We\u2019re at our very first day of this exciting Qur\u2019an reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hopefully, at the end of one year, spending 30 minutes together here every day, we\u2019ll be able to say that we have gone through the entire Qur\u2019an in our attempt to fulfil our duty towards the command: Iqra!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Disclaimer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I do not endorse any website we visit or necessarily approve of its content; our visit is for academic purpose only. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In doing research I will try to offer the links I find most helpful for that specific query. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you find more suitable links please do point them out.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re familiar with Arabic script, check out the \u2018Tanzil\u2019 link<\/a> for any word in the Qur\u2019an.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There, you will also get countless translations of the meanings of the Qur\u2019an in so many languages (including the English of Yusuf Ali and Muhammad Asad).<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, for studying and comparing the detailed commentaries of Yusuf Ali and Muhammad Asad (which are footnotes in their original books), check out the Altafsir site: Yusuf Ali<\/a>; Muhammad Asad.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Arabic Lexicon I\u2019ll be using is mainly that of Ibn F\u0101ris, Maq\u0101y\u012bs al-Lugha<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0645\u0642\u0627\u064a\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629 \u0644\u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633<\/p>\n\n\n\n My English-speaking friends speak highly of Lanes Lexicon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Qur\u2019an Pages 1 & 2 were read today:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 1, The Opener to the Compilation, & the first 5 verses of Chapter 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n THE OPENER<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (to the Compilation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n By the exalting attribute of God\/Allah, The Unceasingly Merciful:[1]<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n All glorification is to God\/Allah<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lord-Sustainer of the diverse worlds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Compassionate Creator,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Unceasingly Merciful<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sovereign of the momentous Term<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n of Account<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n You Alone do we worship,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n and of You Alone <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n do we seek support.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gift-guide[2]<\/strong><\/a> us <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n the straightened Path[3]<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Path of those upon whom<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n You have bestowed Your Favor,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (those) who have neither earned severity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n nor gone astray.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n COMMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Opener is also a pillar \u2018rukn\u2019 of EACH of the 17 units of a Muslim\u2019s 5 daily prayers, which means that without it the prayer would be incomplete. Therefore, practicing Muslims recite it at least 17 times every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It is also the chapter which Muslims first teach their children, the chapter which accompanies life\u2019s weighty decisions of business and matrimony, and the chapter to be read to loved ones as they are laid in their final resting places. It is with us in all of life\u2019s landmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is a beautiful invocation, a prayer to God, seeking Him alone for support and guidance, all the while bearing testimony that it is Him alone Who is worthy of being worshipped. Where is \u2018the straight path\u2019 we seek? Take a look: (HQ 6: 151-153)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even among the world\u2019s 16.3% unaffiliated, who do not identify with any particular religion, there are many who have stated in surveys that they do<\/em> believe in a higher power.[5]<\/a> No matter which word is used to describe The Creator, the fact remains that the vast majority of us does believe<\/em> in such a force. But each of us has our own manner of belief, one that might -or might not- accept the accounts offered by \u2018organized religion.