Salat is not Prayer.

Salat does not mean ritual prayer in the Qur’an.

Salat Allah.

We see in 33:43 & 33:56 that Allah does Salat. It is indeed the active verb form of the word salat. Allah & his Malaaika do salat for the Nabi & for the believers;

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُصَلِّى عَلَيْكُمْ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتُهُۥ لِيُخْرِجَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ وَكَانَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَحِيمًا

He it is that YuSalli upon you, as do His Malaaikat, that He might bring you out of darkness into the light; and He is merciful to the Confiders.

33:43 

إِنَّ ٱللَّـهَ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ صَلُّوا۟ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا

Allah and His Malaaika YuSalluna upon the Nabi. O you who confide: Salli upon him and Salute him with Salaam.

33:56 

We can clearly see in these ayaat above that Salat is something that Allah himself does. Allah is not praying to the prophet. It also does not mean to send blessings upon. It is the verb form of the root for Salat. These ayaat are clearly not discussing the concepts or root of نعمة or برك.

Salat is defined as Burning or Kindling of a fire / hearth.

Salah is related to burning 20x in the Qur’an:  4:10, 4:30, 4:56, 4:115, 14:29, 17:18, 19:70, 27:7, 28:29, 36:64, 37:163, 38:56, 38:59, 52:16, 56:94, 58:8, 69:31, 74:26, 82:15, 83:16, 84:12, 87:12, 88:4, 92:15, 111:3

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

69:31 “Then burn him in Hell”

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

74:26 I Will burn him in Saqar

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

83:16 Then will they burn in Hell; 

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا

84:12 And burn in an inferno.

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَىٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

87:12 Who will burn in the Great Fire,

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً

88:4 Burning in a scorching Fire,

لَا يَصْلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْأَشْقَى

92:15 in which burns only the most wretched:1

سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

111:3 He will burn in a fire of flame

Allah gives us a clear & set definition of Salat in the Qur’an. In an attempt to hide the fact of the matter , they divide the concept of Salat into 2 roots صلي & صلو. And hide all the ayaat where Allah uses the word Salli / Sallu as burning under the latter.

In 22:40 they also translate Salah as synagogue.

In a nutshell, there is no 5x daily prayer in the Qur’an. Salat does not even mean prayer and is something that Allah does, – & the malaaika, For the Nabi and believers. It is also very clearly defined as burning / kindling a fire or your heart. Also, There is no instruction on anything even resembling this prayer ritual in the Qur’an, ie he word rakaat is also nowhere in the Qur’an.

Also, none of the Nabiyeen did this ritual prayer. Not Ahmad AS and none of Mursaleen before him. As sunnatAllah never changes 33:38, 33:62, 35:43, 40:85, 48:23.

And neither does sunnah of the messengers 17:77.

Salat is in The Hour / The Clock. الساعة & is its own time limited Kitaab.

فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّـهَ قِيَـٰمًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِكُمْ فَإِذَا ٱطْمَأْنَنتُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِنَّ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَـٰبًا مَّوْقُوتًا

4:103 And when you have concluded the Salat, remember Allah standing, and sitting, and upon your sides, and when you are at ease; but uphold the Salat— the Salat is upon the Confiders a time-limited Writ —

When الساعة anchors , we the Confiders will be gathered and will embark on the Quest. Al Hajj. They will journey with Nabi Ahmad AS & the believers to the centre of all earthly realms , the وسط centre, بطن belly / navel & the شطر bisector of al Ardh – Makka. The centre of all heavenly realms. – Bakka. & the Farthest place – Al Aqsa.

The Ardh itself is analogous to our bodies.

Hence بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ Belly of Makkata. The Ardh also has 2  Ka’Bayn ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ – literally the 2 Ankles. Not just the 1 ٱلْكَعْبَةِ ankle.

The way Allah sends his Salaat & his Salaam upon the Qalb of the Confider. We shall go to the Hearth of al Ardh and Salli , kindle our fire there also.

There is a reason why it is very common to see in media too that in a characters most powerful form, he is depicted in fire.

Salaam too is related to fire;

قُلْنَا يَـٰنَارُ كُونِى بَرْدًا وَسَلَـٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

21:69 We said: “O fire: be thou coolness and Salaam upon Ibrahim.

104:6-7

نَارُ ٱللَّـهِ ٱلْمُوقَدَةُ

The Fire of Allah fuelled 

ٱلَّتِى تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةِ

Which will look down upon the hearts.

Allah has his own fire from which he sends down his Salaat & his Salaam upon the Qalb of the Nabi & the Believer.

