In Quran there are 3 obligatory prayers a day but they follow Hadith that says 5 . Also why at night is that you are closest to God?Because God comes down at 1am to earth to hear prayers (per Quran). Since the 1am happens 24 times on earth God must be comming down every hour, down then up, down then up every hour to visit every time zone. ha ha ha ha,(reply>), Quran says the prayers. Hadith let’s you know the times to perform them.<br><br>And Allah ascending is a metaphor