Why another blog on Learning the Qur'an?

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

My Dear Readers,

 ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ 

As-salaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. (May the Peace, Mercy and Blessings of Allah be upon you)
  

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ نَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَسَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلاَ مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلاَ هَادِيَ لَهُ

وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

(See Note below)

The Intention Behind this Blog

As a Muslim, it is imperative that we understand the teachings of Islam properly, and the way to start is by learning the Qur'an.


There are two hadith from Bukhari, that I would like to share, which basically extol the virtues of learning the Qur'an and teaching it:

 

The Prophet ﷺ reportedly said, "The best among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it." (Click Here to see the hadith)

In another narration, the Prophet ﷺ reportedly said, "The most superior among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it."  (Click Here to see the hadith)


I would love to learn the Qur'an, and there are so many good efforts around the world to learn from, may Allah bless all those involved.

I find the following websites particularly helpful:
https://www.islamicity.org/quran/ 
http://www.quranexplorer.com/
http://corpus.quran.com/
http://www.altafsir.com/

And of course Ikram Hawramani's comprehensive site: 

https://hawramani.com/  

There have been many efforts to share the knowledge of Qur'an and its tafseer (exegesis) for the English speaking audience. It is truly overwhelming, humbling and it goes to show the love and devotion of all concerned.

In this blog I would like to compile my notes from all these efforts, insha Allah with references, that will help my own journey, and hopefully can offer some benefit, however trivial, to other learners like me.

May Allah guide us, and help us be on the right path.

 والله أعلم   
 Wa Allahu 'Alam (And Allah is the All-Knowing)

Note:

This post starts with the well known opening lines of at least one of Prophet Muhammad's ﷺ  sermon. Al-Nisaa’i (May Allah have mercy on him) reported in his Sunan al-Nisaa’i: Kitaab al-Jumu’ah (Click Here) that ‘Abd-Allah ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught us the Khutbah Haajah .