RELI 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Surah, Hamza Yusuf
11 Apr 2017
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The quran tells stories: few stories that have beginning, middle and end one of them is the story of joseph. Life doesn"t have a beginning, middle and end and doesn"t go in chronological order. Some stories may not be accurate but the teaching point is the centre point: an example could be a war within yourself. Kul fi falak- spelled the same backwards: everything is in a circle. Read article by azamin and motsky in pdf on historical, linguistic theory. The muslim account about manner to which quran was revealed to the prophet: quran was difficult for the prophet to receive, when the message went away, he would start reciting. Agreement in sources is it was an odd account for him. The prophet said it"s like the ringing of a bell. The occasions of literation: the muslim community trying to understand why the verses are there. The word revelation does not imply the arabic word tanzil which means going down.
