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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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