Rakat
unit of prayer in Islam equal to one iteration of a specific series of movements
Rak'ah ( ركعة rak'ah, plural: ركعات rakaʿāt), consists of the prescribed movements while offering prayers to God (Allah). It refers to a single unit of Islamic prayers.
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The number of rak'ahs in the obligatory prayer
changeOn Friday, the Friday prayer, the noon prayer, the prayer is not obligatory two rakaata.