Islam

They said, “Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise.”

-2:32 of the Koran. Koran 2:32? I don’t know how to cite this…

I’m reading the Quran. Koran. I’m fascinated by Muslim culture. I just finished Three Cups of Tea, which is about a man (Greg Mortenson) who stumbles into a Pakistani village and ends up promising to build them a school. And then he does. And then some. So I figured, why not just read the Quran for myself and see what Muslims believe. I have all this secondhand knowledge from an Intro to Islam class my roommate took a year ago…Now’s time to take charge and learn things for myself.

I’ve read 2…chapters? I think they’re chapters. And so far the worst part is that Allah mocks wrongdoers. I want to say that Yahweh doesn’t…right? right? I can’t fathom him doing that…

It’s not very storylike thus far. The Torah/Old Testament is all about stories. But the Koran is very…straightforward and rambly at the same time.

And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah . Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

-2:115. And very straightforward in its theology.

But here’s to a semester of California History, Peoples of Ethnic America, Theology, Psych Foundations of Education, the Koran, Hart, MENS, being a pre-K teacher, and my own walk with Jesus.