Adhān: ḥayya ʿalā ṣ-ṣalāh
حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ
ḥayya ʿalā ṣ-ṣalāh, ḥayya ʿalā l-falāḥ
Come to prayer, come to success
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Source · al-Bukhārī 603; Muslim 379
Each call is made twice; the listener replies لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ instead of repeating. حَيَّ is a 'verb-noun' (اِسْم فِعْل) meaning 'hurry to'; اَلْفَلَاح shares its root with فَلَّاح 'farmer', the one who splits open the soil.