The Koran has 30 parts and Muslims have to listen to them all in the 30 days after the eisha, the last Namaaz of the day, which is called Taraweeh. One part is recited each day.
It is not just food and sleeping habits that are changing due to one’s lifestyle.
Even prayers have to be managed when one has to juggle work and social life.
The month of Ramzan, during which every Muslim aims to be a devout follower, witnesses such change. Muslims believe that during the holy month of Ramzan the Koran was revealed to Prophet Mohammed.
The Koran has 30 parts and Muslims have to listen to them all in the 30 days after the eisha, the last Namaaz of the day, which is called Taraweeh. One part is recited each day.
However, each mosque has its own pace on how much part is to be recited as per the speed and reciting of the Maulana.
“If we have to go for Iftaar at some relative’s place and we cannot return, we skip that section. That causes problems. So what we do is crunch the 30 parts in six days so that there is no guilt of skipping any part or not hearing the Quran from where it ended the previous day,” said Abdus Samee Khan, 36, who has been giving tuitions to children for 10 years and is on the move most of the time.
The six-day crunching of Taraweeh is a hit among professionals and those who lead an active social life. “You never know when you have to rush to some place or break bread with some group. So what I do is for the first six days, I do Taraweeh at a place closer home so that I can travel anywhere,” said Abu Asim Azmi, an MLA who needs to travel a lot in his constituency for Iftaars.
“But that does not mean that we do not hear the Koran after the six days. This is basically like a shield for us in so that we do not miss out on the entire or part of the Koran. At the end of six days, we go to the mosque after Iftaar and hear whichever part is being read out,” said Farid Khan, a social worker who runs an NGO promoting Urdu.
Firoze Vora, 38, organises such recital in Mazagaon. “Over the four years, the number of people attending such recitals/hearings has increased from 60 to 250. People do this as they do not want to miss out on Koran as well as meeting dear ones.”
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