After Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan shared the clip on Twitter on Sunday, social media users have re-shared it on various platforms
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A video of a young American woman reacting to the call to prayers at the Dubai Mall has gone viral after it was posted by Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
In the video, which was shot in 2014, a girl in a striped dress can be seen holding a stuffed toy in one hand and looking around in surprise as she listens to the call to prayer from the mall’s speakers. “This is good”, he is heard saying to his father who replies: “This is the call to prayer. what do you think?”
After the video was shared on Twitter on Sunday, social media users have retweeted and commented on the video on various platforms. At the time of writing, the video has been retweeted hundreds of times.
Many praised Sheikh Saif for posting the video, praying that Allah will protect the nation. Others commented saying “SubhanAllah” (Allah is perfect) and “MashaAllah” (Allah willed), “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is great) and some praised the fitra (nature) of the little girl .
Here are some of the comments received after the video was posted:
User ariellaeder said: “This is me on my balcony every time I hear the muezzin call to pray. I’m not a [Muslim] but I like to hear it.”
“The call to prayer is an atmospheric, timeless and comforting sound even for me, a non-Muslim, in this chaotic world we live in,” commented user infamousacademy.
jojojames_jn said: “This prayer always calms and creates inner peace when [you] listen to him.”
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