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What Does Salah (صَلَاة) Mean in the Quran?

صَلَاة
salah
the prayer
Root letters
ص ل و

The root carries connection and turning toward. The salah is the believer's standing connection with Allah, and salla also gives us the salawat upon the Prophet ﷺ.

In the Quran
82 times

Counted from the Uthmani text bundled with this site: salah in its Uthmani spellings, including the construct forms with pronouns (salati, salatihim) and the plural salawat.

Inside the Quran

Salah is the prescribed prayer, the five daily meetings that the Quran almost never mentions alone, aqimus-salah, establish the prayer, is the standing command, usually paired with giving zakah.

In the mushaf you will see it written with a waw, ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ, an old Uthmani spelling worth recognising early, because you will meet this word constantly, in the Quran and five times a day in your own life.

See it in real ayat
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱرْكَعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَ

And establish prayer and give zakāh and bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience].

ٱتْلُ مَآ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۗ وَلَذِكْرُ ٱللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ

Recite, [O Muḥammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allāh is greater. And Allāh knows that which you do.

إِنَّنِىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدْنِى وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكْرِىٓ

Indeed, I am Allāh. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.

Arabic quoted letter for letter from the Uthmani text of our Quran reader. Translation: Saheeh International.

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