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“To help inspire refined analysis of the Qur’an’s content, the second field was called Tafsir—literally, “separating strands of raw flax and weaving them into a garment.” Tafsir sought to become an oral tradition for preserving knowledge about how to understand and apply the Qur’an. The field covered the meaning of words (including their Semitic root concepts and the implication of grammatical structures); their context (when it was said, to whom, and why); and their application (initial purpose, lessons for other situations, and distilled wisdom). The field aimed to capture commentary by Muhammad, the historical insights of his companions, and knowledge of preexisting Abrahamic traditions.”

Wisdom InspirationalQuran ClarificationAbrahamic ReligionsAbrahamicTafsir
Book:The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy
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“In 762, to symbolize and propel the new order, Al-Mansur decided to build the grand new capital of Baghdad as a massive round city. The caliph assembled an elite team of the empire’s top engineers, architects, and visionaries—notably including Zoroastrians, Christians, and Jews, such as Mashallah Ibnul-Athari.”

InterfaithBaghdadInterfaith DialogueZoroastrianismAbrahamicAbbasid
Book:The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy
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“In Abraham’s formula, the Hanif interrogates reality not as a cynic but as a healer, diagnosing injuries in order to repair them. Indeed, Muslim derived from the ancient Semitic root S-L-M, literally “to repair cracks in city walls.” As the integrity of monotheism erodes over time, repairers need to assess the damage and then get to work restoring the fractures”

IslamAbrahamQuran ClarificationJebaraAbrahamic ReligionsAbrahamic
Book:The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy
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“All pre-Abrahamic cultures understood the tremendous importance of remaining closely connected to the past if the present was to be invested with any spiritually significant meaning. They also understood that the most personally relevant and accessible portal to the empowering wisdom and goodness of the past was through their own direct ancestors, those who shared their particular bloodline and DNA. It was for this reason that all traditional cultures engaged in what is often called ancestor worship (pitri-puja). There is no pre-Abrahamic culture on Earth that did not honor its ancestors in one form or another. This is a very important spiritual practice and tradition that used to be practiced universally by families in the ancient past. The process of ancestor worship now needs to be revived in the modern world if we are to not lose our sacred connection with our own cultural-spiritual heritage. Ancestor worship must become a regular practice again.”

SpiritualityDnaAncestorsBloodlineAbrahamic
Author:Dharma Pravartaka Acharya
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“Cuanto más materialmente inexplicables resultan la propia devoción y compromiso por una causa sagrada -es decir, cuanto más absurdas son-, mayor es la fe que otros depositan en ella y más compromiso genera esta fe por parte de ellos.”

ReligionIslamCristianismoSociedadFundamentalismoAbrahamic
Book:This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works
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“Robert Louis Stevenson wa Uskochi aliponukuu nahau ya ‘kamera haiwezi kudanganya’ katika kitabu chake cha ‘South Seas’ mwaka 1896, miaka 57 baada ya sanaa ya upigaji wa picha kugunduliwa, hakumaanisha tuwe asili. Hakumaanisha tusizirekebishe picha zetu baada ya kuzipiga na kuzisafisha! Alimaanisha tuwe nadhifu tuonekanapo mbele za watu au mbele ya vyombo vya habari; ambapo picha itapigwa, itasafishwa, itachapishwa na itauzwa kama ilivyo bila kurekebishwa.”

PeopleNaturalMediaPhotographySmartScotlandIdiomWatuCameraPhotosAsiliRobert Louis StevensonKameraSouth SeasNadhifuPicha57 YearsCamera Never LiesKamera HaidanganyiMiaka 57Mwaka 1896NahauSanaa Ya Upigaji Wa PichaUskochiVyombo Vya HabariYear 1896
Author:Enock Maregesi
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