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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 S.A.W 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
S.A.W.
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 S.A.W 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 S.A.W 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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