2025-03-31 2025-03-31
Time to Pray
Daily prayer. Many of us aspire to it although we don’t all succeed. For Muslim faithful, the athan, or call to prayer, comes five times each day. Time to Pray is the story of Yasmin’s visit with her beloved Tata, her Grandmother. Her first night with Tata, Yasmin is awakened by the athan as the muezzin at the nearby mosque calls the faithful to prayer. How can Tata arise so early, perform the necessary washing up and pray in the middle of the night? Wondering at her grandmother’s devotion, Yasmin falls back to sleep. In the morning, Tata assures Yasmin that one day she too will achieve the five daily prayers. Tata and Yasmin go shopping for a prayer rug and Tata makes her granddaughter prayer clothes as well. Tata and Yasmin pray at home. They pray at the mosque. Read next feature >
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