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Salaat (Ritual Prayer) in Quran  

It will be a lot easier to start reading the short version "Salaat Summary" before reading this more detailed article, both are actually complementary. As stated in 7:52, Quran is fully detailed and provides the details of everything (also 6:114. 10:37). When God says something, even if we don’t necessarily fully understand the depth of His Quran, a true Muslim has to believe on faith the words of His Lord and submit unconditionally. This is what makes the difference between a “Muslim” and someone who rejects God’s message. When Rashad Khalifa came to preach the message of Islam relying on Quran alone (17:46), people rejected him and decided to hold on to their traditions (Hadiths and sunna) and what their parents taught them (14:10). The typical objection we hear from people who reject the idea that Islam relies exclusively on Quran is when you hear them say: “If Quran is fully detailed, where do you find the details of the ritual prayer (Salaat) in the Quran?” Interestingly, people who make such claims are usually the same people who reject the miracle of 19, or even worse, who accept it partially, but refuse its true implications (like excluding 9:128-129) every time it endangers their inherited beliefs (21:2). Even in the tiny “Quran alone” community, we have witnessed profound divisions after Rashad Khalifa departed this world: Some people interpreted Quran without knowledge and ended up losing the five contact prayers. By the grace of God, truth always overcomes falsehood, and we have now reached a new level when it comes to understand the mathematical composition of the ritual prayers directly in the Quran. The integrity of the ritual prayer is probably the most important component in the Muslim ritual because it is what keeps us close to God at all times, and it is a social and unifying event since we often pray in groups (4:102). The ritual prayer is a mandatory ritual of the Muslim faith. If you don’t perform it consistently all along your life, there is no compulsion in Islam and it is your right to do so, but you will simply never be a “Muslim” (one who surrenders and submits to God unconditionally). We must be united (61:4); without a good understanding of the composition of the ritual prayer in the Quran, it is impossible to achieve any unity in the Islamic community because people will always follow their egos and be divided. This article provides profound evidence that Salaat is directly and entirely coded in Quran in its most minute details:

Ø      It will be shown that the basic rhythm of the ritual prayer (Salaat) is coded in sura 1, and points at the core of the Salaat system in Quran;

Ø      The "Shahadah" (Proclamation of Faith) is not simply the most important pillar in Islam, it is the foundation of Islam, and we will see that it is the backbone of the Salaat system.

Ø      Quran provides a complete 7 day system including Friday, the day of gathering, which differs slightly from regular days of prayer.

Ø      We will see which suras symbolize one day of Ritual Prayer and how the number of daily Shahadas, prostrations and bowings are coded within a one day frame.

The above is a sample of the content of the article. Please be aware that the most important pieces and the big picture of Salaat will only fully come together towards the end.

Table of contents

Introduction

Part 1: Basic definition of the ritual prayer (Salaat)

Part 2 Salaat: following the rhythms of Quran

2.1 Salaat = Five

2.1.1 The plural form of Salaat

2.1.2 Salaat and Five

2.2 Relationship between suras numbers and the Shahadah

2.3 The purpose of Salaat: Seeking God’s guidance

2.4 The word Day in Quran

2.5 God’s divine command: “You shall observe Salaat”

2.6 Salaat shall be performed at specific times

2.7: The word “day” separates sura 1

2.7.1 The separation

2.7.2 Second part of sura 1 after the word “day”

2.7.3 First part of sura 1 until the end of the word “day”

2.8 The word “day” in sura 1 opens a window in the Quran

2.9 The Shahadah suras and 19

2.10 What about Friday?

2.11 The Shahadah system: exposing the hypocrites

2.12 The Shahadah system: The ultimate proof

2.12.1 Suras 54, 55, 56: The secret of the Shahadah

2.12.2 The Shahadah suras, core of the 7 day Salaat system

2.12.3 7 day system: a mathematical confirmation

2.13 The 85 suras with God

2.14 How many times do we prostrate?

2.14.1 The sajada sequence

2.14.2 Sajada sequence in the entire Quran

2.14.3 Sajada sequence in verses with God

2.14.4 The root word sajada

2.14.5 Prostration and Bismillah

2.14.6 Verses number 66

2.14.7 Sura 66 and Mary

2.15 Frequency of the word Salaat up to the end of sura 9

2.15.1 Major mathematical signs

2.15.2 Verses multiple of 131

2.16 Connection between the sajada and Salaat occurrences up to sura 9 and entire Quran.

2.17 Quranic mathematical confirmation of number of bowings

Part 3 The greatest testimony

Part 4: The funeral Prayer

Conclusion

Appendix 1:

The 85 occurrences of the sajada sequence

The 67 occurrences of Salaat

Appendix 2: The Testimony of faith (Shahadah): a personal experience

Part 1: Basic definition of the ritual prayer (Salaat)

Traditionally, Salaat is an Islamic ritual known to be performed following a daily pattern of five prayers (Morning, Noon, Afternoon, Sunset, Night) and 17 units (raka’as) during which we stand, recite sura 1 of the Quran, bow, prostrate, and bear witness to the absolute Oneness of God (Shahadah). People all around the world pray God in unison facing Mecca (the expression “turn your face” towards the Sacred Masjid occurs 5 times in Quran in 2:144,149,150). Salaat is by essence an act of absolute submission to God: mentally, spiritually and physically (we bow and prostrate during Salaat, both mentally and physically). 48:29 proves there is a physical contact of the forehead with the ground when we prostrate.

