I made a minor mistake. I forgot to mention that "deen" means "religion" but can also mean "judgement", so the verse could read "have you seen he who disbelieves in God's judgement?" The critique still stands. One's lack of belief in the existence of God or its judgement has no bearing on their treatment of orphans or feeding of the needy. It is a verse that demonizes disbelievers and disjointedly switches topics to scaring those who don't pray regularly.
If you knew a little more, this chapter is especially talking about the Hypocrites who are almost the same as the Rejectors (Disbelievers). The verses provide a brief description of how the Hypocrite would act, all the verses mentioned are talking about the same people who reject the religion they don't pray with heed and they show-off nor do they treat people with kindness. Who do you think were mentioned in the whole chapter, that's right it were those who reject the religion
@@ammarbinmukhtar7917 the lack of research and care for this topic is obvious. He only caters to a specific group of people, which is ironic, since he claims to be against generalization
So you said islam not allowed an adoption,which is true but the contextual and understanding is important. In your context obviously no "adoption" means you can't take the child raise em,give em good education,however this is false. Islam allowed to take the child to the family raise em, clothe em,educate em. BUT they can't take the Father's name which is what Adoption means ,also in adoption the child can take the wealth. This is prohibited. Because Islam is care for family lineage. Ironic because in western tradition the wife take their husband last name, while not olin Islam the wife can maintain keeping their father's name.
You reminded me of when a Muslim didn't believe I was an ex-Muslim and insisted I recite some Qur'an by heart - which I did 🤣 (This was back in 2007 when ex-Muslim wasn't a thing and Muslims didn't think they existed.)
I was never a Muslim but am married into a Muslim family. Some in the family have told me that ex-Muslims do not exist and it is impossible for a Muslim to leave Islam. Some of my Christian friends share the same view.
I left islam in 2007 too, after going back and forth between 2005 and 2007, my doubts started in 2005 from reading an article by a Muslim to a western audience saying that Muhammad was some sort of feminist because he loved women, had at least 9 wives and at least 5 concubines or more .. what ? I was 18 and struggling not to masturbate and not having a girlfriend.. thinking all that was haram, and would lead to divine anger.. finally the perfect man who received god's revelation was having sex even out of marriage with countless women ? I never heard of that before .. I immediately read his biography, written by Muslims too, and read about his assassinations of poets, then discovered that ghazwat were about plundering caravans and weren't defensive wars as we were taught .. then Banu Qurayza .. It wasn't possible to follow him anymore .. then it was a mixture of being a Quranist or some sort of liberal Muslim, and finally I couldn't keep this faith any longer. However, I think that after leaving islam, many things learned as a Muslim in a Muslim context don't go away, like thinking too much about sex (islamic society is all revolving around sex), not knowing how to deal with the opposite sex properly, keeping a lot of superstitions, fearing an angry and cruel god (who periodically slips back into the mind), and a tendency to see agency everywhere (a remnant of islam's maktoob, where divine agency is behind every event) leading to belief in conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories work with minds that can't accept the chaos of reality and want to see hidden forces and agents behind everything. I have spent some 6 to 8 years after leaving islam believing in various conspiracies and fringe theories and spending hours on the internet, feeding my belief of the moment. Now the irony is that I see a lot of new apostates keep their islamic mindset and fall immediately for conspiracies about islam's origin (such as islam being fabricated later by some christian king, and mecca didn't exist, and it was petra, and muhammad was actually a title for jesus, and blah blah blah ). They also often keep the black-and-white reasoning and depict Muslims as all evil, just like they depicted the Jews before. Also, there is a narcissistic element often found in islamic cultures (not exclusive to them though) where the man likes to brag about his knowledge of eveything, and conspiracy theories also feed this mindset where the man thinks he is telling everyone that he knows better than everyone else, without having seriously studied anything. Typically he will give expert opinions on various matters he never studied. For example he will tell you that the Quran was copied from the Talmud of Babylon, and when you ask him if he has actually read that Talmud of Babylon and compared with the Quran, he wouldn't reply. Leaving islam is a long process, and it is better when it also deals with issues like these.
I'm on some atheist theist groupchat. And conversing with one of the middle eastern muslims, we got on the topic of how apostates are treated. The dude was perfectly fine with capital punishment for being an Apostate... Solely because he felt being an unbeliever suddenly makes you want to kill, steal and destroy. Now I see how the Quran makes people conjure up these nonsense notions of how unbelievers are.
Christians are the same. And that attitude says more about believers than it does about atheists. If you need the threat of eternal damnation and the carrot of eternal paradise in order to treat your fellow humans with decency, you're nothing but a sociopath on a leash.
I remember some saying you're doing this channel for clout, but if you actually wanted clout, you could just read the Quran on air and you'd be way popular, because you have the voice
Literally, i mean look at idiots like Ali dawah and Mohammad Hijab, they get millions of followers for saying that ex muslims deserve to be unalived lol. If Apostate Aladdin wanted clout he wouldve done the same but he has dignity that’s the difference
Islam is Barberic ideology but mixed with God concepts,,,, like sugarcoated poision.... There is no REAL God entity in Islam but it is using for gather people and control their mind for power and politics, for this big purpose they need concept of God,,, follower point of view it is just believing in God and after death life ,, even nothing wrong in God concepts,, even some person can heal mentally too , but this fake God concepts invented/ used for Barberic purpose and even ISIS is selling captured women as sex slaves any God believers oppose this?? All type Barberic mannerisms are Halal in Islam.. during this time, the violent believers will keep silent or doing thaqqiya(Lie) to fool others.
Can I say that Arabic sounds so lovely? When you were reciting ... I actually really enjoyed it.. that's the connection that a lot of Muslim people have with the Quran.. it's the beauty of Arabic ..it is relaxing!
I struggle to see how anyone thinks Arabic sounds nice. Okay, it sounded nice when he spoke it, but when I hear people speak it on the streets, it's just a nope for me. To me Arabic is on the same beauty level as Danish, and calling Danish a beautiful language is something no one ever says.
@@helman41 Yes, this is one of the most striking things when you read the Quran. You can feel that something isn't quite right, even if you are a believer, and the cognitive dissonance starts to get you.
Adoption isn't permitted in Islam? A lot of things make sense now... I broke off my engagement with a Muslim man, who was constantly trying to convert me and push me into Islam. I'm adopted myself and to me their my real family, they loved me unconditionally and raised me. I told him many times that I wanted to adopt in the future myself, it's one of my biggest wishes, to pass that gift of love and care to a child that needs it. Family can be by blood but that's not nessarcy, I would love my biological amd adopted kids equally. He had a habit of not telling me that something was haram and he wouldn't do it, instead he'd drag his feet and try to talk me out of it. He kept saying that adopted kids can't be the same as biological kids, that somehow the adopted kids might be dangerous... It always seemed ridiculous to me, and frankly insulting. We split up for different reasons, but I have no doubt that in 5 years when I'd ask him for the 1000 time when we're going to start looking into adoption or foster care he'd have told me it's haram. It would have been devastating to me... He thinks Islam is perfect so manipulation and lies were labeled "guidance" and are his "holy duty" ... Holy shit I dodged a bigger bullet then I thought 😂
Wow, I was really into the bible when i was Christian but a mindless memorization of the bible was never seen as a necessity or even a possibility. Is interpretations of these verses also encouraged among kids in Islam or is it just mere memorization?
@@adrikkozlov Imagine if all of that time was spent reciting and memorizing mathematics or learning a language like New Ithkuil by heart. Not even that. They could have grown crops for their hungry.
I'd rather be an orphan in a non-Muslim society than be one in a Muslim society. I don't want to be constantly reminded that I'm not related to my adoptive family by blood and therefore I can't receive any inheritance nor can I interact with the girls of my adoptive family.
@@user-rl8hf8kt1r Only some of the inheritance?!! Why can't I just get the same amount that my adoptive brothers will get? And why can't I just get the middle name and family name of my adoptive family?
I am not exmuslim and my homeland is a catholic majority country. I was raised christian protestant, though. All this for context. I was always interested in other religions and it was weird to me to be so lucky to be born precisely in a family with the truth and questioned the monotheism assumption. For my athropology thesis I wanted to write about muslim minorities and I started attending a mosque and taking classes to learn arabic that turned then into recitation classes. It was beautiful and I have not stopped enjoying the recitation. People have said to me thay my recitation is beautiful and muslims can get touched by it. I never felt like it was a sign from Allah but simply the resul of applying the techniques correctly and imitating other good recitators (I love Alafasy's). It all is a beautifying technique. Until you go to the meaning. I enjoy too and listen to protestant, catholic and orhodox music when I feel like. People also think that I must be a closeted religious guy to enjoy that, but art is art. I would have to adopt a hundred religions if I "followed my heart" and let the beauty of their music convince me of the truth of whatever they preach. It is completely falacy to claim that your feelings about a piece of beautiful poetry/music are valid reasons to be convinced of the truth of whatever you are listening to. We are easily manipulated by beauty because we are biased in favor of beauty. It's not a sign of no god. It's a bias.
I agree that we tend to be biased towards beauty, in a sense that we are naturally drawn to what we deem beautiful. There are many church hymns that I genuinely love, despite the fact that I don’t want anything to do with Catholicism anymore. Islam is interesting in that regard because while recitation and calls to prayer are essential to the religion itself, it’s shocking how common the belief that “music is haram” is among Muslims today.
