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qatarperegrine) wrote2004-10-15 11:52 pm
qatarperegrine) wrote2004-10-15 11:52 pm
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Ramadan kareem!
Last night the new moon was sighted in Mecca, and therefore Ramadan has begun in this part of the world. For the next month, daily life will change in observance of the holiest month of Islam.
Since I'm planning to read the Qur'an this month, I am hoping to post daily updates about my reading. In some parts of the Muslim world (though not, apparently, this one), the Qur'an is broken down into 30 juz of equal length, to facilitate its recitation during the month of Ramadan. I haven't yet found a complete list of the juz, but I have enough guidelines to get me through the next week!
So here is my first report. I plan to post the juz number, the surah(s) to which that corresponds, general themes I notice in the reading (I was going to call this a "summary" or "synopsis" but the Qur'an isn't really arranged by topic so that's hard), a notable verse or verses, and the surah(s) of the next day's juz, for those playing along at home. :-)
In the next few days I plan to buy an English interpretation of the Qur'an, which will be the Khan/Al-Hilali translation favored by Wahhabists, but for now I am using the Pickthall translation, a more middle-of-the-road Western interpretation.
Since I'm planning to read the Qur'an this month, I am hoping to post daily updates about my reading. In some parts of the Muslim world (though not, apparently, this one), the Qur'an is broken down into 30 juz of equal length, to facilitate its recitation during the month of Ramadan. I haven't yet found a complete list of the juz, but I have enough guidelines to get me through the next week!
So here is my first report. I plan to post the juz number, the surah(s) to which that corresponds, general themes I notice in the reading (I was going to call this a "summary" or "synopsis" but the Qur'an isn't really arranged by topic so that's hard), a notable verse or verses, and the surah(s) of the next day's juz, for those playing along at home. :-)
In the next few days I plan to buy an English interpretation of the Qur'an, which will be the Khan/Al-Hilali translation favored by Wahhabists, but for now I am using the Pickthall translation, a more middle-of-the-road Western interpretation.
| Juz: | 1 |
| Surah(s): | 1 (Al-Fatihah), 2 (Al-Baqarah): 1-141 |
| Themes: | a supplication for God's aid; the Qur'an as God's ultimate revelation; the differing fates awaiting people based on whether they believe or disbelieve its message; an exhortation to Jews to remember how God has chosen them and acted on their behalf through the prophets -- Adam, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Solomon, Jesus -- and to believe in the revelation to Mohammed, which "confirm[s] that which they possess" (2:91). |
| Ayat: | In the name of Allah, the Benificent, the Merciful Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, The Benificent, the Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment, Thee (alone) do we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help. Show us the straight path, The path of those whom Thou hast favored; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray. (Surah 1) |
| Tomorrow's juz: | 2:142-259 |