Irfan Pathan
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Irfan Pathan is an Indian cricket commentator, analyst and former player. He was a bowling all-rounder and member of the Indian cricket team that won the inaugural 2007 ICC Twenty20 World Cup and 2013
Pathan in 2013
Pathan made his Test debut in December 2003, following an injury to the Baroda left-armer Zaheer Khan
Pathan bowling in the nets.
Irfan Pathan taking his run-up in an ODI against Australia in 2012
Muezzin
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Muezzin is the person who proclaims the Adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, traditionally from a mosque's minaret, although it may also be recited elsewhere. The muezzin calls Muslims to the five daily
Irfan Pathan
…the Pathan community in Gujarat. He grew up with his elder brother Yusuf in a mosque in Vadodara, in an impoverished family. His father served as the muezzin. Although their parents wished them to become Islamic scholars, Pathan and his brother took an interest in cricket. In the beginning his deliveries did…
Islamic miniature depicting Gabriel providing instructions on how to perform the call to prayer to Muhammad (golden flame) as well as Bilal ibn Rabah the first muezzin calling the Muslims to prayer from atop the Kaaba.
A mu'azzin reciting the adhan indoor.
a Mu'azzin reciting the Adhan on a Minaret by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1866).