@@user-rl8hf8kt1r I’m not the arbiter of truth when it comes to Islam or anything. But if this rule really is a thing then the majority of Islamic societies in the have ignored it.
@@Muysc_quyne No one ever claimed a feeling or something that sounds nice is a valid source of proof , infact the quran's miracle is that the language it uses is of such high literacy that it literally gives new meanings to words , wherether old or new , it created new words with meanings anyone who is able to understand the authenthical Arabic would grasp just by reading it, there are books written over this topic going over every verse and its miracly the fact that the qur'an does this again and again is inhumane and therefore it must be from none other than god himself, i advise you to look into this as a comment isn't quite enough to express and explain what i mean. You will most certainly be pleased if you are truly sincere and research.
@@Ilias-gg3rm Well, you're not well informed of the claims made by muslims. About the miraculous dellusion, just go and read proper scholar works. You can start watching Dr. Shady Nasser. What you just described as miraculous is attested in many human-made literary works. There's nothing miraculous in creating new words with morphological rules... You just described a mere process of word-creation by derivation, oh, what a miracle, a language being a language and people using a language as if it was a language... Let's call that an alien intervention.
I’m an ex-Muslim too I’ve faced and am facing a lot of abuse, violence and challenges I remember from when I was a child I used to follow the same principles that you did, however it seems strange that after all this time you can still read it properly and not get sucked back into the religion ( cult ) Love ❤ from Australia 🇦🇺
@@B345T- The whole thing, From the sheikhs to the Quran from the Quran to the books of Hadith from the books of Hadith to history from history to the ideology, theology and figures
It just sucks how my mom named me after a surah from Quran (al-esra) as I don't believe in Islam anymore. Sometimes this makes me hate my name and a part of my identity :,)
I've been giving a few younger family members Quran lessons recently due to requests from their parents and I've been feeling so guilty, yet it also provides camouflage for my apostasy. Maybe you should do a call in show for ex Muslims to do recitation. Apparently, all of us were never Muslim.
That's not possible bro If the kid is young it's gonna cause confusion and they'll most likely tell the parents and if the child mentions OP then that's basically gonna out them
I wonder if Islam would gain more converts in the West if it didn’t insist on knowing and speaking Arabic. Every time you hear a Muslim evangelist or apologist, they constantly pepper their speech with phrases in a foreign language that to most Americans sounds like gibberish. Most people hear that and think, “Nah bro, I don’t want to have to talk like that.”
Yea - exactly. I attend religious Muslim events and the language feels strange to me. The Arabic language is very important in Islam because it is the language that Allah speaks. Ha ha.
I didn't even think about that, but it totally makes sense. I think part of it is deliberate because when you can't follow the conversation because you don't understand what is being said, you're more open to being manipulated.
Well, liturgic languages exist all around the world. Let's not confuse prejudice with critical thinking. I love the Arabic language as much as I love Greek. You don't have to be Muslim or Arab to find Arabic nice and if you love Greek or Latin, that doesn't mean you have to convert to Orthodox or Catholic religions. Americans and linguistic majorities tend to find other languages disgusting out of lack of knowledge and prejudices. Some of those biases play a role in what you believe or viceversa. There's this branch of Sociolinguistics called Linguistic Attitude, which studies people's reaction to other linguistic communities. It has found that there is always a social reason behind the rejection of a language.
Fascinating. I've never been religious, so I'm fascinated by faiths and how they are taught. So much of what we hear about Islam in the US is BS, but there's so much i don't know. Thank you!
You do great work, love your channel! I'm an exvangelical (former fundamentalist evangelical Christian) and your channel is eye-opening for me in seeing the similarities between the two religions, particularly where there is fundamentalism!
@@ApostateAladdin Of course. 42 is also the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything, therefore proof of even more miracle.
Everyone agrees its bad to join a cult, but nobody in a cult ever realizes they are in one. A group that worships a "pdf file" and makes women wear trash bags is a cult, and im sick of pretending its not
Cult is just a way for you to other something Christianity and Orthodox Judaism are equally cult like in nature yet you so adamantly insist Islam is one. Curious
@@cheezburger2000 How's orthodox judaism a cult. It does no harm, it forces nobody to adapt or convert to their beliefs. I can see why u may see christianity as such. But judaism, no. Islam tho, ofc.
@@Cation_bibliophile cults don't only cause harm lmao. The definition is broad. They make sure people within their groups follow their rules and regulations etc. Orthodox Judaism is a lot like Islam in many ways Not to mention the settlers in Israel/Palestine. A lot of them believe it's their holy land and are causing harm to others thanks to Orthodox Judaism. Check the ex Jew subreddit and you'll see a lot of former Jews from Orthodox Jews report the same problems as Muslims.
@@Cation_bibliophile Orthodox Judaism has many practices, some same that people criticise Islam for. Anyway, Orthodox Jewish rabis say it's justified to kill children (if they're Palestinian of course)... And one said rape was okay. Islam disallows these things. But the truth is people hate Islam because it's the truth. Even though verses like Numbers 31:17-18, Exodus 20:20-21, and Samuel 1 3:15 exist, people excuse Christianity and Judaism, but yet hate Islam.
You NEED to talk about how white ppl are so valued in modern islam. If you hear about a black person or even a Hispanic person converting no one bats an eye. When you have a white person converting, suddenly islam may be worth the salt. My apologies if ypu covered this already
@@imnotawake99 they are valued by Islam but perhaps not by some modern Muslims maybe. Personally, I'm happy whoever reverts, and one of my favourite Sheikhs, Sheikh Uthman, is a Mexican revert. I'll also tell you what our Prophet (upon him be peace) said :) "An Arab does not have superiority to a non-Arab, and a black does not have superiority over a white (and vice versa)."
@@redalert3727 that’s interesting, i just looked up sheikh uthman. but just in my experience, muslim scholars have only wanted to have white converts on their shows/ podcasts as if their word will be more meaningful to the masses than other colored folk. it would just be nice to hear if AA agrees with this or not.
@@imnotawake99 I see, I haven't really seen scholars do that though. I guess, if that's true, it might be because Africans and Mexicans etc aren't really hostile to Islam, but white people are, so it's a way to bridge that gap. Sheikh Uthman is awesome and very laid back, I recommend watching him!
Wow! This is so powerful! Suratul tauba maybe! You native Arabic speakers can break the spell for the rest of us. We have been brainwashed to believe the Quran is perfect and since we are not native speakers, we don’t see the flaws.
I grew up in a very religious muslim family and country. As a kid, my mom would encourage me to read the Quran and even as a kid I believed that it didn't make sense. I was especially confused about how "god" would talk to us through his book as I felt like god was some insecure higher power that only wants to be worshipped unconstitutionally..... That was ridiculous to me even as a kid, but ofc I made myself believe that it was the devil trying to make me doubt
Deluding ourselves into believing every bit of doubt with the faith, from the rational to the moral, was just devilish whispers. It's crazy honestly when you think about it
I had to read the Koran for a college class. I could only read part of it because it seemed a jumble of confusing words. I thought it was because of my deficient cultural understanding. But as I heard from many non and ex believers it was because the book was poorly written.
You have a voice for reciting and also for radio for sure. Are you planning on desicting the whole koran? It is so interesting to hear this from someone who learned it but doesn't believe anymore
Mashaallah brother. With your beautiful recitation, I am reminded of the greatest miracle of our holy book: the poems sound neat! What more could prove that it's from Allah himself? I mean obviously humans can't write poems that sound this neat! Seriously though, this is a great video and I'd love to see more recitations + critiques/commentaries.
Maybe you could read Q24-61, seems idiotic in English but it may be different in Arabic: "There is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon the ill constraint nor upon yourselves when you eat from your [own] houses or the houses of your fathers or the houses of your mothers or the houses of your brothers or the houses of your sisters or the houses of your father's brothers or the houses of your father's sisters or the houses of your mother's brothers or the houses of your mother's sisters or [from houses] whose keys you possess or [from the house] of your friend. There is no blame upon you whether you eat together or separately. But when you enter houses, give greetings of peace upon each other - a greeting from Allāh, blessed and good. Thus does Allāh make clear to you the verses [of ordinance] that you may understand."
Even if ur talking about the famous western ones like Muhammad Hijab you'd be wrong because he's an Arab. Speaking a dialect of Arabic doesn't help you when it comes to Quranic Arabic (fusha)
@@Mangojozie Again western debate du'aat (callers to Islam) constitute a very small portion of "dawah youtubers" So your comment is not correct in that regard let alone "those who say the Qur'an is a perfect book can't speak Arabic". Those who have knowledge about the Qur'an and its perfection speak the only Arabic that matters in regards to the deen and that is fusha.
@user-rl8hf8kt1r lol "biased towards their religion" yh usually people pick a religion because they belive its true. And there's nothing to critique: when it's sent by the Creator its perfect.
Classical arabic poems have more strict rules to follow and this requires so much creativity to adapt with these rules.. creativity is what makes a good prose or poem or anything said, imagine how creative would a book be if Allah that has the knowledge of things were to challenge people with his eloquence. Compare surat al-qaria and al-zalzala, the lack of creativity in both is clear.. the expressions are really similar and the way both chapters end and start and the topic they cover, It’s like one of them is a knock off of the other.. this is an opposite of a miracle if Allah’s words can lack creativity in some situations how is it better than any other poem said? How is it challenging to a human being to write something like it?
