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Water (Maa’) as a heuristic device for understanding the quran
A deep understanding of water, rain, water-cycles, is necessary to understand the quran. This understanding unlocks a coded quran.
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It is important to note that the quran describes itself as water, it uses the verbs in’za’la, naz’za’la, to describe the falling of rain and the descent of the quran onto Nabi (S), into Nabi (S), and out of Nabi (S) to humanity.
It is therefore imperative to understand water, rain… and their meaning to the first community and other communities to whom the quran is taken, other communities who show an interest in the quran.
The Badwu (Bedouin) who search (at times desperately) for pasturage -
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What does rain mean to him?
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What is his state when he looks into the skies?
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What does he say to his pregnant wife?, to his goats?, to his camel?, to his crying children?
What are the nutritional and medicinal uses of water?
1. How is water-supply contaminated?
2. Where is water-supply contaminated?
3. WHO poisons water and WHY?
What geo-political, imperial agendas do 1., 2. and 3. serve?
Water has always been a contested necessity (presently in South Africa: pre-paid meters, water cut-offs, privatization, unaffordable, protests-unrest related to water…).
Who controls water? - Who controls literacy?
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What are the artifacts of water? The pail, the rope, the instruments to dig for water? - What are the artifacts of literacy? The qalam (the twig – pen), the bone/wood to write upon?
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Just as in water the right to drink is contested, many times various parties resort to force, access to literacy, to fora/forums which give reach to audience, the content delivered… are all contested, are all flashpoints.
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Water through rivers, seas, lakes, oceans, together with winds give humans mobility, reach to far and unknown lands likewise the quran with its inner imperative of wanting to be heard propels the reader to engagement with diverse and sundry others.
Water brings forth forms of life (plants, herbs, fruit, vegetables…) hidden beneath the earth - likewise the quran activates latent, inner capacities, hopes, ambitions.
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A deep understanding of water, rain, water-cycles, is necessary to understand the quran. This understanding unlocks a coded quran.
