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Out of 99 instances of sallaa and its derived forms, 12 instances of sallaa found in 10 verses of 8 surahs and 26 instances of salat found in 23 verses of 3 surahs are already detailed out, while 32 instances of salat found in 32 verses of 13 surahs are detailed below to better understand their meaning in different contexts, while an Arabic word may have different meanings in different contexts:
- Details of Instances of salat in noun form meaning salat prayer
[6:72] And that you shall establish the salat prayer (wa-an aqeemuu al-salata) and shall fear Him. And He is the One to Him you will be gathered.
[6:92] And this is a scripture we have sent down it (Quran) is a blessed one confirming which (Gospel) was before of it, and that you (prophet) may warn a mother of the cities and whoever is around it, and those who believe in the Hereafter, believe in it, and they are consistent with their salat prayers (wa-huwa `alaa salaatihim yuhaafizuuna).
[6:162] Say (prophet), “Indeed, my (Muhammad) salat prayers (inna salaati-i), and my any practice, and my life, and my death are dedicated to God, Lord of the worlds.
[7:170] And those who hold fast to the scripture and have established the salat prayer (wa-aqaamuu al-salata); indeed, we do not fail to give a reward of the reformers.
[8:3] Those who establish the salat prayer (alladheena yuqeemuuna al-salata) and spend from what we have provided them.
[8:35] And it has not been their salat prayers at the House except whistling and clapping (wa-maa kaana salaatuhum `inda al-bayti illaa mukaa-an wa-tasdiyatan). So, you shall taste the punishment for what you had done to disbelieve.
[9:5] Then when there has passed the sacred months, then you shall kill the idol worshipers wherever you have found them, and shall seize them, and shall surround them, and shall ambush for them at every place of ambush. Then if they have repented and have established the salat prayer (wa-aqaamuu al-salata) and have given the zakat, then you shall leave their way. Indeed, God is Forgiving, Merciful.
[9:11] But if they have repented and have established the salat prayer (wa-aqaamuu al-salata) and have given the zakat, then they are your brethren in the religion. And we explain the revelations for a people who know.
[9:18] He only maintains God’s masjids whoever has believed in God and the Last Day, and has established the salat prayer (wa-aqaama al-salata), and has given the zakat, and he does not fear except God. Then it may have been those that they would be among the guided ones.
[9:54] And what has prevented them that their spending is not accepted from them except that they have disbelieved in God and in His messenger, nor do they come to the salat prayer (wa-laa-yatuuna al-salata) except while they are lazy, nor do they spend except while they are unwilling.
[9:71] And the believing men and the believing women are allies of them to other. They enjoin to the right and forbid from the evil, and they establish the salat prayer (wa-yuqeemuuna al-salata) and give the zakat, and they obey God and His messenger. Those – God will have mercy on them; indeed, God is Almighty, Wise.
[9:99] And among the Arabs whoever believes in God and the Last Day, and takes what he spends to be a means of nearness to God and supporting of the messenger (wa-salawaati al-rasuuli). No doubt! Indeed, it is a means of nearness for them. God will admit them into His mercy. Indeed, God is Forgiving, Merciful.
[9:103] You (prophet) shall take a charity from their wealth to purify them and to strengthen them by it, and shall advise to them. Indeed, your advice may be a reassurance for them (inna salataka sakanun lahum), while God is Hearer, Knower.
[10:87] And we had inspired to Moses and his brother (Aaron) that you shall settle houses in Egypt for your people and shall make your houses as places of worship, and shall establish the salat prayer (wa-aqeemuu al-salata), and shall give a good news to the believers.
[11:87] They said, “O Shuaib, does your salat prayer command you that we leave what our forefathers worship (yaashu’aybu a-salatuka tamuruka an natruka maa ya`budu aabaaunaa), or that we do about our wealth what we will? Indeed you, surely you are the forbearing, the right-minded one.”
[11:114] And you shall establish the salat prayer at both ends of the day (the Noon prayer), and first part of the night (Sunset and Night prayer) (wa-aqimi al-salata tarafayi al-nahaari wa-zulafan mina al-layli). Indeed, the good deeds remove the evil deeds. That is a reminder for those who take heed.
[13:22] And those who have been patient seeking a pleasure of their Lord, and have established the salat prayer (wa-aqaamuu al-salata) and have spent from what we have provided them in secret and public, and they repel the evil with the good; those for them is an achievement of the Home.
[14:31] Say to My servants those who have believed to establish the salat prayer (alladheena aamanuu yuqeemuu al-salata) and to spend from what we have provided them in secret and public before, that a day comes there is no trade in it, nor is there any friendship.
[14:37] Our Lord, indeed me (Abraham), I have settled part of my offspring in a valley not suitable for cultivation near Your House, the Sacred House. Our Lord, that they may establish the salat prayer (rabbanaa li-yuqeemuu al-salata). So, make hearts of the people to incline towards them, and provide them with the fruits that they may appreciate.
[14:40] My Lord, make me (Abraham) an establisher of the salat prayer (rabbi ij’`alnii muqeema al-salati), and of my offspring. Our Lord, and accept my prayer.
