Regarding: {So they were unable to scale it, nor were they able to pierce it} (Al-Kahf: 97), he said: "When you act with Dissimulation, they [the enemies] are unable to devise a scheme against you; it is the fortified fortress, and it becomes a barrier between you and the enemies of Allah that they cannot pierce." Regarding: {But when the promise of my Lord comes, He will make it level with the ground} (Al-Kahf: 98), he said: "[This refers to] the lifting of Dissimulation at the time of Disclosure (Al-Kashf), then I shall take vengeance upon the enemies of Allah."

Among the sayings transmitted regarding the Worships (Al-Ibadat) and knowledge is what Al-Sayyid al-Janan al-Junbulani—may Allah sanctify his person—said in Idah al-Misbah, on the authority of The Scholar (Al-'Alim)—peace be from him—by his saying: "As for Prayer (Al-Salat), it is the pillar of religion, and he who has no prayer has no religion. Among the most obligatory things for its acceptance is the Gnosis of its Inwards (Ma'rifat Bawatinuha) and the performance of its Outwards (Al-'Amal bi-Thawahiriha). It requires purity (tahara), intention (niyya), and the establishment of knowledge regarding the [spiritual] timings, the Obligatory (Al-Fard), and the Prophetic Tradition (Al-Sunnah). We shall add further discourse on that in its proper place."

As for the Adhan (Call to Prayer) and the Iqamah (Second Call): they consist of thirty-five words—eighteen for the Adhan and