Iqama
The Iqama or Iqamah (Arabic: إِقَامَة, ʾIqāmah) is the second call to Islamic Prayer, given immediately before prayer begins.[1] The iqama is given a more rapid and less sonorous rendering than the first call, the adhan, because it is intended merely to draw the attention of those already in the mosque, rather than to remind those outside the mosque to come in. The phrases of the iqama and the adhan are the same, though there are variations among sects in the preferred number of repetitions of the phrases.
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Recital | Arabic Qurʾanic Arabic |
Transliteration | Translation | ||||
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Sunni | Shia | ||||||
By Hanafi[2] | By Maliki[2] | By Shafi'i[2] | By Hanbali[2] | By Twelver Shia[2][3] | |||
2x | 4x | 4x | 4x | 2x | ٱللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ | ʾAllāhu ʾakbaru | God is greater [than everything] |
2x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 2x | أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ | ʾašhadu ʾan lā ʾilāha ʾillā -llāhu | I bear witness that there is no deity but God |
2x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 2x | أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ | ʾašhadu ʾanna Muḥammadan rasūlu -llāhi | I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God |
None | 2x (Mustahabb) | أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا وَلِيُّ ٱللَّٰهِ | ʾašhadu ʾanna ʿAli'an waliu llāhi | I bear witness that Ali is the Vicegerent of God | |||
2x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 2x | حَيَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلصَّلَاةِ حَيَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ |
ḥayya ʿalā ṣ-ṣalāhti | Hasten to the prayer (Salah) |
2x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 2x | حَيَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلْفَلَاحِ حَيَّ عَلَىٰ ٱلْفَلَٰحِ |
ḥayya ʿalā l-falāḥi | Hasten to the salvation |
None | 2x | حَيَّ عَلَىٰ خَيْرِ ٱلْعَمَلِ | ḥayya ʿalā khayri l-ʿamali | Hasten to the best of deeds | |||
2x | 1x | 2x | 2x | 2x | قَدْ قَامَتِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ قَدْ قَامَتِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةُ |
qad qāmati ṣ-ṣalāhtu | The prayer (Salah) has been established |
2x | ٱللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ | ʾAllāhu ʾakbaru | God is greater [than everything] | ||||
1x | لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ | lā ʾilāha ʾillā -llāhu | There is no god but Allah |
The one line unique to the iqama not in the adhan is "qad qāmat al-ṣalāt", the announcement that the prayer "has been established", i.e. is about to commence. It is stated just before the takbir, the formal start of the prayer.[4]
The Hanafi and the Shia schools both use the same number of repetitions of the formula for both the Adhan and the Iqama, contrary to all the other Islamic schools.[1][5]
According to the Malikis, everything is said as normal (Allahu Akbar - 2x, Ashadu ala ilaha illa Allah - 1x, Ashadu anna Muhammadur RasoolAllah - 1x, Hayya ala salah - 1x, Hayya alal falah - 1x ..... Allahu Akbar - 2x, La ilaha illa Allah) with the exeception of saying 'Qad qamati salah' only once.
Other uses of the term iqama
Iqāma is the maṣdar form of the fourth (causative) stem (stem 'af`ala) from the triliteral root Q-W-M, which relates to setting things up, carrying things out, existence, and assorted other meanings. The word iqāma itself is multivalent, but its most common meaning outside the inauguration of prayer is in the context of immigration law, referring to a long-term visa for a foreign national. In some cases, as in Egypt, it is a stamp on the foreigner's passport; in others (as in Morocco and Saudi Arabia) it is a separate identity document in the form of a plastic card.
See also
- Adhan
- Shahada
- Tashahhud
- Salawat
- Islamic honorifics
- Dhikr
- Tawhid
- Barechu - the Jewish call to prayer
- Church bells
References
- Th.W., Juynboll (24 April 2012). "Iḳāma".
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- "اذان و اقامه - خلاصه ای از احکام عبادات - پایگاه اطلاع رسانی دفتر مرجع عالیقدر آقای سید علی حسینی سیستانی". www.sistani.org. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- Salim, Abdol-Amir (2011). "Adhān and Iqāma". Encyclopaedia Islamica. Leiden and Boston: Brill.
- Howard, IKA (1981). "The development of the adhan and iqama of the salat in early Islam". Journal of Semitic Studies. Manchester University Press (26): 227.
External links
- Iqamah being recited before prayer in Mecca
- Call for prayers according to the five school of thought: A Shi'ite Encyclopedia