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שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יְהוָ֥ה ׀ אֶחָֽד׃ וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֥ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶֽךָ׃
“HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.”
Deuteronomy 6:4–5 · Chanted (PocketTorah, CC BY-SA)
English: JPS 1917, public domain. Chant: PocketTorah (CC BY-SA 2.5).
“A Psalm by David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”
Psalm 23:1–3 · Read aloud by Winfred W. Henson
World English Bible, public domain. Recording: eBible.org, free to share.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
“In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The Beneficent, the Merciful. Master of the Day of Judgment,”
Al-Fatiha 1:1–4 · Sheikh Abdul Basit Abdul Samad (murattal)
English: Pickthall (1930), public domain. Arabic: Tanzil (CC BY 3.0). Audio: Al Quran Cloud.
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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
Al-Ikhlāṣ, Sincerity · Alafasy (Mishary Rashid Alafasy, officiaPlays on “Four lines. Fifteen words.” →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.
Watch more: Hear it
7 films and talks, chosen for this page. They play here.
Ayat al-Kursi | Al-Baqarah 2:255 | Recitation & English Translation (Ramadan Series Day 2)
SeekersGuidance · 2 min
SeekersGuidance: Ayat al-Kursi, the Throne Verse, recited with English translation.
الشيخ عبد الباسط - سورة الرحمن (مرتل)
القناة الرسمية للشيخ عبد الباسط عبد الصمد · 10 min
Sheikh Abdul Basit: Surah ar-Rahman recited.
Worldwide Shema Prayer Led at the Kotel
Jewish Learning Institute · 1 min
Jewish Learning Institute: the Shema said together at the Western Wall.
The Lord's Prayer | Arabic
St Luke's Kentish Town · 1 min
St Luke's Kentish Town: the Lord's Prayer in Arabic.
The Lord's Prayer
The Church of England · 1 min
The Church of England: the Lord's Prayer.
Psalm 130 (chant: Walford Davies) | The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge · 3 min
High Holidays Teaching: Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg - Psalm 27
Rabbinical Assembly · 3 min
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