{"id":4,"date":"2016-05-14T22:47:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T22:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/maederyork\/?p=4"},"modified":"2016-05-14T22:47:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T22:47:52","slug":"adzan-from-jakarta-to-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/maederyork\/2016\/05\/14\/adzan-from-jakarta-to-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"Adzan from Jakarta to Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"

To watch my version of the Adzan go to:<\/p>\n

The Adzan is called out by a muezzin (\u0645\u0624\u0630\u0646\u200e) from the mosque five times a day, traditionally from the minaret, summoning Muslims for salat or\u00a0worship.<\/p>\n

Book of Call to Prayer,\u00a0Bukhari :: Book 1 :: Volume 11 :: Hadith 578:\u00a0When the Muslims arrived at Medina, they used to assemble for the prayer, and used to guess the time for it. During those days, the practice of Adzan for the prayers had not been introduced yet. Once they discussed this problem regarding the call for prayer. Some people suggested the use of a bell like the Christians, others proposed a trumpet like the horn used by the Jews, but \u2018Umar was the first to suggest that a man should call (the people) for the prayer; so Allah\u2019s Apostle ordered Bilal to get up and pronounce the Adzan for prayers.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are the words of the Adzan written phonetically, their english translation, and how many times\u00a0each line is recited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
All\u0101hu akbar<\/strong><\/td>\nGod is greater\/the greatest.<\/strong><\/td>\nRecited four times.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ash-hadu an-l\u0101 il\u0101ha illa all\u0101h<\/strong><\/td>\nI bear witness (to the fact) that there is no god but God.<\/strong><\/td>\nRecited two\u00a0times.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ash-hadu anna Mu\u1e25ammadan rasul ull\u0101h<\/strong><\/td>\nI bear witness (to the fact) that Muhammad is God’s messenger.<\/strong><\/td>\nRecited\u00a0two\u00a0times.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hayya\u00a0\u02bfalas-\u1e63al\u0101h<\/strong><\/td>\nCome to worship.<\/strong><\/td>\nRecited\u00a0two\u00a0times.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hayya \u02bfalal-fal\u0101\u1e25<\/strong><\/td>\nCome to the good.<\/strong><\/td>\nRecited\u00a0two\u00a0times.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
As-salatu Khayrun Minan-nawm<\/strong><\/td>\nWorship is better than sleep.<\/strong><\/td>\nRecited only at the first call to worship each day (i.e., at fajr,\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0dawn).<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hayya \u02bfala khayr al-‘amal.<\/strong><\/td>\nCome to the best of actions.<\/strong><\/td>\nOnly Shi\u02bf\u012b Muslims add this.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All\u0101hu akbar<\/strong><\/td>\nGod is greater\/the greatest.\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nRecited\u00a0two\u00a0times.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
L\u0101 il\u0101ha ill\u0101-All\u0101h<\/strong><\/td>\nThere is no god but God.<\/strong><\/td>\nRecited once.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"Jean-Le\u0301on_Ge\u0301ro\u0302me_010\"<\/p>\n

I learned\u00a0the Adzan while living in the city of Yogyakarta on the island of Java, Indonesia and studying at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). I studied with a\u00a0doctoral students who taught me a few different vocalizations and rhythms to the Adzan, but \u00a0quickly learned that each\u00a0muezzin brings their own unique identity and charm when they call for prayer.<\/p>\n

The Adzan is not just a call which\u00a0organizes and reminds Muslims to go to mosque to pray. The call is an oral symbol of Islamic faith and identity,\u00a0and\u00a0it forms an integral part of the soundscape of many urban and rural landscapes.<\/p>\n

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To watch my version of the Adzan go to: The Adzan is called out by a muezzin (\u0645\u0624\u0630\u0646\u200e) from the mosque five times a day, traditionally from the minaret, summoning Muslims for salat or\u00a0worship. Book of Call to Prayer,\u00a0Bukhari :: Book 1 :: Volume 11 :: Hadith 578:\u00a0When the Muslims arrived at Medina, they used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7946,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/maederyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/maederyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/maederyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/maederyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7946"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/maederyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/maederyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/maederyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/maederyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/maederyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/maederyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}