Some liked to have the times for prayer catch them while they were “on the corners of the broad ways. ” They wanted to be “visible to men ” who were passing through those intersections.
وَكَانَ ٱلْمُرَاؤُونَ ٱلْمُدَّعُونَ ٱلتَّقْوَى « يُطِيلُونَ ٱلصَّلَوَاتِ تَظَاهُرًا » لِكَيْ يَنَالُوا إِعْجَابَ ٱلنَّاظِرِينَ .‏