The Koran: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Michael Cook

Author:Michael Cook
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780192853448
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000-02-24T06:00:00+00:00

The core of the Muslim liturgy is the five obligatory daily prayers, whether performed alone or in congregation. Each prayer is made up of between two and four repetitions of a module called the rak‘a. Each rak‘a combines a series of liturgical formulae with a succession of physical movements: the worshipper begins the rak‘a in a standing posture, then bows, kneels, and prostrates twice. For purposes of illustration we can confine ourselves to the standing phase of the first rak‘a of the prayer (see Fig. 13). This involves an obligatory Koranic recitation, characteristically in two parts. First, the worshipper must recite the Fātiḥa. Second, he or she should recite some further portion of the Koran. Within limits, the worshipper is free to choose this passage. Nothing very substantial is called for – God tells the believers only to ‘recite of it so much as is feasible’ (Q73:20). The following would be appropriate:

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