Feature Requests

Request to Create a Qur’an Implementation Forum
Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I hope you are well. I am writing as someone who has recently started a personal journey of not only learning the Qur’an, but trying to act upon it and make its guidance part of my daily life. Islam is a deeply practical religion. Allah did not reveal the Qur’an only for recitation, information, or inspiration, but for guidance, transformation, and action. I came across a report from the early Muslims that the Companions would learn ten verses at a time and would not move on until they had understood the knowledge and action contained in those verses. Their meaning of “learning” the Qur’an was not simply memorizing the words. It meant allowing the Qur’an to shape their character, decisions, habits, speech, relationships, worship, and way of life. I have started trying to approach the Qur’an in this way, and I am realizing that it is both beautiful and difficult. It is one thing to understand an ayah. It is another thing to implement it consistently when dealing with real life, emotions, family, work, temptations, habits, ego, anger, procrastination, fear, and weakness. Because of this, I wanted to respectfully suggest an idea for your website: a dedicated forum or community space focused specifically on implementing the Qur’an in daily life. Something similar in spirit to Reflect Quran, but focused on action and application. A possible name could be “ACT Qur’an” or “Qur’an in Action.” The purpose would be for believers to discuss questions such as: How am I trying to implement this ayah in my life? What challenges am I facing while acting upon this command? What changes did this ayah force me to make in my speech, habits, relationships, business, family life, worship, or character? What mistakes did I make while trying to live by this ayah? What practical systems, reminders, habits, or routines helped me act upon it? What success stories can others learn from? This could become a powerful space where Muslims help each other move from reading and understanding the Qur’an to actually living it. Many people are trying to improve, but they struggle alone. A forum like this could allow believers to learn from each other’s successes and failures in a sincere, practical, and structured way. It could also be organized by surah, ayah, theme, or command. For example, users could discuss implementation around patience, salah, honesty, backbiting, anger, justice, gratitude, reliance upon Allah, family rights, business ethics, lowering the gaze, repentance, and other Qur’anic instructions. I believe this could serve a major need in the ummah. Many platforms help people read, recite, memorize, translate, and reflect on the Qur’an. But very few help people systematically discuss how to act upon the Qur’an in real daily situations. Please consider creating a space like this. I believe it could help many Muslims, especially those who sincerely want the Qur’an to become part of who they are, not just something they read. Jazakum Allahu khayran for your work and for considering this suggestion. Wassalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Omar Mudassar
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hi, I have some ideas to make Quran more accessible.
will writeout more detail if there is interest and response. limitations of current translations : translations are approximations. Arabic words might not have exact equivalent in English. Full depth of meaning could be lost. Considering it's usage in legal and scientific context means precision is paramount. solution to this would be learning arabic but it is a very difficult task for indo european speaking adults due to so many differences. new script, written right to left, modifiers interlaced, instead of being at end or start. new words new sounds new grammer all these combined makes learning and understaning arabic very difficult. Ideas : Color Coded Quran : for transliteration a new Latin based script with one to one glyph will be used. roots will be colored green, modifiers blue, rest grey. there will be a dictionery with first entry being structural meaning. it will popup when hovering over word. ex. K T B colored green means : to write. i a colored grey means : an object. kitab means a book. Pictogram : arabic words will be replaced with picture indicating roots and modifiers. ex. katib will be replaced by picture of (pen) (person). meaning writer. maktab will be replaced by picture of (pen) (place). meaning desk(writing place) there will be a dictionery too with entires explaining multiple possible meanings. ex. maktab can mean desk or office. fitnah can mean test or sorting. from internet search : ref : https://www.quranprogress.com/en/blog/how-many-words-in-the-quran/ quran have around 2000 uniqie roots, 125 is enough 50 percent. around 2000 roots 200 modifiers ?. so people need to be familiar with around < 2500 pictures. learning what a emoji means, is easier than learning new words. Why Important : multiple scholars ( including corrupt or secretly backed by enemies ) could make multiple fatwas sometime even contradictory. which could create confusion on who to trust, what is real. weaken faith and trust of both muslims and non muslims. one would need mastery of arabic to properly verify and validate these and think for themselves which is correct. this would empower the average person to have mastery of arabic without deep commitment. mastery that requires a degree worth of studing, something that average person wont do due to other tasks in life. ex. somewhere I read slavery is no longer allowed cause the verse is in past tense, how do I really confirm if verse is really in past tense, it really means its no longer allowed. or is it something someone is makingup to whitewash islam or something. why a single scholar said this, what is the opinion of other, why was this ignored in the past ? non muslims wont bother with effort and make wrong conclusions. deeper understanding reinforce trust. one of the reason our Quran is preserved is due to decentralization. multiple person learn the same, no single person can make change. jewish and christian books were written and centralized, corrupt scholars changed the scripture itself serving ill interests. though Quran can't be changed, it's interpretation can be. corrupt scholars can make halal haram and haram halal. a perfume maker using no alcohol can bribe scholar to give fatwa that perfume with alcohol is haram, so that they can sell more product. similar thing can happen in banking, halal meat industry etc. with pictogram or emoji even illeterates can understand in depth. just like the old days . other religion's text being written means only priestly class can access. leading to corruption and misuse of power. Quran being oral understood by even illeterates. eliminated class divison, misinterpretation and misuse of power. Unfortunatly Quran isn't so accessible to average person of modern day. it used to be understood even by illeteratres, now people need years of formal education for it. that need to change . People who could help : dawah organizations with resources. that are already spending money on books and attractive leaflets. why not spend some resources on making Quran easier for non arabic speakers. volunteers : website programmers and hosters. graphic designer for fonts and pictograms or emojis. translaters who know enough about islam and arabic. END
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