أَذَانٌ
Root: اذن
Full Definition
2 Also, and أَذِينٌ , and تَأْذِينٌ, [the last an Verbal.Noun of 2, and the second a quasi-Verbal.Noun of the same, which see,] The notification, or announcement, of prayer, and of the time thereof; the call to prayer. [The words of this call (which is usually chanted from the مِئْذَنَة, or turret of the mosque,) are اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرْ أَشْهَدُ أنْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللّٰهْ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَّسُولُ ٱللّٰهُ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاهٌ حَىَّ عَلَى الفَلَاحْ اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرٌ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللّٰهٌ.]
3 الأَذَانُ also signifies The [notification, or announcement, called] إِقَامَة; because it is a notification to be present at the performance of the divinelyordained prayers. [This consists of the words of the former أَذَان with the addition of قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاهْ pronounced twice after حَىَ عَلَى الفَلَاحْ.]
4 الأَذَانَانِ signifies The أَذَانِ [more commonly so called] and the إِقَامَة.
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