Welcome back to Hoja de Lirio!
Today I noticed that though I meant to include sacred writings from many different faiths in this podcast, all of my episodes so far are from the Book of Mormon.
I have to admit I have a very strong bias in favor of the Book of Mormon, since it's all about Jesus, Who is simply the best.
But to begin remedying the deficit of other sacred writings, I want to share my favorite non-Christian scripture, which is Al-Fatihah, the first Surah in the Quran. It has special significance for me. See, the only thing I know about my paternal grandfather is his name (like him) is totally Arabic: Yamil Helou. Which means Beautiful Lovely, and from what I've learned so far I consider the language of Arabic very beautiful and sacred. In fact, it has many features in common with Hebrew.
Here we go. I'll give you the Surah in English in this episode. I wish it could be Arabic, but my Arabic is close to nil. Maybe in a future episode I'll try in Arabic. Without more adieu:
Surah Al-Fatihah
In the name of Allah,
the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
All praise is for Allah, Lord of all worlds,
the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
Master of the Day of Judgment.
You alone we worship and you alone we ask for help.
Guide us along the straight Path,
the Path of those you have blessed
--not those you are displeased with,
or those who are astray.
Quran text is from the beautiful website: quran.com