Below please find a link to the Islamic Call to Prayer, or the adhan, that is heard five times a day throughout the area. Someone in the mosques is singing this live, and it is broadcast throughout loud speakers from the mosque. (In Abu Dhabi, at the Grand Mosque, it is sung live at this location, and is broadcast throughout the whole city).
This prayer is the first one. Quite frankly, I didn't know that each time I heard this throughout the day, it was a different prayer. Also, I didn't know what they were saying, so this was informative for me.
http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/07/10/a-call-to-prayer-on-channel-4/
It is a very haunting, calming ritual. Not at all intrusive as it might seem.
The call to prayer times for Abu Dhabi for today are 5:40 - 12:28 - 3:50 - 7:15 - 8:45. The times change by location and by day. The reason for this is below. It was found online at www.islam.about.com.
The Islamic prayers are fixed at the same "time" period each day -- before dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and evening. Because of the rotation of the earth, the revolution of the earth around the sun, the tilt of the earth, the various latitudes of the earth's locations, daylight savings time, etc. -- the "times" (according to the clock) for these prayers do change from day to day and depend on location. Islamic prayer times were traditionally set according to the movement of the sun, not of the clock, and this is how they continue to be observed.
No.
I'm not converting to Islam or any other religion. I just think the more we know about others, the richer our lives will be.
I hope you found this as enlightening as I did.
This prayer is the first one. Quite frankly, I didn't know that each time I heard this throughout the day, it was a different prayer. Also, I didn't know what they were saying, so this was informative for me.
http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/07/10/a-call-to-prayer-on-channel-4/
It is a very haunting, calming ritual. Not at all intrusive as it might seem.
The call to prayer times for Abu Dhabi for today are 5:40 - 12:28 - 3:50 - 7:15 - 8:45. The times change by location and by day. The reason for this is below. It was found online at www.islam.about.com.
The Islamic prayers are fixed at the same "time" period each day -- before dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and evening. Because of the rotation of the earth, the revolution of the earth around the sun, the tilt of the earth, the various latitudes of the earth's locations, daylight savings time, etc. -- the "times" (according to the clock) for these prayers do change from day to day and depend on location. Islamic prayer times were traditionally set according to the movement of the sun, not of the clock, and this is how they continue to be observed.
No.
I'm not converting to Islam or any other religion. I just think the more we know about others, the richer our lives will be.
I hope you found this as enlightening as I did.
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