midday
It is an easy matter to forgive those whom we love . Go you forth into battle and learn to forgive those whom you hate . Never have your opportunities been greater . '' As his last words were uttered , with extreme earnestness , through the colonnade and courtyard of the ancient building came the midday call to prayer ; it was sonorous and prolonged . Michael rose hastily from his low seat . The aged student did not detain him . Their farewell was comparatively brief , owing to the _ mueddin 's _ harmonious and sonorous chanting of the _ adan _ .