I mean no offence in saying this, but I find the singing / recitation very annoying (it sounds whiny to me) so can't really sit through a vid like that.
It's all right, I'm not offended--I always find that kind of chant annoying too. I can't stand multiphonic throat singing either. Maybe it's a cultural bias, a matter of what you grew up with.
I mean no offence in saying this, but I find the singing / recitation very annoying (it sounds whiny to me) so can't really sit through a vid like that.
Honestly, a lot of Muslims would say (or think) the same. It's like music in the sense that you've gotta find someone who's voice and style fit your tastes.
Honestly, a lot of Muslims would say (or think) the same.
I don't know many Muslims that would find any recitation of the Qur'an annoying. There may be recitation styles that they personally prefer over others, but as Muslims, it's best not to call any recitation of the Qur'an, annoying.
And Allah knows best.
Stunningly beautiful adhaan from the Dome of the Rock in Masjid ul Aqsa Download (right click and choose "save target/link as").
This is a clear message for mankind in order that they may be warned thereby, and that they may know that He is only One God, and that those of understanding may take heed (14:52)
Indeed Allah knows, and you know not (16: 74, part)
Recitations don't have to be done in that style, though, and it was the style we were talking about. I was merely trying to reassure Pygoscelis that there was no need to be nervous about offending anybody--at least as far as I was concerned. Different people like different things. As the French say, "À chacun son goût." ("To each his own taste." Or to put it with the variant my old French teacher grew up with in Versailles, "Tastes and colors are not up for discussion.")
I don't know many Muslims that would find any recitation of the Qur'an annoying. There may be recitation styles that they personally prefer over others, but as Muslims, it's best not to call any recitation of the Qur'an, annoying.
Right on sis. Also Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al Afasy is one of the most famous Qari in the world. I wonder if the Muslims here who are knocking him and his recitation ever listen to the recitation of the Holy Qur'an in Arabic?
Don't put words in my mouth, I'm not knocking any people! And I have at least heard audio recordings of individual surahs being recited, yes. I just prefer it when they not sound all whiny and warbly. It's fine with me if you don't. Can I control what my ears find pleasing?
I accepted Islam without reading or listening to even one Surah, subhan-Allah..Allah Karim!
Even if you dislike the recitation you still can seek the Truth and understand the purpose of life (smile).
Essentially it says people such as me have been exposed to the message. I must now believe or I will be punished.
What a terrible god!
As'alaamu Alaikkum
This life is a test my friend and once you know the Truth and deny it then there are consequences. Like anything else there is a reward for disobedience and punishment for disobedience, very simple logic. You were created to worship the One True God. Why? Because it's His prerogative being the maker of all things. He is the potter and we are the clay.
So knowing all this and you still want to disobey then you must know that your final destination is hell? The thing is arrogant people do not like this situation, they want to be in control, but alas only Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala in in control. Hence the reason that we all must submit (be muslims).
This life is a test my friend and once you know the Truth and deny it then there are consequences. Like anything else there is a reward for disobedience and punishment for disobedience, very simple logic. You were created to worship the One True God. Why? Because it's His prerogative being the maker of all things. He is the potter and we are the clay.
So knowing all this and you still want to disobey then you must know that your final destination is hell? The thing is arrogant people do not like this situation, they want to be in control, but alas only Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala in in control. Hence the reason that we all must submit (be muslims).
This desire to be a slave and to place obedience above morality is what alarms me the most about the Abrahamic religions.
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You believe that the Quran is 'nothing but stories of old', and then complain of the warnings mentioned in it?
It is not the stories that are alarming, it is the praise of them and action taken on them. It wouldn't matter what books said if nobody was motivated to act on them and if attitudes about justice and morality wasn't formed through them. It is the actions and moral stances the believers adopt from the stories that cause concern, not the stories themselves.
When I see somebody mistake obedience to power for morality, or endorse infinite punishment for finite wrongdoing, or endorse other things I find blatantly immoral or authoritarian, I will be alarmed. It does not matter to me if this comes from religion or elsewhere (ie, nationalism, etc)
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