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Each scripture in the sound of its own tradition. Hear each Name as it is recited in the Qur'an, the Shema sung, the Lord's Prayer in Arabic, the Throne Verse.
Hear the Names
Tap Hear it on any Name. Seventy-one of the 99 have their Qur'an recitation here; our own reciter will record the rest.
Scriptures and their sounds
Each from its own tradition, on the reciters' and singers' own channels. We never call recitation “music”.
Qur'an 1, recited by Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Al-Fātiḥa, the Opening
The prayer every Muslim says at least seventeen times a day.
Qur'an 2:255
Āyat al-Kursī, the Throne Verse
“Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him.”
Qur'an 112
Al-Ikhlāṣ, Sincerity
Four lines, fifteen words, a third of the Qur'an.
Deuteronomy 6:4, sung and explained
The Shema
“Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one.”
A Jewish hymn of God's eternity, The Great Synagogue, Sydney
Adon Olam
“Lord of the world, who reigned before anything was made.”
St Luke's, Kentish Town, London
The Lord's Prayer in Arabic
A London church prays “Our Father”, and names God as Allah.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal
The Trisagion
An ancient Christian hymn of holiness.
“The Lord's my shepherd”
Psalm 23
Sung by a cathedral choir.
The adhan
The call to prayer
“God is greatest… come to prayer.”
More to hear
Songs, recitations and series about the Names.
