The ''iqama'' () is the second

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, recited after the ''

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''. It summons those already in the

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to line up for prayer (''

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''). It is traditionally given a more rapid and less sonorous rendering than the ''adhan'', as it is intended merely to draw the attention of those already in the mosque, rather than to remind those outside to come in. Most phrases of the ''iqama'' and ''adhan'' are the same, though there are variations among the schools ('' madhahib'') of jurisprudence (''

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'') in the preferred number of repetitions of the phrases.

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The one unique line in the iqama, but not adhan, is ''qad qāmati ṣ-ṣalāh'', the announcement "the prayer has been established", i.e., is about to commence. It is stated just before the opening ''allāhu akbar'', the formal start of prayer. The Hanafi and Shia schools both use the same number of repetitions in both the adhan and iqama, contrary to all the other schools. Unlike the other schools, the Maliki school recommends ''qad qāmati ṣ-ṣalāh'' to be said only once. This is based on the practice of the people of

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during

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's time.

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''Iqāma'' is the '' maṣdar'' form of the fourth (

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) stem (stem '''af`ala'') from the

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Q- W- M, which relates to setting things up, carrying things out, existence, and assorted other meanings. The word ''iqāma'' itself is multivalent, but its most common meaning outside the inauguration of prayer is in the context of

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and

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) it is a separate

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