How to Pray Namaz: A Complete Guide to Salah

How to Pray Namaz: A Complete Guide to Salah

Written by EquranekareemMar 14, 2025
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Salah

Timeframe

Fajr

From the onset of the true dawn until the sun starts to rise

Dhuhr (Zuhar)

Starts after the sun passes its zenith and lasts until call for the Asr prayer is given

Asr

Approximately when the sun is halfway down from noon to sunset – and lasts before the sun turns orange (nearly 15 minutes before sunset)

Maghrib

Starts just after sunset, following Asr prayer, and ends at the beginning of night, the start of the Isha prayer

Ishaa

Time begins once Maghrib has been recited and completed. 

Ends at midnight, the midpoint between shafak (evening twilight/midnight) and dawn.

Tasbeeh

Transliteration

Translation

سبحان الله
(33 times)

Subhana l-lah 

Allah is free from imperfection

الحمد لله

(33 times

Al hamdu li l-lah 

All praise is due to Allah

الله أكبر

(33 times)

Allahu Akbar 

Allah is Greatest

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ‏

(1 time)

“La ilaha illallahu, wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa ala kulli shai’in Qadir” 

There is no god but Allah, the One, having no partner with Him. Sovereignty belongs to Him and all the praise is due to Him, and He is Potent over everything

Another commonly practiced Dhikr after Salah is:

  • Ayat-ul-Kursi (1 time)

للَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌۭ وَلَا نَوْمٌۭ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Allahu laaa ilaaha illaa huwal haiyul qai-yoom 

laa taakhuzuhoo sinatunw wa laa nawm; lahoo maa fissamaawaati wa maa fil ard 

man zallazee yashfa’u indahooo illaa be iznih

ya’lamu maa baina aideehim wa maa khalfahum

wa laa yuheetoona beshai ‘immin ‘ilmihee illa be maa shaaaa

wasi’a kursiyyuhus samaa waati wal arda wa la ya’ooduho hifzuhumaa

wa huwal aliyyul ‘azeem

Translation:

Allah! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him, the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who could possibly intercede with Him without His permission? He ˹fully˺ knows what is ahead of them and what is behind them, but no one can grasp any of His knowledge—except what He wills ˹to reveal˺. His Seat encompasses the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of both does not tire Him. For He is the Most High, the Greatest

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