Often times when we read the Qur’an we just pass over some of it without thinking twice. When you get to a certain stage in your life, for example when your kids are getting older and you are thinking of which school to put them in, and so on, you don’t pass over that same ayah so easily.

Then when she delivered her [child Maryam (Mary)], she said: “O my Lord! I have delivered a female child,” - and Allah knew better what she delivered, - “And the male is not like the female, and I have named her Maryam (Mary), and I seek refuge with You (Allah) for her and for her offspring from Shaitan (Satan), the outcast.” (3:36)

This is the mother of Maryam alaihis salam making dua for her daughter to be protected by Shaytan.. and SubhanAllah Allah accepted it. Maybe Allah will also accept this dua if we similarly make it. NOT just for our children but for their children too!

So her Lord (Allah) accepted her with goodly acceptance. He made her grow in a good manner and put her under the care of Zakariya (Zachariya). Every time he entered Al-Mihrab to (visit) her , he found her supplied with sustenance. He said: “O Maryam (Mary)! From where have you got this?” She said, “This is from Allah.” Verily, Allah provides sustenance to whom He wills, without limit.” (3:37)

and the du’a of Ibrahim

“O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in an uncultivable valley by Your Sacred House (the Ka’bah at Makkah); in order, O our Lord, that they may perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), so fill some hearts among men with love towards them, and (O Allah) provide them with fruits so that they may give thanks. (14:37)

How often do we focus on worldly needs for our children, we pray for them to have success in school, in life, and so on, but imagine Ibrahim, the Prophet, alaihis salam, making a dua for his children to establish salah.

References: 25 duas immortalized in the Quran by Muhammad Alshareef, Eman Rush Publications

Warsh Recitation of the Qur’an by Mishary Rashid Alafasy! I was looking for a good explanation of what Warsh is, but I couldn’t find it. I will post more details as soon as I get it inshaAllah. Listen to Surah Qadr or Surah A’ala first, to get an idea of what the differences are. The standard Quran recitation is known as Hafs

CD 06 - Surah Al Ibrahim (Warsh)
CD 06 - Surah Al Furqan (Warsh)
CD 06 - Surah Al Aa’la (Warsh)
CD 06 - Surah Al Qadr (Warsh)
CD 06 - Surah Al Zalzalah (Warsh)

From a Mishary Rashid Alafasy Quran Site

If you want to see the Warsh recitation of the Quran, load the link for QuranFlash.com and then go to “Book Type” and then select the last book.

Verse by verse Quran recitation project is a project to bring you the Quran in high quality format, split into seperate individual files for each ayah (verse) in each surah (chapter). You can use these files in your own dawah project - say an Islamic slideshow for school, or say you are doing an Islamic video project and you want some surahs in there, but you don’t want to take the time to chop the files between verses. This is also perfect if you are a programmer and you want to build your own Quran software, or maybe you want to start a podcast and feature 1 ayah each day, now you can get what you need quickly.. and for free!

In fact, you can choose Quran MP3s like Shuraim, Abu Bakr Ash Shatery, Sa’ad Al Ghamadi, and more coming!

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