The House of the Mosque
The House of the Mosque
“He knew that agents of the secret police were attending his sermons in order to find out what he was up to.
In everyday life he had few social skills and came across as a stiff and stern imam, but the moment he climbed into the pulpit he was transformed into a witty man with a ready smile who spiced up his sermons with humour, so that it was a pleasure to listen to him.
In his first sermons he deliberately focused on neutral topics, often taking a surah from the Koran and explaining the histori...cal and narrative aspects of the text. Sometimes he took the analysis a step further and talked about the power of the language and the poetry of the surahs. He gave examples and read melodious passages in his beautiful voice.
His listeners enjoyed his interpretations. The majority of the mosque-goers couldn’t read the Koran, much less understand it. The Koran had been written in Arabic, which bore little resemblance to Persian. Besides, the language in which it had been written was fourteen hundred years old, which meant that many of the historical references in the surahs couldn’t be understood without some measure of expertise.MoreLess
In everyday life he had few social skills and came across as a stiff and stern imam, but the moment he climbed into the pulpit he was transformed into a witty man with a ready smile who spiced up his sermons with humour, so that it was a pleasure to listen to him.
In his first sermons he deliberately focused on neutral topics, often taking a surah from the Koran and explaining the histori...cal and narrative aspects of the text. Sometimes he took the analysis a step further and talked about the power of the language and the poetry of the surahs. He gave examples and read melodious passages in his beautiful voice.
His listeners enjoyed his interpretations. The majority of the mosque-goers couldn’t read the Koran, much less understand it. The Koran had been written in Arabic, which bore little resemblance to Persian. Besides, the language in which it had been written was fourteen hundred years old, which meant that many of the historical references in the surahs couldn’t be understood without some measure of expertise.MoreLess
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