What is Adhan and Iqamah?

Adhan is the call to prayer is mustahab before daily wajib prayers. Iqamah means the call to start prayer and it is also mustahab.

Adhan in the Holy Quran

وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ اتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا

When you call to prayer, they take it in derision and play… (5:58)

Method

Both should be recited in Arabic.

Adhan: The call to prayer

Recital Arabic Transliteration Translation
4x اللّٰهُ أكبَر Allāh-u ʾakbar Allah is the greatest
2x أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إلهَ إلّااللّٰهُ ashhad-u ʾan lā ilāh-a ʾillā Allāh I bear witness there is no deity but Allah
2x أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللّٰه ashhad-u ʾanna Muḥammad-an rasūl-u Allāh I bear witness Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah
2x أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَليّاً وَلِيُّ اللّٰه ashhad-u ʾanna ‘Ali-yyan wali-u Allah I bear witness Ali (a) is the vicegerent of Allah
2x حَيَّ على الصَّلاةِ ḥayya ʿala ṣ-ṣalāh Hurry toward prayer
2x حَيَّ على الفَلاحِ ḥayya ʿala l-falāḥ Hurry toward salvation
2x حَيَّ على خَيْرِ العَمَلِ ḥayya ʿala khayr al-ʾamal Hurry toward the best deed
2x اللّٰهُ أكبَر Allāh-u ʾakbar Allah is the greatest
2x لا إلهَ إلّااللّٰهُ lā ilāh-a ʾillā Allāh There is no deity but Allah


Iqamah: The call just before prayer

Recital Arabic Transliteration Translation
2x اللّٰهُ أكبَر Allāh-u ʾakbar Allah is the greatest
2x أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إلهَ إلّااللّٰهُ ashhad-u ʾan lā ilāh-a ʾillā Allāh I bear witness there is no deity but Allah
2x أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللّٰه ashhad-u ʾanna Muḥammad-an rasūl-u Allāh I bear witness Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah
2x أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَليّاً وَلِيُّ اللّٰه ashhad-u ʾanna ‘Ali-yyan wali-u Allah I bear witness Ali (a) is the vicegerent of Allah
2x حَيَّ على الصَّلاةِ ḥayya ʿala ṣ-ṣalāh Hurry toward prayer
2x حَيَّ على الفَلاحِ ḥayya ʿala l-falāḥ Hurry toward salvation
2x حَيَّ على خَيْرِ العَمَلِ ḥayya ʿala khayr al-ʾamal Hurry toward the best deed
2x قَدْ قامَتِ الصّلاة qad qāmat-i ṣ-ṣalāh The prayer has certainly been established
2x اللّٰهُ أكبَر Allāh-u ʾakbar Allah is the greatest
1x لا إلهَ إلّااللّٰهُ lā ilāh-a ʾillā Allāh There is no deity but Allah

Differences between Adhan and Iqamah

There are only 3 differences between Adhan and Iqamah:

  1. Allahu akbar is said 4 times in Adhan and only 2 times in Iqamah .
  2. The last line: – laa ilaaha illallah – is said 2 times in Adhan and only 1 time in Iqamah
  3. Just after – hayya alaa khairil a’mal and before Allahu akbar, you should say – QAD QAAMATIS SALAAH 2 times in Iqamah.

Adhan and Iqamah Recitation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-XRbcLQ6b8

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