Azan
Azan – Call to Pray
The Azan (also known as Adhan/Ezan) is the Islamic call to prayer, recited by the muezzin.
Adhan is called out by the muezzin in the mosque, sometimes from a minaret, five times a day summoning Muslims for mandatory (fard) prayers (salah). There is a second call known as iqama (set up) that summons Muslims to line up for the beginning of the prayers. The main purpose behind the loud pronouncement of adhan five times a day in every mosque is to make available to everyone an easily intelligible summary of Islamic belief. It is intended to bring to the mind of every believer and non-believer the substance of Islamic beliefs, or its spiritual ideology. Loudspeakers are sometimes installed on minarets for the purpose.
The adhan sums up the teachings of Islam: there is no God but Allah 
; Muhammad is God’s Messenger; salvation is found through obedience to the Will of God, of which prayer is an important expression.
** The line “Prayer is better than sleep” is used only for the first prayers of the day at dawn (fajr Prayer; Salat al-fajr).
