In The Name of God

So, here we are beginning this venture.  First thing comes to my mind about Quran is;  if it is a creation of God then it probably has to be very similar to his other creations such as the whole World.  By that I mean I expect myself not to be able to understand the entire World, but only as much as I personally put effort, will and concentration on specific questions about World through out my life time.

I therefore, will probably raise more questions than finding answers as I read through Quran same way as we struggle to discover the World more and more.

Then, I have to emphasize that I will not, and probably no one will, be in or near a position to make sense of Quran word by word or verse by verse at all.  We can, however, occasionally see and find new meanings to a very old sacred text which will shed light on our souls and our lives as we live today.  If we ask God to show us, then we will undoubtedly feel his love and energy fill our spirit.

For reading and hearing Quran online there are many sources, I find www.globalquran.com a handy place where you can hear its text recited in Arabic with its translation in English plus any other language you may need.  Another online source is ; www.quranexplorer.com

Shall we start reading this book and try to open our hearts to its light beyond its words with the opening Sorah; Al-Faatiha

                         بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ      

                           In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful 

Regardless of different translations for one word or verse,  question is what is the difference between Rahman and Rahim? Why the first time we name god it starts with these two adjectives ?

My way to answer these and all future questions is to search up these two words in Quran itself and see in what situations and how exactly they have been used, this way we should be able to get a feeling for their meaning as it has been used by God as opposed to going to so many other sources to find the history of those words with all the controversies  attached.  

Now let's do our homeworks and searches to come back on next post.....