The MCC Mic Check series is a teen-initiated effort when a youth or pair of youths in the East Bay express their love for the Qur'an by reciting their favorite verses with melody and beauty. The series is curated by Muslim Student Association (MSA) at California High School in San Ramon.

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This recitation was delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on September 12, 2020.

COVID-19 Shelter-in Place: This video was recorded at a residence and both reciters belong to the same household. MCC Youth Hiba Adeeb added English subtitles to the recitation.

About the Reciters:
Hamza Khawaja is a Union City native who studied Qur’an under Sheikh Tayyib. He’s currently a senior studying Computer Science and Data Science at UC Berkeley.

Daniel Kim is a freshman at Zaytuna College who is currently pursuing a degree in Islamic Law and Theology. He spent the majority of his high school years in Memphis, Tennessee studying under Imam Hamza Abdul Malik. He has always studied sacred knowledge, and hopes to one day teach the knowledge he studies. He has interests in film making, art, and many different sports.

Follow the channel 'Hamza Recites' at:    / @hamzarecites2913  

About Their Qur'anic Selection:
The News (Arabic: النبأ, an-nabaʼ, aka "The Tidings", "The Announcement") is the seventy-eighth chapter (surah) of the Quran with forty verses (ayat).

The first twenty verses discuss the wonders of the worldly creation (the earth, plants, the peace of night, the mountains and rain); The latter twenty verses are about the eternal wonders and horrors of the next world with the raging sinner (the Arabic root TGY "tageena" is used) being punished starkly opposed with the rewarding of dutiful believers (the Arabic root WQY "mutaqeena" is employed as a poetic parataxis to TGY) in paradise.

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