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20. Surah Taha | سورة طه
Quran Recitation - Hashem Nabil | تلاوة القرآن - هاشم نبيل - March 18, 2024 18:00 - 25 minutesVerses 1-8 The mission of the Quran and the attributes of the One Who sent it God informs Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, that He did not send down the Quran to cause distress to him, but as a reminder for those who hold God in awe, a revelation from the One wh...
17. Surah al-Israa' | سورة الإسراء
Quran Recitation - Hashem Nabil | تلاوة القرآن - هاشم نبيل - March 18, 2024 15:55 - 33 minutesThis is a Meccan chapter of 111 verses. It is named for the miraculous night journey, from Mecca to Jerusalem, which Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, undertook in the space of a single night. This journey is mentioned in the first verse and again in verse 60. ...
15. Surah al-Hijr | سورة الحجر
Quran Recitation - Hashem Nabil | تلاوة القرآن - هاشم نبيل - March 18, 2024 15:40 - 14 minutesThis chapter was revealed in Mecca and contains 99 verses. Its title comes from the Rocky Tract that is mentioned in verses 80 to 84. The majority of scholars believe this refers to the people of Thamud and the rocky tract is an allusion to their stone cities. Its topics and style are very si...
12. Surah Yosuf | سورة يوسف
Quran Recitation - Hashem Nabil | تلاوة القرآن - هاشم نبيل - March 18, 2024 14:25 - 32 minutesThe story of Joseph was revealed after an Israelite asked Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, what he knew about Prophet Joseph. The story of Joseph was not known to the Arabs at the time and it was part of a test the Jews concocted to test Prophet Muhammad’s claim...
11. Surah Hud | سورة هود
Quran Recitation - Hashem Nabil | تلاوة القرآن - هاشم نبيل - March 18, 2024 14:00 - 35 minutesThe history of the Prophet Hud is referred to in this chapter. While the last chapter dealt mostly with abstract questions related to the truth of revelation, this chapter illustrates the truth of those questions by referring to the histories of former prophets. Thus, it deals with the histori...
10. Surah Yonas | سورة يونس
Quran Recitation - Hashem Nabil | تلاوة القرآن - هاشم نبيل - March 18, 2024 13:02 - 35 minutesChapter 10 of the Quran, entitled Jonah was revealed in Mecca. It takes its title from the reference to Prophet Jonah in verse 98 and concentrates primarily on the Oneness of God. This chapter emphasises God’s power and His anger towards those who consistently deny the truth of His revelations ...
9. Surah al-Tawbah | سورة التوبة
Quran Recitation - Hashem Nabil | تلاوة القرآن - هاشم نبيل - March 18, 2024 12:52 - 52 minutesVerses 1-12 are about the party of treaties and rules and regulations which must be strictly followed by Muslims unless the other party does not break them. Verses 13-37 direct the Muslims to fight with the nonbelievers (The Jews & Christians) and warn the non-believers about the consequences o...
8. Surah al-Anfal | سورة الأنفال
Quran Recitation - Hashem Nabil | تلاوة القرآن - هاشم نبيل - March 18, 2024 10:27 - 29 minutesThe Spoils of War is a seventy-five verse chapter revealed in Medina after the Battle of Badr. It is, for the most part, a lengthy commentary on the first battle between the believers and the Meccan disbelievers. The believers, some of whom were originally very reluctant to fight, won a great ...
7. Surah al-A'araf | سورة الأعراف
Quran Recitation - Hashem Nabil | تلاوة القرآن - هاشم نبيل - March 18, 2024 09:05 - 1 hourThis chapter is one of the longer chapters found at the beginning of the Quran. It is generally accepted that it was revealed in Mecca. It is named after the height of the barrier that will divide the saved and the damned on the Day of Judgement. It begins by reassuring Prophet Muhammad, may ...
Japanese shipwrecks on coast predate Columbus
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - January 04, 2024 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThe case of John Ottoson (ne Otokichi) in 1832 illustrates what can happen: Blown off to sea by a gale, he and his comrades rode the Kuroshio Current to Washington State — much to the astonishment of Dr. John McLoughlin. (Oregon Coast; 1830s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/...
Mislabeled wood alcohol killed 28 Portland hobos
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - January 03, 2024 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThe alcoholic derelicts of on Burnside Street knew they could count on denatured alcohol for a cheap-but-nasty buzz; it might make them sick, but it wouldn't kill them. But then, one day, it did. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1404c.poiso...
Did ‘Vortex I’ prevent riots in downtown Portland?
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - December 29, 2023 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsOn that tense late-August weekend, tens of thousands of young people enjoyed themselves at McIver Park, while the much-dreaded riots failed to materialize. Was there a connection? Many voters thought so. (McIver Park, Clackamas County; 1970s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/...
McCall expected ‘Vortex I’ to cost him re-election
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - December 28, 2023 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWhen McCall green-lighted the plan to distract potential street rioters with a week-long music festival, he fully expected to lose his job for it — whether it worked or not. (Salem, Marion County; 1970s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1406b.290.vortex-part2-the-family.html)
Riot at PSU set the stage for ‘Governor’s Pot Party’
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - December 27, 2023 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsTo Governor Tom McCall, it looked like Portland was about to explode, and there was nothing he could do to prevent it ... until two long-haired young people came to his chief of staff with a very unusual plan. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1970s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.c...