Quran is fully detailed and explains that in Salaat, we first bow, then prostrate, in this order (2:125, 22:26), confirming the basic motion of ritual prayers as they were passed down generation after generation since prophet Abraham. We surrender unconditionally our entire physical and spiritual being during the Ritual Prayer.

Islam means “submission (to God)” and it is absolutely no accident if the gematrical value of Islam is the same as Salaat:

Ø      Gematrical Value of Islam (اسلم) = Salaat (صلوة) = 131.

            131: 1+3+1 = 5 (hints at 5 daily prayers).

Ø      Number 131 is the 32^nd prime number and we will see later how crucial it turns out to be in the mathematical coding of Salaat in Quran.

      32: 3+2 = 5 (hints at 5 daily prayers).

Remark: 32 = 2x2x2x2x2: Number 131 translates into the 32^nd prime number, which is a multiplication of five times the first prime number (2). The “prime identity” (adding the indexes of prime numbers after prime factorization) of number 32 is therefore 1+1+1+1+1 = 5.

32 = 2x2x2x2x2: Two is the gematrical value of the letter Ba (ب) which is the first letter of the Quran, first prime number, and I believe a symbol of recitation (our lips touch each others when we recite the letter “B”, and touch each others 19 times every time we recite sura 1, the only sura to be recited during salaat), meaning that the five prayers are to be recited.

Remark: An additional sign that sura 1 is the only sura recited during the ritual prayer is the peculiar way the two words "God" in sura 1 are written: One is "Allah" (GV 66), the other is "lillahi" (GV 65): 66+65 = 131 = GV "salaat".

Ø      It is interesting that the sequence of gematrical values in “Salaat” (GV 131) is multiple of 5:

90-30-6-5 = 5 x 180613

Ø      The gematrical value of “al Salaat” (with the article) is 162.

It is interesting that the sequence of gematrical values in “al Salaat” is also multiple of 5:

1-30-90-30-6-5 = 5 x 19 x 3 x  3 x 283 x 541.

Table 1: Number 131 (GV Salaat and Islam) in Quran

Remarks:

Ø      The addition of gematrical values of all verses are multiple of 19.

Ø      The first occurrence of number 131 (2:131) has 32 letters: 131 is the 32^nd prime number. Number 32 will provide later among the most profound proofs for Salaat.

Ø  The FOUNDATION of Islam is the first commandment found in 37:35 and 47:19: “There is no other god beside God” (لا اله الا الله). It guarantees peace in the universe, because if God had allowed the creation of other deities in the universe, they would have competed with each other and it would have been chaos in the universe (21:22). Not only is “There is no other god beside God” the foundation of peace in the universe, God commands us to bear witness to His absolute Oneness in verse 3:18:

﴾3:18﴿ GOD bears witness that there is no god except He, and so do the angels and those who possess knowledge. Truthfully and equitably, He is the absolute god; there is no god but He, the Almighty, Most Wise.

Ø  The fact we are commanded to bear witness that “there is no other god beside God” reflects the meaning of the Islamic “Shahadah” (Profession of Faith, شهدة):

“I bear witness that there is no other god beside God” (اشهد ان لا اله الا الله, GV 526).

Ø     We cannot provide a good definition of ”Salaat” without analyzing its plural form Salawat (صلوت, GV 526):

☞ What is ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY about “Salawat” (plural of “Salaat”) is that it reflects exactly the pure Islamic “Shahadah” to be recited in our ritual prayers:

Ø  The Shahadah is simply the most important aspect and climax of the ritual prayer. It literally is the end of the ritual prayer.

 Part 2 Salaat: following the rhythms of Quran

2.1 Salaat = five

2.1.1 The plural form of Salaat

The plural form of Salaat is Salawat (صلوت, GV 526).

The gematrical value of “al salawat” (the prayers) is 557, the 102^nd prime number. 102 is also the gematrical value of Bism (In the name), the first word of Quran and sura 1 which we recite in our five daily prayers.

Ø      The first hint that the ritual prayers follow the general rhythms of the Quran is that the plural form “Salawat” (prayers) occurs FIVE times in Quran (2:157,238; 9:99; 22:40; 23:9).

Table 2: The plural form “Salawat” occurs five times in the Quran

Ø      We are about to see that sura numbers specifically provide the foundation of Salaat. There is a mathematical sign in the above table: the addition of sura numbers yields 56, which is the gematrical value of the word “day”. The hidden meaning is that there are 5 salawat per day in the ritual prayer. Most importantly, it is obvious from the above table that the word "day" occurs exactly once. The language of the Quran is allegorical and the meaning is both simple and straightforward: we shall perform 5 "salawat" (plural of Salaat) in ONE "day".

Ø      We are going to witness all along this study that Salaat is coded in Quran in acccordance with the daily rhythm of the "Shahadah" (“I bear witness that there is no other god beside God”, GV 526). There are 9 daily "shahadahs", thus 9x526 = 4734. If we combine the daily rhythm of the "Shahadah" (4734) to the total gematrical values of verses where the five "Salawat" occur, we get: 4734 + 27083 = 31817.

