Re: Islamically can you join a national army...
Dear bro, your argument is valid, however you are ignoring that Salawaat and Salaat may not be the same. Let me translate it:
حَفِظُوا Watch/Guard (V/P/M-F)
عَلَى over/upon
الصَّلَوَتِ The SALAWAAT(N/P/F)
وَ and (does not say AND ESPECIALLY)
َالصَّلَوةِ الْوُسْطَى The Central SALAAT
وَ and
قُومُوا Stand/Make-it-Right/Rise-Up
لِلَّه For Allah
قَنِتِين (as) Obedient
We can clearly see that "The Central Salaat" is inherently different from "The Salawaat", otherwise the word خُصُوْصًا (especially) would have been used dear brother...
In as such, The Salawaat cannot denote a set of rituals that is repeated... So the correct translation is:
Guard/Watch-over the System and The Central Duty (of staying attached/folowing/staying-commited) and rise-up/stand for The God as (those) obedient
So what system and which central duty? Does this make my earlier comment about "following Gods commandment to be committed to your family" clear?
First please tell what is your reference for translations. It seems you are using Lane's lexicon to just come up with your own translations.
You have it absolutely wrong, Salawaat is the plural is Salaat meaning Protect your prayers especially the middle prayer. If Wusta meant Central then we should start calling "Mushriqi Wusta" Central East instead of Middle East.
Would you like to move on to the next verse however at this point I think its futile because I don't agree with your translations and you don't with mine.