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Adhān (Call to Prayer)

 

 

اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُO اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُO اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُO اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُO

اَشْھَدُ اَنْ لَّآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللّٰہُ O اَشْھَدُ اَنْ لَّآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللّٰہُ O

اَشْھَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدً ا رَّسُوْلُ اللّٰہِ O اَشْھَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدً ا رَّسُوْلُ اللّٰہِ

حَیَّ عَلَی الصَّلٰوۃِ O حَیَّ عَلَی الصَّلٰوۃِ O حَیَّ عَلَی الْفَلَاحِ O حَیَّ عَلَی الْفَلَاحِ O

اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُO اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُO اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُO اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُO

 

‘Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah. I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad (pbuh) is the messenger of Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad (pbuh) is the messenger of Allah. Come to Prayer. Come to Prayer. Come to success. Come to success. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. There is no deity but Allah’

 

An additional phrase is included in the Adhān for the Fajr Prayer after the second: -

اَلصَّلٰوۃُ خَیْرٌ مِّنَ النَّوْمِ O اَلصَّلٰوۃُ خَیْرٌ مِّنَ النَّوْمِ O

 

‘Prayer is better than sleep. Prayer is better than sleep’

 

Iqāmat is the second call to Prayer and is uttered immediately before the beginning of the obligatory Prayer offered with congregation. In the announcement of Iqāmat the following is added on after reciting حَیَّ عَلَی الْفَلَاح:-

 

قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلوٰۃُ O قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلوٰۃُ O

‘The (congregational) Prayer is ready. The (congregational) Prayer is ready’

 

In response to the Adhān and the Takbeer the listeners should recite the following: -

لَاحَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّۃَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰہِ الْعَلِیِّ الْعَظِیْمِ

in response to

حَیَّ عَلَی الصَّلٰوۃ and حَیَّ عَلَی الْفَلَاح

 

And,

اَقَامَھَا اَللہَ وَ اِذَا مَھاَ in resonse to قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلوٰۃُ

 

And,


 

 

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Spiritual Prayer

KHWAJA SHAMSUDDIN AZEEMI


Mehrāj means to enter the world of the unseen. When a believer attains Mehrāj through prayer, Angels appear in front of him. He travels through the Heavens, and through the blessings of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) he comes to know his Lord.