18 Ramadhan, 1446
Ziauddin Sardar's Reading The Qur'an is in many ways inspirational, but can also weigh upon one. He wonderfully spells out what being a Muslim is about in terms of the expectations upon followers of the faith and evokes a deep desire in this reader to live up to those expectations. But he also ruefully acknowledges the ways in which the community has fallen, and continues to fall short. And the individual has to feel that failure.
Case in point: his pages dealing with Nature and the Environment comprise a stirring exposition upon the ecological message of the Holy Book, and the unequivocal nature of that message and our duties attendant upon it could not be clearer. All creation is sacred. Yes. And an awesome responsibility. So easy to neglect.
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