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* Labib al-Said, [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MI/Quran/Labib%20al-Said%20-%20The%20Recited%20Quran.pdf The Recited Koran],  pp. 11-27, 53-76
* Labib al-Said, [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MI/Quran/Labib%20al-Said%20-%20The%20Recited%20Quran.pdf The Recited Koran],  pp. 11-27, 53-76
* Frishkopf, [Mediated Qur'anic Recitation and the Contestation of Islam in Contemporary Egypt http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Mediated_Quranic_recitation_offprint.pdf], pp. 75-84 top part , and pp. 111 (Conclusions) to 114 (& read more if you’d like). Listen to the audio examples:  [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Qur'an/Isma%60il-Yusuf-4-mujawwad.mp3 ex 3.1], [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Qur'an/Isma%60il-Yusuf-4-murattal.mp3 ex 3.2], [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Qur'an/%60Ajmi-Yusuf-4.mp3 ex. 3.3],
* Frishkopf, [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Mediated_Quranic_recitation_offprint.pdf Mediated Qur'anic Recitation and the Contestation of Islam in Contemporary Egypt ], pp. 75-84 top part , and pp. 111 (Conclusions) to 114 (& read more if you’d like). Listen to the audio examples:  [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Qur'an/Isma%60il-Yusuf-4-mujawwad.mp3 ex 3.1], [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Qur'an/Isma%60il-Yusuf-4-murattal.mp3 ex 3.2], [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Qur'an/%60Ajmi-Yusuf-4.mp3 ex. 3.3],
* Nelson, Kristina. ''The Art of Reciting the Qur'an'' (on reserve and in bookstore); browse this important book. Get a sense of its scope, read selectively according to your interests. (Get used to this mode of “reading diagonally”, i.e. not reading every word)
* Nelson, Kristina. ''The Art of Reciting the Qur'an'' (on reserve and in bookstore); browse this important book. Get a sense of its scope, read selectively according to your interests. (Get used to this mode of “reading diagonally”, i.e. not reading every word)



Revision as of 20:06, 3 September 2015

Tuesday (2a)

Due today

Report including the following:

Read:

Watch: Koran by Heart, a beautiful documentary about a Qur'an competition.

Also: memorize Surat Ikhlas (chapter 112 of the Qur'an) -- containing just four short verses -- and try to perform along with the recording, using this website: http://quran.com/112. Note that you can turn transliteration on or off, and listen. The Qur'an contains 114 chapters or suras, arranged roughly from long to short. Surat al-Ikhlas (chapter of sincerity), also known as Surat al-Tawhid (chapter of Unity) is said to contain the essence of the Qur'an as a whole.

Class

Thursday (2b)

No class today, but please submit assignments on time anyway.

Due today:

  • Shiloah pp. 1-26
  • Empire of Faith part 2
  • Schimmel, pp. 29-50

Class