The Adhan — Call to Prayer
Listen to the adhan, learn its words, and turn on a reminder that plays the adhan at each prayer time.
Listen to the adhan
- Adhan by Aaqib Azeez
- Adhan recorded at the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
- Adhan recorded at the Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca
- Adhan (recording 4)
- Adhan (recording 5)
- Makkah, 1885 — the oldest known recording of the adhan
The words of the adhan
| اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ | Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar Allah is the Greatest (said four times) | ×4 |
| أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ | Ash-hadu an la ilaha illallah I bear witness that there is no god but Allah | ×2 |
| أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ | Ash-hadu anna Muhammadan rasulullah I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah | ×2 |
| حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ | Hayya 'alas-salah Come to prayer | ×2 |
| حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ | Hayya 'alal-falah Come to success | ×2 |
| الصَّلَاةُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ النَّوْمِ | As-salatu khayrun minan-nawm Prayer is better than sleep (Fajr only) | ×2 |
| اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ | Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar Allah is the Greatest | ×1 |
| لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ | La ilaha illallah There is no god but Allah | ×1 |
Dua after the adhan
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ، وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ، آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ، وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ
Allahumma rabba hadhihid-da'watit-tammah, was-salatil-qa'imah, ati Muhammadanil-wasilata wal-fadilah, wab'athhu maqaman mahmudanil-ladhi wa'adtah.
O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and the prayer about to be established, grant Muhammad al-Wasilah and excellence, and raise him to the praised station You promised him.
Sahih al-Bukhari 614
Recordings from Wikimedia Commons: Atcovi (CC BY-SA 4.0) · ejaz215 (CC BY 3.0) · Fraguando (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Adam-synagda (CC0) · Andrewler (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Christiaan Snouck (Public domain).