Chapter 26
Remembrance 1 from Chapter 26
Arabic
Romanisation
Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar,
Ashhadu a-l-lā ilāha illa-llāh,
Ashhadu anna Muḥammada-r-Rasūlu-llāh,
Ḥayya ‘alā-ṣ-ṣalāh,
Ḥayya ‘alā-l-falāḥ,
Qad qāmati-ṣ-ṣalāh, qad qāmati-ṣ-ṣalāh.
Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar,
Lā ilāha illa-llāh.
Context
ACCORDING TO THE authoritative and acknowledged position, which is supported by authentic hadiths, the iqāmah is made up of eleven phrases: Allah is greater, Allah is greater. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, I bear witness that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah. Come to ṣalāh, come to success. The ṣalāh has been established, the ṣalāh has been established. Allah is greater, Allah is greater. There is no god but Allah.