Prayer mat

Prayer mat

A prayer mat or prayer rug, (in Arabic, سجادة "sajjāda" (plural "sajājīd") or "musallah", in Persian: جانماز "Janamaz"), is a piece of fabps to keep the worshipper clean and comfortable during the prostrations of prayer. A Muslim must clean himself or herself before prayer and pray in a clean place. Many new prayer mats are manufactured or made by weavers in a factory. THe design of a prayer mat is based on the village it came from and its weaver. When praying, a niche at the top of the mat must be pointed to the Islamic center for prayer, Mecca, which is a city located in Saudi Arabia. All Muslims are required to know what direction Mecca is from their home or where they are.

All Muslims pray to their God called Allah.

Qur'anQur'an or Qur·an

noun Definition: Islam Another spelling of Koran

Koran

noun

Definition: Islamic holy book: the sacred text of Islam, believed by Muslims to record the revelations of God to Muhammad

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  • prayer mat — also prayer rug n a small cloth on which Muslims kneel when praying …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • prayer mat — noun a small rug used by Muslims during their devotions • Syn: ↑prayer rug • Hypernyms: ↑rug, ↑carpet, ↑carpeting • Part Meronyms: ↑mihrab * * * noun see …   Useful english dictionary

  • prayer mat — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms prayer mat : singular prayer mat plural prayer mats a small carpet that Muslims put on the floor under their knees when they pray …   English dictionary

  • PRAYER MAT —    this is a small mat used in PRAYER by MUSLIMS for RITUAL cleanliness and SYMBOLIC separation from the world …   Concise dictionary of Religion

  • prayer mat — also prayer rug noun (C) a small mat which Muslims kneel on when praying …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • prayer mat — noun A small rug on which Muslims kneel to pray Syn: prayer rug …   Wiktionary

  • ˈprayer ˌmat — noun [C] a small carpet that Muslims put on the floor under their knees when they pray …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • prayer rug — prayer ,rug noun count a PRAYER MAT …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • prayer rug — noun a small rug used by Muslims during their devotions • Syn: ↑prayer mat • Hypernyms: ↑rug, ↑carpet, ↑carpeting • Part Meronyms: ↑mihrab * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

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