\u2019 This is quite natural. There is nothing on the entire earth as personal as one\u2019s exclusive relationship with one\u2019s creator. How can anyone outside of Myself and my Creator define it? And had I chosen to void, ignore, or simply downplay this relationship, it will still exist, independent of what I believe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Many of us find much to criticize in \u2018organized religion,\u2019 often someone else\u2019s, and sometimes our parents\u2019 or our own. Upon looking closer we will find that our disapproval -or disappointment- is neither in the \u2018religion\u2019 itself nor in its messenger, but rather in how the followers of that \u2018religion\u2019 presented their faith to the world<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is quite obvious in the transcript of Deepak Chopra\u2019s CNN interview with Larry King: http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/0005\/17\/lkl.00.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Faithful persons\/Mu\u2019mineen demonstrate their \u2018Eman\u2019 or faith and trust in God by action, bearing witness that there is no God but God, The Unique, The Incomparable, the Worthy of trust and reverence, the One To Whom we are accountable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n People call The Creator by different names, usually related to the languages they speak.\u00a0 Many of us realize that the English word \u2018God\u2019 corresponds to the German \u2018Gott,\u2019 the French \u2018Dieu,\u2019 and the Spanish \u2018Dios.\u2019\u00a0 However, many of us might not realize that the corresponding word in Arabic is \u2018Allah,\u2019 and that any Jew, Christian, or Muslim whose language is Arabic would be using this word to stand for \u2018God\u2019.\u00a0 In fact, the Arabic Bible<\/em> is all about \u2018Allah\u2019- in both its Old and New Testaments.[6]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 God has always been referred to as Elah, Eloah, Allah, in Aramaic, Hebrew[7]<\/sup><\/a>, and Arabic languages.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Allah\u2019 also is a common term in many parts of the world where people do not speak Arabic. Most of these countries have Muslim majorities[8]<\/sup><\/a>. Visitors to other countries, such as Malta[9]<\/sup><\/a>, a Roman-Catholic Apostolic republic, often feel amazed upon discovering that the Maltese worship \u2018Alla\u2019 and fast \u2018<\/em>Randan.\u2019[10]<\/sup><\/a> Having embraced their heritage,[11]<\/sup><\/a> \u2018<\/em>Randan\u2019 is the Maltese word for the Christian season of Lent!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lengthy research in the Qur\u2019an and in Arabic language AND grammar have shown that \u2018Al Rahmaan\u2019 is The Compassionate Creator. The term \u2018Rahmaan\u2019 in the Qur\u2019an does NOT occupy the place of an attribute comparative to \u2018Raheem\u2019, as most commentators have said, but rather carries the same weight as the word \u2018Allah (H.Q: 17:110).[12]<\/sup><\/a> Check it out HQ:25:59; 67:3.[13]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n While God has many beautiful attributes, Allah is considered a \u2018Divine Utterance\/\u0644\u0641\u0638 \u062c\u0644\u0627\u0644\u0629\u2019 and Al Rahmaan seems to be of similar caliber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rahmaan is therefore another name for Allah, it is unique to Him and relates to creation, as the entire 55th<\/sup> chapter called \u2018Suratul Rahmaan\u2019<\/a> indicates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heedful, or Mindful is the chosen translation, but we glean further understanding of the meaning of \u2018taqwa\u2019 (Awareness) from the Qur\u2019an, since it does give us its antonym TWICE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An old Arabic saying goes, \u201cBy their opposites are all things known,\u201d[14]<\/sup><\/a> which is true. This specific issue is so drastically important today because there are those who see themselves as \u2018Heedful\u2019, \u2018Mindful\u2019, and \u2018God-conscious\u2019 while their actions in fact display the exact opposite: <\/p>\n\n\n\n The antonym for \u2018taqwa\u2019 is \u2018udwaan,\u2019 which means \u2018aggression!\u2019[15]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Enough said for today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only way to understand any message and arrive at its intent is to apply the intellect in an unbiased reading of its entire original content. Translations or explanations are inevitably influenced by the knowledge\/background\/leanings of interpreters (this blog included).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Peace unto all! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [1]<\/a> Ra-ha-ma: to show kindness, compassion, tenderness, mercy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Raahim:\u2019 he who, at a certain place in time, is being compassionate\/merciful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Raheem:\u2019 He who is always compassionate\/merciful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE Raheem: The Unceasingly Compassionate\/Merciful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [2]<\/a> Hada: to guide, to grant, or gift something to someone you love, quoted in the Prophet\u2019s Hadith: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGift one another, love one another.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Also the term \u2018hedi,\u2019 the animals we slaughter for the love of God and then \u2018gift\u2019 the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0627\u0644\u0647\u062f\u064a\u0629: \u0645\u0627 \u0623\u0647\u062f\u064a\u062a \u0645\u0646 \u0644\u064e\u0637\u064e\u0641 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0630\u064a \u0645\u0648\u062f\u0629 (\u0643\u0645\u0627 \u062c\u0627\u0621 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062d\u062f\u064a\u062b: “\u062a\u0647\u0627\u062f\u0648\u0627 \u062a\u062d\u0627\u0628\u0648\u0627”). \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0647\u062f\u064a \u0645\u0646\u0647.