NASA’s ‘Moon Trees’ have roots in Oregon forest fire
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - December 26, 2023 14:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsAstronaut Stuart Roosa had a special relationship with the U.S. Forest Service, and when it was his turn to go to the moon, he proposed a science experiment. You can see the results towering over Peavy Hall at Oregon State University today. (Cape Canaveral, Florida; 1970s) (For text and pictures,...
Childhood tree-planting memories for thousands
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - December 22, 2023 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsFor decades after the Tillamook Burn, classes of schoolchildren were bused out to help replant. Today, thousands of Oregonians, on trips to the beach, can point to a thriving patch of forest and say, “We planted those trees.” (Tillamook, Yamhill, Washington county; 1950s, 1960s, 1970s) (For text ...
Tillamook Burn ‘blew up’ with shocking speed
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - December 21, 2023 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsQuick action by state forester Lynn Cronemiller prevented the devastating forest fire from claiming hundreds of lives when a furnace-stoking wind blew in from Eastern Oregon, flogging the fire toward the sea. (Washington, Yamhill, Tillamook County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbe...
Tillamook Burn sprang from loggers’ bad gamble
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - December 20, 2023 14:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsA hard-pressed crew tried to snake just a few more logs out before quitting for the day, hoping nothing would go wrong in the tinder-dry forest. Unfortunately, something did. (Forest Grove, Washington County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1407d.tillamook-burn-1933-o...
Rosecrans rescue one of Coast Guard’s finest hours
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - December 14, 2023 14:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsTwo motor lifeboat crews went out on the bar to save three surviving sailors. Both boats went to the bottom of the sea — but not a man was lost on either crew, and all the survivors were rescued. (Columbia River Bar, Clatsop County; 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/150...
Pioneer Chinese doc was a city treasure in John Day
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - December 12, 2023 14:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsSettlers in John Day in the late 1800s learned the healer of Kam Wah Chung could cure diseases others couldn't; all his patients survived the fatal Spanish Flu epidemic in 1919. (John Day, Grant County; 1880s, 1890s, 1900s. 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1406d.doc-ha...
Did L. Ron Hubbard battle Japanese subs off Astoria?
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - November 20, 2023 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsPulp writer and religious figure L. Ron Hubbard figures prominently in the most spectacular story of action against “Japanese submarines” in Oregon waters. It's called, with tongue firmly in cheek, the “Battle of Cape Lookout.” (Off Cannon Beach, Clatsop County; 1940s) (For text and pictures, see...
‘Ship of Romance and Death’ met a dramatic end
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - November 14, 2023 14:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThe Melanope's maritime career started with a witch's curse. But her most dramatic story was the torrid, doomed love affair its skipper carried on with the heiress who bought the ship so she could be with him as he sailed it. (Columbia River Bar, Clatsop County; 1900s) (For text and pictures, see...
Pixieland, the essence of Oregon midcentury culture
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - November 01, 2023 14:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsJerry and Lu Parks envisioned a “fairy-tale history of Oregon” in the form of an amusement park. What they created was a rich cultural artifact, and a treasured childhood memory for a generation of Oregonians. (Otis and Lincoln City, Lincoln County; 1960s, 1970s) (For text and pictures, see https...
Bob Straub stopped plan to put highway on the beach
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - October 20, 2023 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsState treasurer Straub was a regular visitor to the state park through which the highway department wished to route the main Oregon Coast arterial. He took one look at the department's plans — and declared war. (Nestucca Spit, Tillamook County; 1960s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeator...
Mountain town of Bourne was home of a magnificent swindle
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - October 19, 2023 14:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThough home to some productive mines, the Blue Mountain boomtown made much of its money working the suckers back east; then its head honcho disappeared into the night with the money, hours ahead of the law. (Bourne, Baker County; 1900s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1011a-...
For Oregon pioneer family, highway robbers were lifesavers
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - September 20, 2023 14:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsTwo armed men who apparently came to rob travelers helped pull them over the pass instead after discovering there were six children in the wagon. (McKenzie Pass, Lane and Deschutes County; 1890s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1002a_Robbers.html)
Frontier murder was even darker than it appeared
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - September 05, 2023 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWhen first reported, it looked like a simple murder-suicide. But it quickly became clear that it was something far more sinister — and the motives of the killer were uglier and more sordid than anyone had thought possible. (Brownsville, Linn County; 1860s) (For text and pictures, see https://offb...
Historic lighthouse saved by a nonexistent ghost
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - September 04, 2023 14:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsBut did Lischen M. Miller create the story of Muriel Trevenard, the mysterious young woman who came to Newport in the 1870s and vanished ... or did she merely write down a story that locals whispered to each other on stormy nights? (Newport, Lincoln County; 1870s, 1890s, 1940s) (For text and pic...
Bing cherry has roots on Oregon Trail
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - August 31, 2023 14:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsWorld's most popular cherry was bred by pioneer nurseryman who brought its progenitors in a wagon across the Oregon Trail, with Native Americans' help. (Oregon Trail; 1840s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1001b_Lewellings.htm)
The world’s smallest natural harbor used to be even smaller
Offbeat Oregon History podcast - August 29, 2023 14:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsThe tiny coastal town of Depoe Bay was once known for the oldest privately owned aquarium in U.S.; today it’s a popular place for stormwatchers. (Depoe Bay, Lincoln County; 1920s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1012c_depoe-bay-worlds-smallest-harbor.html)
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