[17:78] You (prophet) shall establish the salat prayer at declining of the sun towards darkness of the night (the Zahur prayer) (aqimi al-salata li-duluuki al-shamsi ilaa ghasaqi al-layli) and shall read Quran at the dawn; indeed, reading Quran at the dawn has been a witnessed.
[17:110] Say (prophet): “Call God or call the Gracious. Whatever you call, then to Him belongs the beautiful names. And do (prophet) not be loud in your salat prayers (wa-laa-tajhar bi-salaatika), nor do you be silent in them, and you shall use a path between that.
[19:31] And He has made me (Jesus) a blessed one wherever I have been and He has enjoined me with the salat prayer (wa-ja`alanii mubaarakan ayna maa kuntu wa-awsaanii bil-salati) and the zakat as long as I have been alive.
[19:55] And he (Ismael) had done to enjoin his people with the salat prayer (wa-kaana yamuru ahaluhu bil-salati) and the zakat, and he had been a pleasing one at his Lord.
[19:59] Then there has succeeded after of them successors, they have abandoned the salat prayer (adaa`uu al-salata) and have followed the lusts that they will meet evil.
[20:14] Indeed Me, I am God; there is no god except I. So, you (Moses) shall worship Me and shall establish the salat prayer for remembering of Me (wa-aqimi al-salata li’dhik’rii).
[20:132] And you (prophet) shall enjoin your family with the salat prayer (wa-amur ah’laka bil-salati) and shall be steadfast in it. We do not ask you for any provisions as we provide for you, while the good end is for the righteousness.
[21:73] And we had made them (Isaac and Jacob granted as gift to Abraham) leaders, they had guided by our command; and we had inspired to them doing of the good deeds, and establishing of the salat prayer (wa-iqaama al-salati) and giving of the zakat, and they had been worshipers of us.
[22:35] Those who when God has been mentioned has feared their hearts, and the steadfast over whatever has afflicted them, and the establishers of the salat prayer (wal-muqeemee al-salati), and from what we have provided them, they spend.
[22:40] Those who have been evicted from their homes without just, except that they say, “Our Lord is God.” If it were not God’s repelling of the people – one of them by other that it would have been demolished monasteries, and churches, and synagogues (wa-salawaatun), and masjids wherein God’s name is frequently mentioned. And that God will surely help whoever helps Him. Indeed, God is surely Strong, Almighty.
[22:41] Those who – if we had established them in the earth, they would have established the salat prayer (aqaamuu al-salata) and would have given the zakat, and would have enjoined to the right, and would have forbidden from the evil. And to God is an end of all matters.
[22:78] And you shall strive for God true striving of Him. He has chosen you and has not made any difficulty upon you in the religion (of Monotheism), a practice (Submission) of your father Abraham. He (God) has named you the Submitters before and in this (Quran) that the messenger would be a witness over you, and you would be witnesses over the people. So, you shall establish the salat prayer (fa-aqeemuu al-salata) and shall give the zakat, and shall hold fast to God. He is your Protector that He has been the excellent Protector and has been the excellent Supporter.
The core messages from reviewing 32 instances of salat found in 32 verses of 13 surahs that we shall establish the salat prayer and shall fear God to Whom we all will be gathered; Quran is sent down to the prophet to warn a people of the mother town, Makkah and a people around it, while he shall establish the salat prayer when the sun declines towards the sunset and shall read the Quran at the dawn; God will not fail to give reward those who have held fast to the scripture and have established the salat prayer; the salat prayers of the disbelievers at the House were not except whistling and clapping and they will taste the punishment; those who have repented and have established the salat prayer and have given the zakat are brethren in the religion; those who have believed in God and the Last day, and have established the salat prayer shall maintain God’s masjids; the believing men and women who enjoin to the right and forbid from the evil, and establish the salat prayer, and give the zakat, and obey God and His messenger are allies to each other; Moses and his brother were inspired to settle their people in houses of Egypt and to make their houses as places of worship and to establish the salat prayer; there is a reminder for those who take heed to establish the salat prayer at both ends of the day and first hours of the night; the servants of God who have believed shall establish the salat prayer and shall spend from what He has provided them; Jesus had been blessed to establish the salat prayer and to pay the zakat as long as he was alive; Ismael, Isaac and Jacob were inspired to do the good deeds and to establish the salat prayer; Moses was commanded to establish the salat prayer for remembering of his Lord; we shall strive true striving in the cause of God as He has chosen religion and practice of our father Abraham for us that we establish the salat prayer, and pay the zakat, and hold fast to God being our excellent Protector and Supporter; it is unfortunate that the people have abandoned the salat prayer and have followed the lusts that they will meet evil, and the history tells us that when the Trinity doctrine was announced following the Nicene Conference three centuries after the death of Jesus.
Thus, those who believe in God and the Last Day should establish the salat prayer being steadfast knowing for it specified times, which has come down to us from the past, seeking only pleasure of their Lord holding fast to God and His scripture to be admitted into His mercy as well as to be rewarded by Him when they will be gathered to Him.
Peaceful Friday, salaam and God bless.
Tafazzal (04/24/2026).