Tweeting the Qur’an
During the month of Ramadan, it’s customary for Muslim to try to read 1/30th of the Qur’an,
called a juz’, every night. In 2009, I saw that several of my Jewish friends were tweeting out
selections of the Torah, in observance of Shavuot. Coincidentally, Ramadan was beginning
shortly after, and I thought it would be an interesting practice to take on for that year. As a
result, Tweeting the Qur’an #ttQuran was born.
The first year was a mix of interfaith and intrafaith sharing. Over the years, it’s become a nice
little virtual community that tries to engage with the Qur’an, and be more intentional on how we
interact with the text, since we are only tweeting verses that resonate with us that night.
The parameters are simple:
Use the hashtag #ttQuran.
Everyone is welcome to join in tweeting.
Stay on the juz’ for the night. Because of different start dates, not everyone is on the
same juz’, but please no rushing ahead.
You only need to tweet what resonates with you, not the whole juz’.
Make sure you mark what verses you are tweeting, eg. 1:1, 4:1, 96:2, etc.
Tweet in whatever languages you like.
If you are paraphrasing, or offering commentary, please be clear that’s what you’re doing.
You are not committing to doing it every night, just when it works for you.
Use the hashtag #ttQuran
Those of us who have been doing it for a few years have found that it really helps us reflect on
the Qur’an, and it’s a nice virtual community. The call for this year’s #ttQuran, with more details
and history, can be found here.