The Table-Talk of MuhammadIslamScripture SelectionArabic source tradition rendered through EnglishShareTable-Talk of Muhammad 2Stanley Lane-Poole 1882 - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableStanley Lane-Poole 1882LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Table-Talk of Muhammad 1Table-Talk of Muhammad 2Table-Talk of Muhammad 3Table-Talk of Muhammad 4Table-Talk of Muhammad 5Table-Talk of Muhammad 6Table-Talk of Muhammad 7Table-Talk of Muhammad 8Table-Talk of Muhammad 9Table-Talk of Muhammad 10Table-Talk of Muhammad 11Table-Talk of Muhammad 12Table-Talk of Muhammad 13Table-Talk of Muhammad 14Table-Talk of Muhammad 15Table-Talk of Muhammad 16›Concerning PrayerTable-Talk of Muhammad 2ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Angels come amongst you both night and day; then those of the night ascend to heaven, and God asketh them how they left His creatures: they say, We left them at prayer, and we found them at prayer. 2The rewards for the prayers which are performed by people assembled together are double of those which are said at home. 3Ye must not say your prayers at the rising or the setting of the sun: so when a limb of the sun appeareth, leave your prayers until her whole orb is up: and when the sun beginneth to set, quit your prayers until the whole orb hath disappeared; for, verily she riseth between the two horns of the Devil. 4No neglect of duty is imputable during sleep; for neglect can only take place when one is awake: therefore, when any of you forget your prayers, say them when ye recollect. 5When any one of you goeth to sleep, the Devil tieth three knots upon his neck; and saith over every knot, “The night is long, sleep.” Therefore, if a servant awake and remember God, it openeth one knot, and if he perform the ablution, it openeth another; and if he say prayers it openeth the other; and he riseth in the morning in gladness and purity:--otherwise he riseth in a lethargic state. 6When a Muslim performeth the ablution, it washeth from his face those faults which he may have cast his eyes upon; and when he washeth his hands, it removeth the faults they may have committed, and when he washeth his feet, it dispelleth the faults towards which they may have carried him: so that he will rise up in purity from the place of ablution. ‹Previous chapterTable-Talk of Muhammad 1Next chapterTable-Talk of Muhammad 3›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the United States via Project Gutenberg