QURʾĀNIC REFLECTIONS

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How Ḥifḏh is Done

April 17, 2015

• An African student reading the Qurʾān before playing football at the Islāmic University of Madīnah • I love this. This is a vivid depiction of the life of a ḥāfiḏh-—he does NOT need to be a recluse who confines himself within the four walls of a mosque in hopes of completing this noble journey. It shows how easily the Qurʾān can be integrated into our every day lives; how every spare moment can be filled with the Qurʾān; how…

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Qurʾānic Reflections

April 5, 2015

In the Qurʾān, Allāh does not commend the perfect believer. Rather, He subḥānah commends the faulty one—the one who errs (probably more times than he can count!). He errs and then he is remorseful, so he defeatedly turns to Allāh and sincerely repents and seeks Allāh’s pardon. ﴾Indeed, Allāh *loves* those who are constantly repentant.﴿ al-Baqarah:222  …

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Translations

March 22, 2015

❝Indeed the home in which the Qurʾān is recited shines to People of the Heavens just as the stars shine to People of the Earth.❞ Ṣaḥīḥ Ḥadīth. In: As-Silsilah aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah by Imām al-Albānī 3112  …

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Qurʾānic Reflections

So They Journeyed On…

March 11, 2015

﴾So they journeyed on…﴿ al-Kahf:71 ﴾So they journeyed on…﴿ al-Kahf:74 ﴾So they journeyed on…﴿ al-Kahf:77 Prophet Mūsā faces several setbacks in his path to seek knowledge. But each time he continues on with an unshaken resolve until the journey ends following an agreement put forward by Prophet Mūsā.…

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