Let us begin with Indonesia right on the eastern side of the earth's central land mass. Indonesia consists of numerous small islands, the principle ones amongst them being Java, Sumatra, Borneo and Saibil, all of which are well known. It is the largest country in the world, with 180 million inhabitants. The number of non-Muslims here is negligible.
As
soon as dawn breaks on the eastern side of Saibil, at approximately
5:30 am local time, Fajar Adhan begins. Thousands of Muazzins in eastern
Indonesia commence proclaiming the Tawheed (oneness) of the Almighty,
Omnipotent and Omniscient Allah and Risaalat (Universal Apostleship) of
the Prophet Muhammad PBUH.
The
process then continues and advances towards the Western Islands of
Indonesia. The time difference between the eastern and western islands
of Indonesia is one and a half hours. So one and a half hours after the
Adhan has been completed in Saibil, it echoes in Jakarta on Java island.
Sumatra then follows suit.
Before
this auspicious process of calling Adhan ends in Indonesia, it has
already begun in Malaysia. Burma is next in line, and within an hour of
its commencement in Jakarta, it reaches Dacca, the capital city of
Bangladesh. No sooner the calling of Adhan ends in Bangladesh, it has
already prevailed in western India, from Calcutta to Srinagar. It then
advances towards Bombay and the environment of entire India resounds
with this august proclamation.
Srinagar
and Sialkot (a city in north Pakistan) have the same timing for Adhan.
The time difference between Sialkot, Kota, Karachi and Gowadar (a city
in Baluchistan, a province of Pakistan) is forty minutes, and within
this time, Fajar Adhan is heard throughout Pakistan. Before it ends
there, however, it has already begun in Afghanistan and Muscat.
The
time difference between Muscat and Baghdad is one hour. Adhan resounds
during this one hour In the environments of Hijaaz-e-Muqaddas (Holy
cities of Makkah and Madinah), Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and
Iraq.
The
time difference between Baghdad and Alexandria in Egypt is again one
hour. Adhan continues to resound in Syria, Egypt, Somalia and Sudan
during this hour. Alexandria and Istanbul are situated on the same
geographical longitude. The time difference between eastern and western
Turkey is one and a half hours, and during this time it is echoed with
the call to prayer.
Alexandria
and Tripoli (capital of Libya) are located at a hour difference from
one another. The process of calling Adhan thus continues throughout the
whole of Africa. Therefore, the proclamation of the Oneness of Allah and
the Prophethood of Muhammad PBUH that had begun in the eastern islands of Indonesia reaches the Eastern Shore of the Atlantic ocean after nine and a half hours.
Prior
to the Adhan reaching the shores of the Atlantic, the process of Zohar
Adhan has already commenced in eastern Indonesia, and before it reaches
Dacca, Asar Adhan has started. This has hardly reached Jakarta one and
half hours later. Then the time of Maghrib becomes due, and no sooner
has Maghrib time reached Sumatra, then the time for calling Isha Adhan
has commenced in Saibil!
When the Muezzins of Indonesia are calling out Fajar Adhan, the Muezzins in Africa are calling out the Adhan for Isha.
There
is not a single moment when few thousands if not hundreds of thousands
of Muezzins around the world are not proclaiming the Oneness of Almighty
Allah and the Apostleship of the noble Prophet PBUH on the surface of this earth!
Insha Allah this universal and continuous calling of the Adhan shall not cease until the Day of the Judgment.
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