Raka'ah

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The word rakaʿah (Arabic: ركعة‎, pl. ركعات rakaʿāt) refers to one unit of Islamic prayer, or Salah. Each daily prayer is made up of a different number of raka'at:

Fajr — The dawn prayer: 2 raka'at
Dhuhr — The noon prayer: 4 raka'at
Asr — The afternoon prayer: 4 raka'at
Maghrib — The sunset prayer: 3 raka'at
Isha'a — The night prayer: 4 raka'at

The Friday prayer consists of 2 raka'at and is prayed in place of the Dhuhr prayer on Friday.

[edit] What constitutes a Rak'ah

Takbir
Supplications ¹
Recitation of Sura Fatiha
Recitation of another sura
Ruk'u (Bowing)
Straightening up from Ruk'u
Sujudun (The prostration)
Rising from Sajdah
The second Sajdah
Tashahhud ²
Tasleem (The salutation) ³

¹ Only performed in the first raka'ah of the prayer.
² Only first half of it is performed in the second raka'ah in a 3/4-Raka'ah prayer like Al-zuhr(4) or Al Maghreb(3), whereas all of it is performed in the final (last) raka'ah in any standard n-Raka'ah prayer (Salah).
³ Only performed in the final raka'ah of the prayer.