Surah 19: Maryam | Original English Commentary | Project Illumine

Part 1: Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl presents his original Quranic commentary on Surah 19, Maryam, as part of the ongoing Project Illumine: Light of the Quran series at The Usuli Institute. Project Illumine is a year-long intensive immersion into the unique moral messages in each of the 114 surahs (chapters) of the Quran, the fruit of this scholar's lifetime relationship with the Quran. This is the twenty-sixth chapter in the series. This is not the traditional line-by-line exegesis, but a chapter-by-chapter thematic approach that seeks to rediscover the original meaning received by the early Muslims that sparked their passion such that they transformed from desert dwellers to civilization builders. It is an investigation of the timeless moral and ethical lessons of the Quran then applied to our modern day. In the introduction, Executive Director Grace Song shares an email she received from a convert of 2 years, who converted after the age of 60, and addresses the backwards messages this convert received from a new Muslim class. Recorded at The Usuli Institute on 3 April 2021.