The Qur'an and the Secrets of Egypt

My friend Abu Zakariya of ManyProphetsOneMessage has just released this high-quality video, based partly on research I have gathered here on this blog—though I have learned several new things from it myself. I highly recommend checking it out, along with his other videos and resources. 

Note: There is one inaccuracy that should be pointed out, which is that the Qur’anic hāmān and the Egyptian ḥm-‘mn do not phonetically correspond, since the former has /h/ (Arabic ه) and the latter has /ḥ/ (equivalent to Arabic ح). They therefore cannot be related.

Excellent resource on ring composition in the Qur'an

It has been a long time since I have posted here! I wanted to give a shout out here to Munir Eltal's blog https://heavenlyorder.substack.com. He is doing an excellent service by trying to collect everything together on symmetry, chiasmus, or ring composition in the Qur'an into one place. I have shared some examples here on my blog—but see his for many, many more.

Online course on the Qur'an, the Bible, and History

I will be offering the following online course starting next month, إن شاء الله, which will be free in light of the pandemic. Anyone who is interested, do register quickly, as the seats are already filling up very fast.

https://www.albalaghacademy.com/course/the-quran-the-bible-history-online-course/?fbclid=IwAR09D0uJzG-gTxGB3VboNa75nv6SpBiXYiCrzfyEoeDMQAxWc6n469Dbojk