Simple Simplicity

Monday Extensive Speaking 3 Monday Extensive Speaking (MES) is one of newest programs launched by Yayasan Pendidikan Raudlatul Ulum (YPRU) besides Tahfidz, Multimedia Activities, Special Class, and others. Its presence is as a proof that YPRU always keeps improving, in a line with its motto, “One steap ahed in both ‘ ilmu amaly and amal ilmy .” MES is a program delivered by Syaikh Ahmad Ragab Abdela Dessouki from Egypt in every two weeks, and it talked about Islamic things in English            . There are two sessions in every MES meeting; the material delivery and the Q&A session. Monday, October 10 th 2022 was the third meeting of MES, and Syaikh took “The Secret of Tajwid Rules” as the topic. The secret here meant the reasons of the rule. Syaikh asked students in the beginning, “You learn all tajwid rules and you know them, right? But do you know why? Why is idzhar pronounced clearly, while ikhfa’ is not? Anyone knows?”...

    Today was the second meeting of Raudlatul Ulum’s new program called Monday Extensive Speaking (MES) with Syaikh Ahmad Ragab Abdela Dessouki from Egypt. I find this second meeting much more interesting than the first one. Syaikh told us not only about tajwid, but also about the history of Al-Qur’an, the process of its journey into us today. In its first coming, Al-Qur’an was delivered by Jibril to Prophet Muhammad verbally, then our Prophet memorized it. The way to recite Al-Qur’an just the way it was. There were no idgham , ikhfa , and others like what we know today. For the next generations, especially those who live outside Arab, it is hard to know how to recite Al-Qur’an the same like what The Prophet did then. That is why, tajwid exists. “ Tajwid ” is actually derived from an Arabic word “ jayyid ” which means improvement. It was made to help us to recite Al-Qur’an the way Rasulullah Muhammad SAW did. Why should we do? Because Al-Qur’an is special; It is the words ...