The fifth timing is Dawn (al-Fajr): and it is indicative of the third Ḥā’ among His persons; and the number of its raka‘āt is two: Muhammad and Fāṭir.
The obligatory Noon prayer was four [units] because the Mīm, in the station of his manifestation, was named by two names, the letters of each being four: Ahmad and Muhammad. For this reason, the Noon prayer was called by two names: al-Zuhr and al-Ūlā (the First).
The second timing, Afternoon (al-‘Aṣr): its raka‘āt are four because it is indicative of the Fā’, and the letters of his name are four: Fāṭir.
The third timing, Sunset (al-Maghrib): its raka‘āt are three because it points to the first Ḥā’, and the letters of his name are three.
Likewise, the fourth timing: it points to the second Ḥā’, and the letters of his name are four.
The fifth timing: its obligation was only two units (raka‘āt) due to the omission of two letters from the name of the station established to indicate him—which is the station of the third Ḥā’—as we have explained regarding the manifestation of his name and the concealment of his person.




