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The müezzin (the word is pronounced this way Turkish, Urdu, etc.; in Arabic: مؤذن) is a servant at the mosque who leads the call (adhan) to Friday service and the five daily prayers, or Salat, from one of the mosque's minarets (in most modern mosques, amplification aids the muezzins). This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Countries where Arabic is spoken. ... The Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, Pakistan with an iwan at center, three domes, and five visible minarets A mosque is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith. ... Adhan(Azaan) ([]) is the Islamic call to prayer, recited by the muezzin. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Minarets (Arabic manara منارة, but more usually مئذنة) are distinctive architectural features of Islamic mosques. ... For the British rock band of the same name, see Amplifier (band) An amplifier can be considered to be any device that uses a small amount of energy to control a source of a larger amount of energy, although the term today usually refers to an electronic amplifier. ...


The professional muezzin is chosen to serve at the mosque for his good character, voice, and skills. When calling to prayer, the muezzin faces each of the four compass directions in turn while he cries out the adhan. During the prayer, the muezzin in some mosques stand on a special platform (called the müezzin mahfili in Turkish), opposite the minbar in the mosque and answer the Imam's sermons. Adhan(Azaan) ([]) is the Islamic call to prayer, recited by the muezzin. ... A Minbar (Arabic: منبر) is a pulpit in the mosque where the Imam (leader of prayer) stands to deliver sermons (khutbah خطبه ). The minbar is usually shaped as a small tower with a pointed roof and with a stair leading up to it. ... Imam (Arabic: إمام , Persian: امام ) is an Arabic word meaning Leader. The ruler of a country might be called the Imam, for example. ... A sermon is an oration by a prophet or member of the clergy. ...


The person calling out for people to come to the mosque to perform salat, the five-daily prayer of Islam.Traditionally the muezzin calls out the adhan from the minaret, but in more and more mosques there have been put up loudspeakers.The institution of muezzin belongs to the customs of the prophet Muhammad's own time. The first muezzin was Bilal, who walked the streets to call the believers to come to prayer.Large parts of the custom was undecided by the death of Muhammad: Which way one should choose for the calling, where it should be performed.Trumpets, flags and lamps were all elements doing the adhan in the place of the muezzin. Had the development wanted things to go differently, these could all succeeded in replacing him if the debates had ended differently.The activities of the muezzin eventually developed into rituals by themselves. The uttering of the adhan could be heard all over the cities a certain times through the day.The first muezzins were using the roof of the mosque, or the adjacent streets, to call for peoples attention. It is believed that the institution of the muezzin — the public crier — existed in pre-Islamic Arab culture. The acts of the muezzin is also an art form, reflected in melodious chanting of the adhan.


See also: salah, minbar Salah (also known as salat, solat, solah and several other spellings) (Arabic: صلاة, Quranic Arabic: صلوة) refers to the five daily ritual prayers that Muslims offer to Allah (God). ... A Minbar (Arabic: منبر) is a pulpit in the mosque where the Imam (leader of prayer) stands to deliver sermons (khutbah خطبه ). The minbar is usually shaped as a small tower with a pointed roof and with a stair leading up to it. ...


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Muezzin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (309 words)
The professional muezzin is chosen to serve at the mosque for his good character, voice, and skills.
During the prayer, the muezzin in some mosques stand on a special platform (called the müezzin mahfili in Turkish), opposite the minbar in the mosque and answer the Imam's sermons.
The acts of the muezzin is also an art form, reflected in melodious chanting of the adhan.
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