Watch · 24 min · A sample circle
The sample circle as a video. It is the same recording as the Listen page, with the passage on screen.
About the video
A teacher and four members take the twelve ayat as six short stories, then turn to their own questions and two for your circle. The members are fictional and their voices are AI. An AI voice also reads each ayah in Arabic before its translation. For the recitation by Mishary Rashid Alafasy, use the Verses page.
It is one way to run a halaqa, not the only way. The Facilitator guide has a plan for your own circle.
Lectures on this passage
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Omar Suleiman
Ramadan 360 Day 8: The Story of Salih w/ Sh Omar Suleiman
1:50:58 · AlMaghrib (official channel)
Connection to the verses · editorial reflection: From the transcript, a long live class on the story of Salih. From 10:47 he talks about the homes Thamud carved out of the mountains: a skill Allah gave them, which they came to take pride in. Then he reads Salih’s call as Surah Hud tells it (11:61): Allah brought you out of the earth. “You would not be makers had you not been made.” This part is about four minutes; it reads no ayah of this passage.