# Understanding the Quran Through Listening - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118276939509113029 - Source account: [@temathros](https://x.com/temathros) - Source language: Turkish - Target language: English - Duration: 3:11 - Published: 2026-11-05 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening ## Transcript [0:00](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening) I want to share with my friends how I came to these thoughts. [0:03](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=3) Go ahead, go ahead. We had been taught about religion through fear since childhood. [0:08](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=8) My parents weren't very involved with religion but there was always this fear, um, God, the Quran, the holy book, you know, “God will turn you to stone. We'll burn.” [0:19](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=19) So we grew up with that kind of, um, Anatolian culture. [0:23](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=23) Yes. Then, um, one day I got really curious, um, about the Holy Quran. I wanted to read it. [0:30](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=30) Even though I had a university degree, I could barely get through two or three pages. [0:34](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=34) I couldn't understand it. I was reading, but it wouldn't sink in because the sentences didn't flow. [0:41](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=41) I mean, or I'd forget what I'd read. What could I do, what could I do? [0:47](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=47) While browsing YouTube, I found an audio version of the Holy Quran. [0:52](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=52) It was 23 or 24 hours long. So one person, um, was reading the Holy Quran aloud. [0:58](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=58) I liked it better this way. At first, I would perform ablution, cover my head, like this, and even put my phone up high, and listen like this, reverently. [1:07](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=67) I was deeply moved by the first surahs. I listened in the order they were revealed. [1:11](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=71) Later, something strange started to stir in me— I mean, as I kept listening, I began to sense inconsistencies. [1:20](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=80) Um, I went on like this for two or three hours a day, sometimes an hour. [1:23](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=83) Because I couldn't finish that much. As each day passed, I noticed I was starting to uncover my head. [1:30](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=90) Then I noticed I was starting not to perform ablution. [1:34](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=94) And then, um, as I saw the contradictions, it lost its sacredness to me. [1:40](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=100) I mean, as I saw contradictions in it, I kept going, saying, "No, this can't be the word of God, this can't be Allah's word." And so I continued. Mm-hmm. [1:46](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=106) I finished it this way. And after that, I ran into you right then. [1:52](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=112) I mean, I— I mean, no one uh, looks up “contradictions in the Quran” for no reason. [1:57](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=117) First, they read it, then since that person will wake up to it anyway, they go on to research it. [2:04](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=124) Unless people read, research, and learn, uh, they see people who make videos like you as slanderers, people who insult others, uh, and bad people. [2:15](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=135) They need to understand and realize it for themselves first. [2:19](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=139) But then— I still couldn't be completely sure. [2:21](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=141) A year later, I started again. I read it all again. In Turkish, though. [2:26](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=146) This time, I was sure. I mean, people who definitely haven't read it, when they visit pages like yours, will always insult you and won't believe you. [2:36](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=156) First, if they can't read, their capacity— The Quran really is written to be incomprehensible. [2:41](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=161) I can't understa— As a university graduate, I can't understand the sentences. [2:45](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=165) It's very confusing. Mm-hmm. There's no sentence structure, no subject-verb relationship. [2:50](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=170) A story is different when you hear it— I mean, listening makes it easier. That could be why. [2:54](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=174) So, by listening— we can recommend this. [2:57](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=177) So, if there are people who are very curious, the translated version of it takes 23 or 24 hours. [3:02](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=182) It's like watching a TV series. Just like that. [3:04](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/6aBnvOyfIgHK/transcript-of-understanding-the-quran-through-listening?t=184) If people did this for two hours, they'd become more aware.