abstract:The adhān ( ), (or azan as pronounced in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, ezan in Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina), is the Islamic call to prayer, recited by the muezzin at prescribed times of the day. The root of the word is meaning "to permit".
The waters flowed past the tables and their carafes of raki, the lilacs were in bloom and the mosques were in full song with the adhan, the call to prayer.