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Sobhana Allatfi! O holy God! 
At the second bead, 
Alhamdo Lillabi! Praise be to God! 
At the third, 
Allahu akibar! God most great! 
And in this manner they say their devotions over the 
ninety beads of the Mahometan chaplet. 
As it is not; permitted to a Mussulman to ask of God, 
in established prayers, any goods of this world, they ge- 
nerally, after having said over the chaplet, fold their 
hands, and lifting them up like a man who had to receive 
something from above, pray for any thing they desire; 
and after having finished this prayer, they pass the right 
hand over their beard and say, 
Alhamdo Lillahi! Praise be to God! 
This formula finishes the prayer. 
It is their custom to go on Fridays, at least half an 
hour before the Imaum. As soon as they enter they 
say a short prayer of two rikats; after this they sit down 
and continue their prayers, repeating them by heart, or 
reading in some holy book; chiefly in that which is 
called Dalil et Hhiratz. 
Before the Friday prayers the Imaum makes a sermon 
to the people. 
The Koran, besides the division into sour as or chap- 
ters, is composed of 30 hhezb or portions, and custom 
has consecrated the chapters of the last hhezb to be 
those most frequently recited in the canonical prayers 
after el-fat-ha. 
For prayer it is necessary to place one's self on a 
clean spot; and if no mat or carpet can be had, they 
spread their hha'fk on the ground, or their outer coat 
or turban, on which they place themselves. 
