22 Preface إِلَّا المُصَلّينَYusuf AliNot so those devoted to Prayer;-1The description of those devoted to Prayer is given in a number of clauses that follow, introduced by the words “Those who . . .”. “Devoted to Prayer” is here but another aspect of what is described elsewhere as the Faithful and the Righteous. Devotion to prayer does not mean merely a certain number of formal rites or prostrations. It means a complete surrender of one’s being to God. This means an earnest approach to and realisation of God’s Presence (“steadfastness in Prayer”); acts of practical and real charity; and attempt to read this life in terms of the Hereafter; the seeking of the Peace of God and avoidance of His displeasure; chastity; probity; true and firm witness; and guarding the sacredness of the Presence (verse 34).