Keep Thy Faith

The relevance of Quran

Muslims from an early age are taught to respect and regard the Quran as the Holy book and a source of guidance for life. Little boys and girls are sent to mosque schools or medarssas to learn to read the Quran in Arabic. They are also taught how to perform wudu (procedure of cleaning and washing your mouth, nose, face, forearms, ears, and feet before worship) so that they touch the Quran with a pure and clean body. Moreover, keeping the Quran on the floor is considered disrespectful so a special stand (called the reh'l is used to mount the Quran before one starts reading) A special position is adopted to read the Quran so that the body is alert and disciplined - often sitting on the floor and keeping the Quran on the rehl.
Once read, the Quran is carefully kept back in a suitable place where it stays higher than the rest of the things in the house.Traditionally, people used to have a mount or a special prayer room where the Quran was kept.
Since the Quran is in Arabic, that is, to read Arabic verses and learn them. Some people however, learn the verses but do not know the meaning of the words - this can be done at a younger stage but older men and women are expected to know the translation of the Arabic verses and try and apply to their life.
Translations of the Quran in other languages (that is to read Arabic in another script) are not regarded as being quite the same thing as the Quran itself. The correct pronunciation can only be practiced in the correct script and language.

posted by Shanya @ 10:37 PM