page_title: Islam
section_title: Prayer
hierarchical_section_title: Islam / Beliefs and practices / Prayer
caption_attribution_description: Prayer mat with feet
context_page_description: Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion. All of its teachings and beliefs are written out in the Quran, the holy scripture of Islam. Believers of Islam are called Muslims which means "submitter to God". They believe that the Quran was spoken to Muhammad by the angel Jibril, and that it is the word of God. They view Muhammad as a prophet and messenger of God. Other beliefs and rules about what Muslims should do come from reports of what Muhammad taught or hadith.
  Muslims believe that there were many other prophets before Muhammad since dawn of humanity, beginning with the Prophet Adam and including the Prophet Noah, the Prophet Abraham, the Prophet Moses, and the Prophet Jesus. They believe that all these prophets were given messages by God of the oneness of God to their communities at different times in history of mankind, but Satan made the past communities deviate from the message of oneness and other social codes. Muslims believe that the content of the Quran is protected by Allah as mentioned in the Quran and is the final message of God for all of mankind until the day of judgment.
  Most Muslims belong to one of two groups. The most common is Sunni Islam.
context_section_description: The Muslim is called to prayer or solah five times a day. This call to prayer is called Adhan. The muezzin, a man chosen to make the call to prayer, uses a loudspeaker, which carries his voice to the people nearby.  The call to prayer is often done out loud, in public, in Muslim countries.  Being called to solah is a normal part of daily life for most people in Muslim countries.
  Muslims pray on a mat, which is called a prayer mat or prayer rug in English.  Common Arabic names for the prayer mat include sajjāda and namazlık.
  When it is time to pray, Muslims face the direction of Qibla - the direction they are supposed to pray in, towards Mecca.  They then roll out their prayer mat, and perform their prayers to God.
caption: A prayer mat
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