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Assalaamu ‘Aleykum waRahmatullaahi waBarakaatuh,

Brothers and Sisters, we’d like to wish you a belated Ramadhaan Mubaarak. We hope you’re all having a blessed month and drawing closer to the words of Allaah through your fasting and taraweeh.

It has been a long time since we have last posted on to the blog, mainly due to our busy study schedules in Egypt but nevertheless, it isn’t an excuse for not having taken some time out to post onto the blog. So forgive us for that. InshaaAllaah we intend to resume work on this blog regularly once again and to start with, we will be posting the long-awaited second video of Shaykh Ayman’s Tajweed series. We promised you these months ago, but subhaanallaah, although the two subsequent videos had been translated long ago, adding the subtitles onto the videos takes a very long time. Perhaps we’re using a program that doesn’t make the whole process efficient. If anyone knows of a software that is really good for this – and can also display arabic text subtitles – we would be very grateful if you could share it with us. Anyhow, you can expect the second video by tonight or early tomorrow morning inshaaAllaah.
We’d like to take this opportunity to ask you all if there is anything in particular you would like to see on the blog, specific topics you want to be covered etc. You can email us or leave your comments and suggestions on the blog or facebook page.

Baarakallaahu feekum.

Our local masjid here in Cairo, recently held a Qur’aan recitation competition. Tons of people entered, men, women, young and old. The masjid was jam-packed maashaAllaah. A few days later they announced the winners after taraweeh and a special guest recitor was invited. He was a young Shaykh (probably around 25 or younger) but sitting there in the masjid and listening to him recite sent shivers down my spine. It was so breathtaking and beautiful, I didn’t want him to stop. Hearing beautiful recitation in person and hearing it recorded on an audio or video just isn’t the same. And I found that out that night.

There is something about Egypt and Egyptians that make them stand out with regards to the Qur’aan and their striving towards acquiring its knowledge. There is such a love for the Qur’aan here and not just any recitation, but correct, precise recitation with tajweed, and people crowd around the masaajid just to listen to recitation in person and they appreciate when they hear the Qur’aan beautified.

There is a famous saying that I came to know of during my stay here. It is said:

The Qur’aan was revealed in Makkah, written in Istanbul and recited in Misr.

I pray that Muslims  all over the world can emulate the Egyptians with regards to the Qur’aan. Aameen.

We’d like to wish everyone a Happy ‘Eed. Taqabballallaahu minnaa wa minkum (May Allaah accept from us and from you). Look out for a special ‘Eed gift that should be revealed either tomorrow or the day after InshaaAllaah.