Coming from a cultural background where maintaining certain practices is not only common but often a mark of communal belonging, I always found something pleasant about recitation of scripture like the Quran or Torah. I was shocked when I learned for the first time from devout believers of these faiths that they consider these texts to be the universal and inerrant truth despite their numerous inconsistencies and inaccuracies. With Islam in particular, people have emphasized that knowledge of Arabic is not only necessary to truly understand the Quran, but that any translation into another language no matter how accurate inherently corrupts the message, so critique from the perspective of a native speaker is an invaluable resource.
Beautifully recited. But just cuz it sounds pretty doesn't mean that the words being said are beautiful. You're doing the Lord's work here, AA! Take care and be safe!
People think Koran recitations are impressive and they are when you have someone with a good voice but then have they ever been to a Russian Orthodox service anywhere in the world but especially in Moscow or nearby where the headquarters of the church are ?- the majesty of the choirs especially with those famous Russian bass singers is far far more impressive than any Koranic recitation - actually it was exactly the unrivalled majesty and sublimity of the Greek Orthodox liturgy in the ambience of the great Byzantine church of the Santa Sophia in Constantinople (Istanbul) that made the Russians convert to Orthodox Christianity in the first place - they were not at all impressed by Koranic recitations!
I grew up Eastern Orthodox. Can confirm that the Russian choirs are phenomenal to listen to, especially if they're monks. I've heard choirs from other nationalities (Serbian, Greek, etc), but the Russians by far have the best sound and talent
@@tamaratamtammorris8151 I'm a classical music buff and have listened to a lot of Russian classical music including the "Rachmaninoff Vespers" and Russian choirs are impressive indeed - my sister, still in the days of the Soviet Union, went on a tour of Russia and visited the monastery near Moscow that is the headquarters of the Russian Orthodox church and was amazed by the singing especially the lady with massive soprano voice who cut through the singing of the choir. Don't forget also the unparalleled western musical sacred music tradition - the polyphonic masses of the Renaissance composers for example - nothing creates the feeling of deep time and eternity than a polyphonic composition especially if sung in the venue of a Gothic cathedral or chapel like the glittering Saint Chapelle in Paris said to contain the Crown of Thorns. And then there are the baroque masterpieces of Bach and Handel and the romantic era Requiem Masses of Verdi and Berlioz.
@@aiya5777Quranic recitation is also singing. You can write musical notations out of the way you guys sing ("recite") the book. And you can even do musical analysis with quran recitation. It is mostly chromatic or based on thirds and minor chords, these notes evoke melancholy, fear and sadness in people. You think other religions manipulated humans with music? Look no further, islam is doing the same thing, but pointing fingers at others while doing it...
I watched you on MindShift Podcast #1. I love Brandon’s Channel so much and I really loved the conversation between the two of you on his show. I just subscribed to your channel. I’m looking forward to going back and watching your previous videos.
I really hope to see you on the live of Sam and Godlogic! like you three are awesome and you with your amazing Arabic language can be so helpful to them ❤️
Saying Sadaqa Allahul Azeem is a bid'ah....an innovation. How did you not know such a basic fact even after living in Saudi Arabia? Because you never studied under a good shaykh
I've never been a Muslim, yet I've memorized chunks of the Quran, and I can recite it beautifully. Not tooting my own horn here, I'm actually good at it. Can't wait to meet a group of Muslims and have them tell me it's a miracle and invite me to Islam.
2:10: " Deen" does not always mean "religion", In The Surah Al-Fatiha it is stated That Allah is "māliki yawmi l-dīn "( Master of the day of Judgement). It does not say ("Master of the day of "religion"). Thus The one who denies the judgement( deen) of God, is the one who not only does the action (of repulsing the orphan), but also who thinks himself non-accountable for his actions, because it connects to what is previously mentioned namely that there is God's judgement. The Day whereon they will (all) come forth: not a single thing concerning them is hidden from Allah. Whose will be the dominion that Day?" That of Allah, the One the Irresistible. Today will every soul be requited for what it earned; No Injustice Today! for Allah is Swift in taking account. (Surah The Forgiver)
Alhamdulillah, I pray the best for whatever life you choose. You recitating the Quran is the thing that makes my Iman stronger. Hope the best for you. 😊 🙏
The recitation is quite a hypnotic element though. No wonder many people feel drawn to islam or think its divine... Its as if it was mandatory for christians to chant gregorian chants all the time they read the bible.
اذا حاب اقتراحات للتلاوة فالأحزاب هي من اقذر السور في القرآن، من اولها لأخرها عبارة عن شهوات النبي محمد وأصحابه و كيف يبغى الناس تعامله كرئيس دولة ديكتاتورية.
رئيس الدولة "الديكتاتورية" كان ينام على حصير يترك على ظهره الشريف آثره، بينما ملوك الروم والفرس ينامون على أفضل الأسرة. لو بحثت شوي بتعرف ان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان متواضع جدا على الرغم من أنه خير البشر.
Thank you for your calm and positive demeanor! Would it be possible to do the verses that you find most controversial? Also, as a native Arabic speaker do you think the ayah about Jonah is comprehensible?
I actually think that this surah speaks to people who view Islam in the way that you and I do. People who view today's modern day Salafii/Wahabi-influenced Islam with a critical eye. You and I might have come to different conclusions based on that critical eye wherein you chose disbelief and I chose to retain belief in core Islamic principles, but the disdain towards the modern Islamic archetype is shared. The surah essentially says woe to people who worship for egotistic purposes (looking good to others, power, etc.) rather than for the love of God and life itself. It identifies that these people appear and claim to be so righteous and pious on the outside, but inside they refuse to even contribute the smallest ounces of kindness to humanity. In other words, they lack compassion, love and general humanity. Does this description not accurately describe the adherents of the modern day Salafi and Wahabi influenced Islam? People who have colonized the teachings of Islam and therefore purport to be righteous yet in reality only spread hate and fear by spreading damaging dogma that serves to control people through guilt and shame rather than inspiring them with love and gratitude for life itself? People who completely disregard the smallest acts of kindness like respect, compassion and communication. If anything, I feel as though Surah Ma-un is actually prophetic of the modern state of Islam and actually feels reassuring and validating to someone who believes what I do.
As a Muslim, you have put it very succinctly and clearly. Couldn’t agree more. The problem is, Muslims only memorise and unfortunately not enough effort is given to the virtues and lessons in the Quran in the native language of the reader. As such, the wisdom of Quran is not taught and applied.
Good breakdown. I have never been impressed with Quran as translated. Or felt that hearing the Arabic recitation had any magic effect on me. Standard answer is because I don’t speak Arabic but that always seemed like a cop out.
Al Maun was one of my favorites, if not my most favorite. Was one of the first surahs I memorized at Islamic school on Saturdays. Along with the translation, and I used to vividly imagine, as a boy of 7-8, an image of my hero Muhammad as an orphan. And his generosity towards orphans and it would make me cry at their plight. I used to get so excited when an imam read this surah during salaat or on Jummah. It hurts so much to hear you recite it, because it's exactly the way I recited it and those with good qirat. It takes me back to a time of innocence I used to once have, before life kicked me in the ass and I snapped out of the matrix and everything else in this shitty world we live in. Sometimes I wish I took the 'blue pill' and just lived in that fantasy.
Very good recitation ...... The biggest irony is when people from Bangladesh who speak Sanskrit yet need to recite these verses in a special tonal voice
I grew up reading classical arabic literature and peotey alongside the quran. The quran doesn't sound special at all, in fact it's a bit clunky compared to contemporary literature. I used to rephrase it in a modern colloquial arabic dialect for people to demonstrate that the content is meh at best.
I think Islam’s success is simply due to the beauty of the Arabic language! You could have recited a shopping list there and I would have found it extremely beautiful and relaxing nonetheless 😍
Nah, even tho some people may find arabic a good language the success of islam is mostly because of the high birth rate in muslim countries Edit: And btw, you can say that the number of Muslim people is kinda fake because a lot of people leave islam in secret and some countries don't care about people's thoughts so if you're born in that country you count as a Muslim even if you're a Christian for example
No miracle here I'm afraid 😂.. 30+ different qurans that ALL say different things. Where's the miracle?. The miracle here is an iman or sheik being able to make some gullible muslim believe that there's just 1 quran, when infact there's 30+ all saying different things.
Abu Nuwas had a bit of fun with the verse فويل للمصلين He composed the bayt ما قال ربك ويل للذين سكروا ولكن قال ويل للمصلين Your lord did not say “woe to those who are drunk” , rather he said “woe to those who pray”
So you said islam not allowed an adoption,which is true but the contextual and understanding is important. In your context obviously no "adoption" means you can't take the child raise em,give em good education,however this is false. Islam allowed to take the child to the family raise em, clothe em,educate em. BUT they can't take the Father's name which is what Adoption means ,also in adoption the child can take the wealth. This is prohibited. Because Islam is care for family lineage. Ironic because in western tradition the wife take their husband last name, while not olin Islam the wife can maintain keeping their father's name.
