The adhan (call to prayer): Dua
Called before each of the five prayers.
Arabic
How to say it
al-laa-hu ak-bar, al-laa-hu ak-bar (2 times); ash-ha-du al-laa i-laa-ha il-lal-laah (2 times); ash-ha-du an-na mu-ḥam-ma-dar ra-soo-lul-laah (2 times); ḥay-ya 'a-laṣ ṣa-laah (2 times); ḥay-ya 'a-lal fa-laaḥ (2 times); al-laa-hu ak-bar, al-laa-hu ak-bar; laa i-laa-ha il-lal-laah
Meaning
“Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Come to the prayer. Come to success. Allah is the Greatest. There is no god but Allah.”
In the Fajr adhan, after the second ḥay-ya 'a-lal fa-laaḥ, say twice: الصَّلَاةُ خَيْرٌ مِّنَ النَّوْمِ (aṣ-ṣa-laa-tu khay-rum mi-nan nawm): prayer is better than sleep (Sunan Abi Dawud 500). The iqaamah is said just before the prayer starts and adds قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ (qad qaa-ma-tiṣ ṣa-laah); ask your teacher how your school says it.
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