in everything they have and in all their faithfulness to their covenants with God.
Pay attention to what I have drawn your attention to, for it is among the secrets of knowledge of God and of the ranks of all that is other than God, if you have discernment.
Continuation on God’s Linking the Establishment of Prayer to Times and Places
Know that God has linked establishing prayer to times, namely the appointed times for performing the obligatory prayers. God Most High said, “Establish prayer, for prayer is prescribed for the believers at appointed times” [al-Nisaʾ 4:103].
He has also linked it to places, namely mosques. God Most High said, “In houses God has permitted to be raised” [al-Nur 24:36], meaning that God commanded them to be raised so that the houses ascribed to God might be distinguished from those ascribed to creatures. His name is remembered in them through the first call and immediate call to prayer, recitation, remembrance, and admonition. “They glorify,” meaning pray, “Him in them,” because God has commanded them to pray in them, “in the mornings and late afternoons, men” [al-Nur 24:36–37]. He did not mention women because man includes woman, for Eve is a part of Adam. He confined the mention to men, honoring them and indicating that women join them. He called women men here, for the degree of completeness has not been barred to women. They become complete as men become complete. The report establishes the completeness of
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Translator’s note TN2280-1: The passage explicitly includes women in the degree of completeness. It reads “men” in the quoted verse as including those women who attain that degree.
