Sholat (Moslem Prayer) Bersembahyang To pray Oleh: Ibu Dux

Prayer is one of five basic obligations for Moslem faith ► Five times everyday, Moslem all over the world turn and face the Holy city of Mecca for prayer. Mecca is the Holy place where Muhammad was born. ► The Midday prayer on Fridays, however, considered the most important Moslems will try to attend the mosque for prayer. ► The act of prayer is called sholat ► Quran is Islam's sole sacred bible. ► Allah is the one, single god of Islam ► Adhan is Moslem call to prayer

Sholat Subuh (Dawn prayer) ► The Fajr ( Arabic: فجر‎) prayer is the first of the five daily prayers. 45 minutes before sunrise Arabic

Sholat Duhur ► Duhur is second prayer and always performed at approximately at 1.10pm

Sholat Ashar ► In the late afternoon, people are usually busy wrapping up the day's work, getting kids home from school, etc. It is an important time to take a few minutes to remember God and the greater meaning of our lives.

Sholat Magrib ► Maghrib (sunset): Just after the sun goes down, Muslims remember God again as the day begins to come to a close.

Sholat Isya ► 'Isha (evening): Before retiring for the night, Muslims again take time to remember God's presence, guidance, mercy, and forgiveness.

The Islamic Months ► The Islamic names for the twelve months are: 1) Muharram, 2) Safar, 3) Raby al- Awal, 4) Raby al-Thaany, 5) Jumaada al- Awal, 6) Jumaada al-Thaany, 7) Rajab, 8) Shabaan, 9) Ramadhan, 10) Shawwal, 11) Thw al-Qidah, 12) Thw al-Hijjah.

Ramadhan ► For over one billion Muslims throughout the world, Ramadhan is a special month of the year. During the month of Ramadhan, Muslims fast from dawn to sunset every day. Ramadhan was the month in which the first verses of the holy Qur'an were revealed to Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). It is a time for inner reflection, devotion to God and self- control. The sighting of the new moon at the end of Ramadhan heralds the celebration of Eid ul-Fitr.

Observing Ramadhan This picture taken September 5, 2008 shows a stall worker preparing roasted chicken wings to be sold at a Ramadan bazaar in downtown Kuala Lumpur for the breaking of their fast. In Muslim households across Asia, the inflation crisis is casting a shadow over the holy month of Ramadan, and making the nightly ritual of breaking the fast a more meagre affair. From Afghanistan to Malaysia, the high prices of food are forcing the poor to go without, and curtailing the lavish evening buffets which the well-off have flocked to in better economic times. (KAMARUL AKHIR/AFP/Getty Images) # #

A Pakistani man prepares sweet drinks for people to break their fast at a mosque during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore on September 3, (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images) # #

A seller of traditional Syrian sweets calls out for customers in the Meidan quarter of Damascus September 2, Sales of the sweets go up during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri) # #

Bangladeshi vendor sells traditional sweet meats for breaking the Ramadan fast, at the Chalk bazaar in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Sept. 12, (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman) # # ►

An Egyptian family looks to buy a "Fanas Ramadan", a traditional lantern popular during Ramadan, at a shop in el-Sayeda Zaynab district of downtown Cairo, late August 28, (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images) # #

A Palestinian Muslim girl prays in the men's mosque before the evening prayer called "tarawih", during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Sept. 17, (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) # #

A Pakistani man offers Friday prayers atop a mosque roof during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 5, (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) # A Pakistani man offers Friday prayers atop a mosque roof during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 5, (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) # #

The Al-Zaim family of Duxbury, Massachusetts sits, gathered together for their dinner after 7pm on September 14th, 2008, to break their Ramadan Fast. (Justine Hunt/Globe Staff Photo) # #

Workers sew prayer caps in a factory in old Dhaka, Bangladesh on September 18, Prayer caps have huge demand during the holy month of Ramadan. (REUTERS/Andrew Biraj) # #

A child prepares food for Iftar (evening meal) before the breaking of fast on the first day of Ramadan at Memon Mosque in Karachi, Pakistan on September 2, (REUTERS/Athar Hussain) # #

Muslim women attend prayers on the eve of the first day of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia on August 31, (REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas ) # #

In this picture taken on September 13, 2008 a Pakistani labourer stacks bananas being kept in increased quantities for the holy month of Ramadan in the storeroom of a fruit market in Islamabad, Pakistan. (FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images) # #

A boy sleeps in a mosque while waiting to break his fast on the first day of Ramadan in Makassar, Indonesia on September 1, (REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad) #

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Questions/Pertanyaan ► Apa sholat? ► Apa bersembahyang? ► Apa sholat Magrib? ► Apa mushola? ► Apa Mesjid? ► Dimana orang orang Islam bersembahyang pada hari Jumat? ► How many times a day Muslim bow down to Allah in prayer? ► What are five daily timings? ► What is Mecca? ► Describe what Ramadhan is?