By Momekh on July 31, 2009
I just finished reading a remarkable little book on Languages.
My interest in language acquisition began only when I chanced upon a reading of Mohammad Asad’s tafseer of the Quran. The remarkable thing about M Asad’s approach towards the Quran is that his work, according to his own admission, is the first in its category. The [...]
Posted in Islam, Languages, learning, Muslims, People, Reviews | Tagged Arabic, book, english, Ghalib, Iqbal, Islam, language, Languages, learning languages, linguistics, Mohammad Asad, Noam Chomsky, poetry, quran, religion, semantics, translations, Trask, urdu
By Momekh on September 13, 2008
The interview with Mr. Ghamidi has been postponed till sometime this week. So keep those questions coming.
The interview is, God willing, expected to take place this coming Sunday (Sept 14, ‘08), early evening. If any of you have any questions that you want to ask him directly, please either use the comments section to [...]
Posted in Interviews, Islam | Tagged discussion, friends, ghamidi, Islam, quran