How is an Āyāt Prayer Performed?

Question: How is an āyāt prayer performed?

Answer: Āyāt Prayer consists of two rak‘ahs, and there are five rukū‘ in each . It has several forms:
i. After making intention and saying the takbīrah al-iḥrām, one recites the Fātiḥah and another one, and then
performs rukū‘. After rising from the rukū‘, one recites the Fātiḥah and a chapter, and again performs rukū‘. One
keeps on doing so until he performs five rukū‘s, each preceded by the Fātiḥah and another one. After that, he rises
up and performs two prostrations, then stands up and performs the second rak‘ah in the same manner as the first one,
completing with two prostrations, followed by tashahhud and salām.
ii. After making intention and saying takbīr, one recites the Fātiḥah and one part, at least a single complete verse,
of a chapter, then performs rukū‘. Then rising from the rukū‘, one recites another part of that chapter followed by a
rukū‘. Then raising his head, he recites another part of the same chapter, and continues this procedure until the fifth
rukū‘, by then he should have completed the chapter. Then after the fifth rukū‘, he performs two prostrations, then
stands up and recites the Fātiḥah and a part of a chapter, followed by rukū‘, and continues in the same manner as in
the first rak‘ah, finishing with tashahhud and salām. If one wants to suffice with one verse of the chapter before
every rukū‘, he may not recite the Fātiḥah more than once at the beginning of the rak‘ah.
iii. One performs one of the two rak‘ahs in one of the above two forms and the other rak‘ah in the other form.
iv. One completes the chapter, of which he recited a verse in the first standing state, in the second, third, or the
fourth standing state, for instance. Then it will be obligatory for him, after raising his head from the rukū‘, to repeat
the Fātiḥah in the following standing state, and to recite with it a chapter or a verse of a chapter if he is before the
third or forth rukū‘. In this case, he must complete that chapter before the fifth rukū‘.[1][2]

1. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani , Islamic Laws, āyāt prayer 1515.
2. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Q 708