Reading the Sura (Chapter) of Luqman in the Quran the other day, I was struck by the instructions Luqman gave to his son. Among those instructions (verse 19) was “And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed,
Reading the Sura (Chapter) of Luqman in the Quran the other day, I was struck by the instructions Luqman gave to his son. Among those instructions (verse 19) was “And
My hands reach out looking for my cigarette box. I fold the pillow, rest my head on it and light a cigarette… my wife, next to me, her features grow grimmer…
But my friend succeeded in confronting this tradition. .. she met a fellow student who was Jewish. After bickering at first, they eventually became friends. It was the first time that this Jewish student had met a Palestinian counterpart.
This insistence by some Muslims to use “Allah” instead of “God” .. in English raises a crucial question: Do Muslims really believe that there is one God.
The aim of this short introduction is to introduce Qur’anic Arabic to non-Arabic speakers who are interested in reading the Qur’a:n. The scope of the booklet is confined to introducing
if you take something from somebody you should give them something as well. Life is to give and take. I’d like to tell you a story, a nice one.
I worked as a lecturer in Arabic language and culture at the University of Birmingham in the UK. I studied and specialized in phonetics and linguistics, and later taught both subjects. My areas of interest include Arabic linguistics, Islamic discourse, and language in the media. I also worked at the University of Westminster in London and at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. Additionally, I was a broadcaster, presenter, and program producer at the BBC. Among my books are “Sounds of Recitation in Egypt: A Phonetic Study,” “Qur’anic Arabic: A Short Introduction,” and “Kitab Al-Zina in Islamic and Arabic Words by Abu Hatem al-Razi: A Linguistic Study.” I also published an anthology of short stories titled “Haram Al-Marhoum – The Wife of the Late Husband” and other books.
