43قالوا لَم نَكُ مِنَ المُصَلّينَMuhammad AsadThey will answer: "We were not among those who prayed;1In view of the fact that at the time of the revelation of this very early surah the canonical prayer (salah) had not yet been made obligatory on the followers of the Qur'an, it is reasonable to assume that in the above context this term is used in its widest sense, namely, conscious belief in God.