Remark: Adding the digits of 3420, we get 3+4+2+0 = 9, like the 9 shahadahs we recite daily in our 5 prayers. Number 684 above is also the combined addition of the three divine attributes of the "Bismillah". They symbolize the absolute Oneness of God. 684 is also the gematrical value of "al Quran al Kareem" (the honourable Quran), in which the five daily prayers are so deeply coded, as we have not even scratched the surface yet.

Ø      4734 is the basic Shahadah rhythm of Salaat, because bearing witness to the Oneness of God is the most important objective in the ritual prayer. 4734 is the gematrical value of verse 16:84:

﴾16:84﴿  The day will come when we raise from every community a witness (Shaheed) then those who disbelieved will not be permitted (to speak), nor will they be excused. ﴾16:85﴿ Once those who transgressed see the retribution, it will be too late; it will not be commuted for them, nor will they be respited. ﴾16:85﴿ And when those who committed idol worship see their idols, they will say, "Our Lord, these are the idols we had set up beside You." The idols will then confront them and say, "You are liars."

Ø The context and meaning of verse 16:84 means that people who are not satisfied with bearing witness to the absolute Oneness of God need to add names of baseless idols beside the name of God (Names like Muhammad, Jesus...Also read 39:45 and 40:12). The pure Shahadah in Quran is "I bear witness that there is no other god beside God". It is a sacrilege to mention anyone beside God, especially when you bear witness to His Oneness. We will see truly earth shattering proofs that expose people who mention names beside God later in this study, directly related to the Salaat system in Quran.

2.1.2 Salaat and Five

Let us select all verses where the pure form "salaat" (GV 131) and the pure form "five" occurs:

Ø There are 67 pure form "salaat in Quran" which forms a group with 6413 letters, gematrical value 434175.

Ø Number "five" occurs in 5 verses: 3:125. 18:22, 24:7, 24:9, 58:7. This group has 446 letters, gematrical value 30613.

Ø Let's merge those two groups:

Ø 131 is the gematrical value of Salaat, thus number "five" and "Salaat" connect with number "131".

Ø 3548, the factor associated with number 131 is a Quranic number, and it is the gematrical value of verse 13:27:

﴾13:27﴿ Those who disbelieve would say, "If only a miracle could come down to him from his Lord (we would believe)." Say, "GOD sends astray whomever He wills, and guides to Him only those who obey.".

The data for all 67 occurrences of the word salaat and number five can be checked in the appendix in table 19 and 20 respectively.

Ø "Salaat" (GV 131) and "Five" (خمسة, GV 705)  connect with the miracle of 19 in a simple way:

When it comes to the ritual of "Salaat", number FIVE is the one which "connects" and in what an awesome manner (!!!!!) : 836 (19x44) is the gematrical value of the FIFTH verse of Quran:

﴾1:5﴿  It is You whom we worship; it is from You that we seek help. (GV 836).

What a better verse to symbolize the FIVE ritual prayers we recite daily reciting exclusively sura 1.Glory to God for His guidance. Verse 1:5 is the first time in the Quran that the gematrical value of an entire verse is multiple of 19.

Remark: Adding the digits of 836, we get 17, which is the number of units we pray daily in the five ritual prayers.

2.2 Relationship between suras numbers and the Shahadah

Ø      The most obvious numerical structure (or foundation) of the Quran is that it is divided into 114 suras (6x19). They point to the primary foundation of the Quran: the Shahadah (testimony of faith): If we add the consecutive numbers of all 114 suras (1+2+3+…..113+114) we get 6555, a multiple of 19, which is no more than a mathematical property (adding a series of consecutive numbers multiple of 19 yields by definition a multiple of 19):

Ø      6555 = 19 x 345.

Ø      345 (the factor associated with 19) is the GV of “the testimony” (the Shahadah, or الشهدة). We are going to witness later that sura numbers specifically provide the key not only to the “greatest” testimony in the Quran, but at the same time to the rhythms of the ritual prayers.

2.3 The purpose of Salaat: Seeking God’s guidance

The purpose of The Salaat is to seek God’s (GV 66) guidance (GV 19):

66 + 19 = 85 = 5x17. God’s guidance points at the same time at God (66) being One (GV 19).

Ø      “God’s guidance” (هدى الله, GV 85 = 5x17), like salawat, points at five prayers:

      The expression occurs 5 times in the Quran (2:120, 3:73, 6:71, 6:88, 39:23).

      Remark: It is noteworthy that the key expression “God’s guidance is the true         guidance” (GV 146) occurs twice in the Quran. The addition of gematrical values yields 16131 = 19x849.

Ø      Let us select all multiple of 146 in the numbered section of the Quran. We get 42 verses and the addition of gematrical values of all verses is 154717 = 17x19x479. In addition, the number of letters in the system is 2223 = 19x78.

2.4 The word Day in Quran

Ø      The word day occurs 365 times in Quran defining the rhythm of a solar year.

Ø      Is it possible that the only occurrence of the word “day” in sura 1 (1:4) would provide the key for a daily Salaat?

2.5 God’s divine command: “You shall observe Salaat”

Ø      God commands: “You shall observe the contact prayers (Salaat)” (اقم الصلوة GV 303): This divine command, again, occurs letter for letter five times in Quran (11:114, 17:78, 20:14, 29:45, 31:17).

