(RNS) — Tens of thousands of Muslims are turning to technology to continue the sacred practices of hifz, or preserving the entirety of the Quran through memorization. (RNS) — During Ramadan, the month ...

Learning to become a qari (or qari’ah for females), a skilled reciter of the Quran, the holy book for Muslims, is not easy. It takes years or even decades of practice and discipline to master proper ...

Zenab Hamdan, born in Chad, memorized the Quran's 114 chapters by the age of 12, then deepened her religious understanding in the Islamic schools of Saudi Arabia. Now, established in her Sugar Land ...

Styles of recitation of the Quran can sometimes have a cultural and even a political meaning as well as a spiritual one, as Ahram Weekly discovers Yasser Al-Sharkawi misses the time when he would head ...

If you surf the radio channels, you will hear different voices and various recitations of the Quran; but none of them is a woman’s. Ever wondered why? On page 134 of his 1959 book titled Alhan ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Any person who involuntarily makes a ...

In my country people recite the Quran collectively and rapidly after the Morning and Afternoon prayers. I know they do not do this for the sake of learning. My question is: was the Quran recited that ...

Although, as an adult I'd chafed for years at the size of women's spaces in the mosque; an afterthought compared to the men's, it never even occurred to me to ask why I had never heard a female ...

HYDERABAD: There are just not enough `Huffaz' (those who recite Quranic verses) during the month of Ramzan in the city. Huffaz who memorise the Quran recite its verses during Namaz-e-Taraveeh and ...

Quran learning courses are now open at the Mohammed Bin Obaid Quran Centre, situated on the December 2 road at Al Diyafa area. The new centre, established as part of the Year of Zayed, is the first-of ...