I can well remember how when someone in my family lay sick or dying – like my aunt when she contracted breast cancer – the Qur’an was chanted by the bedside, in the belief that its words alone would cure the patient. Analogies with Christian prayer are misleading because the reciter of the Qur’an is voicing God’s words, not appealing to God for intercession.
-Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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