Table 3: “You shall observe the contact prayers”

Ø      God signed this divine command which occurs 5 times with number 19: the addition of gematrical values of the five verses is 20121 = 19x1059.

Ø      The gematrical value of the divine command “You shall observe the contact prayers (Salaat)” being 303, Let us select all verses multiple of 303 in the numbered section of the Quran (the 303^rd verse, the  303 x 2 = 606^th verse, the 909^th verse...until the end of the Quran):

Table 4: Verses multiple of 303 (You shall observe the conctact prayer)

Fact: The gematrical values are again multiple of 19, 557 and 7. 557 is the gematrical value of “Al Salawat”. The word “Salawat”, like the expression “you shall observe the contact prayer” (GV 303) occurs 5 times in Quran. Please note that the word "day", like the "5 x Salawat" system occurs only once in the "303" system: When it comes to "Al Salawat" (GV 557), which we we are going to see in th enext section implies 5 daily times of prayers in Quran, there are 5 in one "day". A full cycle of prayers is a weekly cycle (7 days) since Friday is slightly different as we will witness later. It is also noteworthy that the number of letters is the 19x9^th prime number. The word God occurs 9 times in the table. Therefore an expression that occurs 5 times (GV 303) in Quran and is coded with 19 led us to another 19 based system (verses multiples of 303) that points at “the ritual prayers” (al Salawat), which we perform 5 times in a "day" according to Quran.

2.6 Salaat shall be performed at specific times

 God decreed that Salaat shall be performed at “specific times” (4:103). Even though there are only three Salaat names mentioned directly in Quran (Morning, Middle and Night prayers), it is Salaat times which provide the complete structure for the Ritual Prayer.

﴾4:103﴿  Once you complete your Contact Prayer (Salat), you shall remember GOD while standing, sitting, or lying down. Once the war is over, you shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat); the Contact Prayers (Salat) are decreed for the believers at specific times.

Where are Salaat "times" mentioned in Quran? We have four "times" mentioned in Quran, and "the middle prayer". The question is: "What is the middle prayer?":

1. Time for Dawn Prayer: ﴾24:58﴿ ….This is to be done in three instances - before the Dawn Prayer (صلوة الفجر), at noon when you change your clothes to rest, and after the Night Prayer. ... 11:114 You shall observe the ritual prayer (واقم الصلوة) “at both ends of the daylight” (طرفى النهار = dawn + sunset), and in the early part of the night (وزلفا من اليل)...

طرفى النهار = “At both ends of the day”: tarafi (dual name = ends) al nahr (daylight). It is not said at both end of the day (24 hour period), but at both end of the “daylight” (nahr).

2. Noon: ﴾17:78﴿ You shall observe the Contact Prayer (Salat) from when the sun starts declining (from its highest point at noon) (لدلوك الشمس), until the darkening of the night...

3. Middle prayer: ﴾2:238﴿ You shall consistently observe the Contact Prayers, especially the “middle” prayer (الصلوة الوسطى) ,...

4. Sunset Prayer: ﴾11:114﴿ You shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) at both ends of the daylight (طرفى النهار = dawn + sunset), and during the night...

5. Night prayer: ﴾24:58﴿ ... This is to be done in three instances - before the Dawn Prayer (صلوة الفجر), at noon when you change your clothes to rest, and after the Night Prayer (صلوة العشاء)....

Ø     If you have already clearly identified 4 "times" for Salaat and I tell you one of prayers is called the middle prayer, can there be a middle in number four? It is impossible. Therefore, the middle prayer naturally implies that there are five "times" of prayer, therefore five daily prayers. In the end, the middle of the five daily prayers cannot be other than the afternoon "middle" prayer. (1 Dawn + 2 Noon + 3 Middle + 4 Sunset + 5 Night). Again, this is perfectly in line with simple mathematical coding of words in the Quran like the plural "salawat" occuring five times.

Adding letters for the 5 salaat "times" provides us 17 letters, which is also the number of daily "rakaas" or units in the ritual prayer:

Table 5: Times for the 5 Prayers:

2.7: The word “day” separates sura 1

2.7.1 The separation

Ø      The word “day” separates sura 1 and provides the daily rhythm of Salaat:

Gematrical value of the word “day”: (يوم) = 10+6+40 = 56.

Ø      Let us concatenate the gematrical values of letters which compose the word “day”:

10+6+40 → 10640 = 19x5x2x2x2x2x7 = 19x5x2x56. The word “day” and the miracle of 19 hint at 5 daily prayers. We will see later that symbolically the Quranic structure allows 2 days (day, GV 56) of Salaat in the Quran, the second day ending with verse 112:2 (112 = 2x56).

Table 6: “The Shahadah” and “the prayer” part of sura 1

2.7.2 Second part of sura 1 after the word “day”:

Ø      After the word “day” there are 17 words and 85 letters! 17 words point at 17 units of prayers per day, and 85 = 5x17, provides the 17 unit rhythm of the 5 ritual prayers in a “day”.

Ø      If we add the words and letters we get 102; number 102 (17x6) is the number of Salaat units (raka’as) we pray the first 6 days of the week following the 5x17 daily pattern (we pray 17 units per day x 6 days = 102 Salaat units).

      What about Friday the 7th day which is different? Keep on reading, and you will see            how Quran acknowledges the full seven day system that includes Friday.

