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mogarel; and the fifth is at the last moment of twilight, 
or when the sun is at eighteen degrees beneath the hori- 
zon in the west; it is called El-aaschir* 
Every canonical prayer is composed of the invocation, 
qf different rikats, and of the salutation; a rikat is com- 
posed of seven positions of the body, with various pray 
ers. 
The following is the form and the tenor of the prayer: 
Invocation. 
The body being straight, and the two hands lifted up 
to the ears, they say, 
Allahouakibar! God most great! 
1st position; Standing, tlue arms and hands hanging 
down (by the Malekis,) or the arms crossed (by the 
Haneffis), the first chapter of the Koran, called El-Fat- 
ha, is repeated; the following is its contents; viz. 
Aihamdo Lillahi, rab ilaalmin, arrahman irrahim, malek yaoum 
iddin, eyaka naaboudou oua eyaka nastaai'n, ihdina sirata el mous- 
takim,' sirata elleddina anaamta aaleilnm, ghair el magdoubi 
aalei'him, oua la addalina. Amin. 
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Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds, the most merciful, 
the most gracious King of the day of judgment; we adore thee, 
and implore thy assistance; direct us the right way, the way. of 
those whom thou hast distinguished with thy kindness, of those 
who are free from corruption, and who are not within the number 
«f those that go astray. Amen. 
A chapter or more verses from the Koran is then re- 
peated in the same position. 
* If a Mussulman were transported into Spitzbergen or Green- 
land, where at some periods the sun does not rise over the hori- 
zon, and at others does not set, how would he contrive to say his 
prayers? 
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