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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5DqElTUnH4 Koran by Heart], a beautiful documentary about a Qur'an competition.  (Kristina Nelson served as consultant on this film.)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5DqElTUnH4 Koran by Heart], a beautiful documentary about a Qur'an competition.  (Kristina Nelson served as consultant on this film.)


Also: memorize [http://quran.com/112 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.
Also: memorize [http://quran.com/112 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 ==
== Class ==

Revision as of 20:32, 3 September 2015

Tuesday (2a)

Due today

Report including the following four works - address each in 1-2 paragraphs, and submit on eClass 2a.

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