Ø      The miracle of 19 confirms symbolically that the section after the word “day” refers to “the Salaat” (GV 162) part of sura 1: 85 letters (5x17 rhythm of daily Salaat) + 162 (GV Al Salaat) = 247 = 19x21.

Ø      The first 4 verses of sura 1 are about praising God using His divine attributes. The only word that is part of a divine attribute (King of the day of the Judgment) and included in the Salaat part of sura 1 (after “day”) is “the judgment” (الدين), gematrical value 95 = 19x5, and hinting at five daily ritual prayers. All of us will be gathered on the Day of Judgment, and it is interesting that the ritual prayer is also an opportunity to gather and pray in congregation (4:102).

2.7.3 First part of sura 1 until the end of the word “day”:

Ø      Up to the word “day” (verse 1:4), there are 12 words and 54 letters, 54 is the gematrical value of “One god” (اله وحد). If we concatenate 12 and 54 we get 1254 = 19x66, confirming that the first part of the prayer until 1:4 points at the Oneness of God (19x66, 19 GV of “One”, 66 GV of “God”). Furthermore adding 12+54 = 66, gematrical value of Allah.

Ø      Symbolically, the miracle of 19 confirms that the first part of sura 1 until the word “day” points at “the Shahadah” (The testimony of faith, الشهدة, GV 345): 54 letters + 345 = 399 = 19x13.

Ø      Following exactly the same 6 day system (5x17 daily Salaat rhythm: 5 prayers/17 units), we recite 9 Shahadas per “day” x 6 days = 54, which is the number of letters from the beginning of sura 1 until the end of the word “day”. Letters divided in sura 1 by the word “day” translate into suras and this will provide the key for the entire 7 day system (including Friday) for the Salaat prayer following Quran alone.

2.8 The word “day” in sura 1 opens a window in the Quran

The word “day” ends with the 54^th letter of sura 1 and has a gematrical value of 56. It is the end of “the Shahadah” part of sura 1.

﴾54:1﴿ The hour has come closer and the moon “experienced a separation” (has split)

Verse 54:1 is multiple meaning:

Ø      It acknowledges the historical landing on the moon on 21/07/1969: 21071969 = 19 x 67 (19^th prime number) x 16553, and separation of lunar rocks from the moon following the departure of the American spacecraft (there are 1389 verses left after 54:1 in the Quran, which is the lunar year of the landing on the moon in the Hegira lunar calendar).

Ø      The other “separation” we witness is the following:

We saw the addition of consecutive numbers of suras from 1 to 114 (6555 = 19x345, GV “The Shahadah”) is a sign that sura numbers (specifically) reveal the secret concerning the Shahadah. Let us add the consecutive numbers 54,55,56:

Ø      After 6 days of prayers (9 daily Shahadas x 6 days or 9x6 suras = sura 54), we reach the “Shahadah suras”, a separation which acknowledges the pure Shahadah to be recited in the ritual prayer. The window opened with sura 54 is closed by the word “day”, GV 56 (because symbolically the Shahadah closes the day of prayer), in this case sura 56.

Ø      Suras 54 points at 9 Shahadahs the first 6 days of Salaat: 54: 5+4 = 9

Ø      Let us concatenate 165 (GV “there is no other god beside God) and suras 54,55,56:

      165545556 = 19x8712924, confirming the three consecutive suras without God do             point at the pure Shahadah. 

Ø      It is noteworthy that verse 54:1 is the 4845^th verse in the Quran:

      Symbolically, 4845 = 19 x 5 prayers x 17 rakaas x 3 suras (54,55,56).

      Number 4845 and the miracle of 19 acknowledge the 5 daily ritual prayers, 17        daily units (raka’as), and 3 suras (54+55+56 = 165) which trigger a separation and         form the Shahadah in the Salaat. The Shahadah defines the rhythm of the daily ritual           prayer in the Quran (9 Shahadas x 6 days = sura 54).

Ø      Verse 54:1 is the 19^th occurrence of the word “moon” in the Quran, out of 26. The 19^th occurrence of the moon shines on the pure Shahadah to be uttered in the ritual prayer.

2.9 The Shahadah suras and 19

The Shahadah suras or “separation” (sura 54,55,56) are profoundly coded with 19:

Table 7: Suras 54,55,56, the first suras without God

Ø      The number of letters in the three Shahadah suras is 4826 letters = 19x254.

Ø      The addition of gematrical values of all letters in the three suras is 370785 = 19x19515.

Table 8: Suras and verses up to sura 56

Ø      The addition of all suras from sura 1 to sura 56 is 1596 = 19x84.

Ø      The addition of all verses per sura up to sura 56 is 5073 = 19x267.

Ø      The profound reason behind the fact suras 54, 55, 56 are so profoundly coded with 19 is that, like the "Shahadah", they symbolize the absolute "Oneness" (GV 19) of God. We will see that the Shahadah and its daily rhythm is profoundly coded in suras 54,55,56 at a deeper level.  

2.10 What about Friday?

Ø      We saw sura 1 provides the Shahadah rhythm of Salaat for 6 days. How does Quran take into account the full 7 day system of the Salaat prayer? If the Quran is fully detailed and “there is no other god beside God” is really the true Shahadah in the five ritual prayers, why doesn’t it acknowledge the 7^th day of ritual prayers which happens to be different (there are 15 units instead of 17 on Friday, and 8 Shahadahs instead of 9)?

