We at Middle Ground have a short survey about a new class, a Qur’an reading circle. Please, if you have a moment, take time to fill it out. Jazakum’Allahu khayran:
Made Me Weep Like A Baby – Qur’anic Recitation by Shaykh Noreen Mohamed Siddeg
May Allah reward and preserve him.
The Healing Power of Imagery in the Qur’an
The Qur'an's use of imagery is important to grasp, not only grammatically, but in order to be adequately inspired by it. Like its use of nahr and anhār (نهر، أنهار، نهار) "river(s) and day": like time passing us by like the gushing of a river. In one sense, time eludes us, rushing past us (pun intended). In another sense is a river's gushing stream and its tranquilizing power, as how God describes The Garden (Jannah). For me, with the ever increasing insanity of the world I need a fantasy world to retreat to. But a fantasy still rooted in reality.
Recite the Qur’an and Act According To It
Journeying With The Qur’an
إنَّكم لا ترجِعون إلى اللهِ بشيءٍ أفضلَ ممَّا خرج منه يعني القرآنَ
“None of you will return to God with something better than that which came from Him (in other words, the Qur’an).” — Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib
Poetic.