The Quranic Salat
(simple diagrams)
The following diagrams present the Quranic Salat in an easy visual manner. These diagrams aim to present the reader with an easy step by step guideline for the Salat. To see all the details, please check the links under every diagram.
Please note that if you do not see on these pages and diagrams a certain detail which you are accustomed to regarding your Salat, it is not because the Quran does not have all the details, but because this specific detail is not authorised nor required by God. The Quran contains all the details and nothing has been left out (6:114, 12:111, 6:38, 16:89).
Diagram 1: Why do we pray?
Diagram 2: Salat Pre-Requisites
For the full details of the Salat pre-requisites see: Salat Pre-Requisites
Diagram 3: Ablution (wudu)
For the full details of the ablution see: Salat Pre-Requisites
Diagram 4: Salat Positions
For the full details of the Positions of the Salat see: Salat Positions
Diagram 5: Salat Words
For the full details of the Salat Words see: Salat Words
Diagram 6: Optional Salat Words
For the full details of the Salat times see: Salat Times
Diagram 8: Fajr & Isha
Due to the mistaken interpretation of 11:114, claiming that it speaks of 3 Salat when it speaks of
2 Salat only (Fajr and Isha), this is an extra diagram that focuses on the times of these 2 Salat.
List of Corruptions:
The following corruptions have crept into the ritual of the Salat and they violate the law of God in the Quran:
For the full details of the Salat Corruptions see: Salat Corruptions