I will definitely be watching more of your channel as a kafir who wants to learn more about Islam. I used to never use the term Kafir, since I am a white South African who hates racism, and kafir (usually with 2 f's) was used as a slur against black people. I think the meaning is similar since it means "unbeliever" and racists in South Africa were also of the opinion that God did not love the so called "sub-human" Africans and mistreating humans could therefore be justified, even though a lot of black africans were and are Christian. (85% Christianity in SA). I now use the term Kafir when I discuss Islam, because I think it highlights an important point about acceptance of others. Please translate more of the Quran into English, since I can get an Islam-biased translation from other places. Although I am still a spiritual person, I left Christianity recently and recommend that people look at common issues with their current religion and any religions they plan on looking into, since it can save you from investing more time into a fallacy than you have to. You can still choose to believe in Spirit/God/Creator if you want AND you can love and associate with atheists and other kafirs like yourself without fear of the irrational, horrific idea of hell. My personal opinion is that this is what a Creator would want if they existed and cared. I think if holy texts were necessary for salvation, they would have been given to the first two people. I still have time to convert to Islam, I heard I can do it at an old age on my deathbed (unless someone murders me first) but I doubt I will since I feel strongly about female rights too, especially little girls, who I feel should only be mothers later in life. (I argue that Science agrees) I look forward to learning more on your channel. I plan on using anything I learn here to educate others, and will refer to this channel when doing so, if that is ok with you.
2:52 There is no prohibition of adoption. The hadiths and verses are clearly talking about calling your adopted people only and only by their biological parents names. Where did Allah say in any form that you can't adopt a child? There a multiple verses where Allah commands as only as their companion so what he means by that? Adoptive parents! If we can take care of them (education food and etc) then aren't we already adopting them? Accept the fact that the orphan is not the real child of the parent so deal with it. In the surah Allah is criticizing people who do these thing because back then they were actually like this. This should not have anything to do with disbelief but is it supposed to be linked with belief? No. Let me make it clear. Woe to those who pray without focusing and who are showing off. Doesnt need to be every type but all that is applied in the criticizim of the verse shouldnt be done while praying. Yes good people can be disbelievers but Allah talks about the truth denyers who know the truth but reject. You can check some verses.
Whenever ppl hear me speaking arabic, they say subhanaallah 😅 (i m not a muslim nor come from a muslim/arab county). It s funny how they totally disregard personal intelligence, creativity and hard work. This can only come from allah, never can it be just 'a good person'
I am a non-Arabic speaker, and I can recite the Quran better than Alaiddin 😁. I can even memorise many chapters including YaaSin which I used to recite every Thursday nite. Now after thoroughly studying and understanding it’s translation and scholars’ exegesis… the more I think that there are many many verses that could have been written better and make more sense and good.
I am absolutely dumbfounded by how absurd this person's arguments are, he is intentionally trying to confuse you all with simple explanatory verses which are clearer than crystal. All the descriptions provided in this Surah are self-explanatory: it is talking about Hypocrites who repulse the Orphans and don't encourage the feeding of the poor and pray which would not be accepted because they are heedless and would only show off in their prayer yet they also forbid kindness. This Surah is very simple to understand and this person is especially trying to complicate it as much as possible.
I agree. Although I'm also critical to some Surahs in Quran, this Surah in particular is the one that doesn't deserve such critique at all. When I read this Surah, I can understand it's written in some poetic way but it clearly indicates Muslim hypocrites and giving examples of their attitudes that contradicts with their belief according to Quran.
In the direct English translation , it says: Have you seen the one who denies the final judgement? - that would imply people who disbelieve so people who don't believe in teachings of the Quran. Then it goes onto to say that THOSE people are - the ones who repulses the orphan, doesn't encourage feeding the poor. This part of the chapter does suggest that people who disbelieve have these qualities. (if you disbelieve = you are a bad person). The next part, wishes misery on 'hypocrites'. Hypocrites : people who pretend to pray and show others that they are praying but don't actually believe. So the Quran wishes *misery* on these hypocrites (people that pretend) and people who withhold assistance (so people who are unkind). The teachings of Islam create the environment where people are forced to be hypocrites (if they don't believe) or be murdered. So how is that fair to say these things? Secondly, someone should be kind because *they want to* so wouldn't it be better to have teachings that outline the reasons to be kind to encourage that behaviour instead of wishing misery on people who don't fall into that way of behaviour?
I actually really like the way it sounds, i have been atheist since birth even thou i was baptized as a baby but i dont believe in god at all. Idk it might actually just be my appreciation for other languages
No it's your fitrah, look into islam and actually listen to the opposition side, this guy gets doesn't have a clue what he's taking about, just becsuse he can recite doesn't give him authority That's life saying a tall person is good at playing basketball becuase he's tall
@@suyini734it's not. Listening to arabic bible recitations, or even modern arab books is gonna envoke the same feelinh in foreigners. It is because of the way recitators sing (yes i say singing because that is what all these quran recitators are doing). I find italian to be extremely beautiful too, does that mean the pope is right and christianity is the truth? Heck no...
@@cc-bj9kv And yet the bible recitation in Arabic copies the qur'an... it is not singing, we have rules of recitation. Oh yes, a lot of things can sound good, and feel good. I didn't say becuase of the it makes islam the truth, that's why I specifically told him to look into islam. You become a muslim not by just hearing the qur'an and not understanding but by understanding and coming to the conclusion that it's the truth
As far as I personally understand, You misunderstand. The surah is calling the people who have those negative traits are denying the path sent by God. They aren't necessarily disbelievers. The surah is simply saying that whenever those negative traits manifest withing you, you aren't properly following the correct path. You need to cross check different translations of a surah and try to dig a bit deep into the roots of the words whenever you feel something in the Quran isn't making sense to you.
Hello, I am here partially to comment on reiner's reply, but mainly because I have yet to ask something to a muslim. I myself am queer(LGBTQ) in more than one way and have some curiosities regarding the Quran/Islam in relation to queer people. I am a firm atheist leaning daoist, so I have no interest in converting, but I am open to discussion. Are you open to answer a few questions of mine?
I made a minor mistake. I forgot to mention that "deen" means "religion" but can also mean "judgement", so the verse could read "have you seen he who disbelieves in God's judgement?"
The critique still stands. One's lack of belief in the existence of God or its judgement has no bearing on their treatment of orphans or feeding of the needy. It is a verse that demonizes disbelievers and disjointedly switches topics to scaring those who don't pray regularly.
If you knew a little more, this chapter is especially talking about the Hypocrites who are almost the same as the Rejectors (Disbelievers). The verses provide a brief description of how the Hypocrite would act, all the verses mentioned are talking about the same people who reject the religion they don't pray with heed and they show-off nor do they treat people with kindness. Who do you think were mentioned in the whole chapter, that's right it were those who reject the religion
@@ammarbinmukhtar7917 the lack of research and care for this topic is obvious. He only caters to a specific group of people, which is ironic, since he claims to be against generalization
existence of God ,,, bro see nature u get answer
So you said islam not allowed an adoption,which is true but the contextual and understanding is important. In your context obviously no "adoption" means you can't take the child raise em,give em good education,however this is false.
Islam allowed to take the child to the family raise em, clothe em,educate em. BUT they can't take the Father's name which is what Adoption means ,also in adoption the child can take the wealth. This is prohibited. Because Islam is care for family lineage.
Ironic because in western tradition the wife take their husband last name, while not olin Islam the wife can maintain keeping their father's name.
@@afnanhype624 Absolutely true
You reminded me of when a Muslim didn't believe I was an ex-Muslim and insisted I recite some Qur'an by heart - which I did 🤣 (This was back in 2007 when ex-Muslim wasn't a thing and Muslims didn't think they existed.)
I was never a Muslim but am married into a Muslim family. Some in the family have told me that ex-Muslims do not exist and it is impossible for a Muslim to leave Islam. Some of my Christian friends share the same view.
I left islam in 2007 too, after going back and forth between 2005 and 2007, my doubts started in 2005 from reading an article by a Muslim to a western audience saying that Muhammad was some sort of feminist because he loved women, had at least 9 wives and at least 5 concubines or more .. what ? I was 18 and struggling not to masturbate and not having a girlfriend.. thinking all that was haram, and would lead to divine anger.. finally the perfect man who received god's revelation was having sex even out of marriage with countless women ? I never heard of that before ..
I immediately read his biography, written by Muslims too, and read about his assassinations of poets, then discovered that ghazwat were about plundering caravans and weren't defensive wars as we were taught .. then Banu Qurayza .. It wasn't possible to follow him anymore .. then it was a mixture of being a Quranist or some sort of liberal Muslim, and finally I couldn't keep this faith any longer.
However, I think that after leaving islam, many things learned as a Muslim in a Muslim context don't go away, like thinking too much about sex (islamic society is all revolving around sex), not knowing how to deal with the opposite sex properly, keeping a lot of superstitions, fearing an angry and cruel god (who periodically slips back into the mind), and a tendency to see agency everywhere (a remnant of islam's maktoob, where divine agency is behind every event) leading to belief in conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories work with minds that can't accept the chaos of reality and want to see hidden forces and agents behind everything. I have spent some 6 to 8 years after leaving islam believing in various conspiracies and fringe theories and spending hours on the internet, feeding my belief of the moment.