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [3]<\/a> Qa-wa-ma: Straight, upright. Something upright is \u2018Qa-im.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Straight in itself \u2018Qiyam. \u2019 Something straightened or set straight is \u2018Mustaqeem.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n [4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/2012\/12\/18\/global-religious-landscape-exec\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n [5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/2012\/12\/18\/global-religious-landscape-unaffiliated\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n [6]<\/a> Upon searching the Arabic Bible website (http:\/\/www.enjeel.com\/search), I found that \u2018Allah\u2019 (\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647) was mentioned 974 times in the Arabic Old Testament. As for the New Testament, after 1000 entries were displayed, I was asked to narrow the search since \u2018Allah\u2019 occurs too often in the New Testament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [7]<\/a> The word for God in Genesis 1:1 is elohim<\/em>, a plural form of a more basic root-Hebrew word for God, [8]<\/a> More than half of the 48 Muslim majority countries are NOT Arab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [9]<\/a> The 3-island Republic just south of Sicily.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n [10]<\/a> from Ramadan<\/em>, the Arabic name of the Islamic holy month of fasting<\/p>\n\n\n\n [11]<\/a> From 870 CE to 1091 CE, the islands were almost exclusively Muslim in religion and Arabic of language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [12]<\/a> ASAD: \u201cSay: Invoke Allah or invoke Al Rahmaan, by whichever you invoke Him, His are the attributes of perfection. And be not too loud in thy prayer nor speak it in too low a voice, but follow a way in between.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [13]<\/a> \u0627\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0630\u0650\u064a \u062e\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0642\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064e\u0651\u0645\u064e\u0627\u0648\u064e\u0627\u062a\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0636\u064e \u0648\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0628\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0641\u0650\u064a \u0633\u0650\u062a\u064e\u0651\u0629\u0650 \u0623\u064e\u064a\u064e\u0651\u0627\u0645\u064d \u062b\u064f\u0645\u064e\u0651 \u0627\u0633\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0648\u064e\u0649\u0670 \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0634\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064e\u0651\u062d\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0646\u064f \u0641\u064e\u0627\u0633\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0644\u0652 \u0628\u0650\u0647\u0650 \u062e\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0631\u064b\u0627 \ufd3f\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u0642\u0627\u0646: \u0665\u0669\ufd3e<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u0627\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0630\u0650\u064a \u062e\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0642\u064e \u0633\u064e\u0628\u0652\u0639\u064e \u0633\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0627\u0648\u064e\u0627\u062a\u064d \u0637\u0650\u0628\u064e\u0627\u0642\u064b\u0627 \u0645\u064e\u0651\u0627 \u062a\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0649\u0670 \u0641\u0650\u064a \u062e\u064e\u0644\u0652\u0642\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064e\u0651\u062d\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0640\u0670\u0646\u0650 \u0645\u0650\u0646 \u062a\u064e\u0641\u064e\u0627\u0648\u064f\u062a\u064d \u0641\u064e\u0627\u0631\u0652\u062c\u0650\u0639\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0628\u064e\u0635\u064e\u0631\u064e \u0647\u064e\u0644\u0652 \u062a\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0649\u0670 \u0645\u0650\u0646 \u0641\u064f\u0637\u064f\u0648\u0631\u064d \ufd3f\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0643: \u0663\ufd3e<\/p>\n\n\n\n [14]<\/a> \u0628\u0623\u0636\u062f\u0627\u062f\u0647\u0627 \u062a\u0639\u0631\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0634\u064a\u0627\u0621<\/p>\n\n\n\n [15]<\/a> Mentioned twice in the Qur\u2019an: in chapter 5:2 and 58:9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n ———————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n Welcome, Friends: Ahlan wa sahlan! We\u2019re at our very first day of this exciting Qur\u2019an reading! Hopefully, at the end of one year, spending 30 minutes together here every day, we\u2019ll be able to say that we have gone through the entire Qur\u2019an in our attempt to fulfil our duty towards the command: Iqra! 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The Compassionate Creator<\/a>,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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