THE CALL TO PRAYER.
The call to prayer, repeated from the mád’nehs (or menarets) of the mosques, I have already mentioned.[[475]] I have often heard this call, in Cairo, chanted in the following manner; and in a style more or less similar, it is chanted by most of the muëddins of this city.
Al _ lá _ hu ak _bar. Al-
lá _ hu ak _ bar. Al _ lá _ hu ak -
bar. Al _ lá - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - hu ak - bar.
Ash - hadu an lá i - lá - ha il-la- l -
láh. Ash-hadu an lá i -
lá. ha il - la - l-lá - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - h. Ash - hadu
an - na Mo - ham - ma - dar ra - soolu - l -
láh Ash - hadu an - na Moham - ma-
dar ra - soolu-l - lá - - - - - - - - - - -
h. Hei - ya ’a - la-s - sa - láh.
Hei - ya ’ala-s-salá
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - h.
Hei - ya ’ala - l - fe - láh. Hei - ya ’a-la-l-fe-
lá - - - - - - - - - - — - - - -h
Al- - lá - - hu ak - - bar.
Al - - lá - - - hu ak - - bar.
Lá i - lá - ha i-l - la - l-l-áh