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Qur’an in a Year+ is designed for busy Muslims who want to connect with the Qur’an in a simple, consistent way. In just 403 days, journey through the entire Qur’an with Imam Saif Morad—each episode under 20 minutes. With recitation, a simple tafsir, reflections, and modern insights, you’ll discover how the Qur’an speaks to your life today and how to live by it. Perfect for your commute, workout, quiet reset, cooking dinner, or whatever fills your day — this daily dose of clarity and connection fits your schedule and fuels your soul. And nothing fuels your soul like the words of Allah
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In this episode, we reflect on the stories of Prophet Lūṭ and Prophet Shuʿayb and the danger of a society that loses moral clarity. We explore how worship is meant to transform belief and behavior, why faith cannot be confined to private life, and how honesty, justice, and halal earning bring true barakah. A reminder that ṣalāh is meant to shape how we live, earn, and treat others.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In today’s episode, we reflect on the closing guidance of Surah An-Naḥl and the opening of Surah Al-Isrā’. Allah teaches us how to call people to the truth, how to respond when that call is rejected, and where true patience comes from. We then reflect on the greatness of Allah revealed through the Night Journey of the Prophet ﷺ and the Qur’an’s warning about corruption, decline, and the path back to Allah’s mercy.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In today’s episode, we reflect on the powerful reminder that a day is coming when every soul will stand alone before Allah, fully occupied with its own deeds and its own outcome. Through the verses of Surah An-Naḥl, we explore the dangers of heedlessness, the importance of recognizing Allah’s blessings with gratitude, and the warning against speaking about religion without knowledge. We also examine why sin is described as a form of ignorance and how Allah’s mercy always leaves the door of repentance open. The passage concludes with the example of Prophet Ibrahim, who embodies awareness, obedience, gratitude, and calling to Allah based on knowledge.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In today’s episode, we explore Shaytan’s whispers and how the Qur’an strengthens the believer against them. We reflect on faith, reliance upon Allah, the story of Ammar ibn Yasir, and an important principle about coercion and belief.The verses also reveal a deeper reality: many people reject the truth not because of lack of evidence, but because the pull of this world becomes stronger than the call of the Hereafter. Yet for the one who turns back to Allah, the door of mercy always remains open.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
The Qur’an gives us a complete blueprint for life, justice, excellence, discipline, and detachment from what fades.In this episode, we explore what it means to guard our deeds, avoid spiritual self-sabotage, and pursue the true “good life” Allah promises to those who believe and act righteously. Real happiness is not in abundance, but in the life of the heart.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
We entered this world knowing nothing. No understanding. No awareness. No strength. And yet Allah slowly nurtured us ,giving us hearing, sight, and hearts so that we may recognize Him and be grateful.In this episode, we reflect on the suddenness of the Hour , described as the blink of an eye and the urgency of preparing before that moment comes. We explore how blessings are meant to lead to submission, how recognition alone is not enough, and how sincerity transforms the way we hear, see, and live.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In this episode, we reflect on how the Qur’an points us back to who Allah is through the signs around us — rain, milk, honey, reason, and even family. From natural systems to human relationships, each sign reveals divine design and calls us to recognize the One worthy of worship.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
To Him belongs everything. Every blessing is from Him. And yet, when ease comes, we forget — and when hardship strikes, we cry out.In this episode, we reflect on Allah’s perfection, our shortcomings, the reality of divine respite, and the danger of beautified sin. We explore how contentment with Allah’s decree reveals true submission and why the Qur’an is not merely guidance, but protection and survival.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In today’s episode, we confront a hard truth: the problem was never a lack of proof. The message of every messenger was clear — worship Allah alone. So why did people still turn away?We explore how misguidance begins with misunderstanding Allah, confusing His will with His love, and choosing desire over guidance. If Allah’s blessings are constantly descending upon us, what is rising back to Him from us?Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In today’s episode, we confront three life-shaping truths.Your influence outlives you. Every post, every word, every example either opens doors to reward or regret.The same Qur’an that transforms one heart becomes noise to another, not because of the text, but because of the lens.And righteousness is not delayed reward only. Living for Allah brings expansion, clarity, and barakah in this life before the next.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In today’s episode, we reflect on Allah’s signs in creation — from modern transportation to the stability of the earth itself — and ask: Is the One who creates like the one who does not create?If He made the world move and gave us guidance for eternity, what exactly are we still looking for?Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
Comparison is quietly draining your joy. Stress is tightening your chest. Ego is distorting your perspective.In this episode, we turn to the Qur’an for solutions. Allah teaches us to protect our gaze from dunya, to regulate our distress through worship, and to remember our origin and our end. When focus shifts from comparison to gratitude, from panic to prostration, and from pride to humility — everything changes. Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In today’s episode, we explore three powerful lessons from the story of Ibrahim and Lut: why despair is ultimately a misunderstanding of who Allah is, how unchecked desire intoxicates the heart and clouds judgment, and what true leadership looks like under pressure.Through classical tafsir and deep reflection, we unpack how knowing Allah protects the heart from hopelessness, how reflection restores clarity in a world driven by impulse.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In today’s episode, we reflect on the story of Iblis and the lessons it reveals about arrogance, responsibility, and the nature of spiritual struggle. His fall was not ignorance, but pride — and after every sin, we face the same choice: blame or repent.We explore how Shaytan beautifies sin, why his authority depends on our cooperation, and how sincerity protects the heart. And we end between hope and fear, with a mercy that remains open until your final breath.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In this episode, we reflect on the danger of prolonged hope and living as if accountability is far away. Allah warns us about delay, distraction, and allowing the dunya to overshadow the Hereafter, until regret comes too late.We also explore Allah’s promise to preserve the Qur’an, seen clearly in text and millions who have memorized it worldwide. The signs are everywhere — in revelation and in creation — but the real question is whether our hearts are ready to submit.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In today’s episode, we reflect on Allah as Al-Wahhab, the One who gives freely and responds to every sincere duʿa, and the powerful reminder that nothing we hide escapes His knowledge.Then the scene shifts to the Day when hearts will rise to the throats and eyes will not blink from terror. Delay is not neglect. The Qur’an was revealed to perfect our belief, refine our character, and prepare us before that Day arrives.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In today’s episode, we reflect on the powerful parable of the tree of faith — its roots, its fruit, and what it takes to keep it alive. We explore how faith is nourished through knowledge, sincerity, and action, and how neglect allows doubt and desire to take over.We also look for the three questions of the grave, and how we need to live life in order to prepare for that momentSupport Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In today’s episode, we witness one of the most intense scenes of the Day of Judgment.The weak confront their arrogant leaders. Blame shifts. Excuses collapse. And then Shaytan himself stands and delivers a speech that breaks hearts. He admits his promises were lies. He confesses he had no real authority. He tells his followers to blame themselves.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In this episode, we explore the essence of shukr — how gratitude preserves blessings, attracts increase, and even opens our eyes to favors we never noticed. True gratitude is more than words; it is recognizing Allah’s gifts and using them in ways that please Him.We also contrast this with the pride of those who reject truth, and the unwavering reliance of the Prophets upon Allah. Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
In today’s episode, we reflect on the powerful purpose of revelation: to bring people out of darkness and into light.We explore what it means to choose clarity over confusion, the Hereafter over temporary comfort, and honor through walking the path of God. We also discuss misguided influences in our time, the importance of clear communication in faith and family, and how all of religion ultimately comes back to patience and gratitude.Support Quran in a year podcast-https://donate.raleighmasjid.org/quraninayear
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