Now the irony is that I see a lot of new apostates keep their islamic mindset and fall immediately for conspiracies about islam's origin (such as islam being fabricated later by some christian king, and mecca didn't exist, and it was petra, and muhammad was actually a title for jesus, and blah blah blah ). They also often keep the black-and-white reasoning and depict Muslims as all evil, just like they depicted the Jews before. Also, there is a narcissistic element often found in islamic cultures (not exclusive to them though) where the man likes to brag about his knowledge of eveything, and conspiracy theories also feed this mindset where the man thinks he is telling everyone that he knows better than everyone else, without having seriously studied anything. Typically he will give expert opinions on various matters he never studied. For example he will tell you that the Quran was copied from the Talmud of Babylon, and when you ask him if he has actually read that Talmud of Babylon and compared with the Quran, he wouldn't reply. Leaving islam is a long process, and it is better when it also deals with issues like these.
I would like to thank you for all the posts in medium. They are really great.
Mr. Radwan, I’d love to see your videos again on TH-cam ❤
Their reactions must be epic in 2007 😂😂😂
I'm on some atheist theist groupchat. And conversing with one of the middle eastern muslims, we got on the topic of how apostates are treated. The dude was perfectly fine with capital punishment for being an Apostate... Solely because he felt being an unbeliever suddenly makes you want to kill, steal and destroy.
Now I see how the Quran makes people conjure up these nonsense notions of how unbelievers are.
Christians are the same. And that attitude says more about believers than it does about atheists. If you need the threat of eternal damnation and the carrot of eternal paradise in order to treat your fellow humans with decency, you're nothing but a sociopath on a leash.
I remember some saying you're doing this channel for clout, but if you actually wanted clout, you could just read the Quran on air and you'd be way popular, because you have the voice
Literally, i mean look at idiots like Ali dawah and Mohammad Hijab, they get millions of followers for saying that ex muslims deserve to be unalived lol. If Apostate Aladdin wanted clout he wouldve done the same but he has dignity that’s the difference
Islam is Barberic ideology but mixed with God concepts,,,, like sugarcoated poision.... There is no REAL God entity in Islam but it is using for gather people and control their mind for power and politics, for this big purpose they need concept of God,,, follower point of view it is just believing in God and after death life ,, even nothing wrong in God concepts,, even some person can heal mentally too , but this fake God concepts invented/ used for Barberic purpose and even ISIS is selling captured women as sex slaves any God believers oppose this?? All type Barberic mannerisms are Halal in Islam.. during this time, the violent believers will keep silent or doing thaqqiya(Lie) to fool others.
@@ahmadumeta4 His voice is horrendous…
@@CHEFRidi cope harder 😂
Can I say that Arabic sounds so lovely? When you were reciting ... I actually really enjoyed it.. that's the connection that a lot of Muslim people have with the Quran.. it's the beauty of Arabic ..it is relaxing!
I enjoy hearing well-spoken German. Even a German accented English. Does that make German divine?
Muslims, think about it.
Think about it ...
It is usually not relaxing at all. His voice is just relaxing
arabic is a very nice language to listen to , i mean have you heard any of fairuz , oum qaltoum music!
I struggle to see how anyone thinks Arabic sounds nice. Okay, it sounded nice when he spoke it, but when I hear people speak it on the streets, it's just a nope for me. To me Arabic is on the same beauty level as Danish, and calling Danish a beautiful language is something no one ever says.
The Quran actually is quite hilarious when you think about it, even the verses about hell are comical rather than terrifying in my opinion.
They're comical when you realize the author of these verses calls himself "the most merciful".
@@helman41 Definitely, along with his other 99 attributes that contradict each other.
@@helman41 Yes, this is one of the most striking things when you read the Quran. You can feel that something isn't quite right, even if you are a believer, and the cognitive dissonance starts to get you.
for me the bible is quite hilarious, god sometimes regrets somehow, the zombies roaming in jeruselam.
@@roomofrequirements8324 Which verses are you talking about?
Adoption isn't permitted in Islam? A lot of things make sense now... I broke off my engagement with a Muslim man, who was constantly trying to convert me and push me into Islam. I'm adopted myself and to me their my real family, they loved me unconditionally and raised me. I told him many times that I wanted to adopt in the future myself, it's one of my biggest wishes, to pass that gift of love and care to a child that needs it. Family can be by blood but that's not nessarcy, I would love my biological amd adopted kids equally.
He had a habit of not telling me that something was haram and he wouldn't do it, instead he'd drag his feet and try to talk me out of it. He kept saying that adopted kids can't be the same as biological kids, that somehow the adopted kids might be dangerous... It always seemed ridiculous to me, and frankly insulting.
We split up for different reasons, but I have no doubt that in 5 years when I'd ask him for the 1000 time when we're going to start looking into adoption or foster care he'd have told me it's haram. It would have been devastating to me... He thinks Islam is perfect so manipulation and lies were labeled "guidance" and are his "holy duty" ... Holy shit I dodged a bigger bullet then I thought 😂
Well the child wouldn’t take the last name of their guardian, but they still be taken care of by your guardian.
Imagine how much time has already been wasted by muslim kids learning how to recite the quran.
@@joerdim well, time is always wasting.
Not just recite but learn it by heart. Many kids here skip school years to become hafiz😭
Wow, I was really into the bible when i was Christian but a mindless memorization of the bible was never seen as a necessity or even a possibility. Is interpretations of these verses also encouraged among kids in Islam or is it just mere memorization?
@@adrikkozlov Imagine if all of that time was spent reciting and memorizing mathematics or learning a language like New Ithkuil by heart. Not even that. They could have grown crops for their hungry.
@@ggk9828 That's a good question.
I'd rather be an orphan in a non-Muslim society than be one in a Muslim society. I don't want to be constantly reminded that I'm not related to my adoptive family by blood and therefore I can't receive any inheritance nor can I interact with the girls of my adoptive family.
Actually you can get some of the inheritance if you are in a certain age
@@user-rl8hf8kt1r
Only some of the inheritance?!!
Why can't I just get the same amount that my adoptive brothers will get?
And why can't I just get the middle name and family name of my adoptive family?
@@mysteriouslymysterious316
because Muhammad said so
You're much better at recitation than I ever was. Perhaps someone's been practicing...(secret Muslim evidence is stacking up!!)
haters everywhere are confused rn. But no it's all muscle memory
musclim memory?
@@ApostateAladdin lol
I am not exmuslim and my homeland is a catholic majority country. I was raised christian protestant, though. All this for context. I was always interested in other religions and it was weird to me to be so lucky to be born precisely in a family with the truth and questioned the monotheism assumption. For my athropology thesis I wanted to write about muslim minorities and I started attending a mosque and taking classes to learn arabic that turned then into recitation classes. It was beautiful and I have not stopped enjoying the recitation. People have said to me thay my recitation is beautiful and muslims can get touched by it. I never felt like it was a sign from Allah but simply the resul of applying the techniques correctly and imitating other good recitators (I love Alafasy's). It all is a beautifying technique. Until you go to the meaning. I enjoy too and listen to protestant, catholic and orhodox music when I feel like. People also think that I must be a closeted religious guy to enjoy that, but art is art. I would have to adopt a hundred religions if I "followed my heart" and let the beauty of their music convince me of the truth of whatever they preach. It is completely falacy to claim that your feelings about a piece of beautiful poetry/music are valid reasons to be convinced of the truth of whatever you are listening to. We are easily manipulated by beauty because we are biased in favor of beauty. It's not a sign of no god. It's a bias.
I agree that we tend to be biased towards beauty, in a sense that we are naturally drawn to what we deem beautiful. There are many church hymns that I genuinely love, despite the fact that I don’t want anything to do with Catholicism anymore. Islam is interesting in that regard because while recitation and calls to prayer are essential to the religion itself, it’s shocking how common the belief that “music is haram” is among Muslims today.
@@marianatheschizoid5912non islamic music is haram
@@user-rl8hf8kt1r I’m not the arbiter of truth when it comes to Islam or anything. But if this rule really is a thing then the majority of Islamic societies in the have ignored it.
@@Muysc_quyne No one ever claimed a feeling or something that sounds nice is a valid source of proof , infact the quran's miracle is that the language it uses is of such high literacy that it literally gives new meanings to words , wherether old or new , it created new words with meanings anyone who is able to understand the authenthical Arabic would grasp just by reading it, there are books written over this topic going over every verse and its miracly the fact that the qur'an does this again and again is inhumane and therefore it must be from none other than god himself, i advise you to look into this as a comment isn't quite enough to express and explain what i mean. You will most certainly be pleased if you are truly sincere and research.
@@Ilias-gg3rm Well, you're not well informed of the claims made by muslims. About the miraculous dellusion, just go and read proper scholar works. You can start watching Dr. Shady Nasser. What you just described as miraculous is attested in many human-made literary works. There's nothing miraculous in creating new words with morphological rules... You just described a mere process of word-creation by derivation, oh, what a miracle, a language being a language and people using a language as if it was a language... Let's call that an alien intervention.
I’m an ex-Muslim too I’ve faced and am facing a lot of abuse, violence and challenges I remember from when I was a child I used to follow the same principles that you did, however it seems strange that after all this time you can still read it properly and not get sucked back into the religion ( cult )
Love ❤ from Australia 🇦🇺
May Allah guide you back.
@@skitzstuff5788 Never!
what made u leave islam if u dont mind me asking?
@@B345T- The whole thing, From the sheikhs to the Quran from the Quran to the books of Hadith from the books of Hadith to history from history to the ideology, theology and figures
It just sucks how my mom named me after a surah from Quran (al-esra) as I don't believe in Islam anymore. Sometimes this makes me hate my name and a part of my identity :,)
ouch, extremely relatable.
at least you werent named after mu
@@sorlag2496 You can always go by "Mo" I guess. I knew a guy playing video games who went by "Mo Hammer" :D
Change your name if you can
So are all of you athiests now?
