About the English Blogs of the Quran

This is a great recitation from the Quran, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do:







I love reading any non-Muslims interpretation of the English Quran, it is good for new insights and does not take up as much time as reading the Arabic texts. My only advice for those who want to try it is to read also the interpretations of the Quran (Tafesser) because the English Quran does not have most of the details of the Arabic Quran. The Quran has very few pages compared to most other books but the style is very compresed and compact. The details are not hidden, but can not be translated without makeing the English Quran 30 to 50 volumes at least - that is not an exageration.

If anyone wants somethings in the Quran explained please do not hesitate to ask me to look it up for you here:

http://www.elsharawy.com/

This is one of the best known Arabic blogs of the Quran. I like to call him the Jewel of the Nile (rip), the recordings are very entertaining, this is good becuase It takes him hours to explain each page. The volcabulary required includes why other words were not used instead of the ones in the Quran.The explanation also includes how the words and word combinations are used and this includes many great poems by anceint poets. The sentence structures also add meaning as does the grammar.

The anceint Egyptians who built the Pyramids are still around, only now they speak Arabic and their Imams explain the Quran to the rest of us. The Muslim and Arab world do have scholars of the Quran, but even us old Saudis prefer that old Egyptian Imam - maybe we might have another one Jewel of the Nile soon :)


"what that means is..." :

The Arabic part is vital in one way, there can be no religious authority in explaining the Quran. If someone tries to twist the meanings to his or her likeing (Hawa) a simple person who knows good Arabic can expose them right away. Readers of the English Quran (and other languages)have to depend on others to tell them what the Quran is saying, in Arabic it depends only on how good your Arabic is.

Poets of all languages also have an advantage over people with no poetry ability. The Quran has no poetry but it uses words to convey images that poetry can not even dream of portraying - this helps understanding of the verses.

Confessions of an old Azooz

I was webmaster of a popular Arabic internet domain forum but got writers block and could no longer join in the discussions. I tried running an English forum for a while but the same thing happened. I can write a little, but the fun is no longer there - too much talk in anger and not much thinking - I was getting much too old for all that. I did give the forum to my friends to run but that did not work and the "Tasjeel" forum is now gone. I do not know what happened after I left but think the moderators had the same problem I did.

"About Islam dot com" another site I failed. At one time it was the web's most anti-Islamic site but it's first owner got tired of it and let it go. I picked it up and ran it as an Islamic site with my ex-wife (American) and it was really nice till the same thing happened to me. One thing I remember fondly was all the angry young Muslim boys and girls joining the forum thinking that it was the old anti-Islamic site but finding a Muslim one instead - shock treatment for angry youngsters.

So now I have a blog. It is in fact what I have always wanted. I first wanted to call it AafaQ (horizons) but that sounded too formal, so I picked up Azooz.com - I'll have it up in Arabic as soon as I figure out how so as not to bother the English speaking world too much ;)

I am not used to having a life, computers were all I knew at home and at work for well over 30 years. I am getting the hang of this "life" thing slowly and getting to know my extended family and friends. My mind is still mushy from decades of looking at computer screens, but at this age I can claim senility and they let me get away it.

Peace