We share with you the notes that summarize the training by Mustafa İslamoğlu titled "Reading Life Like a Qur’an, Reading Life in the Light of the Qur’an".

- In the Qur’an, fasting is mentioned once, but in eight places it says: travel through the earth, observe and take lessons.

- Experiencing the joy of learning increases the motivation to learn.

- Prayer is a moment for a person to hold themselves accountable and to evaluate themselves. There is no clergy in Islam; every believer is responsible for their religion. Taqwa means responsibility.

- Faith means trusting and being moral.

- It is human to make mistakes. A person may choose wrong with their will and then repent.

- Claiming perfection is the greatest sin.

- What Allah expects from people is that people treat each other well.

- Living is not merely breathing; living is learning.

- Tasbih means acting in accordance with the purpose of creation. It means fulfilling the meaning of existence. The soil giving life is tasbih. The sun spreading light is tasbih.

- Human beings are observers of their own existence.

- A person must evaluate themselves. Prayer is a good opportunity for this.

- There is no human without troubles. With every hardship comes ease. Patience comes together with trials.

- We should learn from our experiences and become our own teachers.

- We learn about life even from animals. A flower a bee lands on is not poisonous; humans learn this from bees.

- The worship we perform should increase our sense of responsibility. If it does not satisfy the heart, feelings of resentment toward people may grow.

- There is a strong connection between faith and trust. In a faithful society, at least 70% of people should trust each other.

- If religion does not give compassion to a person, it gives nothing.

- Humans cannot empathize with Allah. Humans can only empathize with other humans and with prophets. We can only strive to understand Allah.

- What is the Qur’an? Everyone’s answer to this question may differ. The Qur’an was revealed for life. The Qur’an is not merely a religious book.

- We are not giving the Qur’an its due; instead we are consuming its rights.

- A good person is someone whose mistakes are limited. No human can be flawless.

- Deeds are actions that include reason.

- Lessons must be derived from the Qur’an for life. Examples in life: A man tested with his wife – Lot. A woman tested with her husband – Asiya. Tested with illness – Job. Tested with sacrifice – Zechariah and Yahya. Tested with wealth – Solomon and David.

- Are you steadfast in the principles of truth and compassion?

- One must know the correct criteria of measurement. Not everything can be measured with the same scale.

- Reading is done not only with the eyes but also with the heart, emotions and thoughts.

- Claiming that goodness belongs exclusively to religion is the arrogance of theologians.

- The only sacred value for a true believer is Allah.

- Religion helps humans. Revelation supports reason; worship supports morality.

- When you learn something that makes you happy, perform a prostration of gratitude.

- From one channel comes the test, from another comes patience.

- Are you benefiting from yourself?

- Life itself is a professor; there is no better teacher than life.

- If you were turned upside down and shaken, what would fall out of your pockets?

- If our pains become our teachers, they are no longer just pain but lessons.

- The grape seed metaphor: the seed is bitter but heals the body; the sweet jelly around it makes it easier to consume. Likewise, wrap pain in sweetness because healing lies within pain.

- A teacher who does not know biology or life cannot teach people.

- If the science we produce creates life, it is lawful. If it produces death, it is forbidden.

- The Qur’an does not explain everything directly; it uses symbolic metaphors.

- Existence is not limited to what we see.

- The word miracle entered Islamic theology about 400 years later; the Qur’an uses the word “sign” (ayat).

- Surah Al-Ma'un addresses the prayer of the hypocrite.

- For some people, the Qur’an is like a mint...

A piggy bank.

- The principle verses of the Qur’an are the milestones of life.

- A good person is someone open to criticism.

- Choosing is the destiny of humans.

- Sa’y symbolizes human life. Times change but principles remain.

- The universal name of goodness is “ma’ruf”, the universal name of evil is “munkar”.