I know this is not primarily about the muslim calls, but about noise in general - lakini why don't they call out in the local language, or at least kiswahili so that as we vumilia the shouting at least one can comprehend what they are saying.

@nakujua thank you for your calm comment. But this call for prayer is in Arabic.

And this is the beauty part of it, so that wherever part of the world you go, it is universal.

If you go to France, and you don't understand French, so you will wonder what is the person shouting, is he abusing somebody?
So throughout the world, you have it in Arabic. Even if I don't know Arabic, at least I know the translation of the adhan.

So it is a reminder. In the morning prayer, it says: "As-salatu Khayrun Minan-nawm" (Prayer is better than sleep)
So when you hear, ah prayer is better than sleep, you wake up.

So even though you have watch, you don't keep on watching. And a reminder.

About its meaning
it has good message. It is not the allegation @jangili & @wainadi are posting up there. They are copying from a certain ignorant Rev. Hajj, who talked about many lies & allegations against Muslims. This is nonsense. Whoever swallows those lies is ignorant.

churchill should recruit from wazua!

in the estate where i grew up the only time guys tolerated the morning call was during ramadhan, the rest of the year morning calls were not allowed this was as a result of a compromise after non muslims who formed the majority in our hood protested the noise

@guka, you always display your ignorance in religious issues. It shows that many of you are just Christians by name. You don't follow anything Jesus (pbuh) said or did and you're not even ready to do or follow.

I thought Christian is one who follows Christ. How can you be if you don't wake very early in the morning before the sun rises like Jesus used to do!! He prayed at night before going to bed too. He prayed several times during the day... This is why Muslims follow.

1. Mark 1:35
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, and went to pray.

But it's true what he said, this is not for kina @guka, they don't understand even if they have ears, or eyes.

2. Matthew 11:25-26
At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

So, go ahead, you can fight those trying to tell yu truth. The time of Jesus (pbuh), people hated him for preaching the truth, and plotted to kill him because the followers were growing in number.

So even now, there are those elite, just like the time of Jesus (pbuh).

The truth will stand out from error.