Principles of Islam
27. Mornings and Evenings
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principle, he engages himself in his worldly
activities until the time of
asr
(evening) prayer. He
again turns to God in prayer to receive his share in
God’s blessings so that this may afford him
assistance in the next stage of life.
In this way a believer passes his time until the sun
sets and the moment comes for the fourth prayer,
called the
maghrib
prayer at sunset. Once again the
believer, abandoning all his activities, turns to God
in worship, says the prayer as prescribed, and
receives his religious and spiritual sustenance from
it. After that, armed with the religious spirit, he
again finds himself busy in meeting his worldly-
requirements. Now the time comes for the fifth
prayer called
isha
(night prayer). After saying this
prayer, the believer goes to bed and, reckoning up
his activities of the day he goes to sleep in order
that he may make a better start the next morning
when he wakes up.