I've been giving a few younger family members Quran lessons recently due to requests from their parents and I've been feeling so guilty, yet it also provides camouflage for my apostasy. Maybe you should do a call in show for ex Muslims to do recitation. Apparently, all of us were never Muslim.
But try telling the kids the truth
That's not possible bro
If the kid is young it's gonna cause confusion and they'll most likely tell the parents and if the child mentions OP then that's basically gonna out them
@@KassyRicci yeah truee
@@Tanislife
you really don't relise the huge cost of exposing your apostasy to your family in a Muslim community
@@user-rl8hf8kt1r my family knows - my dad is open- minded and accepting of my decisions. Im one of the lucky ones i guess
I wonder if Islam would gain more converts in the West if it didn’t insist on knowing and speaking Arabic. Every time you hear a Muslim evangelist or apologist, they constantly pepper their speech with phrases in a foreign language that to most Americans sounds like gibberish. Most people hear that and think, “Nah bro, I don’t want to have to talk like that.”
Yea - exactly. I attend religious Muslim events and the language feels strange to me. The Arabic language is very important in Islam because it is the language that Allah speaks. Ha ha.
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It doesn't just sound like gibberish. It sounds coarse and unpleasant.
I didn't even think about that, but it totally makes sense. I think part of it is deliberate because when you can't follow the conversation because you don't understand what is being said, you're more open to being manipulated.
Well, liturgic languages exist all around the world. Let's not confuse prejudice with critical thinking. I love the Arabic language as much as I love Greek. You don't have to be Muslim or Arab to find Arabic nice and if you love Greek or Latin, that doesn't mean you have to convert to Orthodox or Catholic religions. Americans and linguistic majorities tend to find other languages disgusting out of lack of knowledge and prejudices. Some of those biases play a role in what you believe or viceversa. There's this branch of Sociolinguistics called Linguistic Attitude, which studies people's reaction to other linguistic communities. It has found that there is always a social reason behind the rejection of a language.
Fascinating. I've never been religious, so I'm fascinated by faiths and how they are taught. So much of what we hear about Islam in the US is BS, but there's so much i don't know.
Thank you!
Listen to Quran recitations on TH-cam
You even still remember the tajweed. Masyaallah brother
Indeed!! =D
@ajiwibowo8736 for anyone who's taken a tajweed lesson it's nowhere near "good" but yh it's decent and you can tell he's recited it before
You do great work, love your channel! I'm an exvangelical (former fundamentalist evangelical Christian) and your channel is eye-opening for me in seeing the similarities between the two religions, particularly where there is fundamentalism!
I can beautifully recite the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, so it must be a miracle.
Can you do it 42 times?
@@ApostateAladdin Of course. 42 is also the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything, therefore proof of even more miracle.
the fire fly is a miracle.
Everyone agrees its bad to join a cult, but nobody in a cult ever realizes they are in one.
A group that worships a "pdf file" and makes women wear trash bags is a cult, and im sick of pretending its not
Cult is just a way for you to other something
Christianity and Orthodox Judaism are equally cult like in nature yet you so adamantly insist Islam is one. Curious
@@cheezburger2000 How's orthodox judaism a cult. It does no harm, it forces nobody to adapt or convert to their beliefs. I can see why u may see christianity as such. But judaism, no. Islam tho, ofc.
@@Cation_bibliophile cults don't only cause harm lmao. The definition is broad. They make sure people within their groups follow their rules and regulations etc. Orthodox Judaism is a lot like Islam in many ways
Not to mention the settlers in Israel/Palestine. A lot of them believe it's their holy land and are causing harm to others thanks to Orthodox Judaism.
Check the ex Jew subreddit and you'll see a lot of former Jews from Orthodox Jews report the same problems as Muslims.
@@Cation_bibliophile Holy sh*t you should delete this because it's really embarrassing for you. 😂😂😂
@@Cation_bibliophile
Orthodox Judaism has many practices, some same that people criticise Islam for. Anyway, Orthodox Jewish rabis say it's justified to kill children (if they're Palestinian of course)... And one said rape was okay. Islam disallows these things.
But the truth is people hate Islam because it's the truth. Even though verses like Numbers 31:17-18, Exodus 20:20-21, and Samuel 1 3:15 exist, people excuse Christianity and Judaism, but yet hate Islam.
You NEED to talk about how white ppl are so valued in modern islam. If you hear about a black person or even a Hispanic person converting no one bats an eye. When you have a white person converting, suddenly islam may be worth the salt.
My apologies if ypu covered this already
@@imnotawake99 they are valued by Islam but perhaps not by some modern Muslims maybe. Personally, I'm happy whoever reverts, and one of my favourite Sheikhs, Sheikh Uthman, is a Mexican revert.
I'll also tell you what our Prophet (upon him be peace) said :)
"An Arab does not have superiority to a non-Arab, and a black does not have superiority over a white (and vice versa)."
@@redalert3727 that’s interesting, i just looked up sheikh uthman. but just in my experience, muslim scholars have only wanted to have white converts on their shows/ podcasts as if their word will be more meaningful to the masses than other colored folk. it would just be nice to hear if AA agrees with this or not.
@@imnotawake99
I see, I haven't really seen scholars do that though. I guess, if that's true, it might be because Africans and Mexicans etc aren't really hostile to Islam, but white people are, so it's a way to bridge that gap.
Sheikh Uthman is awesome and very laid back, I recommend watching him!
It’s similar to how I was told that I was never a true Christian if I deconverted.
Wow! This is so powerful! Suratul tauba maybe! You native Arabic speakers can break the spell for the rest of us. We have been brainwashed to believe the Quran is perfect and since we are not native speakers, we don’t see the flaws.
I grew up in a very religious muslim family and country. As a kid, my mom would encourage me to read the Quran and even as a kid I believed that it didn't make sense. I was especially confused about how "god" would talk to us through his book as I felt like god was some insecure higher power that only wants to be worshipped unconstitutionally..... That was ridiculous to me even as a kid, but ofc I made myself believe that it was the devil trying to make me doubt
Deluding ourselves into believing every bit of doubt with the faith, from the rational to the moral, was just devilish whispers. It's crazy honestly when you think about it
Which country or culture?
Iran @@DM5550Z
@@DM5550Z iran
@@asra9897
Sunni or Shia?
I had to read the Koran for a college class. I could only read part of it because it seemed a jumble of confusing words. I thought it was because of my deficient cultural understanding. But as I heard from many non and ex believers it was because the book was poorly written.
You have a voice for reciting and also for radio for sure. Are you planning on desicting the whole koran? It is so interesting to hear this from someone who learned it but doesn't believe anymore
Thanks! Please recite these verses in the Quran in Arabic. 23:1-6, 70:29-30, 4:24, 33:50-52
Thank you so much for the superchat :) I'll add them to the list
Mashaallah brother. With your beautiful recitation, I am reminded of the greatest miracle of our holy book: the poems sound neat! What more could prove that it's from Allah himself? I mean obviously humans can't write poems that sound this neat!
Seriously though, this is a great video and I'd love to see more recitations + critiques/commentaries.
Shakespeare wondering why he isnt god as well by that logic
Maybe you could read Q24-61, seems idiotic in English but it may be different in Arabic: "There is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon the ill constraint nor upon yourselves when you eat from your [own] houses or the houses of your fathers or the houses of your mothers or the houses of your brothers or the houses of your sisters or the houses of your father's brothers or the houses of your father's sisters or the houses of your mother's brothers or the houses of your mother's sisters or [from houses] whose keys you possess or [from the house] of your friend. There is no blame upon you whether you eat together or separately. But when you enter houses, give greetings of peace upon each other - a greeting from Allāh, blessed and good. Thus does Allāh make clear to you the verses [of ordinance] that you may understand."
Funnily enough, most of those who say the Quran is a perfect book, including those dawah youtubers, do not speak Arabic.
Even if ur talking about the famous western ones like Muhammad Hijab you'd be wrong because he's an Arab.
Speaking a dialect of Arabic doesn't help you when it comes to Quranic Arabic (fusha)
@@Madmarkhor He is a rare exception, but people like Ali Dawah and many others do not.
@@Mangojozie Again western debate du'aat (callers to Islam) constitute a very small portion of "dawah youtubers" So your comment is not correct in that regard let alone "those who say the Qur'an is a perfect book can't speak Arabic". Those who have knowledge about the Qur'an and its perfection speak the only Arabic that matters in regards to the deen and that is fusha.
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they are biased towards there own religion and wouldn't dare to criticize it
@user-rl8hf8kt1r lol "biased towards their religion" yh usually people pick a religion because they belive its true. And there's nothing to critique: when it's sent by the Creator its perfect.
Thank you for another video, it's always a pleasure to hear you!
Classical arabic poems have more strict rules to follow and this requires so much creativity to adapt with these rules.. creativity is what makes a good prose or poem or anything said, imagine how creative would a book be if Allah that has the knowledge of things were to challenge people with his eloquence.
