till the darkness of the night and the morning Quran reading.” (17 : 78Q.) It is deduced from the above verses that prayers must be said compulsorily after getting up from bed in the morning and before going to bed at night, at the time of the declining of the sun after the mid-day and before and after the sun sets. The times are very significant and speak voluminously. The morning prayer signifies that we should all fall in prostration before the Almighty who refreshens us in sleep and that we should begin the day’s work in the name of the Almighty, and that we should finish it before noon. Then at the declining of the sun at noon we should remember the power of God, who can lower the mightiest even if it rises its head topmost, exhibiting worldly glories will decline in a similar way. We should also remember that our life’s half has already finished like the day’s half, and that the latter half is approaching with greater speed. Therefore we should turn towards God more than what we have before in the first half of life. Let us perform once more the Asar prayer before the evening of our life comes and before we leave our day’s work. In the evening we should remember the power of God, who can turn going into slumber from which we may not rise again the next morning. The times of prayer are also significant, in that one must fall in prostration before God even when the busiest after disengaging oneself from worldly concerns. The following are the scheduled times in Islam for prayers:- The day into night and the night into day. Then when we go to bed we should say our farewell prayers as we are. (1) Morning prayer FAJIR, i.e., the early morning prayer, which begins from the appearance of the dawn with the white streak of line in the eastern horizon up to the rising of the sun. Thereafter the prayer becomes Qaza. (2) The early afternoon prayer ZOHAR, i.e., the early afternoon prayer, which begins from the declining of the sun at noon up to the time of the late afternoon prayer. (3) The late afternoon prayer ASAR, i.e., the late afternoon prayer, which begins when a man’s shade becomes double and ends just before the setting of the sun. (4) The evening prayer MAGRIB, i.e., the sunset prayer, which begins just after the setting of the sun up to the disappearance of the red signs in the horizon. (5) The night prayer ESHA, i.e., the night prayer, which begins from the disappearance of the red glow in the western horizon after sunset till midnight. There are two optional prayer called forenoon prayer and Tahajjad prayer. The former comes nearly at the breakfast time and the latter begins from midnight up to the appearance of dawn.

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