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The Amazing Phenomenon of Azaan

Azaan: The Amazing Phenomenon Dakka, the capital city of Bangladesh.


Amazing as it sounds, but fortunately for After Bangladesh, it has already prevailed
the Muslims of the world, it is an in western India, from Calcutta to
established fact. Have a look at a map of Srinagar. It then advances towards
the world and you will find Indonesia on Bombay and the environment of entire
the eastern side of the earth. The major India resounds with this proclamation.
cities of Indonesia are Java, Sumatra, Srinagar and Sialkot (a city in north
Borneo and Saibil. Pakistan) have the same timing for Azaan.

As soon as dawn The time difference


breaks on the eastern between Sialkot,
side of Saibil, at Quetta, and Karachi is
approximately 5:30 forty minutes, and
am local time, Fajar within this time, Fajar
(Subuh) Azaan begins. Azaan is heard
through out Pakistan.
Thousands of Muazzins in Indonesia Before it ends there, it has already begun
begin reciting the Azaan. The process in Afghanistan and Muscat. The time
advances towards West Indonesia. One difference between Muscat and Baghdad
and a half hours after the Azaan has been is one hour. Azaan resounds during this
completed in Saibil, it echoes in Jakarta. one hour in the environments of Hijaaz-e-
Sumatra then follows suit and before this Muqaddas (Holy cities of Makkah and
auspicious process of calling Azaan ends Madinah), Yemen, United Arab Emirates,
in Indonesia, it has already begun in Kuwait and Iraq.!
Malaysia.
The time difference between Baghdad
Burma is next in line, and within an hour
and Alexandria in Egypt is again one hour.
of its beginning in Jakarta, it reaches
Azaan continues to When the Muazzins of
resound in Syria, Indonesia are calling
Egypt, Somalia and out Fajar Azaan, the
Sudan during this African Muazzins are
hour. The time calling the Azaan for
difference between Isha.
eastern and western
Turkey is one and a If we were to ponder
half hours, and during over this phenomenon
this time it is echoed with the call to thoughtfully, we would conclude the
prayer. Alexandria and Tripoli (capital of amazing fact that there is not even a
Libya) are located at one hour's single moment when hundreds of
difference. The process of calling Azaan thousands of Muazzins around the world
thus continues throughout the whole of are not reciting the Azaan on the surface
Africa. of this earth. The Azaan is keep goin on
and on. Non-stop! Even as you read this
Therefore, the proclamation of the material right now, you can be sure there
Tawheed and Risaalat that had begun in are at least thousands of people who are
Indonesia reaches the Eastern Shore of hearing and reciting the Azaan!!!
the Atlantic Ocean after nine and half
hours. Prior to the Azaan reaching the Allah said, "If you are ashamed of me, I will
shores of the Atlantic, the process of be ashamed of you."
Zohor Azaan has already started in east
Indonesia, and before it reaches Dakka, "Yes, I love Allah. Allah is my fountain of
Asar Azaan has started. Life and My Savior. Allah keeps me going
day and night. Without Allah, I am no one.
This has hardly reached Jakarta one and But with Allah, I can do! everything. Allah
half hours later, the time of Maghrib is my strength."
becomes due, and no sooner has Maghrib
time reached Sumatra, the time for calling
Ishak Azaan has commenced in Saibil!
Please refer these websites for more
details:
1)http://hubbulillahiyah.blogspot.com/2
008/07/amazing-phenomenon-of-
azaan.html
2)http://www.iluvislam.com/v1/readarti
cle.php?article_id=1073

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