Ø      The 6^th day of Shahadahs takes us to sura 54 (9 Shahadahs x 6 days). Let us very simply add to sura 54 the 8 Shahadahs we utter on Friday:

Ø      Sura 54 symbolizes 9 Shahadahs: 5+4 = 9

Ø      Sura 62 symbolizes 8 Shahadahs: 6+2 = 8

Ø      Sura 62 has 11 verses, three of which do not have the word “God”:

Ø      This leaves 8 verses with the word God, like the number of Shahadahs on Friday.

Ø      Verse 62:9 is the one where the word “Friday” (the gathering) occurs. It is the 8^th word “God” in the sura like the number of Shahadahs on Friday.

﴾62:9﴿  O you who believe, when the Congregational Prayer is announced on Friday (Salat min yawmi Al-Jumu`ah), you shall hasten to the commemoration of GOD, and drop all business. This is better for you, if you only knew.

2.11 The Shahadah system: exposing the hypocrites

The Quran is designed to expose people every time they try to extinguish God’s light. God uses the hypocrites themselves to assert the truth. This has again happened for traditional Muslim who refused to bear witness that “la elaha ela Allah” (there is no other god beside God): They insist upon mentioning after the Shahadah “we bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God”, because God alone is not enough for them.

Ø      Sura 62 is symbolically the end of the complete 7 day Shahadah system. Let us read the very next verse after sura Friday:

﴾63:1﴿ When the hypocrites come to you they say, "We bear witness that you (Muhammad) are the messenger of GOD." GOD knows that you are His messenger, and GOD bears witness that the hypocrites are liars.

Ø     This is the ONLY place in the entire Quran where it is question that one should bear witness that “Muhammad is the messenger of God”. God strategically placed the blasphemous expression right after sura 62 being the end of the “Shahadah system”: it means we have symbolically “there is no other god beside God” and in the very next verse God EXPOSES the hypocrites who are not satisfied when God alone is mentioned (39:45, 40:12) and proclaim “We bear witness that you (Muhammad) are the messenger of GOD" in addition to the pure Shahadah.

Ø   This is how God uses the hypocrites to prove that indeed the Shahadah system does end with sura 62, and that “La elaha ela Allah” is the ONLY proclamation to which we bear witness in the five ritual prayers.

Common sense: To traditional Muslims who have a problem to stop mentioning the name of Muhammad beside God, imagine what Shahadah the prophet Muhammad used to recite during the ritual prayer. Would it make sense for him to say after reciting the pure Quranic Shahadah (37:35, 47:19) “I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God”? Would it make sense for us to pray differently from the prophet?

Ø   Sura 62 is the end of the Shahadah system, and we know Friday is unique because we only recite 8 Shahadas (8x526 = 4208, 526 = GV "I bear witness that there is no other god beside God"). If we add the gematrical value of the entire sura 62 to the Shahadah Friday rhythm, we get:

Ø   We saw how sura 62 amazingly exposes the hypocrites who mention the name of the prophet beside God. The Friday Shahadah rhythm (8x526 = 4208, 526 = GV "I bear witness that there is no other god beside God") not only closes the weekly Shahadah based system upon which salaat relies, it also sends a terrible warning to those who are tempted to mention names beside God instead of bearing witness to God ALONE:

Ø   As if it were not enough, verse 40:12 has 62 letters, hinting at sura 62 (Sura Friday), end of the Shahadah based system.

2.12 The Shahadah system: The Ultimate proof

2.12.1 Suras 54, 55, 56: The secret of the Shahadah

We witnessed that suras 54, 55, 56 are deeply coded with number 19, the guardian of Quran with both letters and gematrical values being multiple of 19.

The foundation of Salaat in Quran is “لا اله الا الله”, the proclamation to which we bear witness. Suras 54, 55, 56 are located strategically in the Quran to provide the weekly rhythm of Salaat: We recite 54 shahadas the first 6 days (9 shahadas x 6 days = 54), and 8 shahadas on Friday takes us from sura 54 to sura 62 (54+8), entitled “Friday”, the only place in Quran where the Friday prayer is mentioned (and which triggers the fact we only recite 8 shahadas on that specific day).  In other words, suras 54, 55, 56 are at the EPICENTER of the “shahadah” based salaat system.

The proclamation to which we bear witness (“there is no other god beside God” = لا اله الا الله = gematrical value 165) and its rhythm (the first 6 days, we recite 9 shahadas = 9x6 = 54) is deeply coded in suras 54, 55 56. We know that the word “God” does not appear in suras 54, 55, 56 - it is the first time it happens in Quran - and it is therefore a symbolical “separation” in the Quran. What is very unique about the proclamation of faith is that only three letters compose it: The same three letters as in the word “God” = ا + ل + ه = Alif + Lam + Ha.

God coded the Quran infinitely deeply (18:109), and the only way to verify if suras 54,55,56 are really the “shahadah suras” or if all this is simply a baseless supposition with no foundation in the Quran, is to count the three letters that compose “there is no other god beside God” in all three “shahadah” suras. This will reveal great secrets of the Quran.

- The letter Alif (ا, GV 1) occurs 807 times and the letter “hamza” ("ء" also GV 1) 111 times.

