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name of Allah the most beneficent the most mercifulThe
Sound of Azaan Constantly Echoes Around the Globe.
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar
Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar
Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest
Ashadu an La illaha illAllah
I witness/declare that there is no illah (god) but Allah
Ashadu an La illaha illAllah
I witness that there is no illah but Allah
Ashadu anna Muhammad ar Rasool Allah
I witness that Muhammad is Rasul (Messenger) of Allah
Ashadu anna Muhammad ar Rasool Allah
I witness that Muhammad is Rasul of Allah
Hayya 'alas Salat
Come towards the Salat
Hayya 'alas Salat
Come towards the Salat
Hayya 'alal Falah
Come towards the Success
Hayya 'alal Falah
Come towards the Success
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar
Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest
La illaha illaAllah
There is no illah but Allah
There is not a single moment when thousands of Muezzins around
the world are
not proclaiming the Oneness of Almighty Allah and the Apostleship
of the
noble Prophet Muhammad on the surface of this earth!
Let us begin with Indonesia right on the eastern side of the
earth's central
land mass. Indonesia consists of numerous small islands, the
principle ones
amongst them being Java, Sumatra, Borneo and Saibil, all of which
are well
known. It is the largest country in the world, with 180 million
inhabitants.
The number of non-Muslims here is negligible.
As soon as dawn breaks on the eastern side of Saibil, at
approximately 5:30
am local time, Fajar Adhan begins. Thousands of Muazzins in
eastern
Indonesia commence proclaiming the Tawheed (oneness) of the
Almighty,
Omnipotent and Omniscient Allah and Risaalat (Universal
Apostleship) of the
Prophet Muhammad .
The process then continues and advances towards the Western
Islands of
Indonesia. The time difference between the eastern and western
islands of
Indonesia is one and a half hours. So one and a half hours after
the Adhan
has been completed in Saibil, it echoes in Jakarta on Java
island. Sumatra
then follows suit.
Before this auspicious process of calling Adhan ends in
Indonesia, it has
already begun in Malaysia. Burma is next in line, and within an
hour of its
commencement in Jakarta, it reaches Dacca, the capital city of
Bangladesh.
No sooner the calling of Adhan ends in Bangladesh, it has already
prevailed
in western India, from Calcutta to Srinagar. It then advances
towards Bombay
and the environment of entire India resounds with this august
proclamation.
Srinagar and Sialkot (a city in north Pakistan) have the same
timing for
Adhan. The time difference between Sialkot, Kota, Karachi and
Gowadar (a
city in Baluchistan, a province of Pakistan) is forty minutes,
and within
this time, Fajar Adhan is heard throughout Pakistan. Before it
ends there,
however, it has already begun in Afghanistan and Muscat.
The time difference between Muscat and Baghdad is one hour. Adhan
resounds
during this one hour In the environments of Hijaaz-e-Muqaddas
(Holy cities
of Makkah and Madinah), Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and
Iraq.
The time difference between Baghdad and Alexandria in Egypt is
again one
hour. Adhan continues to resound in Syria, Egypt, Somalia and
Sudan during
this hour. Alexandria and Istanbul are situated on the same
geographical
longitude. The time difference between eastern and western Turkey
is one and
a half hours, and during this time it is echoed with the call to
prayer.
Alexandria and Tripoli (capital of Libya) are located at a hour
difference
from one another. The process of calling Adhan thus continues
throughout the
whole of Africa. Therefore, the proclamation of the Oneness of
Allah and the
Prophethood of Muhammad that had begun in the eastern islands of
Indonesia
reaches the Eastern Shore of the Atlantic ocean after nine and a
half hours.
Prior to the Adhan reaching the shores of the Atlantic, the
process of Zohar
Adhan has already commenced in eastern Indonesia, and before it
reaches
Dacca, Asar Adhan has started. This has hardly reached Jakarta
one and half
hours later. Then the time of Maghrib becomes due, and no sooner
has Maghrib
time reached Sumatra, then the time for calling Isha Adhan has
commenced in
Saibil!
When the Muezzins of Indonesia are calling out Fajar Adhan, the
Muezzins in
Africa are calling out the Adhan for Isha.
There is not a single moment when few thousands if not hundreds
of thousands
of Muezzins around the world are not proclaiming the Oneness of
Almighty
Allah and the Apostleship of the noble Prophet on the surface of
this earth!
Insha Allah this universal and continuous calling of the Adhan
shall not
cease until the Day of the Judgment.
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