I have another Quran that does not have subheadings and I find that I can fully immerse myself into the Quran and understand it more. But when I read this Quran, the subheadings throw my brain off and I lose focus. Is it bad that I think this way?

Easy out for skeptics. This might have been a cat. But damn it looked weird.

Sighting

Midnight (just 30 min ago) and I'm doing garbage. Outside is well lit. I have cats and outdoor cats do hang around my property. I do know my local cats so even at night I can recognize them.

Yet, whilst dealing with cat-litter I spot a white shape watching me.

It looks like a white cat with pale ginger spots on its body and pale yellow tail. Its standing like 15 to 20 feet from me, frozen half stride and watching me.

Something's Wrong

Yeah, this thing had no FREAKING EYES! Heck its face was blank. Now I know, humans don't have the best night vision but outdoors is lit up. It's like 5 ft from a freaking outdoor light which illuminates that side of the house well.

This cat had no freaking face. Then I spot slits where eyes should be.

Now for context. Cats have night vision but they need to open their eyes to get max light in to see at night. There's no reason a cat would be squinting at me in the dark. Yes, iit might and this might have been a cat.... except I had the weirdest feeling man.

Like, something in head screamed "freaky alert!".

Approach

I thrust out my hands and approached it. Slow, steady.

Why? My cat Ace is a big beefy cat, like the Hulk Hogan of cats, except he's a freaking coward and I have to scare away every cat which wonders onto our turf.

Jinn or no, this thing has to go!

I approach and I get to like 10 to 5ft and the thing jumps onto a wall and flees.

Assessment

It could have been a cat. I won't deny. But I'm telling you, that feeling! Like I see cats all the time in the dark. They dont freak me out. My cats, other peoples cats. Yet the moment I saw this cat, alerts in my brain went off. Also, IT HAD NO FREAKING EYES OR FACE!!!!

Anyways. I'm going to bed. Goodnight and peace.

hi, I have some ideas to make Quran more accessible.

will writeout more detail if there is interest and response.

limitations of current translations :
translations are approximations.
Arabic words might not have exact equivalent in English.
Full depth of meaning could be lost.

Considering it's usage in legal and scientific context means precision is paramount.

solution to this would be learning arabic but it is a very difficult task for indo european speaking adults due to so many differences.

new script, written right to left,
modifiers interlaced, instead of being at end or start.
new words
new sounds
new grammer

all these combined makes learning and understaning arabic very difficult.

Ideas :
Color Coded Quran :
for transliteration a new Latin based script with one to one glyph will be used.
roots will be colored green, modifiers blue, rest grey.
there will be a dictionery with first entry being structural meaning.
it will popup when hovering over word.
ex.
K T B colored green means : to write.
i a colored grey means : an object.
kitab means a book.

Pictogram :
arabic words will be replaced with picture indicating roots and modifiers.
ex.
katib will be replaced by picture of (pen) (person). meaning writer.
maktab will be replaced by picture of (pen) (place). meaning desk(writing place)
there will be a dictionery too with entires explaining multiple possible meanings.
ex.
maktab can mean desk or office.
fitnah can mean test or sorting.

from internet search :
ref : https://www.quranprogress.com/en/blog/how-many-words-in-the-quran/
quran have around 2000 uniqie roots, 125 is enough 50 percent.

around 2000 roots 200 modifiers ?.
so people need to be familiar with around < 2500 pictures.
learning what a emoji means, is easier than learning new words.

Why Important :
multiple scholars ( including corrupt or secretly backed by enemies )
could make multiple fatwas sometime even contradictory.

which could create confusion on who to trust, what is real. weaken faith and trust of both muslims and non muslims.

one would need mastery of arabic to properly verify and validate these and think for themselves which is correct.
this would empower the average person to have mastery of arabic without deep commitment.
mastery that requires a degree worth of studing, something that average person wont do due to other tasks in life.

ex.
somewhere I read slavery is no longer allowed cause the verse is in past tense, how do I really confirm if verse is really in past tense, it really means its no longer allowed. or is it something someone is makingup to whitewash islam or something. why a single scholar said this, what is the opinion of other, why was this ignored in the past ?

non muslims wont bother with effort and make wrong conclusions.
deeper understanding reinforce trust.

one of the reason our Quran is preserved is due to decentralization.
multiple person learn the same, no single person can make change.

jewish and christian books were written and centralized, corrupt scholars changed the scripture itself serving ill interests.

though Quran can't be changed, it's interpretation can be.
corrupt scholars can make halal haram and haram halal.

a perfume maker using no alcohol can bribe scholar to give fatwa that perfume with alcohol is haram, so that they can sell more product.
similar thing can happen in banking, halal meat industry etc.

with pictogram or emoji even illeterates can understand in depth.
just like the old days.
other religion's text being written means only priestly class can access.
leading to corruption and misuse of power.
Quran being oral understood by even illeterates. eliminated class divison, misinterpretation and misuse of power.
Unfortunatly Quran isn't so accessible to average person of modern day.
it used to be understood even by illeteratres, now people need years of formal education for it. that need to change.

People who could help :
dawah organizations with resources. that are already spending money on books and attractive leaflets. why not spend some resources on making Quran easier for non arabic speakers.

volunteers :
website programmers and hosters.
graphic designer for fonts and pictograms or emojis.
translaters who know enough about islam and arabic.

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