Sunday, June 18, 2006

Call to Prayer


This video is part of the call to prayer that is broadcast in every neighborhood five times a day. It reminds Muslims when to pray. Each mosque broadcasts its own call to prayer from a speaker in a tower, so you can sometimes hear more than one call to prayer playing at the same time. I like hearing it and will actually miss it when we move. The text of the prayer varies slightly from Shia to Sunni sects and from region to region, but this is the basic translation of the prayer:

God is Greater
God is Greater
God is Greater
God is Greater
I bear witness that there is no god except God
I bear witness that there is no god except God
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God
Make haste towards prayer
Make haste towards prayer
Make haste towards welfare
Make haste towards welfare
Prayer is better than sleep (said for the morning prayer only)
Prayer is better than sleep (said for the morning prayer only)
God is greater
God is greater
There is no god except God

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