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    The document discusses the Islamic call to prayer known as the adhan or azan. It provides background on the history and origins of the azan, tracing it back to instructions given by the Prophet Muhammad. The azan serves to call Muslims to prayer five times a day and mark important celebrations. It follows a standardized text in Arabic that professes faith in God and his prophet Muhammad. The recitation of the azan is a recreative musical process that employs various melodic techniques while maintaining the basic identity and meaning of the call to prayer.

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    The document discusses the Islamic call to prayer known as the adhan or azan. It provides background on the history and origins of the azan, tracing it back to instructions given by the Prophet Muhammad. The azan serves to call Muslims to prayer five times a day and mark important celebrations. It follows a standardized text in Arabic that professes faith in God and his prophet Muhammad. The recitation of the azan is a recreative musical process that employs various melodic techniques while maintaining the basic identity and meaning of the call to prayer.

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    The document discusses the Islamic call to prayer known as the adhan or azan. It provides background on the history and origins of the azan, tracing it back to instructions given by the Prophet Muhammad. The azan serves to call Muslims to prayer five times a day and mark important celebrations. It follows a standardized text in Arabic that professes faith in God and his prophet Muhammad. The recitation of the azan is a recreative musical process that employs various melodic techniques while maintaining the basic identity and meaning of the call to prayer.

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    The document discusses the Islamic call to prayer known as the adhan or azan. It provides background on the history and origins of the azan, tracing it back to instructions given by the Prophet Muhammad. The azan serves to call Muslims to prayer five times a day and mark important celebrations. It follows a standardized text in Arabic that professes faith in God and his prophet Muhammad. The recitation of the azan is a recreative musical process that employs various melodic techniques while maintaining the basic identity and meaning of the call to prayer.

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    The passage discusses the musical and social significance of the Islamic call to prayer known as the adhan.

    The adhan was legislated in the first year after Prophet Muhammad migrated to Medina in 622 AD and was first recited by Bilal based on Prophet Muhammad's instructions.

    The adhan is recited 5 times a day to mark prayer times and for special events like births and moving homes.

    Musical Soundscape of the Islamic Call to Prayer

    Objectives
    To understand the social significance of adhan
    To examine the socio-religious importance in the musical processes of
    adhan recitation
    To explore the intersection of social structure & musical/peformance
    structure
    To look at one approach in the study of music & culture
    History of adhan (azan)
    Legislated in the first year after Prophet Muhammed and his followers
    migrated to Medina in 622AD
    Related to Abdullah ibnAbd Rabbih in his dreams, probably between
    632-749AD
    Prophet Muhammed instructed Abdullah ibnAbd Rabbih to go to
    Bilal and tell him to make the call to prayer, for he has the best
    voice among you
    Bilal became the title of the person who recites the azan (now also
    known as the muezzin or muadhdhin)
    Functions & Contexts
    5 times a day to mark prayer times
    Celebrations of special events such as births, moving to a new home
    Unfamiliar territories
    Text of the azan
    Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar
    Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar

    God is the greatest God is the greatest


    God is the greatest God is the greatest

    Ashhadu alla ilaha illal-lah


    Ashhadu alla ilaha illal-lah

    I testify that there is no God but Allah


    I testify that there is no God but Allah

    I testify that Mohammed is the


    Ashhadu anna Muhammad ar-Rasool-lal-lah
    messenger of Allah
    Ashhadu anna Muhammad ar-Rasool-lal-lah
    I testify that Mohammed is the
    messenger of Allah
    Hayya alas-salah
    Hayya alas-salah
    Come to prayers
    Come to prayers
    Hayya alal-falah
    Hayya alal-falah
    Come to success
    Come to success
    Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar
    La ilaha illal-lah
    God is the greatest God is the greatest
    There is no God but Allah

    Purpose of the azan


    The adhan is a call to inform others in specific words that the time for a
    prayer has begun. It is a call to the congregation, and is an expression of
    the Islamic practices. It is obligatory or highly preferredalthough it has
    very few words, [it] covers all essentials of the faith. It begins by
    proclaiming the greatness of Allah, pointing to its existence and perfection.
    It mentions His oneness and the denial of polytheism, and it confers the
    messengership of Muhammad, upon whom be peace. It calls to specific acts
    of obedience after testifying to Muhammads messengership, and it calls to
    a prosperity which is everlasting, point to the return to Allah. Then in a
    manner of emphasis, it repeats some of what was already mentioned
    Reciting & Listening
    Reciter stands and face direction of the kabah
    Reciter places finger in both ears
    Listener responds to the call
    Listener prepares for prayer
    Azan and Jawab
    God is the greatest God is the greatest
    God is the greatest God is the greatest

    God is the greatest God is the greatest


    God is the greatest God is the greatest

    I testify that there is no God but Allah


    I testify that there is no God but Allah

    I testify that there is no God but Allah


    I testify that there is no God but Allah

    I testify
    I testify that Mohammed is the messenger of
    Allah that Mohammed is the
    messenger
    of Allah
    I testify that Mohammed is the messenger of
    Allah
    I testify that Mohammed is the
    messenger of Allah
    Come to prayers
    Come to prayers
    I have no strength except with the
    of Allah
    Come to success
    I have no strength except with the
    Come to success
    of Allah
    God is the greatest God is the greatest
    I have no strength except with the
    There is no God but Allah
    of Allah
    I have no strength except with the
    of Allah

    help
    help
    help
    help

    God is the greatest God is the greatest


    There is no God but Allah

    Characteristics of azan recitation


    Every call must be recited differently
    Can be recited in monotone
    Employs Arabic musical modes
    Macro-structure
    o Textual grouping
    o Modal characteristics
    Micro-structure
    o Melodic shape
    o Narrow ambitus (pitch intervals)
    o Opening anacrusis
    o Stock motifs
    Recitation as a Recreative Process
    Basic identity of azan must be maintained
    Recreative processes
    o Pitch level
    o Ornamention (akin to Islamic art forms in general)
    o Modulation (use of different modes)
    Concluding thoughts
    How do musical processes in the azan portray Islamic values?
    o Sound
    Structure
    Recreative process
    o Concept
    The challenge of attaining zaud (inner feeling)
    o Behavior

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