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be also upon thee. Welfare and peace to us and to all the just 
and virtuous servants of God. I attest that there is no god but 
the one God, and that Mouh hammed is his servant and his prophet. 
If the prayer is to contain but two rikats, the follow- 
ing addition is repeated, in the same posture, after the 
prayer just mentioned: 
Oua aschahahdou anna elletzi fi dja-a Lihi Mouhammed houa, 
oua en e djennata houa, oua en ennara houa, oua en essirata hoiia^ 
oua en el mizan houa, oua en e-ssaata atai'ta la rai'ba fihi, oua inna 
Allahi iaboaz min fil cobor. Allahouma salliaala Mouhammedin 
oua aala eli Mouhammedin, cama saleita aala Ibrahima, oua barik 
aala Muhhammedinn, oua aala ell Mouhammedinn cama barakta 
aala Ibrahima oua aala eli Ibrahima, innaka Hhamidoun mesjidoun. 
And I attest that it was he that called Mouhhammed to himself; 
and I attest the existence of the paradise, of hell, and of Sirat*, and 
of the balancef, and of eternal happiness, which will be bestowed 
on those who do not doubt it, and that in truth God will rise them 
from the dead. O my God! bestow thy blessing of peace on Mouh- 
hammed, and on his tribe, as thou hast bestowed thy blessing of 
peace on Ibrahim (or Abraham); and let Mouhhammed, and the 
tribe of Mouhhammed, be blessed as thou hast blessed Ibrahim, and 
the tribe of Ibrahim. Grace, praise, and exaltation of glory are in 
thee and for thee. 
Conclusion or salutation. 
Sitting and turning the face to the right, and afterwards 
to the left, the salutation is repeated to both sides: 
Assalamouaaleikom. Peace be with you. 
This forms a perfect prayer; but if it is to contain 
three rikats, the addition and conclusion only are recited 
at the end of the third rikat, which is exactly like the 
second. If the prayer is to have four rikats, in this 
* The bridge over hell, as fine as the edge of a sword; the just 
will pass it with the rapidity of lightning to enter paradise; the 
reprobate will fall from it into the gulfs of hell. 
f The eternal balance or scales in which the good and bacl ac- 
ions of men are weighed. 