Fire in the Qur’an is far more encompassing than what is seen to us today. Naar is associated with revelation, Salat & guidance;

إِذْ رَءَا نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ هُدًى

20:10 When he saw a fire, and said to his people: “Stay here; I perceive a fire. I might bring you therefrom a firebrand, or find at the fire guidance.”

إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِۦٓ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا سَـَٔاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ ءَاتِيكُم بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ

27:7 When Musa said to his people: “I perceive a fire. I will bring you news from it, or bring you a flaming brand, that you might Do Salat.”

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No.1 – no ayah points to Salaat being at distinct times from The Arabic

No. 2 – Allah does the action verb of Salaat

No.3 – Ibraheem is the earliest known relation to the Salah phenomenon as he is called Musallan (singular of Musalleen) which does not mean place of prayer (Masalla is formation of nouns of place)

They should be asking how Ibraheem did Salaa, no Nabi Muhammad

No. 4 As-Salaat is a singular definite noun (aka Salaat Allah) that people aqim TOWARDS (in a direction) suggesting this is a location in space and time

No. 5 Allah mentioned the The Salah of The Centre and how Salaat is at the ends of The An-Nahaar – Tarafyi refers to the edges/extremities/borders of the Earth when Allah mentions Atraafiha

No. 6 – Zekeriyya did the action of Salaat WITHIN the MiHraab (a noun of instrument for the root for WAR) suggesting it is connected to fighting and this could be why Salaat is connected to weapons (aslihati) in connection with an enemy

No. 7 – Salaat etymologically (SLW) has no connection to prayer whatsoever –

SLL Super-root

SLY – burning

ASL – roots, origin

WSL – connection, reaching

SWL – assault, fighting

Praying, prying, pray tell is related to Dua’ asking Allah for something in sincerity

No. 8 – Allah says to literally shorten from The Salaah

Which means in Arabic something (taqsuru) that is limited/shortened in SPACE, not time

Qasr is a fortress because it has limitations in space (ie walls) delinieating restriction in space

Like a maqsoorah in a masjid – same root

No. 9 – Salaat is neutral and is a reality for those sent to hell and those whose destiny is Jannah

69:31  – Thumma Al-JaHeem Salloohu (this is not driving or burning but “praying” check 35:36 – the imperative command for Salaat) – this means people are commanded to do salaat in hell and that one is for eternity

4:101-102 suggest that when Nabi Muhammad was with The Kafiroon he aqamtu lahum as-Salaat (??) why would Salaat be confined to prayer for religious people when Al-Kaafireen do this – suggesting a neutral concept for bad or good

No.10 – Musalleen (of Jannah and Saqar)

74:43 (the criminals are in the majority of the Musalleen as most humans are sent to hell lamenting over the minority from the Musalleen in Jannah)

“They [The Mujrimeen in Saqar] said, ‘Not could we be from The Musalleen”

107:4 So woe to The Musalleen (this is broad because the pattern with humanity is that the majority are sent to hell anyway; the next ayat elaborate on their attributes and what they did wrong therein)

70:22 – Except The Musalleen (except implies a minority that is completely unlike what was previously mentioned – the ayat following show they are Daa-imoon – this word is used for 13:35 about how fruit in Jannah is everlasting – the connotation being that these Musalleen are the minority that are in alignment with those that benefit from Allah’s Cause  and enter Jannah)

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For those who did not do Al Salat correctly , they will Salli in Jahannam for eternity. We see that they have their own salat , but it is not The Salat.

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ

Then woe to the Musalleen

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ

⁵ Those who are of their Salat heedless; 

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَآءُونَ

Those who make show 

وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ

 And refuse small things!

They are heedless to the true Salat and Their salat is all merely for show. Unlike al Salat which has a purifying function for both us & al Ardh, and forbids evil, & increases Taqwa.

إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ يُخَـٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّـهَ وَهُوَ خَـٰدِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ قَامُوا۟ كُسَالَىٰيُرَآءُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّـهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

4:142 The Munafiqeen seek to deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them; and when they rise up for the Salat, they rise up to be seen of men, and remember not Allah save a little,

وَمَا مَنَعَهُمْ أَن تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقَـٰتُهُمْ إِلَّآ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّـهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِۦ وَلَا يَأْتُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كُسَالَىٰوَلَا يُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا وَهُمْ كَـٰرِهُونَ

9:54 And there prevents their expenditures being accepted from them only that they denied Allah and His messenger, and come not to the Salat save as idlers, and spend not save hatefully^.