Why is Hamza included? Because it represents a glottal stop, and historically the glottal stop is marked with an Alif, which has been symbolically replaced with a “hamza” instead to acknowledge the glottal stop. Thus, there are 807 Alifs + 111 “Hamza/alifs glottal stops” = 918 alifs in suras 54,55,56.

- The letter Lam (ل, GV 30) occurs 430 times.

- The letter Ha occurs 167 times (125 times as a “ه” and 42 times as a “ة”, same shape and same gematrical value count = 5).

The first profound sign is that the addition of all three letters that compose “Allah” (God) in suras 54, 55, 56 is 918 + 430 + 167 = 1515 = 5 x 303.

The divine command “observe the contact prayer” (اقم الصلوة, GV 303) precisely occurs 5 times in the entire Quran and it is one of the many great sign in Quran that Salaat is to be performed 5 times as witnessed in section 2.5 in this article.

Thus, the first great sign is that the letters which compose “Allah” and "there is no other god beside God" in suras 54, 55, 56 tell us in a hidden manner that those three suras located at the epicenter of the salaat system in Quran hold the key and the proof that “salaat” is to be performed 5 times: 5 x 303 = 5 x “You shall perform Salaat”. At this point, this may seem relevant to those familiar with the miracle of the Quran, but will seem doubtful to other. The ultimate sign is yet to come.

The next step is that we are going to write the entire sentence that forms the pure Quranic shahadah ("There is no other god beside God" = "No divinity save God" = لا اله الا الله) using the frequency of the three letters which compose the most important commandment in Islam in suras 54, 55, 56. In other words, the frequency of the individual letters which form the shahadah are going to be the equivalent of a gematrical value:

Table 21: The pure Shahadah in Salaat written in accordance to the frequency of its letters in suras 54, 55, 56

Ø And this is where we have the ulimate proof that the pure Shahadah is indeed the epicenter of the weekly rhythm of the Salaat system in Quran. “There is no other god beside God” written according the frequency of its letters in key suras 54, 55, 56 yields the following:

Can this be some kind of miraculous coincidence? This will be a great test of faith for people who wish to advance, purify their faith, and purify their salaat: It will only speak to the heart of the sincere. The ONLY Shahadah in Salaat is “there is no other God beside God” (لا اله الا الله). This awesome test is acknowledged by verse 37:35:

﴾37:35﴿ When they were told, "Laa Elaaha Ella Allah”, they turned arrogant.

Ø For those who have vision, this is also a powerful and blatant confirmation that Salaat is to be recited in Arabic every single day of the week.

Ø Let us remember: The “Salaat” “131” system in Quran merged with number “Five” forms a 6859 letter system (19x19x19) which gematrical values are also multiple of 131 (GV Salaat). A warning for those who have vision and wish to worship and remember God through Salaat.

Note: All the data regarding the shahadah suras 54, 55, 56 can be viewed in detail in the appendix in table 21. I encourage people to verify the above amazing facts by copying and pasting suras 54, 55, 56 in word and highlighting each Arabic letter then click on "Edit", then "Find", then check "all items found in", then "find all": It will automatically calculate the number of each individual Arabic letter in the entire suras 54, 55, 56 and you will see that the facts are rock solid. Do not forget that Alif is written either "Alif" (ا) or "Hamza" (ء), and that Ha is written  either as "Ha" (ه) or "Ta marbuta" (ة) for the reasons explained above and which derive from pronunciation and historical reasons.

Ø One more thing we will mention concerning suras 54,55,56 is that if we add all gematrical values of all letters without distinction from the first letter of the shahadah (Alif) in sura 54 (first letter of the sura) to the last letter part of the shahadah in sura 56 (letter Lam in verse 56:96) we get 369765 = 165 (GV "Laa Elaaha Ella Allah") x 2241.

There is only one verse in the Quran which has a gematrical value of 2241:

19:96 Verily, those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, the Most Gracious will shower them with love.

2.12.2 The Shahadah suras, core of the 7 day Salaat system

Ø      The word “day” occurs 7 times in the three Shahadah suras, like a complete weekly cycle of prayers.

Ø      The last occurrence of the word day is in sura 56 verse…..56 (!!!!!), gematrical value of the word “day”, which divides sura 1 to provide the structure for the Salaat. We also saw that the word “Day” opens a window in the Quran which points at the Shahadah suras.

      7^th and last occurrence of the word day in Shahadah suras:

     ﴾56:56﴿ Such is their share on the “Day of Judgment”.

Ø      As it were not enough, the 7^th occurrence of the word “day” in the Shahadah suras intersects with the very same expression we find in sura 1:

      “Day of Judgment” (يوم الدين).

Ø      56:56 is the 7^th occurrence in the entire Quran of the expression “Day of Judgment” (يوم الدين) !

Table 9: 7 occurrences of “Day of Judgment” up to sura 56

Ø      The total gematrical value of the seven verses is 7639 is the 969^th prime number: 969 = 19x17x3 

2.12.3 7 day system: a mathematical confirmation

Now that we have witnessed a full 7 day system (including Friday) that confirms the weekly rhythm of Salaat, let us go back to the fact that letters which compose the five times of are 17 letters.

Ø      The number of daily units for contact prayer are also 17:

      2 (morning) + 4 (noon) + 4 (afternoon) + 3 (sunset) + 4 (night) = 17

Ø      If we concatenate the units for the five daily prayers we get:

      24434 = 19x1286. Also, 1286: 1+2+8+6 = 17, acknowledging the 17 daily units    “24434”.

