A Weekly Qur’an Recitation from a mosque here in Egypt
“Cairo is a place of two extremes; if seek guidance you will find it here, and if you seek sin you will find it here” Alhamdulillah, my time here has been has been blessed with the company of so many amazing people without whom I don’t think I would have survived. Looking back at it…
Its been a while since Ive posted one of these. So much has happened in the last week. 78 people were killed in Port Said after a football match, 250+ people were massacred in Homs, Syria by the regime and the international community continued to show its indifference as Russia and China Veto in the…
Todays recitation comes from a famous masjid in Nasr City, Musa ibn Naseer. I only managed to catch a short clip of this recitation, but that clip is just awesome! The Qari (reciter) reminds me of the old school Azhari Shuyukh whose soul would live and breathe every word they recited. Here was a man…
This weeks recitation comes from the Mosque of Sayyidah Zainab, a descendant of the Messenger ﷺ and one of the greatest people to have walked this earth. It’s amazing to think the impact so many females had on this faith from so early on in its history – how sad it is today that we degrade our…
Ibn `Umar reported that the Prophet said: “When you pass by the gardens of Paradise, avail yourselves of them.” The Companions asked: “What are the gardens of Paradise, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied: “The circles of dhikr[1]. There are roaming angels of Allah who go about looking for the circles of dhikr, and when…
Al-Azhar is one of the oldest educational institutes in the world, built on the foundations of knowledge and faith with the aim of enriching the population through the love of God. Its services to humanity are countless and the great men and women it has produced have been a great service to human civilization. Before…
On the Path of Knowledge 