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HAFIZUL



                                          FAIZ





                Hafizul  Faiz  is  an  International
                Islamic University of Malaysia
                graduate  in  Arabic Language
                and Literature. From his time

                as a student, he was active
                in organizing workshops on
                lessons from al-Quran and
                sharing the reflections from it in

                his  own  community.  Passionate
                in written words, he has penned
                over  eight  books  on  reflections
                from al-Quran, history, poetry,

                personal  anecdotes,  and  other                                        Surat-Surat Dari
                nonfictions.                                                            Maninjau / Letters
                                                                                        From Maninjau


                                                                                        Genre:
                                                                                        General Fiction
                                                                                        (Historical)
                                Tenang, Kita Ada al-
                                Quran / It’s Fine, We
                                Have the Quran!                       To    the    history     aficionados,    to
                                                                      the  infatuated  historians,  to  the
                                Genre:                                obscured, to the ones who chose
                                Quranic Commentary                    to leave,  may these  letters from
                                                                      Maninjau lands on your hands, if
                                                                      it affects not any kind of changes,
                When the world closes in on all sides,                sufficient  it  is  if  it  brings  to  you  an
                the Holy Quran comes as a saving                      overwhelmingly beautiful district,
                grace. When the world became a                        which is your own self-designed
                constant noise demanding to be heard,                 district.   In    these    letters    from
                the Holy Quran guides us towards                      Maninjau there is unbreakable love,
                inner peace; to love ourselves first and              dreams illustrated, and steadfast
                foremost. When the world pushes us                    honesty  sewing  the  final  stitching
                on a wild goose chase, the Holy Quran                 of ongoing discourses. Anyone can
                urges us to take a moment to breathe.                 find themselves in  these letters from
                In whatever way the world tells us to                 Maninjau,  just  as  how  I  found  myself
                be, it’s fine, we have the Quran!                     after I penned the end.



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