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− Ñ̼u : ¾B³ ɼ»A ¾Ìmi ÆA BÀÈħ ɼ»A Óyi jÀ§ ÅIA ŧ D å Ð ä ä ä ê Õ ä æ å ä ì ä ä å æ ä å Õ ä ê ä ä ä å ê æ ê ä ÒUie ÅÍjr§ Ë ©JnI h°»A Ñ̼u Å¿ ½z¯A Ò§BÀV»A í ä ä ä ä æ ê æ ê ì î æ ä ê é ê ä æ ê Ð ä æ ê å ä æä ê ä ä ä æ ‘anibni ‘umara ‘anhuma anna rasulallahi qala: salatul ra sa − − − ± − jama‘ati afdalu min salatil fazzi bi sab‘ñwwa ‘ishrina − ± ± − − darajatan. Hadrat Ibn ‘Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: Prayer with the ra sa ± ± congregation is twenty seven times more beneficent than Prayer performed by oneself. (Bukhari and Muslim) − − Like congregational Prayers, individual Prayers are also highly emphasized. In congregational Prayers, society pays homage to God collectively and openly. In individual Prayers, emphasis is laid on privacy, and there should be no effort to display such Prayers to anyone. Similarly, the late night voluntary Prayer ( , which is described later Tahajjud Prayer on) is performed in perfect privacy. Members of the same house try to find their own niches, and even husband and wife try to say their Prayer separately, so that communion with God becomes a highly personal affair. As far as the contents of the Prayer go, whether the Prayer is offered individually or in congregation, they are of two types: 1. A formal routine recitation of the verses of the Qur’an and − other prayers, which are done in the language of the Qur’an, which is Arabic. All worshippers are expected to − know the meaning of what they are reciting, otherwise they will deprive themselves of the immense benefit which they may draw from the meaningful recitation. 2. To the second category belong individual prayers in one's 97