how many in muslim lands hear the adhaan? what do you see around you? do people go about their business or they stop n pray? how does it feel?
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hear it 5 times a day Alhumdulillah. And if we're out then its a sad sad scene, its business as usual for most and the adhaan doesn't shake them a bit. Oh, they'll pay it "respect" by turning the music off for a bit, ladies put the dupatta on their heads but thats about it. And to think that the Prophet SAW said (paraphrasing) that the difference between a muslim and a non-muslim is salah.... what do we say about a country full of muslims who do not pray 5 times a day? :(
its a completely different story on fridays of course.
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People go about their business , because , they wait for adhan from the masjid they belong to and pray in. There is a discrepancy in the time a adhan between various sects.
how many in muslim lands hear the adhaan? what do you see around you? do people go about their business or they stop n pray? how does it feel?
I hear it 5 times a day.
I usually stop n reply to te adhan & do dua after its over.Then go about my business.
It feels awesome..I realized how great it meant when i went for vacation to a place where i barely ehard the adhan:(
how many in muslim lands hear the adhaan? what do you see around you? do people go about their business or they stop n pray? how does it feel?
Good old days :(
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I'm glad to say I do hear it 5 times a day....n iit feels sooo good when i'm out n see ppl heading to mosque, in my neighbourhood,....its a 'modern' area of Islamabad but contrary to the popular opinion, i do see many ppl heading to mosque not just for friday prayers...n what makes me feel even better is to observe some guards outside these bungalows who are on duty n can't leave for mosque,...i often see them saying their prayers right on their place of work :)
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why are u calling the azaan the adhaan. are u tohtlai?
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^ can't you see he is a good muslim. He is supposed to speak (and type?) in an arabic accent.
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Im sure even the arabs slip a zee in there.
but generally that is very impressive. habibi, y'alla y'alla. khalaas. kifak?
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^ but then arabs aren't as good muslims as we are. Our H has to come out of our 'halaq', like Hh'alwah.
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oh i get so annoyed with the adhaan and ramadhan and so on coming from Pakistanies who have urdu as their native tongue. no wait. Bakistanies. Hailing from Islamic rebublic of Bakistan currently ruled by President Dhardari, who is ofcourse the barty leader of the BBB.
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Oh no! God forbid we forget our urdu/hindi zabaan! 
Why are you guys so insecure?
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the person trying to talk like an arab is calling others insecure?
the person trying to talk like an arab is calling others insecure?
You guys should stop talking in English then.
Why such a childish remark, coming from you it's shocking.
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im glad you are still shocked when I make childish remarks :D
yar its not about you, I find the whole trend really really annoying. I remember GS had a banner that said ramadhan mubarak or something like that. ramzan is a word in urdu, azan is a word in urdu. there is no need to arabicify existing words especially when the audience you're speaking to is more conversant in urdu than arabic.
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People please try to stick to the topic although there is nothing much to discuss:D
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I visited Pakistan twice, Im a european-heritaged gori who had a christian/republican/conservative upbringing.
The most beautiful, peaceful, reverent thing I ever heard was the Azaan, most especially in the early morning, echo-ing thru the mountains. It can drop you to your knees really.
Whenever I get too stressed I think of the Azaan and its peaceful call, echoing thru the mountains and it brings that most sought after feeling of serenity. Sounds kinda corny but there must be something to it.
who cares? thats the point, why should we be speaking arabic in the first place when talking to each other, for words that have been adopted in our language. it smacks of religious pretentiousness.
english like it or not is lingua franca. it is the language people use online, partially because the keys you see on your keyboard are in english, and roman urdu isnt particularly readable. it allows people who dont understand urdu to communicate with people of their country of origin. none of these apply in the arabic case.
i come from a country where both the muslim and christian population is the same in numbers…we do hear lots of adhaans from different mosques and u’ll see a lot of people heading towards the mosque at zuhr and maghrib and isha times…it feels good when i hear the adhaan and then the number of people truning up to pray…the scene’s quite spectacular in this island in our country where 99% of the population is muslim and they all close their businesses brielfy for the prayers and everyone heads towards the mosque, and until a few years ago they wouldnt even lock their shops as no one would dare steal
i feel the same now, have to rely on this recorded adhaan:hinna:
well the pronounciation differs in the arab world as well…like in the gulf, saudi arabia, iraq they pronounce it as ‘dh’ while in most parts of egypt, syria, lebanon and jordan they pronounce it as ‘z’