"Holiness to Thee O God! and praise be to Thee! Great is Thy name! Great is thy Greatness! There is no God but Thee!" The Ta'awwuz is then said:-- "I seek refuge near God from cursed Satan." Then follows the Tasmiyah:-- "In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful." Then follows the Fatiha,[193] or first chapter of the Quran:-- "Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds! the Compassionate, the Merciful! King on the day of reckoning! Thee only do we worship, and to Thee do we cry for help. Guide Thou us on the straight path: the path of those to whom Thou hast been gracious: with whom Thou art not angry, and who go not astray." After this the worshipper can repeat as many chapters of the Quran as he likes.[194] Some verses he must repeat. The Surat-ul-Ikhlas (Sura 112) is generally said:-- "Say: He is God alone: God the Eternal, He begetteth not, and is not begotten; and there is none like unto Him." The Takbir-i-ruku'--Allahu Akbar!--is said whilst the Musalli makes an inclination of the head and body, and separating the fingers a little, places his hands upon his knees. The Tasbih-i-ruku' is said in the same position. It is:-- "I extol the holiness of my Lord, the Great! I extol the holiness of my Lord, the Great! I extol the holiness of my Lord, the Great!" The Tasmia' is then said with the body erect, but with the hands placed on either side. Thus:-- {196} "God hears him who praises Him: O Lord, Thou art praised[195]." The Takbir-i-Sijdar--Allahu Akbar!--is said as the worshipper drops on his knees. The Musalli then kneeling down, places his hands, with the fingers close to each other, upon the ground. He must rest upon his toes, not on the side of the feet which must be kept straight behind him. The elbow must not touch the side, nor the stomach the thigh, nor the thigh the calf of the leg. The eyes must be kept bent downwards. Then he touches the ground first with his nose, and then with his forehead, taking care that the thumbs just touch the lobe of the ears.[196] All this being carefully attended to, the Musalli can say the Tasbih-i-Sijda thus:-- "I extol the holiness of my Lord, the Most High! I extol the holiness of my Lord, the Most High! I extol the holiness of my Lord, the Most High!" He then raises his head and body, sinks backwards upon his heels, places his hands a little above his knees, and whilst doing so says the Takbir-i-Jalsa[197]--"Allahu Akbar!" After a slight pause, a second prostration, or Sijda is made and the Takbir-i-Sijda and the Tasbih-i-Sijda are repeated as before. Then when in the act of rising up the Musalli says the Takbir-i-Qiam--"Allahu Akbar!"