The Call of the Muezzin

The Call To Prayer

Each day across the entire Islamic world, the ‘muezzin’ call the men to prayer five times per day over a loudspeaker located on a minaret (tower) attached to the mosque: at dawn (fajr), noon (dhuhr), in the afternoon (asr), at sunset (maghrib) and nightfall (isha’a). On Fridays (like today) all male Muslims are supposed to attend the noontime prayers which are usually accompanied by a sermon.

The Muezzin’s Mission

Recently a documentary film by Sebastian Brameshuber named “Muezzin” was released about individual expression and competition between muezzin in Turkey (www.muezzindocumentary.com). One muezzin says in the film “The more people I can attract to the mosque with my voice, the more successful I am.

What the Muezzin Say:

Below are the words which are repeated day after day (Shiite Muslims use slightly different phrases for some lines).

• —x2:   Allahu Akbar (God is the greatest) —
• x2:  I bear witness that there is no deity except God
• —x2:  I bear witness that Mohammed is the Messenger of God
• —x2:  Make haste towards worship —x2:  Come to the true success
• —x2: Prayer is better than sleep (said only at dawn)
• —x2:  Allahu Akbar (God is the greatest)
• —x2:  There is no deity except God

Prayer Points

1. —Pray for the muezzin in your own country and around the world today to have a personal encounter with the living God, through Jesus Christ. —
2. Pray that in the midst of many ‘voices’ and messages, Muslims will hear the voice of God through the working of the Holy Spirit. —
3. Sometimes muezzin become very centred on their role in society. As with any public figures like pastors and politicians some muezzin are tempted to place their own honour and prestige very high on their list of priorities. Pray that all muezzin would be brought to humility before God and truly confounded by His majesty in order that they may truly say “God is great.”

Key Scriptures

And it shall be that whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord [invoking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord–Christ] shall be saved. Acts 2:21 Amplified)

Ecclesiastes 10:4

Video Prayer/Faith Fuel

Ahmed,Former Muslim Dawah Missionary-How I came to Christ part 1

Ahmed,Former Muslim Dawah Missionary-How I came to Christ part 2

Elham, Former muslim women’s journey from Islam to Christ

From August 9th – September 9th 2010 Worldwide Mission Fellowship will be praying that Muslims around the world going through Ramadan will turn to Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, this is in conjunction with similar prayer strategies around the world supported by Open Doors and 30 days of Prayer. Our ultimate prayer is for their salvation. The site will be updated daily at 05:45 GMT to coincide with our early morning prayer meeting so you can join us in prayer wherever you are.