The Prayer
14 Dec
The Azan call to prayer begins with a firm affirmation of the supremacy of the sole creator of the Universe, the most merciful and the most compassionate Allah. The next verse is the syahadah or the profession of the Muslim faith. It removes all kinds of polytheism or beliefs in multiple Gods and affirms the belief in the one and only God, Allah and that Muhammad is truly His Messenger (pbuh). The third line is the call to prayer and the emphasis on the eternal home for all obliging Muslims, which is the Paradise. The fourth verse is the call to success, which refers to the success in this world or the temporary dwelling of Muslims and of the eternal home of the Muslim in the hereafter. Then more emphasis is placed on affirming that Allah’s greatness and supremacy with the verse “Allahu Akbar”.
Finally the Azan reaffirms the initial faith which states that there is no other God except Allah and Muhammad is his messenger with the solemn recitation of the verse ” laiIlahailallah” which means in Arabic as: there is no God but Allah”
All of these phrases are recited twice to strengthen the faith and the force of the Azan itself.
