'IQRA': The Challenge: 06/09/14

Monday, June 9, 2014

REVISITING the Qur'an, REVISING our work, & REGENERATING our spirits!!
____

It is June 9th., 2014.

Four years of excruciating work.
What a journey this has been!

What a fantastic, rewarding, enlightening, humbling, and enriching journey!

IF YOU STRIVE TO BECOME A BETTER PERSON ..
IF YOU WISH TO HELP MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE..
IF YOU BELIEVE IN ONE HUMANITY..
IF YOU THINK THAT PEACE IS ATTAINABLE WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS..
IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND QUR'AN...
IF YOU REGRET NOT HAVING WITNESSED ITS REVELATION..
IF YOU MISS PROPHET MUHAMMAD, OR JESUS, OR MOSES, PEACE UPON THEM..
IF YOU YEARN FOR YOUR CREATOR..

Join us here, for we share that very same quest.

Come on.. let's start:

By the exalting attribute of God, The Unique Creator, The Unceasingly Compassionate... Bismil-Lahi RaHmaani Raheem!

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Let's think outside the box!

A remarkable poem written by the first Ming Emperor of China, Zhu Yuanzhang (born 1328).

"Since Creation of Universe, Divinity had already appointed, Faith-Preaching Great Saint. From West He was Born,To receive Holy Scripture, With thirty part Book.To guide all Creation, King of all Kings, Leader of Holy Ones. With Support from Divine, To Protect His Nation, With five daily prayers,Silently hoping for peace,With heart toward Allah.Empowering the Poor ,Saving them from calamity,Seeing through the Unseen,Pulling souls and spirits,Away from all wrongdoing. Mercy to the World,Walking ancient Crowned Path, Evil vanquished to One, Religion Pure and True,Muhammad, The Noble High One.

DID YOU KNOW THAT:

Did you know that the term 'rijaal' in Arabic is the plural of 'rajul,' meaning 'man' AS WELL AS the plural of 'rajla' meaning woman? As seen in this everyday dictionary (Mukhtarul Sihah), the connotation is about someone active, on their feet 'arjul' and is not restricted to gender, although that is the more common context. ‘Rijaal’ is not only opposite to ‘nisaa’ but also opposite to ‘rukbaan,’ which means ‘riders’ (on their mount) HQ2:239. In travel, you’d have men, women, or both together, travelling on foot ‘rijaal’ while others would be ‘rukbaan.’ Unfortunately, since the usage of dictionaries is uncommon these days in the Arab/Muslim educational system, only linguists would be familiar with this, whereas common-folk would be misinterpreting and misrepresenting Islam as related to women. We are responsible today, especially if we're Arabs, to at least make sure that each of our families has an Arabic-Arabic dictionary (pocket size costs $1), and more importantly, that each Arabic-teaching school ANYWHERE uses one. Only then perhaps would women in the entire Muslim world feel as welcome in the hallowed halls of learning as men. The Qur'an certainly welcomes them! As for 'Tradition,' let us remember that MOST TRADITIONS have always been biased against women, and that 'Muslim tradition' is kinder than 'Judeo-Christian tradition!' Click on picture.

QUESTION: What is 'siraat?'

* السراط: الطريق الواضح السهل الذي يسلكه المرء في مرٍّ وذهابٍ حتى لكأنّه يغيب فيه. Siraat’ in Arabic is defined as “the clear, smooth road which persons pass through until they seem to disappear into it*.”Variations of the word are used for: the act of swallowing food (‘misrat’ means pharynx)- and ‘sarataan’ is the Arabic name for both ‘crab’ (the crustacean) and ‘cancer’ (the disease). Western linguists (and some Arab commentators influenced by them) have postulated that there are words in the Qur’an that are not Arabic, and that this is one of them. They say that, similar to ‘street,’ ‘strasse,’ strada,’ ‘siraat’ is derived from the Latin ‘strata, stratum’ meaning ‘paved road’. Arab linguists and historians who have studied the Qur’an tell us it is, indeed, the OTHER way around: many Arabic words migrated into other languages during the period when Arabic was the language of information, innovation, architecture, science, and art; when Arabic was the 'Lingua Franca.' There are many other examples which appear in our Posts: Put 'etymology' in 'Search this Site!'

'IQRA': The Challenge

CLICK IMAGE: Tanzil Website

© 2010 IQRATHECHALLENGE: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTED BY D.M.C.A. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

A BREAKTHROUGH project which helps understand the Qur'an AS REVEALED -not just 'as explained.'

Monday, June 9, 2014

In Depth Topics

Let's TWEET this!

Tweet me!