We are prayer....

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WE ARE PRAYER, 

coming to prayer and abiding as prayer. 

We are prayer serving, 

prayer sleeping, 

prayer breathing. 

May we always move 

with the graceful movements 

of the prayer, 

and the silent dignity 

of the prayer, 

for prayer is 

the very nature of our humanity.

Lex Hixon in Atom from the Sun of Knowledge, Islamic Meditations 154

Prayer for the Earth by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Hadith on prayer...

"If anyone performs two cycles of Prayer 

without the distraction of any worldly thought, 

all his previous sins will be forgiven." 

(al-Bukhari)

Beautiful Adhan (Call to Prayer)

About the Adhan, the Muslim call to Prayer

The Adhan (in Arabic and English)

Repeat 4 times:::::
Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah
I bear witness that there is no god except the One God.

Repeat 2 times:::::
Ashadu anna Muhammadan Rasool Allah
I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God.

Repeat 2 times:::::
Hayya 'ala-s-Salah
Hurry to the prayer

Repeat 2 times:::::
Hayya 'ala-l-Falah
Hurry to success

Repeat 2 times:::::
Allahu Akbar
God is Great

Repeat 2 times:::::
La ilaha illa Allah
There is no god except the One God

When making the adhan for the Fajr (prayer said before dawn), this is also recited twice:::::
As-salatu Khayrun Minan-nawm
Prayer is better than sleep