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This story is a part of Mornings In Michigan, our new series about the sounds of morning rituals in our state.

In Dearborn many residents wake up to the sound of a sacred chant from a local house of worship. It's the adhan, or call to prayer, that's broadcast five different times during the day over a loudspeaker on top of the American Moslem² Society.

Michigan Radio's Lauren Talley visited the mosque³ at dawn.

Scroll⁴ down to hear the full call to prayer and read an English translation.

A member of the mosque began reciting the morning call to prayer just before sunrise. The time shifts throughout the year so I arrived at 4:30 a.m. Vernor Highway in Dearborn is usually a busy street, but only a handful of cars passed by at that hour. There was a glow from the 24-hour gas station behind us, but the bakery next door hadn't opened yet.

"Some people have different reasons to wake up," said Mosad Algahmi. "Some people wake up to go to work. Some take a morning jog, some to walk their dogs, but for the most part the majority of Muslims wake up to pray."

Algahmi is the outreach coordinator⁵ for the American Moslem Society.

He said about a hundred people come for morning prayer. Later in the day, the mosque can draw as many as 2,000 worshipers. The broadcast is a longstanding tradition.

"It's been since the '70s they've had the adhan broadcasted over loud speakers for people to hear," Algahmi said.

There are other mosques⁶ in Michigan that also play the call outside. It lasts a few minutes. Algahmi said the sound of the chant alerts worshipers that they have roughly 15 minutes to get to the mosque for morning prayer.

Aiman Almasnaah is a member of the mosque. He thinks of the call in three parts.

The first is a key tenet of the faith.

"Allahu akbar, and that translates into, basically, God is greater than whatever you're doing right now," he said. "That there is no deity⁷ worthy⁸ [of] worship except God and that Mohammed is his prophet and messenger."

The second part is a set of commands.

"Come to prayer, come to prayer. Come to success, come to success. And for the morning prayer, there's one thing that's also included – prayer is better than sleep. He repeats it twice."

The third part is a final reminder⁹. Almasnaah considers it an invitation.

"It's a communal¹⁰ thing calling the entire community to come together and be led in prayer in unison¹¹ behind one spiritual leader."

When Almasnaah was a student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor¹, he couldn't hear the call to prayer and felt less inspired to wake up. Worshipers can pray at home, but Almasnaah said he missed sharing the moment with other Muslims.

"If you pray at home, it's easier to just pray and go back to sleep, whereas if you pray at the mosque, you pray and you've talked to people," he said. "You come out feeling more rejuvenated¹²."

For Mosad Algahmi days aren't the same when he can't make it to a mosque for the morning prayer.

"My whole day is ruined," Algahmi said. "I feel lazy. I feel like I didn't accomplish anything. The dawn prayer is the one that charges us for the rest of the day. Your day is set."

1 arbor   

n.凉亭；树木

参考例句：

• They sat in the arbor and chatted over tea.他们坐在凉亭里，边喝茶边聊天。
• You may have heard of Arbor Day at school.你可能在学校里听过植树节。

2 Moslem   

n.回教徒，穆罕默德信徒；adj.回教徒的，回教的

参考例句：

• Moslem women used to veil their faces before going into public.信回教的妇女出门之前往往用面纱把脸遮起来。
• If possible every Moslem must make the pilgrimage to Mecca once in his life.如有可能，每个回教徒一生中必须去麦加朝觐一次。

3 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

4 scroll   

n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡

参考例句：

• As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。

5 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

6 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

7 deity   

n.神，神性；被奉若神明的人(或物)

参考例句：

• Many animals were seen as the manifestation of a deity.许多动物被看作神的化身。
• The deity was hidden in the deepest recesses of the temple.神藏在庙宇壁龛的最深处。

8 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

9 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

10 communal   

adj.公有的，公共的，公社的，公社制的

参考例句：

• There was a communal toilet on the landing for the four flats.在楼梯平台上有一处公共卫生间供4套公寓使用。
• The toilets and other communal facilities were in a shocking state.厕所及其他公共设施的状况极其糟糕。

11 unison   

n.步调一致，行动一致

参考例句：

• The governments acted in unison to combat terrorism.这些国家的政府一致行动对付恐怖主义。
• My feelings are in unison with yours.我的感情与你的感情是一致的。

12 rejuvenated   

更生的

参考例句：

• He was rejuvenated by new hope. 新的希望又使他充满了活力。
• She looked rejuvenated after plastic surgery. 她做完整形手术后显得年轻了。