Adhan: Call to prayer

"God is the greatest" (four times) āllahu ākbar "I bear witness that there is no god except God" (twice) āsh'hadu āl lā ilaha illā-llah "I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God" (twice) āsh'hadu ānna mūhammadan rasūlu-llah "Make haste towards prayer" (twice) hayyā `alā-s-salat "Make haste towards welfare" (twice) hayyā `alā-l-falāh "Prayer is better than sleep"* (twice) ās-salatu khaīru min ān-naūm "God is the greatest" (twice) āllahu ākbar "There is no god except God" lā ilaha illā-llah Adhan is called out from a minaret of a mosque five times a day (Sunni Islam) or three times a day (Shi'a Islam) summoning Muslims for Fard (mandatory) Salah (prayers). There is a second call known as iqama that summons Muslims to line up for the beginning of the prayers. http://www.quranichealing.com/