Shadee Elmasry – What is the Quran With Dallas Shumann

Shadee Elmasry
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The speaker discusses the structure of the Quran and how it contains important truths and principles. They recommend reading the last chapter or studying the first of the pages to gain a better understanding of the structure. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of learning Arabic for understanding the structure of the Quran.
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First and foremost the Quran is going am Allah which is the words

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of ALLAH Spano Tala, that will reveal to the Prophet Muhammad

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sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, usually through the vasila, the

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connection of Juby either he's Sudan, and it was revealed over

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the course of 23 years. The first 10 I do believe we're in Mecca and

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then the last 13 were in Medina. So we have the division, typically

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the sort, or the chapters of the Quran will be broken up into two

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different sections. They will either be of the Meccan variety or

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of the medina variety. The subject matter is typically the same,

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having to do with the Oneness of Allah Spano Tata and having to do

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with preparing oneself for the hereafter, and living a life of

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piety and righteousness. However, typically the sewer that came down

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in Medina will tend to have more rules and regulations that we

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should live our lives in accordance with.

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I think that's one of the most difficult things to do at first I

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converted and I was Christian before and so the Bible typically

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has more linear stories that have a big clear beginning, a clear

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middle and a clear end. And no Quran. According to our western

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understanding of the way things are written, there's not the same

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pattern to look for when you're reading the Quran. So one of the

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best place to start is the end. So, to begin with the last Jews,

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Jews among the 30th section of the Quran is a great place to start,

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because many of them contain the first chapters of this Quran, the

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first source will be revealed. And they contain the the essence of

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faith for for the believer. So you have the heart of the believers

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compared often to a stone. And the drops of these at the drops of

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these verses are like truth and life that soften the heart that

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was one stone and makes it ready to receive further instruction. So

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once you have been taught about the hereafter about this life and

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how to respect others and respect the rights of those who are around

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you, have you learned about the the Oneness of Allah Subhan Allah

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to Allah and some of the stories of the prophets, I think in the

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system, then after you've implanted this Eman and this faith

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in your heart after that, then you're ready to move on to the

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beginning, possibly with Bacara or to the middle of the Quran.

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Another great place to start is in the middle, which contain more

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stories of the former prophets and people who came before him to

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Sudan and also contains some of the rules and regulations that we

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should live according with.

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Arabic is the miftah myth that for everything and it's the key to all

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the Islamic sciences, so it's a great foundation. First and

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foremost, it's good to read the last chapter of the Quran in

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English or whatever language is most comfortable for you. And then

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after that, it's good to study whatever Arabic you can. If you

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study the just the letters and are able to recite Well, there's a lot

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of merit in reciting the Quran. With and without understanding,

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and then it also furthers your understanding of the deen when you

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have the Arabic language to understand the words of Allah

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Subhan Allah to Allah first and foremost, to able to study for

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yourself with with a teacher in the language that was written by

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the scholars, that opens other sciences such as Tafseer with the

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commentary of the Quran as well. And it gives you the ability to

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have access to a very rich and vast tradition in which there are

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1000s upon 1000s of books written, answering any and every question

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you could possibly have. But Arabic is the key for all of those

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things.

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