Compare surat al-qaria and al-zalzala, the lack of creativity in both is clear.. the expressions are really similar and the way both chapters end and start and the topic they cover, It’s like one of them is a knock off of the other.. this is an opposite of a miracle
if Allah’s words can lack creativity in some situations how is it better than any other poem said? How is it challenging to a human being to write something like it?
Coming from a cultural background where maintaining certain practices is not only common but often a mark of communal belonging, I always found something pleasant about recitation of scripture like the Quran or Torah. I was shocked when I learned for the first time from devout believers of these faiths that they consider these texts to be the universal and inerrant truth despite their numerous inconsistencies and inaccuracies. With Islam in particular, people have emphasized that knowledge of Arabic is not only necessary to truly understand the Quran, but that any translation into another language no matter how accurate inherently corrupts the message, so critique from the perspective of a native speaker is an invaluable resource.
This channel is so much better than AP, the crazy evangelical David Wood or the "friendly" ex-muslim. Much more respectful
It doesn't mean it's better. We owe the ability to criticize religion to those who insulted it in order to desensitize it
Beautifully recited. But just cuz it sounds pretty doesn't mean that the words being said are beautiful. You're doing the Lord's work here, AA! Take care and be safe!
People think Koran recitations are impressive and they are when you have someone with a good voice but then have they ever been to a Russian Orthodox service anywhere in the world but especially in Moscow or nearby where the headquarters of the church are ?- the majesty of the choirs especially with those famous Russian bass singers is far far more impressive than any Koranic recitation - actually it was exactly the unrivalled majesty and sublimity of the Greek Orthodox liturgy in the ambience of the great Byzantine church of the Santa Sophia in Constantinople (Istanbul) that made the Russians convert to Orthodox Christianity in the first place - they were not at all impressed by Koranic recitations!
in Islam Music is Haram,
try to move people's heart by not playing any sad music in the background when the church choirs are singing
I grew up Eastern Orthodox. Can confirm that the Russian choirs are phenomenal to listen to, especially if they're monks. I've heard choirs from other nationalities (Serbian, Greek, etc), but the Russians by far have the best sound and talent
@@tamaratamtammorris8151 I'm a classical music buff and have listened to a lot of Russian classical music including the "Rachmaninoff Vespers" and Russian choirs are impressive indeed - my sister, still in the days of the Soviet Union, went on a tour of Russia and visited the monastery near Moscow that is the headquarters of the Russian Orthodox church and was amazed by the singing especially the lady with massive soprano voice who cut through the singing of the choir. Don't forget also the unparalleled western musical sacred music tradition - the polyphonic masses of the Renaissance composers for example - nothing creates the feeling of deep time and eternity than a polyphonic composition especially if sung in the venue of a Gothic cathedral or chapel like the glittering Saint Chapelle in Paris said to contain the Crown of Thorns. And then there are the baroque masterpieces of Bach and Handel and the romantic era Requiem Masses of Verdi and Berlioz.
@@aiya5777Quranic recitation is also singing. You can write musical notations out of the way you guys sing ("recite") the book. And you can even do musical analysis with quran recitation. It is mostly chromatic or based on thirds and minor chords, these notes evoke melancholy, fear and sadness in people. You think other religions manipulated humans with music? Look no further, islam is doing the same thing, but pointing fingers at others while doing it...
@@cc-bj9kv I think it was St Augustine who stated that a prayer that is sung has twice the impact of one that is merely spoken!
What do you think of stories of people that have near death experiences?
A video about your perspective would be nice.
I watched you on MindShift Podcast #1. I love Brandon’s Channel so much and I really loved the conversation between the two of you on his show. I just subscribed to your channel. I’m looking forward to going back and watching your previous videos.
I really hope to see you on the live of Sam and Godlogic! like you three are awesome and you with your amazing Arabic language can be so helpful to them ❤️
Bravisimo, Aladdin 👏👏👏
Saying Sadaqa Allahul Azeem is a bid'ah....an innovation. How did you not know such a basic fact even after living in Saudi Arabia? Because you never studied under a good shaykh
I've never been a Muslim, yet I've memorized chunks of the Quran, and I can recite it beautifully. Not tooting my own horn here, I'm actually good at it. Can't wait to meet a group of Muslims and have them tell me it's a miracle and invite me to Islam.
2:10: " Deen" does not always mean "religion", In The Surah Al-Fatiha it is stated That Allah is "māliki yawmi l-dīn "( Master of the day of Judgement). It does not say ("Master of the day of "religion").
Thus The one who denies the judgement( deen) of God, is the one who not only does the action (of repulsing the orphan), but also who thinks himself non-accountable for his actions, because it connects to what is previously mentioned namely that there is God's judgement.
The Day whereon they will (all) come forth: not a single thing concerning them is hidden from Allah. Whose will be the dominion that Day?" That of Allah, the One the Irresistible.
Today will every soul be requited for what it earned; No Injustice Today! for Allah is Swift in taking account. (Surah The Forgiver)
You're right. I forgot to point that out. Thank you. I posted about it here: th-cam.com/video/GNqe2wBWaIA/w-d-xo.html
@@ApostateAladdinI can't open the link somehow....🙁
Alhamdulillah, I pray the best for whatever life you choose. You recitating the Quran is the thing that makes my Iman stronger. Hope the best for you.
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The recitation is quite a hypnotic element though. No wonder many people feel drawn to islam or think its divine... Its as if it was mandatory for christians to chant gregorian chants all the time they read the bible.
اذا حاب اقتراحات للتلاوة فالأحزاب هي من اقذر السور في القرآن، من اولها لأخرها عبارة عن شهوات النبي محمد وأصحابه و كيف يبغى الناس تعامله كرئيس دولة ديكتاتورية.
رئيس الدولة "الديكتاتورية" كان ينام على حصير يترك على ظهره الشريف آثره، بينما ملوك الروم والفرس ينامون على أفضل الأسرة. لو بحثت شوي بتعرف ان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان متواضع جدا على الرغم من أنه خير البشر.
Fr! مدري ليش مسوي فيها اجنبي
Nice recitation brother ❤
I didn't know one has to sing the verses. That's neat.
Thank you for your calm and positive demeanor! Would it be possible to do the verses that you find most controversial? Also, as a native Arabic speaker do you think the ayah about Jonah is comprehensible?
Phenomenal! Love how you approached this.
To truly grasp Islam, it's essential to comprehend Arabic. Yet, you can still grasp the fundamentals of the religion.
Can you make a video on the heatwaves that killed so many pilgrims in SA? And why the government didn’t do anything
I actually think that this surah speaks to people who view Islam in the way that you and I do. People who view today's modern day Salafii/Wahabi-influenced Islam with a critical eye. You and I might have come to different conclusions based on that critical eye wherein you chose disbelief and I chose to retain belief in core Islamic principles, but the disdain towards the modern Islamic archetype is shared.
The surah essentially says woe to people who worship for egotistic purposes (looking good to others, power, etc.) rather than for the love of God and life itself. It identifies that these people appear and claim to be so righteous and pious on the outside, but inside they refuse to even contribute the smallest ounces of kindness to humanity. In other words, they lack compassion, love and general humanity.
Does this description not accurately describe the adherents of the modern day Salafi and Wahabi influenced Islam? People who have colonized the teachings of Islam and therefore purport to be righteous yet in reality only spread hate and fear by spreading damaging dogma that serves to control people through guilt and shame rather than inspiring them with love and gratitude for life itself? People who completely disregard the smallest acts of kindness like respect, compassion and communication.
If anything, I feel as though Surah Ma-un is actually prophetic of the modern state of Islam and actually feels reassuring and validating to someone who believes what I do.
As a Muslim, you have put it very succinctly and clearly. Couldn’t agree more. The problem is, Muslims only memorise and unfortunately not enough effort is given to the virtues and lessons in the Quran in the native language of the reader. As such, the wisdom of Quran is not taught and applied.
Good breakdown. I have never been impressed with Quran as translated. Or felt that hearing the Arabic recitation had any magic effect on me. Standard answer is because I don’t speak Arabic but that always seemed like a cop out.
No idea what it was supposed to sound like, but it was pleasing to the ears.
Probably helped that I had no idea what the meaning was 😂.
Al Maun was one of my favorites, if not my most favorite. Was one of the first surahs I memorized at Islamic school on Saturdays. Along with the translation, and I used to vividly imagine, as a boy of 7-8, an image of my hero Muhammad as an orphan. And his generosity towards orphans and it would make me cry at their plight. I used to get so excited when an imam read this surah during salaat or on Jummah. It hurts so much to hear you recite it, because it's exactly the way I recited it and those with good qirat. It takes me back to a time of innocence I used to once have, before life kicked me in the ass and I snapped out of the matrix and everything else in this shitty world we live in. Sometimes I wish I took the 'blue pill' and just lived in that fantasy.
Very good recitation ...... The biggest irony is when people from Bangladesh who speak Sanskrit yet need to recite these verses in a special tonal voice
Once blind faith is gone, the flaws in the text become apparent. Thank you for your video.
I grew up reading classical arabic literature and peotey alongside the quran. The quran doesn't sound special at all, in fact it's a bit clunky compared to contemporary literature. I used to rephrase it in a modern colloquial arabic dialect for people to demonstrate that the content is meh at best.
When I was five years old or younger, I memorized Surah Kauthar and Nas, but I did not understand their meaning very well
Nothing in Islam makes sense
It’s a totally stupid book
Proud of you Aladdin! Keep up the good work!
