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'iLM-I-TAJWID. 



drawing whisperer (Satan), who whispereth in man's breast 

 against jinn and men." (Suras cxiii, cxiv.) 4 



Another prayer (^*>) is then said. Thus : " 0 God ! with 

 truth Thou hast sent it (Quran), and with truth it came. 

 0 God ! increase my desire for it, and make it the illum- 

 inator of my sight, the healer of my heart, the dispeller of 

 my pain and sorrow. Of Thy mercy, 0 Most Merciful, 

 hear my prayer." He then says the Ta'awwuz, " I seek 

 refuge near God from cursed Satan and the Bismillah, 

 " In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate." 

 The reading of the selected portion then commences. The 

 whole of these prayers and invocations are not always said, 

 but it is considered a very proper thing to say them. 



It is a Sunnat practice to make a response at certain 

 appointed places. If it is a public recital in a mosque or 

 elsewhere, the auditors only respond. The Imam (Precentor) 

 never does so. Amongst the Hanifites no response at all is 

 allowed if the passage is read as part of a Namaz. The 

 Shafa'ites respond whether they are reading the passage 

 privately or in a Namaz, at home or in a mosque. The 

 responses occur in the following places. At the end of the 

 Surat-ul-Fatiha and of the Surat-ul-Baqra say 'Amen.' 

 At the end of the Surat-ul-Asra (xvii) say the Tahbir — 

 " God is great." After the last verse of the Surat-ul- 

 " Qiamat (lxxv), " Is He not powerful enough to raise the 

 dead ?" say " Yes, pure is my Lord, Most High." At the 

 end of the Surat-ul-Mulk (lxvii), after the words "If at 

 early morn your waters shall have sunk away, who then will 

 give you clear running water ?" say " God brings it to us, 

 and He is the Lord of the worlds." At the end of the 

 Surat-ul-Mursilat (lxxvii), after the words " In what 



4 These stlras are called the Mu'uzatain ((£$»»jj**) from the word-i'wzw— 

 ie I fly for refuge," which occurs in both. 



