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people call the noon-prayer the "first" prayer, because it is the first of the two daily prayers; whilst they call the afternoon-prayer the "middle" prayer, because it is in the midst, between the first of the two daily prayers and the first of the prayers of the night.
My only object in all I have discussed in this place is to refute the opinion of those who think that those things which are necessary for certain philosophical or physical causes prove the contrary of that which is indicated by the Coran, and who try to support their opinion by the doctrine of one of the lawyers and commentators of the Coran . God helps to the right insight!