Chile read all the chapters, you have quite the voice. 😂 You almost had me back to my salat.
Can u make a detailed video on the lies of preservation of Quran please
Is Snow ever mentioned in the Quran????
Juzu' 'amma is the last part of the Qur'an
Mashallah brother, your recitation was beautiful. Jazakallahu Khairan.
I think Islam’s success is simply due to the beauty of the Arabic language! You could have recited a shopping list there and I would have found it extremely beautiful and relaxing nonetheless 😍
Nope, it's only because Islam is fanatic cult with people who force that cult on other with violence and threats.
Nah, even tho some people may find arabic a good language the success of islam is mostly because of the high birth rate in muslim countries
Edit: And btw, you can say that the number of Muslim people is kinda fake because a lot of people leave islam in secret and some countries don't care about people's thoughts so if you're born in that country you count as a Muslim even if you're a Christian for example
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No miracle here I'm afraid 😂.. 30+ different qurans that ALL say different things.
Where's the miracle?. The miracle here is an iman or sheik being able to make some gullible muslim believe that there's just 1 quran, when infact there's 30+ all saying different things.
Abu Nuwas had a bit of fun with the verse فويل للمصلين
He composed the bayt
ما قال ربك ويل للذين سكروا ولكن قال ويل للمصلين
Your lord did not say “woe to those who are drunk” , rather he said “woe to those who pray”
So you said islam not allowed an adoption,which is true but the contextual and understanding is important. In your context obviously no "adoption" means you can't take the child raise em,give em good education,however this is false.
Islam allowed to take the child to the family raise em, clothe em,educate em. BUT they can't take the Father's name which is what Adoption means ,also in adoption the child can take the wealth. This is prohibited. Because Islam is care for family lineage.
Ironic because in western tradition the wife take their husband last name, while not olin Islam the wife can maintain keeping their father's name.
Still some author will say they don't need an editor 😤
I will definitely be watching more of your channel as a kafir who wants to learn more about Islam. I used to never use the term Kafir, since I am a white South African who hates racism, and kafir (usually with 2 f's) was used as a slur against black people. I think the meaning is similar since it means "unbeliever" and racists in South Africa were also of the opinion that God did not love the so called "sub-human" Africans and mistreating humans could therefore be justified, even though a lot of black africans were and are Christian. (85% Christianity in SA). I now use the term Kafir when I discuss Islam, because I think it highlights an important point about acceptance of others. Please translate more of the Quran into English, since I can get an Islam-biased translation from other places. Although I am still a spiritual person, I left Christianity recently and recommend that people look at common issues with their current religion and any religions they plan on looking into, since it can save you from investing more time into a fallacy than you have to. You can still choose to believe in Spirit/God/Creator if you want AND you can love and associate with atheists and other kafirs like yourself without fear of the irrational, horrific idea of hell. My personal opinion is that this is what a Creator would want if they existed and cared. I think if holy texts were necessary for salvation, they would have been given to the first two people. I still have time to convert to Islam, I heard I can do it at an old age on my deathbed (unless someone murders me first) but I doubt I will since I feel strongly about female rights too, especially little girls, who I feel should only be mothers later in life. (I argue that Science agrees) I look forward to learning more on your channel. I plan on using anything I learn here to educate others, and will refer to this channel when doing so, if that is ok with you.
Masha'Allah. Beautifully sung. Put some music behind it to see if it sounds even better.
Interesting and understandable...thanks for standing up for truth
Lol I still say bismillah before I eat
First time being the first here 💪🏿
Please read Surah Al-Kafirun. I would also like you to provide context for the Surahs. Thanks.
The funny thing is how he says juz عم is the first part which actually is the last juzz
It's the first one I memorized, smallest surahs first
2:52 There is no prohibition of adoption. The hadiths and verses are clearly talking about calling your adopted people only and only by their biological parents names. Where did Allah say in any form that you can't adopt a child? There a multiple verses where Allah commands as only as their companion so what he means by that? Adoptive parents! If we can take care of them (education food and etc) then aren't we already adopting them? Accept the fact that the orphan is not the real child of the parent so deal with it. In the surah Allah is criticizing people who do these thing because back then they were actually like this. This should not have anything to do with disbelief but is it supposed to be linked with belief? No. Let me make it clear. Woe to those who pray without focusing and who are showing off. Doesnt need to be every type but all that is applied in the criticizim of the verse shouldnt be done while praying. Yes good people can be disbelievers but Allah talks about the truth denyers who know the truth but reject. You can check some verses.
Hi. I'm a new subscriber after watching you on Mind Shift. Cheers 🍻
Whenever ppl hear me speaking arabic, they say subhanaallah 😅 (i m not a muslim nor come from a muslim/arab county). It s funny how they totally disregard personal intelligence, creativity and hard work. This can only come from allah, never can it be just 'a good person'
الله عليك!
speedrun surat al badara
It’s not a bug it’s a feature
May Allah guide you
love u :)
I am a non-Arabic speaker, and I can recite the Quran better than Alaiddin 😁. I can even memorise many chapters including YaaSin which I used to recite every Thursday nite. Now after thoroughly studying and understanding it’s translation and scholars’ exegesis… the more I think that there are many many verses that could have been written better and make more sense and good.
Beautifully read mashallah
I am absolutely dumbfounded by how absurd this person's arguments are, he is intentionally trying to confuse you all with simple explanatory verses which are clearer than crystal. All the descriptions provided in this Surah are self-explanatory: it is talking about Hypocrites who repulse the Orphans and don't encourage the feeding of the poor and pray which would not be accepted because they are heedless and would only show off in their prayer yet they also forbid kindness. This Surah is very simple to understand and this person is especially trying to complicate it as much as possible.
I agree. Although I'm also critical to some Surahs in Quran, this Surah in particular is the one that doesn't deserve such critique at all. When I read this Surah, I can understand it's written in some poetic way but it clearly indicates Muslim hypocrites and giving examples of their attitudes that contradicts with their belief according to Quran.
@@yldrmcs Can you elaborate by what you meant?
In the direct English translation , it says: Have you seen the one who denies the final judgement? - that would imply people who disbelieve so people who don't believe in teachings of the Quran. Then it goes onto to say that THOSE people are - the ones who repulses the orphan, doesn't encourage feeding the poor. This part of the chapter does suggest that people who disbelieve have these qualities. (if you disbelieve = you are a bad person). The next part, wishes misery on 'hypocrites'. Hypocrites : people who pretend to pray and show others that they are praying but don't actually believe. So the Quran wishes *misery* on these hypocrites (people that pretend) and people who withhold assistance (so people who are unkind). The teachings of Islam create the environment where people are forced to be hypocrites (if they don't believe) or be murdered. So how is that fair to say these things? Secondly, someone should be kind because *they want to* so wouldn't it be better to have teachings that outline the reasons to be kind to encourage that behaviour instead of wishing misery on people who don't fall into that way of behaviour?
You have to make a video about the origin of Qur'an stories
Can you talk about the whole Yasir Qadhi Mohammef Hijab thing
The Quran is written far too vague and ambiguous. Should have been written in a language like New Ithkuil with constant revisions and updates.
Hi, I am a new subscriber I've watched many of your videos, I want to join the discord server. Do I have to be a patraon support?
You may be an Arab Christian or atheist not a Muslim. So you can recite the Quran and understand the meaning.
I actually really like the way it sounds, i have been atheist since birth even thou i was baptized as a baby but i dont believe in god at all. Idk it might actually just be my appreciation for other languages
No it's your fitrah, look into islam and actually listen to the opposition side, this guy gets doesn't have a clue what he's taking about, just becsuse he can recite doesn't give him authority
That's life saying a tall person is good at playing basketball becuase he's tall
@@suyini734it's not. Listening to arabic bible recitations, or even modern arab books is gonna envoke the same feelinh in foreigners. It is because of the way recitators sing (yes i say singing because that is what all these quran recitators are doing). I find italian to be extremely beautiful too, does that mean the pope is right and christianity is the truth? Heck no...
@@cc-bj9kv And yet the bible recitation in Arabic copies the qur'an... it is not singing, we have rules of recitation.
Oh yes, a lot of things can sound good, and feel good. I didn't say becuase of the it makes islam the truth, that's why I specifically told him to look into islam.
You become a muslim not by just hearing the qur'an and not understanding but by understanding and coming to the conclusion that it's the truth
@@Olivia-wx8eu listen to fairuz , you will love arabic even more! , fairuz is a lebanese musician , she's a legend.
Hmm mashalla.
As far as I personally understand, You misunderstand. The surah is calling the people who have those negative traits are denying the path sent by God. They aren't necessarily disbelievers. The surah is simply saying that whenever those negative traits manifest withing you, you aren't properly following the correct path. You need to cross check different translations of a surah and try to dig a bit deep into the roots of the words whenever you feel something in the Quran isn't making sense to you.
Thanks for making me a better Muslim you reciting Quran encourages me to read and understand Quran
If you could really understand the quran, you wouldn't be a muslim at all.
Hello, I am here partially to comment on reiner's reply, but mainly because I have yet to ask something to a muslim.
I myself am queer(LGBTQ) in more than one way and have some curiosities regarding the Quran/Islam in relation to queer people. I am a firm atheist leaning daoist, so I have no interest in converting, but I am open to discussion.
Are you open to answer a few questions of mine?
Do Muslims worship Prophet Muhammad?