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place in the Quran where the word Allah occurs twice without 

 any intervening word, a prayer should be offered before the 

 second Allah is pronounced. 



The mosque is considered the most suitable of all places in 

 which to read. The most auspicious days of the week are 

 considered to be Friday, Monday, and Thursday. The best 

 hour of the twenty-four is midnight or about 3 a.m. 



It is considered a proper thing to go through the whole 

 Quran in forty days, but on no account should it be completed 

 in less than three, for that would necessitate a hurried perusal. 

 It was the custom of the Companions of the Prophet ( v>W«\ ) 

 to recite four juz 3 every night. They were thus about seven 

 or eight nights completing the whole task. The Khalif 

 Osman used to commence the Quran on Friday and finish it 

 on the following Thursday. 



A very popular division is known as the Fami ba Shauq 

 (or^ o*')- The letters forming these words are the seven 

 initial letters of the first Sura of each day's portion, thus : — 



Friday . . Surat-ul-Fatiha to the end of Surat-un-Nisa (iv). 



Saturday . . Surat-ul-Ma,ida ,, Surat-ut-Tauba (ix). 



Sunday . . Surat-ul-YiInas Surat-un-Nahl (xvi). 



Monday . . Suratn-Bani-Isra,il „ Surat-ul-Furqan(xxv). 



Tuesday . . Surat-ush-Shuara ,, Surat-ul-Ya-Sm(xxxvi). 



Wednesday. Surat-as-Ssffat „ Siirat-ul-Hujrat (xlix). 



Thursday . . Surat-ul-Qaf ,, Surat-un-Nas (cxiv). 



The Khatam-i-Ahzdb ( s-»V^ ) is simply another seven- 

 fold division. There is also a threefold division called the 

 Khatam-i-Manzil-i-.Ftl (J** Jy** The word i^/ contains 



the initial letters of the first Sura of each portion. Thus : — 

 First day . . Surat-ul-Fatiha to the end of Siirat-ut-Tauba (ix). 

 Second day. . 8iirat-ui-Yiinas ,, Si3rat-ur-Eam(xxx). 

 Third day . . Siirat-ul-Lukman Siirat-un-Nas (cxiv). 



3 A juz ( y*-) is one-thirtieth part of the Quran. 



