Free digital access to the Qur’an made religious self-study possible in private

Evidence

It was night, after everyone had gone to bed, and he landed on Islamway.com. There it was—a Web site with the whole Qur’an read by Sudais. It was free, digital, and accessible. He grabbed an English translation of the Qur’an, sat with it on his lap, and in the quiet of his house listened to Sudais recite the Holy Book. Following along in the English text, he found that he understood much of what the imam, whose diction was as clear as still water, was reciting. More important, he found that something was happening to him. When it involved the Qur’an, his concentration came easily. The words flowed over him, enveloping and calming him. The feeling was ineffable. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 838

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• ADDENDUM: Resonates with the graft/tree article’s theme of accessible infrastructure enabling organic growth — here, a free digital religious text as personal infrastructure for a spiritual root system.