Iqmah

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Dear Reader,
Our mosques are full of many posters asking for donation and this and that
(Excellent!) but how about having these posters in our mosques along with the rest
so that people (from non-arab origins) who do iqmah for the prayer utter these
words correctly and we, the followers of the Imm, can also learn these words and
understand their meanings. May Allh grant me guidance, [mn]!

Recital

Arabic

Transliteration

allhu akbar, allhu

2x

akbar

ashhadu an l ilha

2x

illallh

ashhadu anna

2x

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muhammadan

raslu-llh

2x

2x

hayya ala -s- salh

hayya ala -l-falh

Translation

Allh is Greatest,
Allh is Greatest,

I assert that there

is no God but
Allh,

I assert that
Muhammad is the
Messenger of
Allh,

Come to prayer

Come to success,

2x

qad qmat as-salh

1x

akbar, allhu
allhu
akbar

1x

l ilha illallh

Prayer has
started,

Allh is Great,
Allh is Great,

There is no God
but Allh

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here there is a tanween at the end of the first word and a letter of

Idghm ( ,Ra) at the beginning of the second word - therefore these two words can
be merged and when combined they are pronounced as muhammada-r-

raslullh.
All Credit goes to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqama

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