Why do people move their body back and forth when reading the Qur'an?

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Topic: Why do people move their body back and forth when reading the Qur'an?

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Why do people move their body back and forth when reading the Qur'an?
OP - April 09, 2010, 09:32 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-aXWnhAfhA

Skip to 3:36 and watch till 3:40. Why the hell do many do that? Even in my University prayer room, some people read Qur'an like that? Fuck it makes them look brainwashed.

I simply don't understand.

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Re: Why do people move their body back and forth when reading the Qur'an?
Reply #1 - April 09, 2010, 09:47 PM

They are doing it like the Jewish prayer.

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Reply #2 - April 09, 2010, 09:56 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuckling

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Re: Why do people move their body back and forth when reading the Qur'an?
Reply #3 - April 09, 2010, 09:58 PM

Its probably something to do with breaking or alleviating the utter arid monotony of reciting, repeating, ad infinitum, language that you don't even understand and is probably an involuntary motion that the body goes through when faced with this torment. Also the rhythm helps with it in some way.

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Reply #4 - April 09, 2010, 10:28 PM

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Reply #5 - April 09, 2010, 10:57 PM

I suppose rote learning does that, sort of involuntary, while one is forcing the mind to concentrate intensely so that it can memorize Qur'an while sitting still for long periods of time.

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Reply #6 - April 09, 2010, 11:06 PM

For some it's probably boredom, for others it seems like they do it because they think they're supposed to do it - a lot like livestock.

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Reply #7 - April 09, 2010, 11:12 PM

Reminds me of the superstitious parrot experiment, where it developed strange affectations whenever it wanted food. This was because it may have been doing something once when food was presented, and it believed it was linked to getting food. After a while it began to do something resembling a tribal dance, no different from humans.

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Reply #8 - April 10, 2010, 12:35 AM

It's a useless meme, plain and simple.

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Re: Why do people move their body back and forth when reading the Qur'an?
Reply #9 - April 10, 2010, 12:42 AM

Quote from: awais on April 09, 2010, 09:56 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuckling

You guys should check out this link, it's far from a useless meme

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Reply #10 - April 10, 2010, 01:59 AM

Maybe reciting it to the rythm of their rocking makes it easier to remember?

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Re: Why do people move their body back and forth when reading the Qur'an?
Reply #11 - April 10, 2010, 03:45 AM

it's just a bad habit they do when trying to memorize something, it's supposed to keep the brain working and avoid being bored. It's got nothing to do with brainwashing or anything. But I never had that habit, I don't know why, but it never helped me, in fact it only distracted me more. But I found walking in circles while reciting anything -not just the quran- helped me memorize faster. So this habit is only about memorizing, it has nothing to do with Islam particularly.

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