Azan- Call to Prayer

In the first year of Hijrat, after the construction of Masjid-e-Nabawi in Madina, the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) felt the need of some way of announcement to call the believers to prayers, so that all of them could come and pray in congregation. Many suggestions were put forward for the purpose. Some people said that trumpets should be blown, while some said that bells should be rung. But the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) did  not like any of these suggestions. Then a companion had a dream about the present form of call to prayer, which the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) approved and Hazrat Bilal was appointed to call out the Azan.
The wordings of the Azan are:

Allah is Great    (4 Times)

I bear witness that thee
is no god bt Allah  (Twice)

I bear witness that Muhammad
is the messenger of Allah (Twice)

Come to prayer  (Twice)

Come to Success (Twice)

Allah is Great     (Twice)

there is no god but Allah  (Once)

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