The Iqamah
The Iqamah is a shortened version of azan.
In Iqamah, after the "Come to success,"
call, the mu'azzin recites twice, "Prayer has
begun." The musallis (persons performing
the Prayer) reply, "May Allah establish it
and make it permanent."
The caller of Iqamah must also face the Qiblah.
The Iqamah is recited at
a faster pace than the azan.
The person who recites it need not be
same person who recites the azan.
The azan is a communal obligation
(fard kifayah) in that in all places
where regular prayer is established,
Muslims have to appoint a person
to do it properly at the appropriate times.
There are two azan for the Friday
congregational prayer. The second
azan is recited before the imam
addresses the gathering.
As the times for the five daily obligatory
prayers vary within and between time
zones, there is never a moment on our
planet when the azan is not being recited,
as the end of azan is one place is the
beginning of azan in another place.
The azan is the world's only non-stop call
that acknowledges the sovereignty of
The One True God and urges mankind
to hasten to worship Him.
When the proclamation that "Allah is
Greatest" is sincerely felt in the heart,
it reinforces the Believer's resolve
to live by His Commands, which includes
combatting the tyranny of the powerful and
refraining from the ways of the greedy rich.
The azan is a revolutionary proclamation of
Islam that sovereignty rests with Allah alone.
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Dr. Y Mansoor Marican, Ph. D
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