adhan
Adhan (Arabic: أَذَان [ʔaˈðaːn]; also variously written as azan, adhaan, athan, adhane (French), azaan (Persian, Dari, Pashto, Bengali, Urdu, and Punjabi), adzan (Indonesian and Malaysian), and ezan (Turkish), among other languages) is the Islamic call to prayer (Salah) recited by a muezzin at prescribed times of the day. The root of the word is ʾadhina أَذِنَ meaning "to listen, to hear, be informed about". Another derivative of this word is ʾudhun (أُذُن), meaning "ear". Adhan is recited loudly from the mosque five times a day on most days and all day long during the religious holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, traditionally from the minaret. It is the first call summoning Muslims to enter the mosque for obligatory (fard) prayer (salah). A second call, known as the iqamah summons those within the mosque to line up for the beginning of the prayers. The main purpose behind the multiple loud pronouncements of adhan in every mosque is to make available to everyone an easily intelligible summary of Islamic belief. In modern times, loudspeakers have been installed on minarets for this purpose. Only in Turkey, Ezan is voiced in five different styles at different times; saba, uşşak, hicaz, rast, segah.
call to prayer for Muslims
salah term religious concept