صلاۃ (Salaat)

Salaat صلاۃ means: attachment ; conjunction ; connectedness ; connection ; junction ; liaison ; link(age) ; linkup ; union ; united-ness; accompanying; occurring; going; being with; escorting; attaching; the fact of being situated near or next to something; action of associating or being associated; being in somebody’s company; friendship; alliance; partnership; union; combination; bond; correlation; good fellowship; being together with another or others, persons with whom one spends one’s time, group of persons or guests, or number of persons united for business or activity; coexistence or accompaniment; agreement in opinion; union , connection; (state of) joining; associating in occurrence or action; uniting with others (by family or working relationships etc.); state of having a mutual relation, bringing into such a relation; companionship, friendliness; communication; social relations; a point at which two or more things are joined together; a place where two or more railway lines or roads meet, unite or cross; the act or instance of joining; communication or cooperation; relationship in which one is caused or affected by the other; relationship between two or more people; link or tie; act or instance of uniting or the state of being united.

The same word صلاۃ (Salaat) with the definite article الصلاۃ (As Salaah) refers to connect, to reach out, to join, to unite, to communicate, to relate and to get together for the special purpose given by Allah (swt) following Allah’s commandments and His guideline.

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