Azaan

The Amazing Phenomenon Amazing as 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 on the eastern side of the earth. The major
cities (islands? mods) of Indonesia are Java, Sumatra,
Borneo and Saibil (Celebes? mods)

As soon as dawn breaks on the eastern side of Saibil, at
approximately 5:30 am local time, Fajar (Subuh) Azaan
begins. Thousands of Muazzins in Indonesia begin reciting
the Azaan. The process advances towards West Indonesia. One
and a half hours after the Azaan has been completed in
Saibil, it echoes in Jakarta. Sumatra then follows suit and
before this auspicious process of calling Azaan ends in
Indonesia, it has already begun in Malaysia.

Burma is next in line, and within an hour of its beginning
in Jakarta, it reaches Dakka, the capital city of
Bangladesh. After Bangladesh, it has already prevailed in
western India, from Calcutta to Srinagar. It then advances
towards Bombay and the environment of entire India resounds
with this proclamation. Srinagar and Sialkot (a city in
north Pakistan) have the same timing for Azaan.

The time difference between Sialkot, Quetta, and Karachi is
forty minutes, and within this time, Fajar Azaan is heard
through out Pakistan. Before it ends there, it has already
begun in Afghanistan and Muscat. The time difference
between Muscat and Baghdad is one hour.

Azaan resounds during this one hour in the environments of
Hijaaz-e-Muqaddas (Holy cities of Makkah and Madinah),
Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq.! The time
difference between Baghdad and Alexandria in Egypt is again
one hour. Azaan continues to resound in Syria, Egypt,
Somalia and Sudan during this hour. The time difference
between eastern and western Turkey is one and a half hours,
and during this time it is echoed with the call to prayer.
Alexandria and Tripoli (capital of Libya) are located at
one hour's difference. The process of calling Azaan thus
continues throughout the whole of Africa.

Therefore, the proclamation of the Tawheed and Risaalat
that had begun in Indonesia reaches the Eastern Shore of
the Atlantic Ocean after nine and half hours. Prior to the
Azaan reaching the shores of the Atlantic, the process of
Zohor Azaan has already started in east Indonesia, and
before it reaches Dakka, Asar Azaan has started.

This has hardly reached Jakarta one and half hours later,
the time of Maghrib becomes due, and no sooner has Maghrib
time reached Sumatra, the time for calling Ishak Azaan has
commenced in Saibil!

When the Muazzins of Indonesia are calling out Fajar Azaan,
the African Muazzins are calling the Azaan for Isha.

If we were to ponder over this phenomenon thoughtfully, we
would conclude the amazing fact that there is not even a
single moment when hundreds of thousands of Muazzins around
the world are not reciting the Azaan on the surface of this
earth. Even as you read this material right now, you can be
sure there are at least thousands of people who are hearing
and reciting the Azaan!!!