A Unique Publication for the First Time
THE ATLAS OF THE HOLY QUR’AN
An Authentic Collection of Qur’an Information with Maps, Tables and Pictures - Truly a Gem.
This Atlas is new in its subject, a subject that has not been touched before.
It helps whoever recites the Qur’an or studies it to specify the locations
mentioned by the Noble Verses, and to mark those places of ancient people
mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. This is besides locating areas where the incidents
of the Prophetic Seerah occurred.
Eventually the diligent reader will easily recognize those places, learn about
them, and take heed of them while reciting. The Atlas has also revealed obscure
places we used to pass through inattentively, like the site where the Ark of Nabee
Nuh Alayhis Salaam’s Ark settled, the site of the Curved Sand Hills (Surah Qaf),
the Cave of the faithful young men, the houses of Midian, the site of Sodom and
other places determined by the Atlas depending on reliable sources.
Thus the Atlas eliminates all the guessing and the fantasies we used to encounter
when reciting the Noble Qur’an, and takes us to the specific place.
Click on the below link to enjoy a most wonderful journey and when
the page opens up reduce the size to 100% and also click
on Actual Size.
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A probable way forward for our Vohras to face modern day changes and challenges and live as practising Muslims in a rapidly changing India.
We Surti Sunni Vohra Muslims, traditionally small land owners and cultivators, help form an endogamous group which has been functioning for many centuries and has helped us keep our identity as a separate Muslim group in Gujarat. There are it is said over 350 such endogamous groups in Gujarat. Like the other endogamous groups our group is also not formally organised and no one has any control over its workings. Despite this, it continues to play a very significant role in keeping us Vohras together through our endogamous practice and it is very likely to stay with us for many years to come.
As members of an endogamous group our village based brothers as well as sisters benefited in many ways. Over the years, they got assisted by their migrant relatives to have more land. Needs were also seen by the migrants to help the villagers have masajid for the men folk to offer their namaz. Madaris were established with qualified teachers to enable the village children to have religious education. At a later stage dar-ul-ulooms were set up in many villages to allow both young men and women to pursue their religious studies. Whilst all Vohra villagers had access to State run primary as well as secondary schools it was felt necessary by our people to establish secondary schools in some of our villages to attract more of our young boys as well as girls to acquire secular education. Hostels to accommodate students were set up and provisions were made to provide students with scholarships. In recent years, some villagers have seen the need to set up English medium schools. Migrants also helped their villages, to have piped water supplies, helped with getting electricity supplies to the villages, helped towards getting their villages connected by good roads, helped with upgrading grave yards, helped with setting up dispensaries and in recent years supported the setting up of hospitals in some of the villages and towns.
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