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Quran Recitation  (7 votes, average 4.14 out of 5) Water - Sky -
Clouds From the earliest days, the sound of Quranic recitation
has attracted and affected those who heard it Quran: A Divine
Revelation  The Quran has many names, as mentioned throughout
its chapters and verses. Two are considered the most important.
It is described as the Kitab meaning “ the book”, and as the
Quran meaning “recital”.   The fact that we know it first and
foremost as the Quran is a clue to the recited aspect being its
most essential reality.  According to American ethnomusicologist
Dr Kristina Nelson:  “For the Muslim faithful, the familiar
sound of Quranic recitation is the predominant and most
immediate means of contact with the Word of God. Heard day and
night, on the street, in taxis, in shops, in mosques, and in
homes, the sound of recitation is far more than the pervasive
background music of daily life in the Arab world. It is the core
of religious devotion, the