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Islam & hip-hop have always been aligned. Historically, there was a poetry culture among Arabs where poets would battle each other. The Quran refers to these poets in many places with a whole Surah named Ash-Shu‘ara or The Poets
For #NationalHipHopDay a thread on Islam & hip-hop
For #NationalHipHopDay a thread on Islam & hip-hop
1/ Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was known to enjoy the art form of poetry, and he assigned Muslim poets to answer to the verbal challenges of non-Muslim poets. In this way, poetry performed the role of dawah or an invitation to Islam #hiphopday
Calligraffiti Artist Diaa Allam
Calligraffiti Artist Diaa Allam
2/ The Quran is encouraged to be recited aloud & memorized. Similarly, hip-hop has a tradition which is about recitation & memory. In 3 different Surahs, the Quran refutes its disbelievers by challenging them to attempt to write a better text
Calligraffiti Artist Diaa Allam
Calligraffiti Artist Diaa Allam
