peace,
With regard to juma, please see the only verse to relate this to salat: 62:9
With regard to zuhr, there is no verse that occurs relating this to salat. Unless you're referring to this word in 24:58
http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=Zhr#(24:58:23)
In my view, the overwhelming evidence in Quran points to a minimum of two daily salat for the mumineen, in the morning/fajr and evening/isha, with an optional night vigil, none for zuhr.
Assalaamu 'alaikum All
I don't wish to initiate any debate here, but today I saw this post so I just want to share what I know regarding the post.
Brother Wakas,
How we can avoid the midday Prayer when considering the verses 62:9-10, 17:12, 10:67
[Al Qur'an 62:9] "You, you those who believed, if (it) was called for/to the Prayer from the Friday's/gathering's day/time, so
hasten/move quickly to God's reminder, and leave the selling/trading, that (is) best for you, if you were knowing.
[Al Qur'an 62:10]
"So if the Prayer were accomplished/ended, so spread/spread out in the Earth/land, and ask/wish/desire from God's grace/favour/bounty, and remember God much, maybe/perhaps you succeed/win."
These verses establishes that the Friday's/gathering's day prayer is one that all Believers must go to regardless of whether they may lose profit or not. And it is also clear that the time before and after this Prayer is business/ trading time.
And the Qur'an indicates that trading time is day time, and night is for rest.
[Al Qur'an 17:12] "And We made/put the night and the daytime (as) two signs/evidences, so We wiped out/erased/eliminated the night's sign/evidence, and
We made/put the daytime's sign/evidence manifest/clearly visible, to wish/desire grace/favour/bounty from your Lord, and to know the years' number, and the counting/calculating, and every thing We detailed/explained it detailing/explaining"
[Al Qur'an 10:67] "He is who made/created for you the night to be tranquil/quiet in it, and the daytime to see, that in that (are) evidences/signs to a nation hearing/listening."
So how can you correlate the Prayer in 62:9-10 with Fajr or 'Isha Prayer ?