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case, after the second, and without addition, the two last 
must be recited like the two first; and afterwards the ad- 
dition and conclusion follow the fourth. 
Before the canonical prayers are begun they make the 
following address: 
Allahou akibar, Allahouakibar; aschahahdou anna la Ilaha ila 
Allah; aschahahdou anna la ilaha ila Allah; aschahahdou anna 
Sidina Mouhhammed Rassoul Allah; aschahahdou anna Sidina 
MoUhhammed Rasoul Allah a-i-a-e Salah, a-i-a-e Salah; a-i-a-ala 
el felah,a-i-a-ala el felah; Allahouakibar; Allahouakibar; la ilaha 
ila Allah. 
God most great! God most high! I attest that there is no other 
god but Allah; I attest that there is no other god but Allah; I at- 
test that our lord Mouhhammed is the prophet of God. I attest 
that our lord Mouhhammed is the prophet of God. Come to 
prayers. Come to prayers. Come to the asylum (or to the tem- 
ple) of salvation. Come to the asylum. God most great! God 
most high! There is no other god than God! 
This address is also uttered five times a day from the 
minarets of the mosques, to summon the faithful, or to 
apprize at least the people of the hour of prayer. Every 
one may say his prayers on the spot where he finds 
himself, except that of Douhour on Fridays, which must 
be made at the mosque in public. To the convocation 
in the morning, after the second a-t-a-el-felah^ they add, 
Es salatou hhairotin minn en naoum. 
Es salatou hhairoun minn en naoum. 
Prayer is better than sleep. 
Prayer is better than sleep. 
The man who is charged with these cries is called El- 
muedden. Another Muedden is in the mosque, who 
repeats or sings the address, and Allahouakibar at every 
one of the positions of the rikats, as also the conclusion 
Assalamon aaleikom. 
After each of the canonical prayers they make use 
of a chaplet; at the first bead they say, 
