BBC reporter crying after hearing the adhan

BBC reporter crying after hearing the adhan January 21, 2017

 

The Sultanahmet or Blue Mosque
Istanbul’s “Blue Mosque,” with its six minarets  (Wikimedia Commons public domain)

 

Thanks to Matthew Wheeler for calling my attention to this two-minute video:

 

https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=rtflAPU-rNg

 

For many of us who’ve lived in the Islamic world, the adhan (أَذَان‎‎; the “call to prayer”) is one of the most beautiful and evocative sounds on earth.

 

If you have 3.5 minutes, you might listen to this version of the adhan, which is accompanied by a reasonably adequate translation:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_LN0hznp-A

 

(Note:  The dh in adhan is pronounced like the th in that or than, and the emphasis is on the second syllable.  The person who recites the adhan is called a muadhdhan [مؤذن] or, as it’s often rendered in English [based upon Turkish pronunciation], a muezzin.)

 

 


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