How do Muslims Perform the Solah 1

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the name of God the Most gracious and the most merciful.
All Muslims who are adults need to perform five Solah everyday. Only women are exempted from doing any kind of Solah or recite the Koran, or enter the mosque, during their mensuration period. The five solah to be performed daily is the pillar of Islam. It is a sin not to perform the Solah. In Mecca traders leave their goods unattended, when hearing the call for prayer from the nearby mosques or madrasah, or the 'adzan'.
The Solah is the real commitment to God for Muslims. Nowadays many Muslims take the Solah lightly. Most of this muslims are born Muslims and they are unaware of their beliefs, although they are being taught about Islam during their childhood, but when they turn to adults they tend to take their obligations to Islam lightly. There could be many reasons why this phenomena to happen. It is my intention here to let everybody know what they really say in the Solah. I hope after knowing what are said in our Solah we will be more attentive in our Solah and Allah will accept our Solah and bless us.
Firstly you must take the ablutions, that is the cleaning up, which is to be done with clean water,preferably flowing water from a reliable source. Then you have to find a clean place, usually a prayer mat, or any clean sheet of cloth or paper or plastics. The best place is a mosque or a prayer room. You have to make sure of your dress. For men there is not much a problem. For women you need to cover all parts of your body, except your face and your palms. Before you start you have to stand straight and make sure you are facing the kiblah which is the direction of the kaabah in Mecca.

The first and very important step in performing the Solah is the 'nawa' or intent. One must recite in a whispering voice, اصلي فَرْضَ الظهر اَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاةٍ اَدَاءً لله تَعَالَى in Arabic. "usolli fardal zohri arba'a raka'atin ada-an lillahi ta-ala" The meaning is 'I intend to perform the Solah of "Dzohr" four raka'ah for Allah the Almighty'. During the takbir al ihram, that is lifting your arms with your palms facing to the kiblah as high as your ears, your elbows slanting forward you mind must be focused to the intent in your own language, and at the same time saying الله اكبر , all to be synchronized until you finish saying the takbir and your hands covering the lower part of your heart, with the the right hand on the left hand. Being able to do this then you are on the right track to continue with the Solah which I will explain in the next post. See you then.