The following simplification is needed before we engage in a healthy dialogue about the proper scope, strategy and execution of Arabic educational ventures regardless of the target audience being adults or children. Please note that my writing style is un-academic, popular science-ish by design. So be not offended if it doesn’t cater your suave intellectual taste for good writing.
Islamic schools all over the country are doing their best to address the issue of Arabic studies. Having visited nearly fifty of them, I’ve come to some conclusions about how things are and how they should be in this area of study for our full time and weekend/ after school institutions. This series will be an attempt to organize these thoughts in a coherent and hopefully beneficial fashion. In the spirit of pragmatism, expect no radical changes at your local Islamic school because of these articles. It is my hope that at the very least (a) this will serve as food for thought at the local level in your community and (b) bring like minds together for a robust collaborative effort in bringing together a powerful, new and innovative curriculum with realistic, scalable goals.
Awesome khutbah by Nouman Ali Khan, recorded at MCA, Santa Clara, CA on Friday, October 17, 2008
In some very interesting cases, the Arabic language offers multiple plurals for the same word. It is curious that the Qur’an uses both the plural renditions in the examples cited. This necessarily leads to an inquiry into what differences there are between them.
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The Qur’an captures the thought process of those who follow their family’s religious, social & ethical legacy in two very similar ayaat. A shallow reading of the ayaat yields the conclusion that they are saying pretty much the same thing. When comparing the two ayaat, you will not have any trouble picking out the similarities but you will also notice some subtle differences. These differences carry within them lessons of great significance.
It was Monday after Fajr that the hurricane began lashing us with full force. It didn’t take long for us to realize that this was no ordinary hurricane as the entire city lost electricity within minutes. I watched outside as the houses and cars were crushed by falling trees and satellite dishes flew like spaceships. By the will of Allah, even the brand new Islamic Center of Baton Rouge was not spared and suffered extensive damage to its structure.
Part of an ongoing series: The Literary Beauty of the Quran “Alhamdulillah” – A Linguistic Miracle Expressions for Giving and Getting Help in Qur’an On the subject of words that
I was visiting the community in Macon, Georgia yesterday and a friend asked me the difference between two very interesting words in the Qur’an, both of which are used for
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