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Adhan- An Amazing Phenomenom

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The following article by Khalid Shamsi, taken from Riyadh-ul-Jannah [translated by Hafiz Ghulam Muhammad Bora].
Published by Islamic Da'wah Academy, Leicester, England.

Please read, learn, understand, practice and teach others. However please do not change their meaning. Tawheed [Oneness] of the Almighty ALLAH Subhana Wa Ta'ala (SWT) and Risalat [Universal Apostleship] of Prophet Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH), the sound of which echoes around the globe. Amazing though 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 right on the eastern side of the earth's central landmass.

Indonesia consists of many numerous islands, the principal ones being Java, Sumatra, Borneo and Sulawesi, all of which are well known. It is the largest Muslim country [ editors note: not now considered a Muslim country ] in the world with 220 million inhabitants. As soon as dawn breaks on the eastern island of Sulawesi, at approximately 5.30A.M. local time, Fajr (dawn) Adhan (call for prayers) begins. Thousands of Mu'azzins in eastern Indonesia commence proclaiming the Tawheed of the Almighty, Omnipotent and Omniscient ALLAH (SWT) and the Risalat of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

The process then continues and advances towards the Western Islands of Indonesia. The time difference between the eastern and western islands of Indonesia in one and half-hours. Hence, one and a half hours after the echoes have been completed in Sulawesi, it echoes in Jakarta and Java Island.

Sumatra then follows suit and before this auspicious process of calling Adhan ends in Indonesia, it has already begun in Malaysia.

Burma is then next in line, and within an hour of its commencement in Jakarta, it reaches Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

No sooner the calling of Adhan ends in Bangladesh, it has already prevailed in western India, from Calcutta to Lukhnow.

It then advances towards Bombay and then to Srinagar and the environment of entire Kashmir resounds with this glorious proclamation.

Sialkot, a northern Pakistani city, has the same timing for Adhan. The difference between Sialkot, Quetta, Karachi and Gowadar, [a city in Baluchistan, a province of Pakistan] is forty minutes, and within this time, the Fajr Adhan is heard throughout Pakistan.

Before it ends in Pakistan, it has already begun in Afghanistan and Muscat. The time difference between Muscat and Baghdad is one hour.

Adhan resounds during this one hour in the environments of United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, and Saudi Arabia including Madinah Al-Munawarh the land where Adhan was originated.

The time difference between Baghdad and Alexandra in Egypt is again one hour.

Adhan continues to resound in Syria, Jordan, and Sudan during this hour.

Alexandria and Istanbul, the principal city of Turkey, are situated on the same geographical longitude. The time difference between eastern and western Turkey is one and a half hours during which Adhan echoes throughout Turkey. Alexandra and Tripoli, the capital of Libya, are located at an hour's difference from one another.

From Libya the Adhan continues into Tunisia, Algeria, Rabat, the capital city of Morocco, and Marrakech.

The process of calling Adhan thus continues throughout the whole of Africa.

Therefore the proclamation of the Oneness of ALLAH (SWT) and the Apostleship of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that had begun in the eastern islands of Indonesia reaches the eastern shores of the Atlantic Ocean after nine hours.

But just before the Adhan reaches the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, the process of Dhuhr Adhan has already commenced in eastern Indonesia.

By the time Dhuhr reaches Dhaka, Adhan for Asr prayer has already started. This has hardly reached Jakarta, one and a half hours later, when the time for Maghrib becomes due and no sooner has Mahgrib time reached Sumatra, then the time for Isha’ Adhan has commenced in Sulawesi!

When the Mu'azzins of Indonesia are calling out Fajr Adhan, the Mu'azzins in Africa are calling out the Adhan for Isha’.

If we ponder over this phenomenon seriously, we can only conclude the amazing fact that thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of Mu'azzins around the world are always proclaiming the Oneness of Almighty ALLAH (SWT) and the Apostleship of the noble Prophet (PBUH). Insha'ALLAH ta'ala, this continuous universal calling of the Adhan shall continue until the Day of judgement. Ameen.
[edited 19th May 2001 by Z. El-Fatah.]

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