AZZAN

[sakin_uttara]

Amazing as it sounds, but fortunately for the Muslims of the world,
it is an established fact.

Have a look at a map of the world and you will find Indonesia on the
eastern side of the earth. The major cities of Indonesia are Java,
Sumatra, Borneo and Saibil. As soon as dawn breaks on the eastern
side of Saibil, at approximately 5:30 am local time, Fajar Aazaan
begins.

Thousands of Muazzins in Indonesia begin reciting the Aazaan.


The process advances towards West Indonesia. One and a half hours
after the Aazaan has been completed in Saibil, it echoes in Jakarta.
Sumatra then follows suit and before this auspicious process of
calling Aazaan ends in Indonesia, it has already begun in Malaysia.


Burma is next in line, and within an hour of its beginning in
Jakarta, it reaches Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. After
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 proclamation. Srinagar and Sialkot
(a north city in Pakistan) have the same timing for Aazaan. The time
difference between Sialkot, Quetta, and Karachi is forty minutes,
and within this time, Fajar Aazaan is heard throughout Pakistan.
Before it ends there, it has already begun in Afghanistan and
Muscat. The time difference between Muscat and Baghdad is one hour.
Aazaan 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. Aazaan continues to resound in Syria, Egypt, Somalia and
Sudan during this hour. 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 one hour's
difference. The process of calling Aazaan thus continues throughout
the whole of Africa. Therefore, the proclamation of the "Tawheed"
and "Risaalat" that had begun in Indonesia reaches the Eastern Shore
of the
Atlantic Ocean after nine and half hours. Prior to the Aazaan
reaching the shores of the Atlantic, the process of "Zohar Aazaan"
has already started in east Indonesia, and before it reaches
Dacca, "Asr Aazaan" has started. This has hardly reached Jakarta one
and half hours later, the time of "Maghrib" becomes due, and no
sooner has "Maghrib" time reached Sumatra,the time for calling "Isha
Aazaan" has commenced in Saibil!


When the Muazzins of Indonesia are calling out "Fajar Aazaan", the
African Muazzins are calling the Aazaan for Isha.


If we were to ponder over this phenomenon thoughtfully, we would
conclude the amazing fact that there is not even a single moment
when hundreds of thousands of Muazzins around the world are not
reciting the Aazaan on the surface of this earth. Even as you read
this material right now, you can be sure there are at least
thousands of people who are hearing and reciting the Aazaan!!!

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[Neil]

Wow!! very interesting sakin.

[rawfin]

nice post!

[sakin_uttara]

when is saw this.. i thought its noting.. bt when i read it carefully.. i thought i should share wid all u guyz ....

[arnab]

Great point, havent looked at it in that way.

[NFS_MW]

great post!

[saif009]

its gr8. never thought of this. its Maghrib so i am going to pray. thanks