Meeting the Qur’an through a Feminine voice
Source: Unveiling the Qur’an
Yunus Emre statue in İstanbul, Turkey. Photo Credit: Maderibeyza, Wikipedia Commons.
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Source: The Relevance Of Yunus Emre In Our Time – OpEd
No place seems immune these days from instability, violence and insecurity. The worst victims are Muslims – attacked both from within and without the community. Continue reading
A Quranic Arabic class in session. Photo: Fawakih Institute
[Note from Imam Salim: This is article is long but well worth reading. It reflects many of the thoughts I have been having over the past ten years or so. I’d like to know your thoughts.]
How does one resolve these two parallel realities – that while there are fewer people going to mosques than before, houses of worship can and often do help […] Continue reading
Murshida Fazal Mai Egeling was born on the 27th of March, 1861, and she lived most of her earlier days in quiet contemplation amidst the tall trees and sleeping waters of Netherlands’ romantic landscapes.
In the later part of 1921 she suddenly awakened to the object of her life’s purpose and swiftly joined the marching lines of those first initiated seen at the dawn of Sufism in the West bringing along many friends and followers, all of whom became leading powers of various Sufi activities…
Murshida Fazal Mai helped and provided Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan with a place to live and more. Here he recounts in his own words…
After twelve years of wandering and homeless life in the West, with a large family to look after, in addition to having my laudable object to carry out, I was provided at last with four walls at Suresnes, thanks to the kind sympathy of my Dutch mureed, Mevrouw Egeling. The purpose was, that when going about to preach in the World, I might have the relief of thinking that my little ones are sheltered from heat and cold under a roof. This saintly soul came into my life as a blessing from above, was called Fazal Mai, which means Grace of God. The house was also named Fazal Manzil, as a hand of Providence, became my backbone, which comforted me, and raised my head upwards in thanksgiving.
Murshida Fazal Mai passed away on 27th December 1939, at Arnhem, the Netherlands, at the age of 79.
And more… (wahiduddin’s website)
I hope someone will translate this into English. – SC
Source: New Persian exegesis of Quran published
TEHRAN – A new Persian exegesis of the Holy Quran has recently been published by Bustane Ketab, a publishing company in Qom.
Hojjatoleslam Mostafa Borujerdi, the Iranian ambassador to Tunisia, is the writer of “Tafsir Shams”, which was unveiled at the International Quran News Agency in Tehran on Sunday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, the director of the Department of Islamic Sciences at the Iranian Academy of Science, Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Mohaqeq-Damad, and a large number of Quranic scholars attended the unveiling ceremony of the book.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also sent a message that was read by the dean of the School of International Relations, Mohammad-Hassan Sheikholeslam.
“We witness the birth of this invaluable book after ten years of strenuous efforts,” Zarif wrote.
“I feel honored when I see that our colleagues are working persistently in the promotion of Islamic thought and Quranic sciences on the sidelines of their weighty activities in diplomacy,” he added.
Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Mohaqeq-Damad also delivered a brief speech.
“This book eschews any ideological agenda, divisive issues among Muslims and contumacy,” he noted.
“Shams is a center of the light, and the writer has avoided exhaustive writing while providing a valuable and appropriate exegesis,” he added.
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