It is recommended that in the first rakʿah before reciting Sūrat al-Ḥamd, one says: أَعُوْذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيْمِ aʿūdhu billāhi minash shayṭānir rajīm I seek refuge in Allah from the outcast Satan. And [it is recommended that] in the first and second rakʿahs of ẓuhr and ʿaṣr prayers, one recites ‘bismillāh’ aloud, and recites Sūrat al-Ḥamd and the other surah distinctly, and pauses at the end of every verse – i.e.
he does not join it with the next verse – and while reciting Sūrat al-Ḥamd and the other surah, [it is recommended that] he pays attention to the meaning of the verses.
Furthermore, if he is performing prayers in congregation, then after the imam has completed the recitation of Sūrat al-Ḥamd, or if he is performing prayers on his own, after he has completed the recitation of Sūrat al-Ḥamd, [it is recommended that] he says: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ alḥamdu lillāhi rabbil ʿālamīn All praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds....and after completing the recitation of Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, [it is recommended that] he either says: كَذٰلِكَ اللهُ رَبِّيْ kadhālikal lāhu rabbi Such is Allah my Lord....or: كَذٰلِكَ اللهُ رَبُّنَا kadhālikal lāhu rabbunā Such is Allah our Lord....once, twice, or three times.
And [it is also recommended that] after reciting the other surah, he should pause for a short while and then say the takbīr before rukūʿ or qunūt.