See also:

• AZAN (Arabic for " announcement ")

AZAN (Arabic for " announcement ")  , the See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call or See also:

• SUMMONS (Fr. semonce, from semonner or semondre, Lat. summonere, summonitio)

summons to public prayers proclaimed by the Muezzin (crier) from the See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque twice daily in all See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan countries . In small mosques the Muezzin at See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man stands at the See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door or at the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• BUILDING

building; in large ones he takes up his position in the See also:

• MINARET (from the Arabic mandrat ; manar or miner is Arabic for a lighthouse, a tower on which liar, fire, is lit)

minaret . The call translated runs: " See also:

• GOD

God is most See also:

• GREAT

great!" (four times), "I testify there is no God but God!" (twice), " I testify that See also:

• MAHOMET (strictly MUHAMMAD, commonly also MOHAMMED)

Mahomet is the apostle of God!" (twice), " Come to See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer!" (twice), " Come to salvation!" (twice), " God is most great!" (twice), " There is no God but God!" To the See also:

• MORNING

morning See also:

• AZAN (Arabic for " announcement ")

Azan are added the words, " Prayer is better than See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep!" (twice) . The devout Moslem has to make a set response to each phrase of the Muezzin . At first these are See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere repetitions of Man, but to the cry "Come to prayer!" the listener must See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer, " I have no See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power nor strength but from God the most High and Great." To that of "Come to salvation!" the formal response is, " What God willeth will be: what He willeth not will not be." The See also:

• RECITAL (from Lat. recitare, to read out, particularly of a public document)

recital of the Azan must be listened to with the utmost reverence . The passers in the streets must stand still, all those at See also:

• WORK

work must cease from their labours, and those in See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed must sit up . The Muezzin, who is a paid servant of the mosque, must stand with his See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face towards See also:

• MECCA (Arab. Makkah)

Mecca and with the points of his forefingers in his ears while reciting Man . He is specially chosen for See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and Azan must not be recited by any one unclean, by a drunkard, by the insane, or by a woman . The summons to prayers was at first simply " Come to prayer!" Mahomet, anxious to invest the call with the dignity of a ceremony, took counsel of his followers . Some suggested the Jewish See also:

• TRUMPET (Fr. trompette, clairon; Ger. ,Trompete, Klarino, Trummet; Ital. tromba, trombetta, clarino)
• TRUMPET, SPEAKING AND HEARING

trumpet, others the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell, but according to See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend the See also:

• MATTER

matter was finally settled by a See also:

• DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

dream:—" While the matter was under discussion, Abdallah, a Khazrajite, dreamed that he met a man clad in See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green raiment, carrying a bell . Abdallah sought to buy it, saying that it would do well for bringing together the assemblyof the faithful . ` I will show thee a better way,' replied the stranger; ` let a crier cry aloud " God is most great, &c." ' On awaking, Abdallah went to Mahomet and told him his dream," and Azan was thereupon instituted .