Ø      Now, since we are in a 7 day system for a full cycle of Salaat, and that we know the Quran acknowledges a 6 day rhythm with 17 daily units and one day (Friday) with only 15 daily units, let us concatenate in the same way as the daily units (24434) above, thus following the same system, but for the entire week:

Ø      17,17,17,17,17,17,15 = 19 x 903774587985. The miracle of 19 confirms the 7 day system.

Ø       Let us now insert in the above sequence the days of the week from 1 to 7, in the same manner it is acknowledged by the Quranic Shahadah system,  (9 Shahadas x 6 days leads to sura 54, then 8 more suras (shahadahs) lead to sura Friday 62, (7^th day where we only have 15 daily ritual prayers units):

      1 17 2 17 3 17 4 17 5 17 6 17 7 15 = 19 x 6169332495658821985

Ø      Finally, Let us substitute in the above sequence the detailed sequence of units per day (24434 or 24424 on Friday: Only 2 units for the noon prayer instead of 4) by the actual detailed sequence of daily units for each prayer:

      124434224434324434424434524434624434722434 = 19 x ……

2.13 The 85 suras with God

We witnessed the fact that “the Salaat” section of sura 1 after the word “day” has 17 words and 85 letters (5x17), thus providing the rhythm of the daily ritual prayer. We saw that “the Salaat” (GV 162) is “God’s guidance” (GV85 = 5x17). The purpose of the ritual prayer is to worship الله (God) and it is absolutely crucial to understand that the word الله (God) occurs in 85 suras, perfectly in line with the 5x17 daily Salaat rhythm. We witnessed that sura numbers specifically provide the key to the profound Shahadah system, and therefore the Salaat structure for an entire week, including Friday. Similarly the basic daily Salaat rhythm is completely confirmed by the 85 (5x17) suras where the One we worship is mentioned and proves “the Salaat” (GV 162) is to be performed 5 times in a profound manner:

Ø      The “day” (sura 56) ends with the Shahadah in the Shahadah system.

Ø      Similarly, the 85 (5x17) suras with God (God occurs 2698 times, 19x142) which provide the “daily” rhythm for Salaat end symbolically with the pure Shahadah:

﴾112:2﴿ God, the Absolute (الله الصمد)

Ø      The very last occurrence of God in the Quran is associated with the divine attribute “the Absolute” (الصمد): The gematrical value is 165, matching again the gematrical value of the pristine Quranic Shahadah (there is no other god beside God). Symbolically the full 5x17 daily cycle of a ritual prayer ends again with “La elaha ela Allah”, the very last words of the Salaat. No other words after.

Ø      Let us now again witness how profound Quran is and how God deals with the dividers who claim that there are not 5 daily rituals prayers: Verse 112:2 is the very last occurrence of the word God in the 85 suras with God and a profound symbol of the daily rhythm of “the Salaat” (GV 162) ending with the Shahadah. We also know that after the word day in sura 1, there are 17 words and 85 letters (5x17), let us witness a profound sign:

Ø      Verse 112:2 is not only the end of the 85 suras with God system, and symbol of the daily 5x17 rhythm of Salaat, but a profound proof that “the Salaat” is to be performed 5 times a day!

Ø      Since we are dealing here with a most profound sign involving the 5 x 162^nd prime number, let us follow the same logic encoded in the above sign and see if God could have coded some even deeper sign breaking down symbolically the five prayers through the 5 prime numbers multiple of 162 (GV Salaat) in the numbering system of Quran:

Table 10: 5 verses are multiple of prime number 162 in

 the prime number list in the numbering system of the Quran

Ø      The gematrical values are multiple of 19 and 5, the miracle of 19 pointing at the five daily prayers.

To those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, there are 5 daily ritual prayers associated with the basic daily rhythm of Salaat (5 Salaat x 17 rakaas = 85 suras with God, simply because it is “Allah” we worship in Salaat). Besides the mathematical miracle pointing at 5 prayers, who says if we are necessarily talking about 5 daily prayers? What if it were God himself who commanded the believers to worship Him five times a day? It is noteworthy that if we add the gematrical value of the four words God as written in the above verses we get: (66x3) + 65 = 263. 263 is the 56^th prime number, 56 is the gematrical value of the word “day”, which is key in unveiling the entire Salaat system in the Quran.

2.14 How many times do we prostrate?

Despite the profound proofs we witnessed some misguided people may still say, “OK but if Quran is really fully detailed, where do you find in the Quran how many times we prostrate in a daily Salaat? God says that Quran is fully detailed. Shouldn’t it be enough? 

2.14.1 The sajada sequence

Ø      The root of the word sujud (سجود, prostration, GV 73) is sajada (سجد, GV 67, 19^th prime number).

Ø      Let us study the occurrence of the letter sequence “sajada” (سجد) until the end of sura 9, because symbolically it is the end of a “day” reciting Shahadas (we utter 9 Shahadas per day):

Remark: By sequence, it is not meant the root word in all its forms, but a pure three letter sequence (sajada, سجد) with no other letter interfering in the sequence.

Table 11: Occurrences of the three letter sajada sequence

and “God” until the end of sura 9