Bismillah.
The results of the poll are in! And it’s … it’s …
It’s a four-way tie.
The winners are:
- Arabic Language
- Islamic Finance
- Uloom-ul-Qur’an
- Tafseer of Juz ‘Amma
I was really hoping for a clear-cut winner … but insha’Allah khayr. I spent a while thinking about it, taking shura from different people, looking at different factors (such as what information I can easily access and benefit from), and here’s what I decided:
- Arabic Language: It’s hard to come up with a curriculum of this where you can teach people in short posts, yet with benefit to them. But instead of rejecting it outright, I intend to integrate blobs of Arabic knowledge into each post, insha’Allah.
- Uloom-ul-Qur’an: After reviewing my notes, I find it difficult to come up with material that we can apply every day. This is an interesting and multi-faceted science, but one that’s difficult (in my view) to gem-ify and apply … so it’s out. It also contains issues like abrogation in the Qur’an and the compilation of the Qur’an that should be discussed in proper academic/Islamic environments, not just thrown up on a blog.
- Islamic Finance: This is one of my favourite branches, and one that I really love a lot and benefit from a lot. Despite the difficulty, the applicability and ubiquity in our lives is amazing! Yet, this, too, is not the winner. That leaves …
- Tafseer of Juz ‘Amma: I decided on this because, well, it’s the Qur’an. And every Muslim desires to learn more about and understand the Qur’an. Plus, these are surahs that many of us recite almost every salah; shouldn’t we, then, know the meanings and details of them?
So insha’Allah our series begins tomorrow on Tafseer of Juz ‘Amma. I will post up a curriculum insha’Allah of what topics we’ll study, and what benefits we hope to derive, bi idhnillah, in a day or two.
I want to say jazakumullahu khayran to everybody who participated, both in voting and in posting comments. Insha’Allah there will be khayr in all.
Action Items: Post a comment and let us know what surahs you are interested in learning more about, or what aspects, or whatever it is in Juz Amma that interests you and you’d like to learn at a deeper level.
If this series is successful, insha’Allah the next one will be Islamic finance :o)
Just out of curiosity, who will be doing the tafseer? Or will it be quoting from different sources?
JazakAllahu Khayran…keep up the good work…looking forward to these posts. Sorry I was unable to vote.
The content will be primarily taken from “Touched by an Angel” by Muhammad Alshareef, as well as Tafseer ibn Kathir. I’ll see what else I can get my hands on, insha’Allah.
I was one who voted for Tafseer of Juz Amma…
For more resources, you could get a hold of the future recordings of Nouman Ali Khan. You prob know he’s giving a lil dars from 8-10 at ICM.
I say start from Surah Naba.
Assalamu Alikum Wa Rahmatullah,
although I was not able to vote, insha’Allah I hope this input will be as helpful. I’ve always loved reading your blog, mash’Allah. All of the Surahs are amazing. I would love to learn about the asbab-an-nuzul, where it was revealed (makkah or madina), and of course the tafseer and any information that would make it special.
Jaza’kum Allah Kheiran.
Assalamu alaikkum wa Rahmathullah,
Alhamdulillah, four great areas of concenteration. Insha Allah, it will be more beneficial if the fiqh of salah is included. This is a great source where lot of misconceptions and pre conceived notions can be addressed, insha Allah. This will be beneficial to all.
Jazaakumullah khairan.
@Yus, I wasn’t aware of that. Is there a recording I can listen to? Also, why Surah Naba? Muhammad Alshareef in Juz Amma goes by order of revelation–so you get a flavour of how the surahs evolved.
@H_ wa’alikum as-salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, jazakumullahu khayran. What you’re asking for is essentially part of Uloom-ul-Qur’an, plus tafseer; the series is essentially tafseer. I will try to add those uloom-ul-Qur’an aspects, bi idhnillah. Jazakumullahu khayran for the feedback!
@Aslam wa’alikum as-salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, the voting is over and we decided on Tafseer of Juz Amma! Alhamdulillah, salah was included in the vote, but it didn’t make it; insha’Allah if you stick around until after the series is complete, we’ll likely vote again, and you can vote for salaah insha’Allah this time. I agree that it IS an area with a lot of misconceptions and cultural understandings and we DO need to learn this. Jazakumullahu khayran!
Perhaps material that isn’t available in English that can be translated, and of course some gems IlmFruits style for everyday implementation.
jazakallakhyr
@zfnd sure, if you can hook me up with some reputable translators (or else translate the material yourself), that would be amazing. I’ll take anything from any language (so long as it’s authentic, of course).
Jazakumullahu khayran, great suggestion and reminder about the gems!