Adhan

adhan

term, religious concept, Islamic term, dhikr

Facet give	worship in Islam, good works in Islam, elements of Salat
Vocalized name	أَذَانٌ، اَلْأَذَانُ
Religion anaa worldview	Islam
Dem name after	ear
Creator	God in Islam
Language of work or name	Arabic
Made from material	human voice
Has cause	Fard salat times, Nafl salat times, salah
Has effect	forgiveness of sins in Islam, Falah
Contributing factor of	Islam and mental health, Islam and humanity, Islamic ethics
Contains	dhikr
Practiced by	muezzin
Prerequisite	Fard salat times, Nafl salat times
Created for	worship in Islam
Created during	Prophetic era

De adhan ([ʔaˈðaːn], Arabic: أَذَان, romanized: ʔaḏān) be de Islamic call to prayer, usually be recited by a muezzin, traditionally from de minaret of a mosque, shortly before each of de five obligatory daily prayers.

Fajr adhan at de Malmö Mosque insyd Sweden, 2012

E be de first call wey dey summon Muslims to enter de mosque for obligatory (fard) prayers (salawat); a second call, dem know as de iqama, dey summon those already insyd de mosque to assemble for prayer. Dem dey encourage Muslims to stop dema activities den respond to de adhan by performing prescribed prayers, demonstrating reverence give de call to prayer den commitment to dema faith.

De five prayer times dem know insyd Arabic as fajr (فجر), dhuhr (ظهر), asr (عصر), maghrib (مغرب), den isha (عشاء). Insyd Turkey, dem be called sabah, öğle, ikindi, akşam, den yatsı; dem dey sing de five calls to prayer insyd different makams, wey dey correspond to de time of day. On Fridays, de dhuhr (ظهر) be called de Jummah prayer (جمعة) anaa friday prayer. E be considered de most important prayer of Islam. Insyd Turkey, dem dey call Jummah cuma namazı.

Etymology

E be commonly written as athan, anaa adhane (insyd French), azān insyd Iran den parts of South Asia (insyd Persian, Pashto, Balochi, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, den Punjabi), adzan insyd Southeast Asia (Indonesian den Malaysian), den ezan insyd Turkish, Bosnian, den Serbo-Croatian Latin (езан insyd Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic den Bulgarian, ezani insyd Albanian). Muslims insyd chaw parts of South Asia, wey dey include de Malabar Coast of India den de Punjab region of India den Pakistan, use de Persian term بانگ, bāng, give de call to public prayer.

Anoda derivative of de word adhān be ʾudhun (أُذُن), wey dey mean 'ear'.

Words

Details of wat dem dey recite den how muche times

Recital								Arabic Quranic Arabic	Romanization	Translation
Sunni				Ibadi	Shia		Quranist
Maliki	Hanafi	Shafi'i	Hanbali		Imami	Zaydi
2x	4x			2x	4x	2x		ٱللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ	allāhu akbaru	God be greater
4x	2x							أَشْهَدُ أَن لَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ	ashhadu an lā ilāha illa llāhu	I dey testify der be nothing worthy of worship except God
4x	2x						None	أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ	ashhadu anna muḥammadan rasūlu llāhi	I testify Muhammad be de messenger of God
2x								حَيَّ عَلَى ٱلصَّلَاةِ	ḥayya ʿala ṣ-ṣalāhti	Cam to prayer
2x								حَيَّ عَلَى ٱلْفَلَاحِ	ḥayya ʿala l-falāḥi	Cam to success
None					2x		None	حَيَّ عَلَىٰ خَيْرِ ٱلْعَمَلِ	ḥayya ʿalā khayri l-ʿamali	Cam to de best of deeds
2x (Dawn prayer per)				None				ٱلصَّلَاةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ ٱلنَّوْمِ	aṣ-ṣalātu khayrun mina n-nawmi	Prayer be better dan sleep
2x								ٱللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ	allāhu akbaru	God be greater
1x					2x	1x		لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ	lā ilāha illā llāhu	Der be nothing worthy of worship except God

On rare situations wer der be a serious danger to people going outsyd to congregate insyd mosques like heavy weather, anaa pandemics such as during COVID-19, de muezzin fi say "ṣallū fī buyūtikum" (ْصَلُّوا فِي بُيُوتِكُم, pray insyd your homes) anaa "ṣallū fī riḥālikum" (ْصَلُّوا فِي رِحَالِكُم, pray insyd your dwellings) after "ḥayya ʿala ṣ-ṣalāh" den "ḥayya ʿala l-falāḥ".

External links

• Adhan from the Grand Mosque (Masjid al Haram) recited by Sheikh Ali Ahmed Mulla
• Adhan from the Prophet's Mosque (Masjid Nabawi), Madinah al Munawarah
• Adhan (call for prayer) from a mosque
• Tweaking the Azaan and other measures Muslim countries have taken to combat the virus
• Ezan video at Hagia Sophia