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Statement of Prayer

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بيان الصلاة

Abdallah b. Mas'ud said, “I know the comparablesuraswhich the Prophet used to join together; ” and he mentioned twentysurasat the beginning ofal-Mufassal,1 according to Ibn Mas'ud’s arrangement, two in arak'a, the last of them beingH. M. ad-Dukhan,2 and “About what do they ask one another?”3 1. A title given to thesurasfrom 49 to the end, but several othersurasare also mentioned:37, 45, 47, 48, 50, 61, 67, 87, and 93. The name is most appropriately explained ay meaning that this is the section of the Qur’an which contains many shorter suras. 2. Al-Qur’an; 94. As this is included as one of thesurasinal Mufassal, it suggests that this section begins earlier than the first number mentioned in the note referred to above. 3. Al-Qur'an; 78. (Bukhari and Muslim.)