In this episode I recite Surah Al-Maoon and read the third chapter from the Arabic book, talk about reading and read an Urdu story about the rising of the sun that a friend of mine Adnan Siddiqi and I collaborated on. Enjoy, subscribe and tell your friends and family about the podcast!

In this episode I recite Surah al Kawthar and read from the 3rd chapter of the Urdu novel called Maria by Bilqees Zafar. Subscribe to the podcast and help spread the word by sharing this with your friends and families.

In this episode, I recite surah Al-Kaafiroon and read the second chapter from the Arabic book for Arabic learners called Durus fil Arabiyyah.

In this episode, I recite surah Al-Masad and read from the 2nd chapter of the Urdu novel, Maria by Bilqees Zafar.

In this episode, I read from the Surah Al-Lahab and present some book recommendations. I also introduce a new Nasheed Intro called Hazal Quran.

Here are the book recommendations:

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Life in al-Barzakh by Muhammad al-Jibaly

Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources by Martin Lings

Islamic Creed Series (Vol 1-8) Complete Series by Dr. Umar Al-Ashqar

1-Belief in Allah

2-The World of the Noble Angels

3-The World of Jinns and Devils

4-The Messengers and the Messages

5-The Minor Resurrection

6-The Day of Resurrection

7-Paradise and Hell

8-Divine Will and Predestination

Stories of Your Life & Others by Ted Chiang

Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

In this episode, I recite Surah Al-Ikhlas, I talk about some podcasts I listen to and recommend and I include a recording of an episode of my podcast from 2007! Enjoy.

Podcast Recommendations:

The Book Review Podcast from NYT

LeVar Burton Reads

Deadly Manners

Meta Learn

This American Life

Muslim Central

Science Talk from Scientific American

Urdu News NHK World Japan

Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten

CBC News World Report

In this episode I recite Surah Al-Falaq and read from the first chapter of an Arabic book for beginners. As a treat for this week, you can hear a recording of an Urdu poem Bazeechai Atfaal (Ghalib) by a friend. Enjoy the bloopers at the end.

In this episode I recite Surah An-Naas (the last Surah of the Quran) and read the first chapter from the Urdu novel called Maria by Bilqees Zafar. Enjoy! Subscribe and tell your friends & family! Twitter @brain_pod Instagram @brain_pod

Episode 2. I recite Surah al Fatiha and read a story called the Evil King. Enjoy. Don’t forget to subscribe and tell your friends and family. Follow me on Twitter @umairsalam, leave me a voice message on the anchor app or email me ([email protected]) your questions, suggestions and story requests.

In this episode, I do a book review of a book called Struggling to Surrender by Dr. Jeffrey Lang.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/533324.Struggling_to_Surrender

The book is a powerful account of Dr Lang journey of discovery that eventually lead him to Islam. It is autobiographical and written in a very easy to read style. Dr Lang is a Mathematician and he values reason and logic. He explains the Message of the Quran, presents and analysis of the Sunnah (which is the life of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam). He writes about the state of the Muslim people and addresses some issues surrounding some controversial subjects such as the role of women in Islam, women's rights, the Shariah Law, the misconceptions surrounding Jihad, Apostasy and so on. All in all it is a very powerful book.

Link to the YouTube Video (the audio is included in this podcast): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H_C0BMyGCA

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